Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-29
.Jhen He Wants Anything, He
Generally Has it Brought to
HIM on a Platter.
100 LATE FOR THE 4: I. POLICE !. |. /: E.
,,.,,en Martins s.Purity' Resolution
Il came Up, aRcfornler. Confessed
sheriff Rcmovcd Necessity.

Although his prices were 3exorbitant,
81 j, Moran, the official contractor.
,,,ss handed the contract for three
.treet paving extensions by the city
/ conncil last night, sllencing all opposi-.
Inn in caucus OF the American
n,embors Of the council held yesterday
afternoon in Mayor Bransford's Office
IL these contracts Moran charges sa.55
4 for laying sasphaltum where he former
IL. charged sos and 90 cents for eScn-
ration instead Of so cents. The con
s,racts amount to stO4.2 OFT this
amount the city portion is approssi-
& rately $4,000. These extensions in-8
4 clnde Eighth South street between
Main and State streets; Third West
street between South Temple and
Third South streets: and State street,
from seventh to Ninth South streets.
IN raising his price on excuratins,
Moran's clever inanipulation OF his ats
fairs is shown, Before he even received
any contracts this year he began adj
yertising for teams at SIS az day e for5:lo
hours' work. When tealnsters report
Cd for work he told them that he
would need them later. But as the
contracts came rolling III Moran kept
mtting on his own teams and still adj
}yertised for more teams Recently lie
s raised the price Of teams to $500 a day
y for 10 hours work but still he is not
Working single team that is not his
own. n III
CALLED ON IrHE CAR PET.
When opposition was raised to the
prices he placed in Ills bids he referred
to the amount he was paying for teams,
saying that he was compelled to in-t
crease his price on account OF the adj
vance made in tile wages Of team
ssters. So Tar he neglected 4 to explain
10 tic opposition Why he had raised the 4
price on laying asphaltnnf so cents per
square yard While the prices OF the
materials have not raised.
Moran called a meeting of tte4mem-.
hers Of the american party yestef-E
aay when he heard Of the opposition
made by Mayor Bransford and Council
man j, j Stewart. Moran presided at
this meeting in his Shirt sleeves and
Councilman Black championed him in
his cause. The opposition was whipped
into lire and the three contracts We're
approved without a dissenting vote.
His bids on these three contracts We're
approximately $4,000 above the esti-
mate Of the city engineer.
When Moran's contract for the pay
ing Of west Third South street came
up a petition was presented which was
signed by MI the property owners ask
ing t'B1t the street be Widened to 80 :,
feet instead of so fcet3fas called for
In the contract. The residents believe
! that Third South street wil lin a year
o-tWo be business street and they
want il the same width as the other
business streets. 1t WAS laid over for
ono week and in the meantime. the
property owners Viii meet with Moran
and sign u contract with him for a
wider street, so that REINFORCEMENT
will not have to be5readvertised again.
PAT GETS THE CONTRACT
Moran was awarded the construction
Of the city's% portion Of u concrete con-
duit at Eleventh South here q thcSI
street car tracks cross the Salt Lake
& Jordan canal. When Manor Brans-
ford Went out to Eleventh south TO
sec if the work was necessary he |
found that. Moran had already COM
pleted the citNs portion OF the work.
II amounts to s500@and the city will |
pay It,
The street car company gave Moran
the contract for building a conduit |
under its tracks so Moran extended it
TO the property line on each side of3lE
the street and then asked the city
engineer to draw up "a contract and |
present it so that he could get his
money. IT
Andrew d. Burt was. awarded tlie
Of cross walks for this
Year. His price fol. eXcavating is 40 |
cents cubic yard. where Moran's is
90 cents. He will receive 60 cents for
laying a square Yard OF blocks sand md
Charge 10 extra for liauls over q
milo II Il s
Z In resolution presented by Conn-5
Gilman Iernstronl. Davis Il & Eeuser.
OF the North Temple aq uc-
duct, We're ordered to commence work
Immediately on tho Improvement. Gl,-
less they begin in two weeks. the time |
taken out OF their hands.
TOO LATE FOR POLICE.
When conncilmansLo Louis %. Martins
notice Of reconsideration OF the re-
solution ordering tho chief of policel
70 close the stOckade was called up
llesrefused to make theinotion.t'.Ith think |
nat the sheriff has settled the stoc-
kade business II lis too late tc, ord er |
NE police to do IT." The matter was /
lropped without further comment and /
ne resolution fled.
brigham Snyder. IA relative of |
ilJeon SNYDER, city treasurer, was aP-
pointed by the council to- succeed |