| Show FARRELL WAFTS COIN THINKS TH JOINT COMMITTEE HAS MONKEYED LOXG ENOUGH Plain Statements Made By the Plumbing ContraetorH Committee Appointed to tnvettgateQue5 tion oC Insurance Conic Un Kills Paid Board of Control Holds u JeeUng Well gentlemen if you intend to force me into making an assignment say so at once do not prolong this any longer I I am going to be paid let me know when if not say so Thus spoke J J Farrell at the meeting meet-ing of the joint city and county building build-ing committee yesterday afternoon Farrell had the contract for certain plumbing and steam fitting in the building He performed the work Then he demanded his pay but those in charge said the job was not properly done Then an expert was appointed to examine He finished his work and now another committee wH go over the building and ascertain if what he said was true Whether any one will report on their report or not Ie a matter mat-ter of conjecture In the meantime Farrell Is holding a moneyless sack and wishing that he had something to put In It i I The question came up yesterday on I a motion by Selectman Roberts to pay I i Farrell 3750 on account In the confusion con-fusion of tongues which followed It was plainly evident that there was i I opposition to any such action When j I i quiet had been partially restored ilr i Farrell addressed the committee j I I 1 What do you want me to do I have performed my work according to contract I was completed months ago Now you hire an expert who goes over all the work and finds three j i or four leaks These I was not re sponslble for but I fed them Your expert charges a leak in a Closet I demonstrate that it was due to carelessness on the part of some i employee who left a tap open until I water ran under the tiles Some of my work has been changed by Inexperienced i perienced men since my contract was finished and I have even gone over I I that I can do no more There is no I I more to do I you are going to force me to make an assignment say so if not say so and if there is any dis j pute let us arbitrate as provided in I j I the contract Architect Proudfoot who was present pres-ent said something about specifications specifica-tions which evidently touched Far rells temper for he replied hotly Yes sir Those specifications which you burned without any right and for which I was advised to have you arrested ar-rested but did not Oil was poured on the troubled waters by appointing Roberts Watson and the architect to inspect in company com-pany with Mr Farrell the work The committee will begin work this morning morn-ing I Roberts motion was withdrawn Councilman Corm was present to call the committees attention to the matter of insurance After some discussion dis-cussion and copious quotations from Geddes on contracts and renewing with other companies at lower rates I was referred to a subcommittee Bills were passed as follows Utah Stove Sc Hardware Co J 45 S Julius Myer 153 55 Druehl Sc Frankin 21 9 Hoard of Control Mayor Baskin expressed his disapproval disap-proval of the action by the county court in granting privileges at yesterdays yester-days session of the board of control I appears that a cigar stand has been located In the county side of the first floor and that a lunch counter privilege has been granted during the constitutional constitu-tional convention session on the third session A few bills were passed at the |
