Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-09-12 | Page 4 | Explains Delay in Finishing Work

EXPLAINS DELAY IN t FINISHING WORK t I One Contractor Elames Another Wno In Turn Blames a v- Tnlrd. Explanations of the de a in completion X- of the pav ng on Th rd avenue and E street were aid before t e cl y commis . slon yesterday b Strange & Magu re contra tors who were warned Thursday that the c ty wou d enforce the forfeiture v clause In the r contra t for failure to com i- p ete the wo k on me r- btrange & Magu ire nslsted that they J- we e be ng delayed hrough the delay of Y- P J Moran who has the contract fo i pav ng between the s eet car tracks fo V- he Ltah Light & Railwav companj - Mo an s representatJ e den ed tha an -de a in the pav ng of the street re su ted from delay n Moran s contract It was argued that Moran had been de layed by ack of b ullthic mater a r Representati es of he bitulithlc mate rla declare that Moran a excuse Is r ground e s and that amp e material Is J; aval able They Insinuate that Moran s r seek ng to use some other cheaper ma C ter al Moran s request for perm slon to j use another material has been denied by the comraiss on J Instruct ons that he must lay bitulithlc, y. as asked for by the property owners and as specified in the contract were given Mo an yesterday afternoon by Richard P j Morr s street comm ssioner