| Show DISCREPANCIES IN MORANS JOn JOB Council Committee Finds the Contractors Reports Dif Differ Differ Differ fer From Inspectors That there will be a wide discrepancy between the figures of P J Moran and the special committee from the city council In connection with his concrete repair Job on the wooden stave outlet pipe was shown yesterday esterday at the first sitting of the special committee In Inthe Ini Inthe i the council chamber The T e committee compared reports from J J Williams Inspector for the board of ot works D P Thomas Inspector for the city engi engineers engineers nears office and P J Moran from the start of work on April 20 until May 6 and will meet again this morning at 9 to complete the work up to June 13 when the costly repair work was completed No representative of ot P J Moran was present owing to the fact that the city recorder did not notify them according to Mr Moran last night This morning however Mr Moran or his representative tive Frank Gowan willbe on hand Many Discrepancies In going over the reports for less than thana a months work the council committee found a discrepancy of nearly 1000 without taking into consideration any of the cement used on the Job The fig figures figures figUres ures of the Inspectors were found to be befar befar befar far away from those of the contractor The inspector J J Williams said he had worked as long as Morans men up to April 15 but when he found he would get paid for working only eight hours he went onto the Job after Morans men and quit before they did thus merely guessing at the number of men they had working and the number of hours they worked Mayor John S Bransford who has all aU along favored the Moran claim for 20 0 regardless of the cost of the work and the price that should be paid at attended attended attended tended the meeting for only a short time The committee was to work with the mayor but he left without investigating investigating gating as fully as expected by the council The special committee consisted of T TR TR R 11 Black L D Martin F S Fern Fernstrom Fernstrom Fernstrom strom G H James D Mur Murdoch Murdoch Murdoch doch and L E Hall Hail and for a time Oliver Hodgson listened to the work Mr Ir Murdoch followed the reports care carefully carefully carefully fully throughout and wilt will likely be heard later in opposition to the Moran claim and in n regard to the inspection system of ot the board of works and the city cit engineers office George O 0 Cha Chane Ties ne chief assistant in the city engi engineers engineers engineers office took part in the Ings reading the itemized bill bUl from Mo Moran Moran 10 S ran showing the workings on the Job for each day Chiefly Guess Work There was vas no account of the cement kept by either of the inspectors and this will have to be guessed gue sed at by the special committee Discrepancies oc occurred occurred curved almost every day in regard to the number of men on the Job the teams and other items In nearly every in instance Instance instance stance the Moran claim was wag for nearly nearl a half more days work for laborers than shown by the Inspector In of the board of works but the peculiar fea lea feature feature ture came when the Inspector showed for May 4 and May 5 that thirteen more men were at work than even claimed by the contractor This item attracted no i end endo of attention indicating the of the t e Inspectors tabulations It was suggested that the contractor would hardly charge for less lees men than he had at work on the Job On one day Moran reported more men working eight hours than the inspector showed thirty on another on another twentysix on another on another and so soon soon soon on down to three or four more than the inspector found The item of laborers alone showed a discrepancy of days for the month or That of teams showed a dis die discrepancy discrepancy of twentythree or at 5 a day foremen showed a difference of days or approximately and machinists twenty days or 80 at atI 4 I a day This does docs not include car carpenters carpenters carpenters penters and plumbers which will bring the amount of the discrepancy to more than 1000 for less than a month |
