Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-20
slit STOPS WORK ON
wATERWORKS PLANT
.,, commission Dcf0,dnnt In In
junction suit which VIII Delay
improving of Plant.
UNCERTAINTY At CITY HALL
an, nrlr,c- Municipality In'~rs~'s
,r rr,,rri, Safcguarioi--wiii
iishl To- Dissolve iDjun'tion.

\ IL, expenditure Of i575.ooQ Of
u,,lfip, bonds Tor cnlnrgins ana
improving The water plant which 70
,.,,d in a nuit hring started Friday
.s,ip.' the contractors ana the city
commission has tied up the work un
ID neat Tuesday
A. M, ,iy hall there was de
,.,. ~ uncertainty about the suit
N. legal department had not had
r,,. Il, % into the merits ~ the
80. hut enough IL known aa tu the
,.t,,, uf the city attorney tu say
,n,t he VIU make a fight 10 get the
,nO,r.,fon dissolved The city be-
W,,,s Do ia properly 1feguhrdcd
IA. interest. of the municipality and
h,. handled the letter ~ Ia. con
,,,,, IN n l,s1l manner, and that its
.b,NIns NiII he sufficicn, to get the
.out, to Dissolve the restraining
y order
vnr conditions Irresponsible.
Nu,h ~ the watcrworks muddlo
b. due ~ Vtr conditions when tho
x,t, not prone 10 make construction
hands aud the contractors expert
,nced snur little difficulty In get
tlnr bond This was arranged. how
ever The contract was awarded Just
prior to the signing ~ the armisticc,
which clarified things, and on Mo-
yembcr O.. the contract was signed
~ many verbal agreements were
had between the city commissioners
and the contractor that this further
complicated things
Amer the contract had been drawn
M awarding the contract TO Pleasant
4 Tlhbrti- II was changed The
water commissioner. Mr. Currin.
made a showing that even II the
| plant vas built. the pumping equip
Il hsnt was Insufficient to supply the
city and he demanded part of the
bond issue he used for pumps and
filtration enlargement
The contractors were called In.
anil after the showing. reached an
agree. ont that the contract was 10
b. trimmed 90 ti0O. .0OO. leaving the
balance 10 hr used AT the pumping
station The contractor nErss to
thl. even tlSugh he could legally
have held To all his contract
However. there had been n sup.
Elemental agreement that the city
sas permitted to buy Rs much or
little y. the original contract as II
wished. and on this bnris. the com
promise was reached
Change of Pipc Made.
The original plans for the syst EN-
called Tor a great deal ~ 4-ineh
.Aplpe hlsed ON the contract. the
contractors ordered $4,000 feet OF 4.
inch pipe. when the plans were
changed and . inch pipe substituted
IN practically all OF the plans, cx-
cspi i.oOO feet This change was
\ made by Cnmmlsslshcr Curran.
The contractors also ordered
quantity ~ valves. which were called
tof IN the contract The water com.
missioner saws the contractor has
wv,t had an .stlmnte ~ the mum
hef of valves needed for the work
planned. which adds another com.
pheallnn
Starting on the job has been an
o'her puzzle The contractors have
Na''ed work AZ one place, while tho
commissioner has directed work b.
lone In another The contractor says
ne mas been unable 10 make the
worn progress owing To the many
'hahse. IN plans ana the various
orders from the city
civic Clubs Investigate.
Local Insurance men ay there II
rolng 20 be- an Increase In Insurance
cost In the city unless the water
N"tm i brought up to the maxi
mum al onc" Facing this situation
th' business men through the local
civic clubs demanded 10 know what
vas wrong Seeking through the
agency NJ tho allied civtc COMMITTEES,
an investigation was started. aud
such tac's ts the committee was able
oblain indicated mismanAsement
W the handling Of the water prob
lem In general
The committee found that while
ma'erlal had been ON the ground
'h'e heo'mhcr 10, none Of IL had
"'n placed The committee also
.ouhd mat there wnA stlll some ar
''n.'H i7 10 the material. Cauklins
wv ul' pipe IN the opinion ~ tho
.'n'I lNlon"ts, should be lend. A
p'leht material IL To be used. or the
nuMtofS are TO suffer n loss as
nave that material bought
ne contract calls for Darling
aNes or equal The contractor has
south' valve that IN asld to he as
.od as 'h" Darling. and passes
ety i'nWrrmcnt. and bought be-
su@ u ls Hu,d to he OF high grade
handled without Engineer.
, Nhnl" lob from the citysl
r'", oi View has been handled with.
n 'u' assistance ~ an engineer.
,,c'N engineering department
,ns overloaded with other work,
l 10 meet this emergency u man
49,. Nv - ploNcd No contract has
~ mao with him nor has he been
However Engineer Roberts
n, ,n' ION aud has been passing
problems for several days
h,' 'puo"ing the differences between
personalities ~ the ailied civic
s'.n,Il' 'nd Mr. Curran, the water
,,,., missioner has A.cn invited tn M
s. NO meeting ~ the CIV club
80 .'u'N ana i1lk over the situation
me-. ' members. The club feels rs
m, ,lN have o. risht to know all
wv ''c's IN the case
tNSI LUTHERAN WILL HOLD