Show ONE CHANCE FOR TAXPAYER In their attempt to rush through the conduit grab those minority Amen eans who proposed the donation party for Contractor Moran overlooked the possibility that their associates who have some regard for honesty and economy might block bloc the game The result has been so far a division of the ranks with the grafters on one side and the sensible conservative councilmen on the other Another factor they had not counted upon Is Mr Doremus who was 85 the consulting engineer when the plans for forthe forthe the conduit were adopted adopt ed and who is ison Ison on record with his opinion that the concrete conduit would meet all the requirements without the plaster If the concrete were put in according to the specIfications Mr Doremus might have e gone lont wen even further and sid Mid that the plan we were all submitted to him and wore were adopted with his approval in every detail He knows as any tic l engineer knows knowE that the original plans will stand the test of exam I It t ion tion by p al engineers familiar with work and that the pro proposal posa to add to the co cot t of the made the Interest of the contractor for wh Jn tho addI addition tion would me mean n so much to the Uie ro f his contract The cold fact Is that the concrete which leaks eaks was not up to specifications t ion and that the suggestion or of a I plaster covering was intended to cover feds in the concrete work and at atthe i ithe the same ame time give the contractor more mone money for work which would woud be un tin T if the job had been done right in the first place The suggestion that the matter be II to some Impartial l engineer is a 8 good ORe one provided the engineer to tobe I Ibe be consulted is a man of high stand standing lug ing in his hill profession and familiar with concrete work and hydraulic engineer engineering jug ing It would cost money but it would be bettor better spent than the which some of the councilmen s cheerfully Intended to give to Contractor Moran It Is a hopeful sign that some of the American councilmen would not sub submit submit mit to the dictation of Black Mulvey and others who meant to rush through the job without consideration and it will HI be a more hopeful sign if the councilmen who are honest and able will take control of the bu as they should sad ee to It that the interests are protected In this connection It may be added that the talk or of the BIa combination about the conduit having been projected as a po polI lI fc l undertaking might have force It if It were ere not for foi the facts In the case tr Ir Doremus the consulting on en has bas never been with the de democratic p party Pat Moran who ho got the conduit Contract was as x a heavy to the merIcan campaign fund his hi principal subcontracts tracts went ent to Americans and swI his hie support so o far AS he be gave ve any open support wu was thrown to the th p patriots trl ts Engineer Bacon who planned the con conduit conduit duit earned the criticism of some ar an ardent dent democrats because he refused to consIder polities politics at all in his depart department merit ment work and the whole undertakIng was divorced from p partisan rUsan politics from its inception to the letting Jetting of the contract No public work here bere in recent years has been handled more legitimately as asa a straight business pro Uon and its man gem nt affords a con contrast contrast with the s system stem whIch Black and Mulvey and 2nd Kelsey Keisey and Moran have hao begun to establish in the department of the city |