| Show COMPETITION NOW NO GIVEN A SETBACK Council Goes on Record in Favor of P J Morans Monopoly SHUT OUT OF CITY CREEK NEW FIRM MEETS SQUEEZE OUT ACTION ON PETITION When hen the city council last night turned down the petition of ot Strange Maguire paving contractors for a location in City vacate the s ground in the tho canyon canon plant and then refused to countenance a resolution calling upon P F J Moran to Creek canyon can on for their asphalt mixing the administrations policy in blocking the thedoor thedoor thedoor door to legitimate competition in Salt Lake was brought out The fight first came up last night on the report rt of the tho committee on public grounds and waterways recommending that the new contracting firm Strange Maguire be permitted room in City Creek canyon canon adjoining Morans plant and that the he monthly rental for each be increased from 25 2 to 50 The report of the com corn committee committee was that the new contractors be forced to construct a new road and make other improvements before they were al at allowed towed owed in the canyon canon Almost as soon Son as the report had been read Councilman Martin Mulvey moved that the committee report be filed and received a second l from Councilman F S SF Fernstrom F Mr Ir Fernstrom said ho he h had gone up to the proposed site and had concluded there was no room for another plant He said it would create a nuisance and that it would be unwise for the coun council council cil cli to grant the petition A strong fight against the administration tion policy IJ was mado made by b Councilman Mark member of the majority but unwilling to countenance blocking competition against Moran who has held the local field without a struggle for far three years ears with the result that hundreds hun hundreds hundreds of thousands of dollars extra have havel been l een paid by b the property pro pert owners for par paving paving paring ing work over what would have hare been bec n charged had there been legitimate h com corn competition competition petition in Salt Lake Makes Talk I realize the fact that City creek has been set aside for one of the public parks of Salt Lake and I 1 am heartily in favor of that plan said Councilman But that will not come for several years rears ears The city the money mone now to make a public pubu playground pla ground of the canyon canon Mo Moran Moran 10 ran is there now and Strange Ma Maguire Maguire guire juire are entitled entitle to as much consideration tion as P J 3 Moran If Moran had been successful in getting the contracts for both Third South and Ninth East streets there would have hae been as much hauling in the canyon as there would be with the contracts split between the two firms You must remember that the hauling from the plant to the street to be paved Is s an item that must be figured In It Itis Itis ItIs is an item considered by the contractor I and presents an important Item in sub submitting nutting bids City creek is close in and in placing the plants there it means a great saving to the taxpayers of Salt Lake LakeI I 1 am in favor of allowing Moran to remain in the canyon until we are ready re d to make a park of it And I 1 am In favor of giving g the same treatment to Strange Maguire aguire I want to say ay y now hat when a new firm finn comes into the city and on two contracts saves the taxpayers of Salt Lake from to it should have havethe havethe havethe the same consideration as the old contractor at least A fair fall deal is all that is asked for In this matter and I think the council should be fair fall enough to give this by allowing the new contractors contractors tors tots an equal chance with ith Moran in com corn competing competing for the paving raving work in Salt Lake by allowing them room In City Creek canyon canon Fair Play Asked Fall Fair play and a square deal is what this council should give said Council Councilman man L E Hall That is all aU that is wanted in this case and all that will be given in allowing Strange Maguire In Inthe Inthe inthe the canyon We Ve dont want to discourage competition In n Salt Lake and I believe this action in filing the committee report would discourage competition Now is the time to say to contractors generally to come in here and get a square deal If Moran loran is allowed In the canyon this firm too should be allowed in Let us give paving to the property pro pert owners of Salt Lake as cheaply as it can be had hadOn hadOn hadOn On the vote to file the report rt the vote stood Yes Davis Fernstrom McKinney Mulvey ODonnell Reed and Wood 7 No Hall Holley Hodgson Lyne Lne More Moreton Moreton ton Re dall and Ferry Ferr 7 The vote was then taken for the P passage of the com corn committee committee report rt but Moreton changed his vote and md stood again with the majority after a hurried consultation with Wood on one side and McKinney on the other The result was that the committee re report report report port was turned down by a vote of 8 S to 6 and the new contractors were shut out of the canyon canon Later in the session a surprise was sprung when Councilman L 1 E Hall pre presented seated a resolution calling upon the street supervisor to instruct Moran to move out of the canyon also Statements had been made by Councilmen Mulvey Wood and others that they would vote to oust Moran and thus leave the canyon clear using this tubs In their argument against Strange Maguire But no sooner had the resolution been read rea l than a fight was started imme immediately immediately Immediately Councilman Hall explained that he introduced the resolution for tor the pur purpose purpose purpose pose of ot placing the too majority members on record In regard to the Moran loran matter matterand matterand matterand and demonstrate whether competing con contractors contractors contractors tractors were to have a square deal The resolution was killed by the council This action left left Moran in the canyon and re refused refused refused fused the same right to the new Dew con contractors contractors contractors tractors |
