Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-13
OTHER PAVING ITEMS.

The exhibit made by the Rev. MIR.
Goshen OF the actual record and per-
Torrance of the city council in the
First South street paving. was II good,
If conservative beginning. His advice
that tho people put stop to this par
ticular price 81 Illegal and graft-taint-
ed work may serve to arouse n plum
dercd and apparently spiritless COM
lnunity to similar Investigation and
action elsewhere
For example should Mr.. Goshen pro-
coed to remove the mask from the other
parts of the features OF management
which fairly reelts with such condi-
tions that wherever the least portion
of It is examined, foulness is discover
ed. then. to go no further than street
paving for the present, we beg to as
sure him and the public generally of
the following additional facts:
/. The nacadauzed roads of this
city are constructed from some of the
poorest material IN the narket--a soft
blue limestone.
2, This material is purchased from
private parties.
3. 1t is hauled long distances by
trains at the expense Of the city from
near the Warm Springs
Z. But the city owns good msterial |
of It's own for this purpose---a hard |
gray limestone.
S. The material owned by the city is |
located in Dry Canyon, and could be |
delivered by gravity on train cars 10
nearly all parts Of the city
s This material has been tested and |
teand entirely suitable for making per-
lusnens ruads.
:. Tae material used by tho city in
raaeSssasTsssins h4s never been seien-
ticrA1is tested, and wherever laid down
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bnms slifsr.nass rF secale ann 1s,za vas
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yt,az's tiierF iIs a.ssz gerr4rt aecoEyi
asaG snpsarhr,ssH hs1w se1 tia en- gfnser-
l'ig Gs5Errs-israz and To contractors,
Flow good aat pleasant f. IS to the |
etSg e9@naE % sec bTath7en dwell to-
sssher 81 unity
Tnese axe not our s1rlnises, but mat
ters OF common notoriety. Indeed, we
arc not sure that this phase OF the
matter has been better stated than by |
one of our morning contemporaries, |
which is by no means unfriendly 10 the /
city contractor While pralsing Mr..
Morans business ability the Herald
gays;
within less than ten days Moran
has been paid IN fun on contract |
which. by the contract terms, called |
for a heavy forfeiture because OF de-
lay In fulhllment If any outsider |
illu secured the JOB IN competition |
with Moran he would have been held |
10 the terms of the contract and COM |
PEELED TO forfeit money for delay--if |
only AS warning not to compete with |
the official contractor of the admins |
tratlon. Moran controls the city gravel |
pits; Moran Is given the right to erect |
MS mixing plant I'm the city streets; |
Moran has the privilege Of hauling ma
terlal for his work on the street rail- |
way lines; Moran has secured special |
privileges In succession until no sane
man would think Of attempting TO |
compete with him"
The simple fact Is, however. that the
bids are on specifications which APP |
pear TO be fair and are very exactIng. |
But when II comes to performance, |
that is another matter Tho conditions |
stated i'm the specifications for ma |
cadami2lng are not only ignored but
fngrantly violated I'm almost every seq |
ton This has been shown repeatedly |
in the columns OF this paper. and no |
word of REPUTATION has ever escaped the |
sealed lips OF either the engineer. the |
contractor or Of any member Of The
council
WORDS or PEACE.