Show I AN EXPERT OPINION Once in a while P J J Moran con for the city of Salt Lake rises to make a remark It happen often but when It does Patrick usually has to say sa and ha ho says it in the fewest possible words Such an occasion arose in a meeting of ot the board of public works on Thursday night and Moran arose with it It 1 The board was discussing the new I assessment law regarding public works which has so many and so varied inter interpretations at the hands bands of the city ad administration administration administration ministration The discussion wearied Moran If you OU award me this con contract contract contract tract he ho said I will sign it and go ahead with the work regardless of the opinion of the city attorney attorn y or any anyone one else Im Pin not guessing on this matter I otherwise I would not have bid I know what Im doing Note the brevity and terseness of the diction the absence of superfluous words of tautology or oratory It refreshing to find at least one mem member member ber her of the city administration who knows what he Is doing City attorneys attorneys attorneys may be in doubt the public works board may be timid the th city council be lost in a trance and the mayor maor dreaming but at least one man In the cabinet Is on the job and hesi heal hesitate hesitate tate to say so Compare this with the shuffling shuttling eva evasion evasion evasion sion and misty language of the other city elt administration heads Some of them aver that pavements which are paid for tor two years ago and contracted for tor almost as long cannot be laid now because a law was passed by the last legislature which gives them an excuse for dodging Others pretend to think the law requires a separate advertise advertisement advertisement advertisement ment for tor each eich piece of o property to be bo assessed a separate contract for each and separate levies to correspond They believe belIeves or pretend to believe that the new law makes it impossible to proceed with the great program of Improve Improvement Improvement improvement ment laid out by them But no such fears embarrass Moran and in reckless disregard of his asso associates associates elates in the city government he laughs at their statements and offers otters to go right along with his philanthropic work of Improving the city law or no no law all he wanis the contract On the lace face of the situation the city administration ought either to suppress Moran or follow tallow his advice and do the work On general principles his opinion opinIon opinIon ion and his lawyers ought to be quite as good if It not better than any other city because he knows a good deal more than most of them and they usually follow his directions any anyway anyway anyway way His opinion may be a little ex ox expensive expensIve pensive but It has usually been based on a So practical experience that the city cit has paid for so It ought to be good |