The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-17
MORAN TALKS TO
BOARD Of WORKS
WelI-Known Contractor Protests
Against Estimates Being
Held Up.
SAYS WORK WAS DONE
ACCORDING TO CONTRACT
This Is Disputed by the Board,
and Payment Is Therefore
Withheld.

Unless the board of public works re.
ccdes from its present stand in regard
! TO the work OF patching up the side.
walks on Main street, Contractor P. 7
! Moran may have TO go 70 the courts
TO collect his money for the resurfac.
ing of that street from South TemnIe
to Fourth South streets and repairing
The sidewalks in that district. At the
meeting of the board Friday night the
resolution introduced by Mr.. Rooklidra
ri the meeting of last Friday, in which
the board refused to accept the Job O,
70 approve any Of the estimates nut
| in by Mr.. Moran until he had complied
| with two orders of the board to put
expansion Joints in the walk. was adou;-
ed by a vote Of three to one. Mr.. Nc.
MILAN. Mr. Rookldge and Mr. Brooks
| voted for the resolution and Mr., Arm
strong opposed it.
After the resolution was adopted. Mr.
Moran asked TO be heard on the matter
and scored the board for its action in
keeping him out of his money, "iust
because there was a fight on between
the board and the city engineer and
mayor" Mr. Moran called attention
to the clause in the contract which pro.
vides that all differences as to the plans.
specifications and technical sufficiency
and the material used by contractor
shall be submitted to the city engi-
neer. whose decision In the matter shall
| be final and conclusive. He contended
that he had complied with the terms
of his contract and that he had fol-
| lowed out the instructions of the city
engineer as to the expansion Joints
when the matter was brought up.
"Just because you fellows cant get
along together down here. YOU try to
vent your spite on the contractor con-
tinued Mr.. Moran. land he is the man
who has to suffer for your little quar-.
rels.'
"We get along all right" replied
Chairman Mcmillan. q
Contract Discussed.
"Oh, yes. you do was the response
of the contractor in his most sarcastic
tone of voice. 'You cant tell me
that; I We been down here too many
times to believe that. IF I had stopped
work when the board ordered me TO
you wouldn't have had the Job COM
pleted for some time to come. / have
done my work according TO contract
and YOU have not paid mc cent for it
and [ don't think YOU should take any
such arbitrary action as that, There
are no plans OF specifications in the con-
tract regarding the sidewalk, as that
was nothing but patchwork There ID
nothing in it about expansion joints
SIT g in the statute. though, quick
ly answered Chairman Mcmillan.
!'Wcll, here Is the contract under
which I did that work. said Mr..
Moran, '.and 7 claim that it was done
according TO the terms which 1t con-
tains. While YOU people wero quarrel
ing over these petty things | was go.
ing ahead with my work. Perhaps y
would have been better for ME II
had stopped the work, but II would not
have been the best thing for the prop
ertv owners and business men on Main
street, -
There was no response from the @ ooara
members to Mr. Moran 5 final state
ment and the action of the board was
not disturbed The trouble arose over
the board ordering the contractor 10
leave space Of one inch between tne
sidewalk and curblng on Nam street,
where he put III new sections OIL the
sidewalk for expansion OF the ceinen,.
He was carrying out the orders OF tua
board when City Engineer Kelsey came
along and ordered him to lay the side
walk flush with the curbing. Inc Guy
engineer. consulted Mayor Bransfofd
about the matter and the mayor hp-
proved his order.
Estimates Held Up
AS that was a matter concerning the
plans and specifications and technlca'
sufficieucv of the work, Mr.. Moran pro-
ceeded to follow out the lnstTuctlons
of the engineer, whereupon the DoaIu
of public works sent him orders at t"o
different times TO put in the expansion
Joints. He refused 10 pay any at.en. h
tion to these orders and complcted the
l,f he
all of his estimates and he has not Ie
ceived a dollar for his work. 1t is yer!
probable that the matter VIII be se't,ce
in the courts. The engineer has napi.
of changing plans after contracts ais
let and the board has grown TyaiJ ''
Of the extravaganza OF his many p'N~
lers. Ma,
which has been held up by the o1arus oIn',s
but passed by the city council wi'nunr .,or
the board s approval. is that OF ,s or
100000 for repairing the woooen siant
pipe line from the sewer pumping p'fh ahs
20 the gravity outlet sewer Ai.c;1 n
estimate was passed by the counond
vas reconsidered and the city reco,u
yas instructed 10 request the board o.
public works to furnish the eouu. ee,ras
With a report of the inspector : nEunJ
hoyyinp the amount OF work oope
he material used in that con,iaS
That communication was reeeINe mo-
he board FRIDAY night, and npon Of
ion OF Mr. Roolbdge. the cnalriin%h tSe
he board was instructed to furhlsin ,e
cures as shown by the Inspector ,r,s,isl $ ie
oyt on the force account ana .hs
sed in the work authorized pS
oard, az rot au-
As the board claims II dlo ny ojso
horize part of the work done 'pu thers
he manner in which il was DONE tn "a
!, some question and speculation 40 -.
that the contract viii amount u
ordinp TO the board 5 figures. - IN.
John Mann was appointed as on
pector of public works By the ooaiu'
Martin Coal Co., 55 So. Main.
A., ,..l e o,I Roth nboneS osu. (