The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-03
NOTED MORAN BILL
TO Be ARB|TRATEO
City Council Organized Board
for Purpose Of Investigating
Contractors Claim.
FINDING OF COMMISSION
TO Be REGARDED FINAL
Councilman Hall Believes Mat.
ter Should Have Been
Threshed Out in Courts.

The somewhat noted claim Of +. j..
Moran against tho city for s20,i3S.G1 made
progress at a special meeting Of the city
council Thursday night Whether 1T made
progress toward Cisp!ficatlon or toward
q greater state ot chaos is yet TO be de-
tcrmincd
The claim or Moran is going 10 he
handled by board OF arbitration This
board OF arbitration Is TO consist of three
persons. One of these is 4, F. Dorcmus.
who was named as the choice of the city
in the resolution which WAS adopted
and under which the board was created
The second member OF the board Is 10
he named by Mr.. Moran. and the third Is
To hc selected by these two. He Is 10 be
u practical engineer.
Tho resolution was introduced by Coun-
Gilman Ferry when the special order was
called At first the city engineer was
named as the clty's choice. but later this
was changed to Mr.. DorcmuS. in order
that the city engineer might be FREQ 10
prepare aud submit his data and evidence
before the board in his proper capacity
as engineer and not as a member of tho
board The cost OF tho investigation is
10 he shared Jointly by the city and
Moran
The original motion was Furthermore
amended by MIR Fcrnsirom. whose amend
mcnt makes the findings Of the board
binding upon the city and upon the
GunlldClpf.
Murdoch s Resolution.
4 separate resolution offered by Mr.
Murdoch directed tho board Of public
works TO dig into the cement for the
purposes of ascertaining how much CO
ment Moron put ON the staye pipe, and
how MANY steel bands hc added.
In speaking TO his resolution and the
motion for the adoption thereof. Mr..
Ferry stated that hc believed the method
suggested would he the dlgn'hed way
for the council TO act. he was convinced
as he believed every one else was that
MIR. Moran had done the work. that he
should be paid for Il, that the claim
whether il MAS decided to allow much or
little was long overdue. and that no good
could come from further delay. and that
only the differences between the two sec
tions of the council would be aggravated
by dcfcrrlng action or trying to bring
the liter 60 haSty climax.
Mr. Murdoch arose with q mass of data
and figures. He chased the work done
or the stavc pipc from start TO inish.
and cornDa red the figures as 10 the amount
OF work done by Moran. the quantity OF
cement used. the number Of steel bands
placed the number OF hours of labor, the
number of and tirlc put in by tcamstorS
and their teams. In every instance ii was
Mr. Murdoch's purpose to SHOW that
MoTans figures were cNorhitant- Mr..
Murdoch concluded by saving that he
wanted the city Of Salt Lake TO have
~ SQUARE deal. hut IL he had any con
cerl!on Of a square deal rho present prop
osition did not present il, Thr contrac-
tor ought 10 have SQUARE deal. too. said
Mr. Murdoch Indeed. everybody ought
TO have a square deal.
Mr. Fcrnstrom made speech He
thought the arbitration scheme was pretty
good. and SO he would vote for II. lie
had plenty Of figures and facts and dates.
too. which he distributed with lavish
generosity
Some Of the other councilmon made
spoeches. Among these was Mr. Hall:
Mr.. Hall made a long speech. Mr. Hall
was opposed 70 the proposition Of arbitra-
ton as 1t was brought up. He believed
that the contractor had not treated the
city council with the dignity it deserved
when he had refused, as MIR. Hall eN-
planned at lcngth. Ia submit his books
and vouchers to the special committee in
vestlgatinE tic matter. Mr.. Han was for
having Moran fight the matter out in the
courts.
In the end all or The fifteen council
men present save Murdoch. Holley and
Wall voted for thc resolution. and Mr..
Moraus claim went on its way reioic-
ing.
.f0ur Brown Rrothers,' - illustrated