Show AWARDS THE HIGH HIGHLINE LINE CONTRACT Job Goes to P 1 J Moran Despite De Despite spite Bitter Protests of the Minority CHARGES MISUSE OF FUNDS Councilman BaIl Appeals to Honor Honorof of Body on Pledges Made to Voters Despite the opposition of the minor minority minority ity of ot three led by Councilman L E Hall the award of or the contract for tor the tho construction of the new City Creek high highline highline highline line at a cost ot of to P J 1 Joran Moran oran was approved by the council bouncIl last night The communication received from the board of public works asking that P PJ PJ J 1 Morans bid be accepted and the contract authorized came caine as a surprise to t 0 a few tew of the members of ot the council when the board of ot public pUblio works vork met last Friday night to open the tho bids and listed eight of ot them the board decided to refer the bids to the city engineer to be scheduled and to further con consider alder sider them at ot a meeting to be held this evening Councilman Hall opposed the imme immediate ImmedIate diate awarding of ot the contract for the high line pleading In a talk that lasted over half halt a hour that action should be deferred for at least another week In order to give time for further consideration of ot the project In this talk to the council Mr Yr Hall covered the ground upon which he lie has argued at former meetings when the high line was up for tor discussion Ad Admitting Admitting Admitting that the city faces two mat matters matters of great importance the th means of at distributing the water and of increasing IncreasIng In reas ing the present supply he be thought the latter was of ot the greatest Importance at this time There Thero t not sufficient water at present he argued to satisfy the demands of ot the consumers and with the constant increase in the population population population lation of ot the city the situation Is III con constantly constantly becoming graver Dt Relieve Supply Can Be De Doubled d With the expenditure of something like OOOO and with the Interchange of ot the rights In the waters of ot the East Rast Jordan canal he thought that the thep present p sent supply from tram the Big Cotton Cottonwood Cottonwood wood could be doubled This he thought of paramount Importance and was wall more in line Une with the purpose for which the bond issue out of which the funds will wm be taken for the high line was authorized authorised He expressed the opinion that while he is in favor of ot the high line and believes that it should be constructed yet et it should be put off and come coma In under a new bond is issue Issue sue lIue that It if the bond funds are used at this time for a purpose It Is a violation ot of th t pledge led e of or the council given to the tile voters v at the time of ot the bond Issue Pledges Would lie How can enn you ou he said laid go before the people next year with clean olean hands In asking for tor a new bond issue ue when we have not kept the pledges s made in inthe Inthe the last lut bond issue You have used up all the tile money without increasing the supply of ot water While hile the high bight line Une is U needed need t for the northeast bench let the tb redistribution r wait walt and just now lets Jets find the water to redistribute Councilman F S Fernstrom was of the opinion that the situation on the northeast bench could be relieved at small coot coat by moving the present tank higher up the canyon Mr Lynne fa favored favored the suggestion of Mr Hall flaIl as to doubling the waters tram front Cotton Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood wood but felt that the high line was wasa a present pre ent and Immediate Imm necessity ex the opinion that both projects might be carried out with the addition of about to the present fund Mr Mulvey made the final talk In favor of ot the high line and the th vote taken resulted in nine yeas in favor of granting the contract three against and andone andone one tine not voting Those voting for tor the awarding of ot the contract were Council Councilmen men Hodges Reed ODonnell Lynne Moreton Mulvey and Davis Dals Councilmen Hall hail Holl Honey y and Lees voted no and Mr Ir Fernstrom declined to vote |