| Show COUNCIL AGAIN UNI SIDESTEPS BILL Majority Shifts Re Responsibility Responsibility Responsibility on to Board Of Arbitration 1 SET OF ARTFUL DODGERS l r yo XO co Matter Valle atI How Decision Derision Goes Gocs Coun r Can Still bo Friends With Pat Pali 1 With dramatic completeness the city council dodged the tho consideration of Patrick Pattick J Morans bill of or S jj 67 r for patching up the tho mistakes h In the outlet sewer pipe again n aln last night by organizing a board boar 1 of oC arbitrators to settle fettle the claim The amount settled b upon by b the arbitrators will be bind binding ing ng upon both parties A F an engineer was appointed to represent represent sent the city last night and an 1 Mr Mir Moran Moon omnIs Is to appoint one member These tw two members are to appoint the third mem meta member bur ber and an consider the bill billAs bilLAs billAs As the matter now stands tho the weak kneed majority whose business It Ito Ij I Ito to consider all such claims against t the tho city has shifted 1 the responsibility onto the shoulders or of a board of oC arbitrators If the city gets tho the worst of the deal deil 11 c 1 the councilmen can wash their hands of oC the tune entire matter and blame the nr fir bill atom and if Moran gets the worst end of it the councilmen can still stand In the good graces of tho the official con cot conTractor contractor Tractor and receive his smiles RESOLUTION PRESENTED When the matter camo up lost laSt night before a 0 special meeting of oC the court coun cU tho members of the council seem seemed seemed ed cd to 10 wait walt upon W V Mont Ferry wh presented a n resolution From all appearances ap appearances l tho the majority of oC tho the council knew about tho the resolution for It was Vas passed with willi only three dissenting votes otes Hall Murdoch and Holley Holle The resolution was as follows Resolved That In the matter of oC tha a bill of or P J Moran against Salt SaIt Lake City Cit for repairing tho the wooden stave stav staven eon sewer or pipe line the council refer the tho n bill bid to a to t special arbitration board con consisting consisting of oC three members one member appointed by u the city who shall be bo A AF AF F Doremus who Is hereby appointed ono one member who shall be appointed by P J Moran one member who shall be a practical engineer appointed 1 by these two and an 1 whose compensation shall be fixed file 1 by thorn Tho The expense of this Investigation shall be borno borne Jointly by Salt Lako City and P J Joran Morin Moran oran The Tho findings of this board shall be ho final and binding upon both par parties parties parties ties and amI settlement be made by b the i city on the findings of the tho board boar 1 and that an arbitration agreement bo ho drawn by the city attorney and that the mayor and city be bo au all authorized authorized to sign the same on behalf of the city cU cUTO TO MEASURE CONCRETE After Arter this resolution was adopted Councilman Murdoch presented a n reso leSo resolution lution which was adopted requesting I tho the cUS representative to matte make ox ex excavations S along the Uio sewer pipe and make measurements of oC the thickness of the thc concrete and find out the distance between lIte n the steel stcl bands ban which were used mcd lI d as S reinforcements According Accor to Mr Mfr III statement J J Wll WIl 11 the inspector says a s that rote Ipie Is 15 about aboul nine Inches In thick r i s and the steel bands about eight el ht i t lies apart while Moran claims that the concrete Is 18 IS locates Inches In thickness and tho the bands three Inches apart Councilman Ferry FeIT said when ho he In Introduced introduced his lilt resolution that the city elt stood In lu a peculiar situation lie IIo said sal 1 that the tho eity et had ha 1 no competent data on which to 10 base an opinion although tho the city had ono one of its regular appointed ap 1111 appointed pointed inspectors on tho job every everyday eer eera everyday day a Ho Io said ho did not know the tho th bill presented by b Moran was ex cx excessive or not and he thought that the city ell ought to find out There Thera must be omo somo common ground said Mr 11 Ferry Fell upon ullon which the city and Mr Moran ooran can cam meet That hat the work w lk was dono done is no doubt and that Mr Moran foran should be paid and an at once there thele Is la no doubt But my personal opinion Is that the tho city should shook not pay the tho claim with the tho data ata at hand handI I 1 understand um elstan from Mr 1 Moro Moran that his vouchers voucher and all evidence which he had Imd will bo be submitted to an arbitration arbitration tion board though this title was withheld for some mason from the special sp coun council council cil cli committee I bellevo that a 11 further Investigation which would cost a tow few hundred dollars dollar would establish tho the widths width 1 and thickness of or the tho concrete the number of bonds bands used and amI glue give us an estimate of oC the approximate cost And when this data comes be before before before fore the council we wo can discuss It In Intelligently Intelligently and not base our conclusions lons upon figures gathered 1 at random by b ourselves MORAN AGREES TO 10 ARBITRATE Frank Flank Gowan superintendent for P PJ PJ PJ J Moran was wale present at the meeting He agreed to tho arbitration of or the matter providing the recommendation of tho the board was binding upon both parties Tho council agreed to this and Mr Moran will probably name his representative today Councilman Murdoch who Is opposed to the bill and believes that It t ought to bo be taken Into court COUlt reviewed 1 the taco manner in which the bill had ha 1 been i passed from one committee to another er without any action having been taken I McNULTY AWARDED DAMAGES C J McNulty who was injured Injure 1 In Inthe Inthe inthe the Intercepting sewer pumping plant last June by becoming entangled In some live electric wires was awarded as damages by the council last night Mrs Mattie Mattle Langton and Roy Richmond who heard hemd his cries and turned off oft the electricity saving the mans life liCe were given 25 each John W V Pike referee appointed by Judge Morse to receive testimony In Inthe tho the suit sull of Salt Lake Lako City CIl against the Pleasant View Irrigation company compan was paid laid 00 for tOI his work P J 3 Morans final estimate on paving paving ing InS extension No 51 61 on First West Vest street amounting to was approved ap proved The payrolls amounting to were authorized The city authorized the payment of oC the bill of or S to the county for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the collection of oC taxes |
