| Show BONUS fOR MO MORAN AN ANIH Is IH CONSIDERED AfU If Council Adopts Committee Re Report Report port He Will Get the Money CITY ENGINEERS STATEMENT latis and Black Are Arc In III ramr Layor of the Claim ol of It the tho city council adopts the report ot of Its finance commIttee which was decided upon last night I 1 J Moran will be paid a bonus ot of tor or com cent plating time tho DIg Big Cottonwood conduit Ut 61 days ahead or of the tho time specIfied In the contract Three Thre of at the corn con mIller A J DavIs Davie C J 3 anI anIT anti T It H considered that matter last and after the tho report ot of City EngIneer and hearing from Clerk Christensen of the tho board ut of pUblic works City Auditor and l 1 p J Moran they decided that Moran ta Is to time tho bonus ald ad motion of at Crabtree It II wa was d to that tile tho amount bo be nid to him bun The report or of the committee will doubt meet with cOIl considerable ld when vien It reaches the court coun council cli cil on oIl next Thursday night its of at the th councilmen arc opposed to such uch proposition a DATA IN FUME FurI City Engineer er I report tie the data In full upon which the bonus I Is bared Jut but strange to say ay theta Is no record In the tho oUke or of the tha boar if public works showing that Morat Is entitled to any bonus ol at all When th the matter wits WAS ru rushed hed the council with a partial estImate for tor Moran and later approved b by the ma mayor or and then discovered anti and disapproved by hint him the chairman or of the tho board ot of public works l to furnish Au u liter Alec with the tho necessary Information tion to warrant pa paying the claim ThIs was never done and upon investigatIon It Is hI found that thal the tho only thing In the theoffice office omee In Iii connection with the tho matter I Ia Is Isa a letter to Moran foran ordering him to work on account or of the cold teather ThIs letter r bears the date ot or Dec 2 24 1903 although Clerk Chris Christen ten en stated Ita tell that It was all not wrItten until Feb 9 1906 1900 The explanation ot of the change chango In date made to the effect that the tho hoard had given verbal to have hare the work stopped on onDee Dee Deo 21 hut but had not nol put the order In and hence It was reduced to wilting on Feb Foh 9 and dated back ENGINEERS TIme The engIneers re ort on time the follows In full tull Under hi his contract to construct IlIa Bi Cottonwood conduit dated Sept 6 l O OIn In Laying concrete In the Open stopped by order of at the thc ot of public Dec 21 1903 laid contrary to 10 orders or of hoard ot of public Iti 11 the open Jan 7 1 S g io 10 anti ii 11 four elo thays s Feb U tI to 13 12 Inclusive 14 d 8 total IS 18 days Laying concrete suspended by order ot of city engineer on account ot of pro proposed proposed posed ot of plans Plans changed neil layIng ot of concrete resumed April 7 1 ihO 1901 of concrete suspended April It and li 17 on account of at excavating for tor at creel creek Laying of at concrete te In the open sus suspended us from Dee Dec 2 24 to April 16 IO QU s less number of at days das ou on which concrete was WIlS laid in January and I IS 13 days plus two days April 16 and IT Ii Ion leaves ell 88 days Contract time ot of completion of con duit except pt bac hack fillIng July IG 5 1906 Plus time ot of suspension by order ot of board ot of pUblic works 58 8 days Time ot of completion as per contract Ot Oct ii 11 1906 Actual time ot of completion to eta mIen don No 77 AuG 10 1906 1006 Difference 61 days dWI At t p per r day DUO QUESTION OP OF AUTHO Black vas or of the opinion that the matter was tas regular according to t the tho en engineers report and that thal the the eel cd to 10 know ot of Mr Ir Aler what authority ho el desind to issue the warrant The Tho latter replied that ht he wanted the mat by limo tho bOlh or of public works lIo saId suld that tOme the chairman ot of the board had promIsed ed to give glo him tIme the data for the approval ot of the tho bonu but hall had failed to 10 do so took 1 a hAnd In the matter st thIs point find and said Mid that he thought It if the tho commIttee d In faor ot of the thela la mont or tho bonus atmil the should hould be adopted by the tho council would bf b authority for the tho u tUtor to Issue the tho warrant FA wanted to know It IC ere 4 lilY records In tho ot of the hoard board ot of works In regard to the tho mutter Clark Christensen stated staled thAt th the only record in tilt lila the tho let tar ter ot of Dec 21 ordering the York stopped Moran again took a hand and declared that It he had bad been bean M 60 da lays IJ be behind hi lid with hi Oils work there thero would hen ben stone lm record of It In Otto tho of the hoard board ot of PUblIC works work rhe members or of the e were or of the pinion that tho th bonus should hI b d and without further discussion tIme tho motion ot of to that effect It carried tind the report will ho he accordingly The had bach uit 1 In last t nIght nM as to tho most economical manner ot of having the tho sprin prill hung carts curtI painted Cine It was finally decided to let the work by da day Instead ot of hy 1 contract to in the lowest bidder r There are arc G 0 carts and the co coat t tIt of It paintIng them last year yar was as about 23 each cach n |
