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Show NOTED MQRA Bill TO BEAflBITRATED City Council Organized Hoard for Purpose of Investigating Contractor's Claim. FINDING OF COMMISSION TO BE REGARDED FINAL Councilman Hall Believes Matter Mat-ter Should Have Been Threshed Out in Courts. The somewhat noted claim of P. J. Moran against tho city for S'J0,-15S.C7 made progress at a spoc.lal mooting of the city council Thursday night. Whether il mndc progress toward C'lai'lficatlon or loward a greater state of chaos Is yet to be determined. de-termined. The claim of Moraii is going to be handled by a hoard of arbitration. This board of arbitration Is to consist of three persons. One of these Is A. F. Doremus. who was named as the choice of the city In the resolution which was adopted, and tinder which the board was created. The second member of the board Is to be named by Mr. Moran. und tbe third Is to be selected by these two. Ho Is to be a practical engineer. Tho resolution was Introduced by Councilman Coun-cilman Ferry when the special order was called. At first the city engineer was named as the city's choice, but later this was chanced lo Mr. Doremus, In order that the city engineer might be freo to prepare and submit his data and evidence before tho board in his proper; capacity as engineer and not as a member of tbe board. The cost of the Investigation is to be shared lolnllv bv the city and Moran. Tho original motion was furthermore amended by Mr Fe.rnslrom. whose amendment amend-ment makes the findings or the board binding upon the city and upon tho contractor. c Murdoch's Resolution. A separate resolution offered by Mr. Murdoch directed the board of public works to dig Into tho cement for tho purposes of ascertaining bow much cement ce-ment Mni-311 put on the r.tavo pipe, and luiw manv steel bands In: added. In speaking to his resolution and I lie motion for the adoption thereof. Mr. Ferry stated thai he believed the method suggested would be the dignified way for tin; council to act. He was convinced ns he believed every one else was, thai Mr. Moran had done the work: that bo should be paid for it; that the claim, whether it was decided to allow much or little, was long overdue. a.nd that no good could come from further delay, and that only the differences between the two sections sec-tions of the council would be aggnivated bv deferring aetlnn or trying to bring the matter to a hasly climax. Mr. Murdoch arose with a mass of data and figures. He chased tbe woik done on the stave pipe from start to linlsh. and compared the figures as lo the amount of work' done by Moran. the quantity of cement used, the number of steel bands placed, the number of hours of labor, the number of and time put in by teamsters and their teams. In every Instance It was Mr. Murdoch's purpose to show that Moran's figures were exorbitant. Mr. Murdoch concluded by sSiyhig that he wauled the city of Salt Lake to have a sunn re deal, but If. be bad any con-cenlion con-cenlion f a square deal tbe nresent proposition prop-osition did not present it. The contractor contrac-tor ought to have a souare deal. too. paid Mr. Murdoch'. Indeed, everybody ought to have a square deal. Mr Ferns! rom made a speech. He thought the arbitration scheme was prctty good. and so he would vole for It. He had plentv of figures and fai ls and dates, too. which ho distributed with a lavish generosity. Some of the other couneilmen made sneeeliop. Among thepe was Mr. Hall. Mr- I bill made a long speech. Mr. Hall was. opposed to the proposition of arbitration arbitra-tion as it wns brought up. 1 le believed that the contractor had not treated the city council with the dignity It deserve when he had refused, as Mr. Hall explained ex-plained .at length, to submit his bonks and vouchers to the special committee, investigating in-vestigating the mattfj;. Mr. Hall was for having Moran fight Ihe matter out Iu the courts. In (he end, all of Ihe fifteen ennncll-meit ennncll-meit present, save Murdoch, Holley and trail, voted for Ihe resolution, and Mr. Moran's claim went on ils way rejoicing. |