The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-13
TRUST WILL GET
THE PAVING JOBS
Either ''Pat" Moran Has
Forced Concession or Has
Thrown Up Sponge.
LEADER T. R. BLACK Willis
"AMERICAN" COUNCIL BOSS
FAILS TO FORCE DISMISSAL.

Either Contractor P. J. Moran and
he Barber Asphalt company-commOn-
" known as the asphalt trust''-have
made terms. or else Moran's friends
among the American" members of the
city council have thrown up the sponge.
The committee on finance and munich
pal laws of the council held a meet
ing yesterday morning and decided to
recommend that the trust, which outbid
Moran. should be given the contract
for the three big paving jobs This
recommendation will go to the council
Monday night, and will probably be
adopted.
The pretense that the awarding of the
contracts was being held up i'm order
TO club the trust into dismissng suit
for $1,000 or more which it has pending
against the city, petered out yester-
day. The trust fatty refused to dis
miss the suit, and the recommendation
that it be given the new contracts was
made Notwithstanding such refusal
Blacks Bluff Called.
April L the board of public works
recommended that the trust be given
the contracts That was on a Thurs
day. The following Monday night.
April 10, the contracts were sent to the
council for its approval, and since then
they have repOsed in the joint archives
of the two committees mentioned.
of the Americans" and Pat MOran's
closest friend i'm the council made the
motion to refer the contract TO these
two committees He told newspaper
reporters that his object in so doing
was to hold the contracts up until the
asphalt company agreed to dismiss it's
suit against the city.
We have a club now said Mr..
Black. and I propose TO use it
But Mr.. Black didn't use his club. or
no Il
Thalt company hasn't dismissed the
suit.
Row Over an OLD Contract.
Tho suit i'm question grows out of the
paving Of Second and Third South
streets few years ago. The trust had
the contract for this paving and the
city refused to pay part of the con-
work was not completed within the
time specified i'm the contract. The
trust sued the city, and that suit is
row pending.
Since Mr.. Black had the recent con-
tracts held up it has been common Cos
sip around the city han that Moran was
behind the hOld-Up. and that he was
trying to force the trust either 70 give
him sub-contract for the work. or to
divide with him its profits. Whether he
forced either concession before the COM
WittcC acted yesterday is a matter
known only to himself and the repre-
srGtatives Of the trust
Favored Moran Sid.
I'm frank Ia say hat J would rath-
90 have given tho contract TO Moran
than 90 the Barrier people if there had
been oUy way To- DO it said Council
man Black to q Herald reporter yester-
cay evening. He does better work
than they do. and the CITY has no trou-
Isle with him. Their bid on the three
jobs was $4,000 lower dian his. but I'll
predict right NOW that il viii cost the
c.ty thc extra $4,000 before it gets
through with the trust"
Asked why he had not forced the
trust to dismiss its suit against the
city before awarding it the new con-
tracts. Mr.. Black declared that City
Attorney ogden HiIes had advised the
council that the city has good de
Tense to the trusts suit and that it
viii probably win
What the Contracts Are.
The three paving contracts which are
10 be awarded TO the trust are as fol-
lows:
Main street. from Fourth South to
seventh South, s62,SO4.
State street. from Fourth South to
Seventh South. and Fourth South from
West Temple to Second East. So. 023. 20.
First South street from West Temple
to Third West. S474OO.25.
The total amounts of all the contracts
is S423, O75.35.
10-144 ACTUAL