Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-22
CHRISTMAS GIFT
FOR PAT ]. MORAN
Allowed the Full Amount of His
Bill by Board of
Arbitrators.
ROAST FOR THE INSPECTORS
Their Reports Found TO be So Incon,-
petcnt as TO Render Them
Invalid.

Patrick J. Moran, the Official con-
tractor. was allowed the full amount
of his bill. s2o.45ss e.. for repairing the
outlet sewer pipe by the board of ar
bitrators. which filed its report this
morning with ]. 3. Moreton. city re-
corder In summing up the facts aftes
reviewing the testimony, the arbitrators
found that the inspectors reports were
so incomplete and incompetent as TO
render them absolutely invalid. ]. j
Williams WIS the Inspector employed ,
on the work by the board of public
press purpose of checking up the amount
of materials used and the number of
men and teams employed each day
In regard to the bill the arbitrators
say that it was itemized and deliv-
cred to the city and chat the bill was
checked by L. C. Kelsey the city en-
gineer. reduced about $1,000 and then
certified to as being correct
"The prices charged by Mr.. Moran
the report reads, were not challenged
Mr.. Moran. but disputes the correctness
of the quantities charged in his bill
as made UP in his ltemi=ed account
The city is unable, however, from its
own records to show what the correct
quantities are, An effort to determine
the quantities used In the work by ex-
cavatinS would be futile"
A. F. Doremus. consulting engineer
for the city; L. L. Dagron, engineer for
the Utah Light & Railway company,
representing Moran. and William Ash
ton, chief engineer for the Oregon
Short Line. who was chosen by ths
other two members. form the board of
arbitrators. Moran and the city coun-
ell. who did not feel disposed TO take
the responsibility upon its hands of
settling the bill entered into a con-
tract to arbitrate the questions in
volved on Dec. g. The board met every
afternoon until Dec. 81. taking testi-
mony in the case. and today drew up
its report Eleven witnesses were eX-
amined, They included, Mayor Brans-
ford, City Engineer Clancy, L. c.. Kel-
sey, formerly city engineer, II. C. Nc
MILAN, chairman OF the board OF pub
lie works. j, ]. Williams. inspector.
Frank Christensen. secretary OF the
board OF public works, and reporters
for the city. P. j. Moran, Frank
Gowan, his superintendent, and Homer
Reed, his purchasing agent, were ex-
amined In behalf OF Moran
TESTIMONY IN BRIEF.
The testimony showed, according tc
the report. that the contract for Il c
wooden staye outlet sewer pine was
let to the Campbell Building company
After several attempts to force the
company to complete the work the con-
tract was taken out OF the companys
hands. The pipe sprung leak on
April 20, 1909, at Sixth West under ,hc
RIO Grande tracks The board of pualc
works employed Moran to enclose the
wooden pipe with Jacket OF cement
40 feet In length This work was COM
pleted satisfactorily on May 3. 1909.
After this work was completed 10
more leaks were found in the pipe and
it failed to work. The board OF public
works refused to take tine responsibility
for repairing the remainder of the Pipe
and passed 1t up to the council. The
council and Mayor Biansford together
with the board of public works and
representatives of the press Inspected
the pipe and decided that ii would nave
to he repaired.
Moran was engaged on June IA. 1909.
to repair the pipe on force account.
which means that he would receive II
per cent commission above the actual
expense OF the labor and materials The
report does not establish who WAS re-
sponsible for employing Moran to do
the work, and none of the city officials
will say that they had anything TO do
with it,
The report states that Moran repaired
all the leaks, and that he encased the
pipe In a concrete Jacket 1924 fest in
length 1t is further stated I'm the -c
port that Moran was employed because
he was an experienced and successful
contractor" The money Will probably
be paid TO Moran on Thursday niSht as
q Christmas present when the council
meets Thursday night to hear tbs re-
port.