The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-24
MURDOCH WINS Big CROWD AT THEATRE
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Star spangied Banner" and other selec-
James Devine, chairman OF the meeting,
was introduced by Fred c. Loofbourow.
chairman Of the city Republican com
mittee, and Mr.. Devine said:
in this the closing days of the munich
pal campaign. it is fit and proper that
the men whom the Republican party have
nominated to represent you should be
heard from on matters that pertain to
the interests of the people of this city.
We have with US this evening Senator
George Sutherland, who has always had
the happy faculty of saying the right
thing at the right .ime-or, as his oppo-
nents consider it, the wrong thing at the
right time.
I'VE have with US our candidate for
mayor, James d. Murdoch, In whom every
man in this city, whether he be going to
vote for him or not, has absolute con-
fidsnce as to his qualifications for that
exalted office. He is sufficiently familiar
with the great work Of this municipal
corporation and the public v Orks that it
has in hand at the present time, that I
feel and indicate by their votes their
opinion Of his eminent qualifications for
that office. I now take pleasure ladies
and gentlemen, in introducing to Won Mr.
| 4auruoch, the next mayor of this CITY,"
Next Mayor Introduced.
The mention of the name Of James D.
Murdoch drew forth round Of applause,
/ and when Mr.. Devine referred to him as
the next mayor of Salt Lake, the approx
| tested
! Mr. Murdoch went straight to the point
| OF his message to the people of Salt Lake
launching into his series of statistics
every figure of which was eloquent with
the story or robbery and betrayal Of trust
on the part of the American party organi-
zatlon Mr.. Murdoch said:
IN appearing before you this evening,
! ., desire to call your attention. to some
| things that have happened in Salt Lake
since I became a resident in 1900 The
| first thing / desire to take up however
| is the now somewhat famous bill of p ].
Moran for repairing the wooden stave
outlet pipe to the inteTcepting sewer. The
! contract for this pipe was let to the
/ Campbell Building company at cost of
| 81 per linear foot, and the total length
| OF this pipe was something Ike 4475 feet
! $4,000.
after the pipe was placed in service
there were quite a number Of leaks that
developed, which in my opinion were
caused by the fact that the plans and
specifications did not provide for air
valves to be placed on the top of this pipe
at intervals along its length. Six air
valves have since been put in place by
/ the board OF public works which are of
great advantage in the operation of the
pumps in eliminating the shocks incident
| to the collection of air in all pumping op-
eratiOns, whether in the pumps them
I
Herewith.
After considerable. delay, the contract
between the city and the Campbell Build
ing company was annuIled, and the mat
ter placed in the hands of the board of
public works after reinforcing with con-
crete about ninety feet Of the pipe under
and adjacent to the Q. s. L. tracks, which
| was necessary and about the only quick
remedy that could he a1olied. : The mat
ter was taken out of the hands OF the
board of public works, and out Of the
hands of the city engineer, by few coun-
cIlmen and the mayor, who went over
the ground and gave P. J. Moran verbal
orders to proceed to reinforce the lealy
portion Of the pipe with concrete.
Not Authorized by Council.
'This matter, so far as l. am aware,
has not to this day been authorized by
the city council, and consequently is alb
solutely illegal. The city has about $500
belonging to the Campbell Building COM
pany and could have made the repairs
that were necessary by replacing the de-
feetive slaves with new ones at small
! expense, and deducted the cost from the
balance due the Campbell Building COM
pany. BY ignoring the plans and specifi-
cations and making the repairs in the way
they have done, they have relieved the
Campbell Building company of all re-
spOnsibility aud are owing them the pal
ance due without any deduction what
| ever There were J. 1853 feet of pipe rein
forced and the figures which I shall now
give are obtained from the board of pub
lie works inspector and from Mr.. Mo
THE board Of public works inspector
reports for foremen, 1896. 50. Mr. Moran
! bin was 81 105 81 making a cost for eacf
linear foot of pipe reinforced 81 cents
Labor, the public works inspector s9''
| T25. %: labor from Mr.. Moran bill, 81,
PIG. 70: cost per foot, $6.14. Yet the origlna
contract was at the rate of "a per foot
, That is for labor alone, the cost is S-l
a foot greater than the original CONTRACT
Cement board of public works IN
| spector 2791 sacks cost Sl,6I4.50, Whlle
Moran's bill calls for $50 barrels at
cost of 81, ss7 90. or at the rate Of Sl-4O pei
io "!Te an sss2 30. by the inspector; Mr.
Moran's bill, $3.50. A..
ran, S2o3. ga. ,.hf-
ist, Mr. MOran's BILL sl47,
PLUMBER, by inspector, SS.lS; plumber
Mr.. Moran. S6-2-
Mason Inspector, So Mt moran, :; -
, Now. the total account OF the Doaro O
public works inspector IS SS,4t9'@i MF
Noran's bill says 12,3l7.52, making ne
/ difference of $3.50. q
Pat Moran's Lovely Bill.
According to Mr.. Moran's bill there
was AZ, 600 feet of lumber at a cost Q.
81 I46 40. There was $4,000 pounds o.
reinforced steel at a cost of s2,10S
gravel and sand. 1,420 cubic YARDS
sl42G la6s abb ro az s SmpP maing woodeH
! I boxes for air valves, 800 DAYS, SOW
Z watchmen. I15a days, $3.50. 20. Tit
! hoard of public works inspector informs
! us that there were men WORKING
nuri1niffr water night and day, cOnse
I duently there could not have been muci
, use for watchmen:
! transferring. labor from ana .
- daNS.
! ing a total of S17,790 10, to which mus
he added Is per cent for supervision
. amounting to S2,66S. ga total pre-
! sented TO the city council BY Mr, Alorai
! pairing a "a per foot pipe, in the. alb
: sence Of definite instructions from an
! source whatever, because, as l hav'
] said. the board of public works wa
4 left out OF the reckoning.
= Some Interesting Figures.
: aerhe Inspector who was looking afte
: the work on the gas producer plant
$ where the mixture OF concrete was .
superintendent TO put in the same mix
\ ture of concrete. Mr.. Morans Dill, a.
+ have already said, calls for $50 bar
! rels of cement, which is equivalent t
! III cubic yards Of cement multiplie'
I nv ga gives 721 cubic yards of sand AM
5 gravel; 721 plus III makes Ssz cubl
/ yards of dry mixture 1t takes /.
cubic yards Of dry mixture TO make on
: cubic yard of concrete. They CLAIM
4 there were 100 cubic yards of con
: / crete used. Now, according to the mix
: ture given yy the inspector, there wer
Y one item alone $4,000.
4 ssThe other horn of the dilemma nov
+ presents itself If they used 1,420 cubi
= wards of sand and gravel and $50 bar
. rsls of cement, then the mixture, in
E stead Of being 81 to l, was IL to l, an
: was not worth anything at all. 1