| Show I MORAN SEES NEW NEV SO URGE OF GRAFT CRAFT Uses City Government to Carry CarryOut CarryOut CarryOut Out Scheme Against Gas Company ORDERS IT TO STOP WORK OI Oily 13 Earthly E Excuse no 1 Is That runt lit Wan lie aJl H to II II Put lirt Doun Paving to III Tear m It Up Again Un Under linden I I hl big hea headlines on the tho front fron page ago the Tribune yesterday pub pub- Ii hel a u. story tOI to o the tho effect that the tho Utah Oas Gas Coke Colw company had persistently per mci refused to comply with the onh orders s 's of the board of oC public ImbUe works relative to 10 tho tUgging digging of ur trenches 9 for Cor Its Hs pipes and that It had hall taken the combined authority of or Mayor Mayo I Thompson Thomp Thomp- son sun several members of the tho city council the tho Chairman of oC the tho board hoard ol or public works and arid a n. wagon load of police officers to stop stoll th the gas as people from digging a trench on Ve West Vest t First South street FrIda Friday Had the Tribune taken lilleen tho th lie trouble tn to III Investigate the matter a a. little It have found that the Utah Ulah Gas Gns Coke company was not nol attempting to 10 d defy the city cHy as It says pays but rather to save the lie city or 01 Its citizens ns living In iii that lint part of or th the tho town the Inconvenience of having the lie street Ire l paving Jn torn torti up tip later 1 In order r that lint tho gas gm p people could lay their thelt mains J Ju Just List t w h hy by lie tho gas people wore re n asked kl l tu to stop work and aull later ordered to stop stoll work co could ld probably host best bo be explained cx- cx plumed h hy by P P. J J. J Moran loran who has haq the lie contract for paving and who never misses 1 an opportunity to In create more work wO In his line Company II I 11 1111 I ml nl I I PIn J lon In J. J Charles Ross general manager of or the Utah Gas GaR Coke Colw company was a asked for 01 his version of Ih hue tho affair affair af af- af- af fair yesterday According to tn Mr 11 Ross the lie company has JUUl never been e denied permission lon to do excavating on the south Routh side of First South street On the other r hand baud mains have been ben laid on the tho south side of First Fiu's South street for several everal blocks both east 3 t and west vest of Main suet street there lucre remaining a i gap gal of ot only two t ane and one half blocks between Vest West Temple and Third hd West est streets to b be filled In Work on oui the he other othal mains maIm was completed com corn plated somi time lime since but bUl on account account ac- ac count of the work on water mains sewers seers etc on which tho the city was engaged the gas g-as company was told toldo to o 0 walt wait until that had been finished In the tha Interval according to Mr r Ross floss the street was as t turned over to Contractor Moran No word was sent to the gas company and so o at the tho b beginning of or last week it made ar- ar to cOI complete the system l on that street Again was It requested by the contractor to wall wait until the sub grade for pavement was completed completed com coin so o as not to Interfere with his operations The company compan waited until Friday morning when a a. large force of men was vas put to work the tho Q being to rush tush the Job joh through antI and com complete plate It In a n. few days The contractor again objected on oil th the tho ground that his work would be delayed but the gas company had hada board of or a a. proper permit from Crom the public works worl s and proceeded with the tho work until ordered to stop by the city Could Not Interfere A visit to the ground In question would convince any anyone one that the digging digging digging dig dig- ging of trenches by hy the tho gas gaN company could not III In the lie slightest stig degree Int In- In t with the work of paving and 1 mains Is s the tho dola delay in Iii laying the working a 11 hardship the people leople of or t the e west vest side sille As the matter now stands tho people along the south side of the two wo wo rind and nd one half blocks block mentioned men Inca will be deprived of ot the lie use ue of gas and If th the c contractor nt goes ahead and paves the streets l before the mains are Bre laid it wilt will nece necessitate the he tearIng tear tear- Ing mug up of the street as soon as tho ho pavement Is completed Mr 11 Ross Hoss claims that thal at all alt times his company compan has tas tried to keep ahead ot 01 tho the workmen that have been en enga engaged engaged en- en ga Ed In street paving and that the ml misunderstanding of Friday morning Is the first trouble that has lias arisen His Ills company compan holds the lie permit to lay a tho ho pipes In the particular section named and antI he is s at a n. loss o to understand under under- h the contractor should ob object oh- oh stan stand stant why to the work being done one when It could be bo done at the least Inconvenience Incon Incon- i to all concerned |
