Show FIGHT BEING MADE AGAINST NEW FIRM Councilmen Protest Against Renting Strange Maguire Site For Asphalt Plant MATTER COMES UP TONIGHT BREAK IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED IN COMMITTEES In Uk like an effort eUort to c cose oe the door of Stilt Salt Lake to tID with P J Moran in asphalt contracts several of the city council have banded themselves tl tI gether ether in a fight t allowing Strange Maguire the bid ders on the East Third South street paving any location in City creek can canyon canyon yon for Or their asphalt plant The matter will conic come before the city council tonight AS it was ld up a week ago through the fight Of Martin Mulvoy r In spite of the fa that it will mean IDean an increase fron to 1200 a year to the city to allow Strange Maguire in the canyon be beside beside side the plant of Moran a fight has been started which may defeat the pe petition Je of the contractors contractor and erect orect an another another other bulwark in front of the fortress of Moran In pavIng contracts In Salt It Lake Three weeks ago a petition was re received received from Strange II to be allowed to go into City crek ck canyon to erect their asphalt anhalt plant as this is the and m meat t plan planas as was shown to the tho The mat matter matter ter wept went before the publIc grounds 9 committee which recommended that Strange Maguire be allowed to build Its plant just north of Morans plant and to Increase the monthly rental ta 50 of 25 S The city has hall been receiving a year from Moran but with the Increased rental and aDd the two plants would receive annually When the committee report was wis read Mulvey started the fight against It and demanded that tile the new con contractors contractors tractors find some her place for the plant He was able to 10 hold the matter over oer for a week and It wilt wIll come up again tonight for action Surprise Among Contractors Th The competition of Strange Ma Maguire Maguire guire It lit i said has bas already saved SIlt Lake about on two contracts Third South and Ninth East A sur surprIse surprise prIse was sprung among the when the Strange Maguire bid was read for the Third South paving Mo Moran Moran ran had expected no opposition a he 19 had shut out all others in Salt Lake LakeI I for three years and his bid was about the same as usual The bid of Strange Maguire for about was about below that of Moran and neither the board of public works not no the council could overlook this tn awarding the bid Shortly after this the bids were opened for the paving of Ninth East street from South Tern Tem Temple pIe street to the southern limits of UI the city Moran figuring on another bId bd from frol Stran Strange Maguir started out ut In reEL real I competItIon and ana his bid DIU wa was nealy under the city engineers had been based upon past prices charged by the contractor But Strange Maguire had bad made no bid for this work City creek canyon pre presents the best and quickest place for the contracting firms firm to get from their pIuta to their work When hen City creek Wall waa asked aKed for forby forby by Strange Maguire a tight fight was started A break lies has been caused In Inthe Inthe the council over the matter aj s Mark Redall stands firmly f 1 fIt It and declares he will fight for f te e establishment of the new plant In City creek He declares that two plants lire are not more objectionable than thaB one and so long as Moran Is allowed In the can canyon canyon yon the new firm should be to go there He has hac pouted Inthe In Inthe the council that the firm b haa been hid hidding ding in Salt Lake for only a months but that In this time It Las lag saved the taxpayers of Salt Lake ap approximately approximately proximately For that rea fn he declares they should at lea least t have 9 an even break with Moran The contractors declare there Is no location along the railroads which an anbe anbe be obtained and aDd that the City creek crek site Is the most logical But with tile tue present lineup In the council It Is fig figured figured that the contractors may be crowded out of the canyon and thus thug thusa a new obstruction placed In the Way of the new firm and In favor ot or shut shuttIng tIng out competition against Moran with Its consequent return to old prices |