The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-09
P, ]. MORAN WILL
GET SOME MONEY
Estimate for the Outlet Pipe Is
Passed by the City
Council.
SOME DISCUSSION
BY THE C0UNClLMEN
Other Matters That Are COnsld-
cred by the City
Fathers.


ell, held Thursday night upon q call Is
sued by President A. i. Davis and Coun-
cflmen Murdoch and O'Donnel, the esti-
mate In favor OF p. j. Moran for repair
ing the wooden stave pipe from the sewer
pumping station TO the gravity outlet
sewer was passed, and the report OF the
license committee on the applications. OF
126 saloons and thirty-two drug stores lot
liquor licenses, which have been unaer
consideration for several weeks Mas
adopted and the licenses granted Inc
application of the Doull Drug company
was held up, however, Tor !nvestieauoi.
on request of Reedall, who stated that
the company was violating the liquor OF, Or
dinanco by selling beer and WHISKY on
sunday. irhe amount of the estimate IN
favor OF Mr.. Moran was S2o'1Ssot, pu. @
ne will not receive his money for rev
gave notice OF a reconsideration oil thal
matter at the next meeting,
After the call Tor the special meetlne
was read President Davis stated tnat
Mir, Moran was badly in need OF funds,
as he had not received cent from 'he
city for work done this year. ana as nc
had completed the work on the pipe nle ne
TO the satisfaction Of the city engineer ne
thonght the council should authorize the
payment Of the estimate 1T,
CITY Engineer Kelsey was asked Win
reference 10 the work and stated thal
4, had been authorized by the counGn, Gu.
which gave himself the mayor ana tnc
chairman OF the board OF public WORKS
authority to have il done accoralng 20 10
tho sewer was let some time ago TO tiie
Campbell Construction company ana ~ !.
failed In the work, whereGpon tne , CITY
had taken the job away and hao IL com
pleted by Mr.. Moran. 49,.
Mr. Holley wanted to know what the
original contract price for the sewer was
he was informed that 1t amounted 10
about 5000 He then inquired why the
repairing Of the pipe cost more lhan .le
original contract price OF construct,oh;
Mr. Kelsey explained that Mr, Moran nao u
10 cover part OF the pipe with concrete
jackct because of leakage. the distance
covered by the concrete being about one
fourth OF u mile,
Fernstrom Favors 1t.
Mr.. Fernstrom favored the esiInate;
and stated that the council had oIoeIeS
out of the hands OF the Campbel com
many. which il did. Mr.. Moran. he sala,
uncovered the pipe and round ina. ~
leaked. whereupon he nritea ,,t,ic ,nc worts S0ri
urlt to look at ii. They went out ato
decided that the pipe should nave cor
crete iacket oil the curves at an! ra.S
They were told that TO cover ~ WIZ WIZ
concrete the entire distance would cos.
about $40 900, so decided TO nave ON! on!
nnrr of Il covered with concrete Inc
thought that Mr.. Moran should be paid
ana that the city should charge the orls
inal contractor with as much OF the cost
of The work as possible, ana AT Nsss 80
Charge up the penalty OF $50 per DAY LOr
TajL,Tc 10 complete the contract Wltnl3
the time specified. With the cnarges anu
n.naltv he said that the Camppeli cv,h cn
pany would have TO put up ABOUT ehO'
600. 8, - -, o,,+
Mr.. Holiey thought that 1t was an ou6o udo
rage on the city TO have TO pay SZy,ogo
for repairing bhe pipe when i,th ,h@ stirnn TiiT
,,ine for 100000 He did not think thss
any one ever authorized the covering %
The pipe part way and leaving near! -
third OF ID uncovered.
M, NJ, o.TIonnell stated that he under
stood that Mr.. Moran was 10 SUlp thc IRE
pipe and ind out who was 10 pla'ils ,os
The poor work. and II II "ss ,H t,,I fo, r.
and n IL was the fault OF the conlractor
then the company should pay; n Was hs
The understanding of Mr.. Wood that t,.e
council was opposed 10 the cohcret7
Jacket and that Mr.. Moran was 10 re-
ga5f gqefe 'os on It, R,ps' '"' "'s ~
Mr. Fernstron said that anybody who
saw the pipe knew that II could NOT pe
,enairod nj the curves aud bends without
a ccncrete Jacket. He stated further that
MT Moran succeeded in doing what tns
other contractor nad idi'eu W uo '
should be paid o..
board OF public works 10 approve the es-
innate Mr. Reedall stated that the coun.
ell authorized the engineer, mayor and
chairman OF the board 10 have the work
done and the board would not recon-
mend the payment OF the work it had
not ordered done But as the mayor and
the city engineer had approved the WORK
ne thought the council shoNld pay Tor IL
although he considered it too high
Councilman Hall said that he had no
idea that the bill would be so high. as
he had talked with Nj. Moran, who told
him that he thought 1t would amount
10 about $10 900, hence he was very much
stunned when he heard that it amounted
10 more than twice that sum lnasmucf
rs the mayor. engineer and chairman OF
the board OF public works had authorlzee
the work, he thought 1t should be PAID
for
Rotten in Denmark.
Did you recommend the method OF re-
pairing the pipe?" inquired Mr.. Murdoch
"No. sir cir: 1 never never did approve of the
method" was the reply.
"Then there must be something rottcr
IA Denmark" replied M Murdoch
neer would not approve.
Councilman Martin said that he was
with the council when it went out to In
spect the pipe with Mr.. Moran. and thai
while the engineer did not exactly ap-
prove OF the method. the councilmcr
were desperate, because the people in the
southwestern part OF the city were Sc
badly in need of sewer improvements anc
hence thought that il should be repaired
even II IT did cost more than they ex-
Gesru1l
Mr.. Hall wanted TO know II the pip,
was in good repair. 10 which the city
engineer replied that II still leaked ir
places where there was no concrete bu
that II worked very satisfactorily unde
'the present pressure. which had beer
used for about q month.
The roll was then called and the es
innate was passed by vote of 10 to .
liolley and Murdoch voting In the mega
tive and Hodgsou was excused from yot
ing, because ho was not present whe1
the matter was first considered by ,th
council Mr. Murdoch changed his vot
10 the affirmative and gave notice OF
reconsideration at the next meeting, con
sequently the matter is no.t settled def
nitely yet.
The matter of the appica tions TO
liquor licenses OF the 136 saloons an
1hirty-two drug stores was then take
up. and the committee report In reear
10 the twenty-four applications whic
have been under Fl rigid investigation b
the committee was read. Black the
moved that the report concerning all tn
other applications, which was laid owe
from last Tuesday night. be taken fror
the table and voted on at the same time
The motion wae carried.
Reason for Report.
He then stated that he and Mr. O'Don