Show HENCHMEN I HAD NO AUTHORITY The Claim for Bonus None of Finance Committees Committee's Busine Business s. s COUNCIL DISPOSED OF IT ln I n I and anil Simply Assumed As A- ll Authority 1 Li I 1 tori ty That flint Ti ma t Hid nill Not XOI Belong to Thorn Pat Pot Morans Moran's claim dalm tot for 91 f GO bonus on his hili Big Cottonwood conduit contract con comm tract will wilt n never h be he paid by hy Salt Snit Lak Pity City no matter r whether the Moran I n tier order tho the pa payment or not City Auditor A Alit Alii Iff who refuses s A to 1 be browbeaten by hy the Moran henchmen h In the city council oun will never i issue up a u warrant for or time the money unless aimless q compelled com coin to do 14 ll so 50 I by hy order of r court Tt rt v ll develops lops that Ih the three e member I of the tho finance om m Itt e o of the tite ell cli cilY y Davis to Davis Black and Crabtree who on Thursday night recommended the payment of the money mony had nb absolutely o- o lately no right whatever for or their ac a- ac- ac then tion Th The matter mattel had not been re referred n is to them When the council last Monday night separated l tIme the 91 l roo i from flom rein the till anti and ordered it lucid held up that ended lh the matter maUN The rime records In the of the city recordS recordS' record record- ei 11 S' S show v that On motion of or Councilman Council Council- man luau Fornstrom Fernstrom t rom the lie mayors mayor's veto was sustained 1 mid the Item of or bonus J eti 1 ordered withheld and thu tb city II auditor 01 in instructed to tn I a warrant for fOl the balance of the estimate estimate- 2 which motion nOlIon carried Notwithstanding this fact Councilmen Council Council- omen men 11 t D. and nd al always al- al ways favorable fa t. t to itt Moran the time matter ordered city officials 01 on time tho carpet and In the presence o of Pat Moran l c conducted a lion which stilted resulted in their theil r recommendation com com- of payment of or the time money Since limo Iho communication catlon from lh the mn mayor moyer ol had lint been dl disposed po of or at t the h meeting of or the council last laRt Monday l the hue city recorder 11 did ill not send Fond the matter matlI to th the finance committee I Iwas It was Va none of or tho tIme finance committees committee's business of or 1 Deal 11 Since the tho matter was not properly before tho time finance committee tho those familiar with the routine of or city busl n ness nes s are aJO wondering what whal hat com corn will do tie when It comes to male mal Ing lag report on the tho bonus honUM proposition They will have no subject upon which to report as aR the thc matter has already alread been hen disposed l of or and there Is IR no wa way for fOl or the thc city to handle the matter now nou unless the council as ns a fL whole takes take the matt matter r up imp again The ThC eagerness of three devoted supporters supporters sup sup- porters o of Pat Moran to railroad the claim through the council has hils disclosed dis dis- closed the Irre Irregularity of oC the whole deal It is cruder crummier than the time usual M Moran ran grafts that are arc fostered b by the trIo T Tt l letter cr upon which Pat PaL Moran oran bases hl his authority for fOI stopping worland worl WOI an and for collecting a II da day as a n bonus Is as follows flit Jiu Dack I Let Letter ci Dec 24 4 1005 P. P j J. J Moran Moman Hoard Board of or Trade TJade Building City Dear Dem Sir Sit Confirming the or order or given to your Mr 11 Gowan Frank Cawn Gawn by telephone last lat evening e which order he asked to have ha confirmed confirm confirm- ed eel in writing you are aro hereby Instructed Instruct Instruct- ed cd that In vic iet of the thc unfavorable weather conditions all outside O concrete concrete concrete con con- crete work on the Big Cottonwood conduit he hc until further orders from corn the hoard Anti And you Oll are also instructed to tr exercise great care careIn carein in Iii regard to the inside concrete work and have none laid except C when the temperature as indicated 1 by 1 the lie specifications sped sped- will permit Respectfully Board of Public Works E. E A. A Aahl Wall ahl Chairman By V W. H H. Clerk This letter was S dedicated to l Miss s Leith the time stenographer of ur th the thC board of nubile works bv hy W. W H. H Wilkins the former folmer clerk on on February 9 1 1906 loe It Jt hears bears th time the date of December 24 4 t. 1905 In explaining this l l letter last t night Mr tr lII ins salti ild Mr 11 H HI I had a n talk with Mr Mt 11 Gawn over O the phone and ordered him to stop stop work on eu the conduit conduit- Ho lie was Morans Moran's superintendent at that time 1 I had heard that hunt th they laIn were ero laying concrete and und as fiJi the w weather athel was extremely mel cold I 1 called Frank Gawn lawn by hy phone mind and instructed him bun to tu stop top After I Issued time the Informant informal Corma I order to Moran's Morans man maim to tu stop slop I 1 thought no nu moro more o of th the until along In J. J February 1 think when Gawn asked mo me to make a writ written ton order of ot stoppage which I did It 11 was wa written n on or about February Feb Fob 9 9 1 1906 and antI dated latel December 24 21 r inor 1905 l That hat letter has nothing to do 10 with tIme the bonus affair anyhow Morans Moran's present pr claim for tor or bonus as I understand under tinder stand it does lees not hinge on n that iet lettel let let- ie- ie t tel ter e r. r Dont you ou know that Morans Moran's contract contract con con- tract stipulates that he shall hahl hall not nol lay concrete when tho tIme temperature Is la belo below below be be- low lo 3 32 dc degrees ree 7 Ym Yes Ys I 1 J know now that Moran Worked Right On Mr Wilkins says S that hunt there Is nothing nothing- Irregular lIlar In tho Limo that lint Morah lorah was urns entitled lo to a written order and that It was freely given He lie points to the fact act that Moran lolan was ordered lo to stop until further order of the board Although tho the board bourd Issued no order City J Engineer found Moran at work In January Januar and then hon issued to stop on account of or orth th tho proposed change chango in plans Tho clause In tho the contract which relates to temperature is 18 as follows No concrete shall be bo made of or an ingredients the temperature of oC which is below 3 32 12 degrees Fahrenheit or deposited de- de posited frozen ground or oz concrete or deposited In a location where the thermometer registers less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit 0 Notwithstanding this provision pro of or his contract Pat Moran laid concrete on the conduit during the cold weather last winter vinter and the mercury was often far nr beio below the time stipulated d point Council hits Hns Xo No Authority That the city council I is 11 exceeding Its Us authority in ordering the pl payment m nt I of oC the bonus is alt also o hown shown Inthe Inthe in inthe the following clause In t the e conduit contract rime Tho contractor shall not pot b lJ be entitled en eu- titled to any claim for damages 6 on I account of at hindrances or from lom lomar ar whatever but lond b by any any act net or omission on the tile part a of the city such hindrance or 01 dola delay t may 1111 entitle tho the contractor to an ox- ox 1 t tension of or time In which to complete lete leteth th the lh work worl which h shall be determined L b by the Uw board hoard of ot public works orl f provided provid ed etl that the contractor shall give notice In lii writing of or the cau cause e of sf such delay It was wac learned yesterday that time the board of or public works Mayor Maor Thompson Thomp Thomp- son som-m anti and tho thin city auditor would oppose op- op pose poso the payment of tho the bonus honus to lo th the thelast thelast In last t ditch An Au opinion from the city attorney will be hf forthcoming In a n few V days which tIme the auditor will vIll uso use as aM his grounds for l' l refusing to Issue a n warrant I |