Show HOW PAT MORAN OHAN r A t- t tf f Engineer Kelsey and Councilmen Council Council- t men Boost for the Official 4 ContractorS Contractor S 'S t DEAL WITH ASPHALT T TRUST TRUSTS TRUST'S S 'S t Story of Contract of Barbe Barber Asphalt Company Asphalt Company That Was Knocked Out t tt t t 4 44 40 iO 4 4 44 4 t- t G orr OfF TITIO 14 4 1 t In Mir Mir- of or articles on the tl 4 on in I i no nuil the 4 I 4 It I is I Riven git-en aino I liy by time Hip th- th 4 11 U it u nit nUlt It li o 4 45 5 t I tIn I hii n in lii I th lie lio sell n no man finn mancin in c-in- tIlh 4 44 4 lr Iron won inny 1 lila hI lie n a I him front from fh lie hip fr tf f llou hiet- Pal Moran t- t 4 ire a n F on fn n I f Vp 1 ln ia iny Iliad nul hon hiett of fC lit hit 4 f t amid all the fhe t-lt t city U f 4 hll In o 0 di do lt it U. The lie i 4 41 f 1 n ne of or V. V J. J Un I T. T 4 4 n. n I I. I I. I D. D P. 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C J 4 4 Q o 4 HH H 44 H 4 i 4 4 lIon How Tow did Pat Moran ge get his stran stranglehold strangle strangle- le- le hold hoM on the tho elt city elty It IL 1 makes s nn an Interesting tn story stOl and It I involves oles in city councilmen and oth other r cliv i officials and n 1 e explains in i a way war what chat hat a fertile field feld Salt Lake Is fo for con contractors tractors who aro willing to create creat creata a monopoly by hy surrounding surround in themselves s with wih the support f of cl city elty officials who ho hoar are ar willing to he be hoa bought ht Two years ago a o bids were opened for the paving of State and d Main and West est Jr First t South streets with asphalt Tho The work came by br separate contracts and n tho total amount of or the cn cn ot jt t ran Into the hun hundreds reds of oC thou thousands thousand aDd At t tint time the public was koja familiar with cr c every detail ol or the skulduggery el that appeared on 01 the surface and some or It 1 that tl did not crop ClOP out omit but a a- n with wih some ome new and anti startling facts will wil he ie tm timely In this recent controversy over O er tho the contractors contractor monopoly Company L. L Low I When ben those thoc bids W lO opened It I was found Conne that tho Barber Barbor Asphalt company com corn patty pany had u underbid Pl Pat Moran h hj- hj about si nOO The Time board hoRri of lf public works 1013 Immediately awarded the contract to the tho Jt It Ii f to he be lamented that tho the el city cit council It t it tm hi Is coiled called upon to to- to approve ap- ap prove i nJ tho contrast St dw rc by th timo w tr o y ort I I HM Jl id rr S hn ili J COln oitt IV t. t tn tr the tho thC council It I Was ot veU cd Time The four our 1 MOI-HII MOI amts P. P ern l Mt roam flinch It antI and n with lh th a ae as- as of oj C. C J J. who who- was wn then them In 11 th the thai council threw thc ho con con- tract out o 1 0 bodily anti and the hoard board oT or to for bids Wb n the time bids ivere opened again there thero was wh a a. n surprise for toi cr c everyone ono not ir with the inner details laI was this the only bidder lh the The Tho fact that there thore thc was vas no Barber hit hid itt t the second opening was al excused by hy friends In tho the council with the rhe a that the the r people had become dl disgusted with the situation situa lion tion lon in Salt SnIt LIe Lake and aud had withdrawn from the Held field Tha Thai wasn't true I Put Pat Moran made matlo a deal with the tIme r agents or ot the tho Barber Asphalt company whereby he be was to 10 have hn a 1 monopoly of the the- local fit Id Tho Barber arher concern commonly Known as 38 the asphalt trust truet controls time the California beds of oC asphalt A and agreed wIh with Moran Coran that If It he would use only that product in paving Salt Pall nl Lake Lle streets he would have hac ha e no ito 10 opposition in itt the bidding i for work worl The Barber company knew that there was wat plenty of pC available u asphalt In Utah and fen feared t that home pride might soon lend lead led to lo specifications calling for that kind of asphalt Belie lio In Iii firt t ol h SI Street tret reel How well veil wel the the her flat company un understood unel un- un el the asphalt situation Is IB shown b by the fact that this year thor there has been hoen a demand for Utah asphalt The Tho notice o of Intention published t for First South street for tor Instance called for tor Utah asphalt lint But that didn't worry I Moran He Ito 10 male made a n hid bid on California a asphalt ant and boosted l the tho price of or asphalt to tho prohibitive o The Rather Barber company compan since leaving loa the tho field fell here has put in ono one oj Qu- Q two bids but the the- figures did dill not apt nt appear lo to have ha been boen competitive Whereas the company underbid Moran on tho the former paving contracts Moran easily CasH outbid the iho Barber company on 01 the tho latter latr There Thore was no attempt at competition I Gets the tw Contract After fter fer the council had hatt ordered a re- re re- re ad for bids on the tho West Vest First South and tho the Main nail State street pavements Moran was 19 the only onh bidder Tho The hoard board of or public works worl 9 awarded tho the contract ct to Moran oran and It I again wont went to the tHo council counci With Wih as tho impetus given iven it I by the combination combine combine- tion ton tho limo contract went vent through through- greased Ezra Thompson was 9 a peculiar old man in many respects When the contract contract contract con con- tract came up to him for signature he ac exhibited otto ono of or hI hF most ec ec- ec Ho lie lo had hall some regard Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the people S Instead of oC I. I Th signing the time contract In hl capacity as ns mayor ho homade made Moran loran lower his bid bil to that ol of tho the ol original hl bid 0 of the Barber Asphalt company Morans Moran's second bid bill hr-c hr been ben about higher than his first firs hid bid which was as hl higher ler than titan tIme the Barber bid idil Moran wn was forced b by he tle mayor to shave shavo his n figure nrc rc to the amount bid Mi by tho Barber company and anti then the time contract a was d. ho Color City Engineer Kelsey showed cd is true true color at that time He lie tto d with lUl tho the board of public nubile works worle anti and the J mayor or orIn in their contention with wih th the tho council counci counci over o cr the tile Moran contract contract lie He c bel believed at that tha tn tine time that the time contract contri t go to tho the l 3 lowest bidder Under time the steady tutelage of of- of Pa Vat Pat Moron torn however Kelsey learned that Iba i such foolish notions verl hot oner 31 Continued on h c r r I c. c O. O HOW PAT MORAN GOT A MONOPOLY Continued From Froni Pane Pago C One As soon as his education was completed rom com he decided hl d that hint nl of or cob coh- tracts going to 10 the lowest lowes t bidder j Ihy y should always go to Moron lie Ite switched He lie fought by hy Sillo sido wl with 1 the tho Moran combination In tn the council and hi his influence went a long Ion way wa securing the contract t for tor Moran in III the toe thelong long bug run v Since that time lime there thore have ben o n r p-r- rumors of or a certain contractor tal taking care of a a. 1500 note At H the National Na Ne- It- It Bank of or the lie Republic to which the tho name nan of or a prominent city official was n attached I Continued Tomorrow |