Show COUNCIL CALLS BOARD ON CARPET J MAYOR THOMPSON FLEES CITY p Pat Moran Wins Fight for Big Street Paving Contract and Executive Abdicates at Will Wi of Majority of Counci Council Council- manic Body t I n t SPECIAL MEETING CALLED FOR THIS TillS AFTERNOON H f 1 Rebuke Hurled at Board of P Public Works and Council Counci De Demands De- De mands Reasons for Rejecting Bids and Re-Advertising Re Without Authority Authority Authority-A A J ii Davis to Sign In answer to the time cen o of time the board of ot public works worl s the tho city council counci last lat night ordered that hod body to meet with wih time the council counci as a n committee of oC tho time whole toda today and amI show cause why tho the paving payIng contracts had not been referred to the council counci The Time action acton was taken on omi a resolution introduced by hy C C. J J. J Crabtree and was passed without a murmur of dissent nl Mayor Thompson has abdicated In favor or of or Pat Moran who has shown that he lie controls a majority of oC the time council council Tho Time mayor mnyO has lost In his tIght light a against letting Moran have havo the time paving contract which amounts to about Last ni night ht A A. J J. J Davis Da Da- vis president o of the time council counci was vas unanimously elected mayor pro tern tem beginning June Jimmie 21 l when Mayor Thompson will wi leave the city rIme Tho program arranged by Moran Morn and the time American councilmen Is that In the time mayors mayor's ab absence enco tho acting mayor Mr Davis will wi sign n the tIme contract for tho the city which seals seal the thc deal by which Moran oran gets tho paving work Board to E. K The Crabtree resolution Introduced into tho time council counci and pa passed unanimously last night was a as follows Whereas The city council counci of oC Salt I JAke Jike ell city has ordered the board of or public works to advertise for Cor Ll bids s for Cor street paving anil Whereas The board o of public works has complied compiled with said salt order and has received bids for Cor street paving now therefore be bo It L Resolved That the tIme council counci meet as a committee of or the whole on June 19 at 2 p. p m. m and amid that the board hoard of or public works work L Is hereby requested td to attend sid meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing anti and produce th time tho bids opened at nt their I Jast Jam meeting tle tn and amid aul give e ther reasons rans wh why sai same al Were n not referred ed to the city council coun coun- cil cl for tOl action Another resolution said to have been prepare prepared 1 by Patrick J. J Moran but Jut not Introduced because the time Crabtree Crabtree Crab Crab- tree resolution co covered the tho same sante points was as follows Pat lint oln's B nes Whereas herens The cl city council counci of oC Salt SaI Lake city has ha ordered the board of or public works to advertise for Cor bids for or street paving ln and Whereas The fhe board of or public works has complied compiled with wih said sald order and has received recel and opened said falt bids for Cor street streel paving pa an and according to newspaper reports reports reports re re- re- re ports has rejected the time same ame and has ordered ordered ordered or or- dered for new bids without making an any an report whatever to this counci council coun court ci cil ane and amid as this last act is without authority from this council counci and as such Is absolutely null nuhi nul ane and void and can only be looked upon as an attempt on the part of oC the board of public works to arrogate to them themselves elves power to spend the cl city's s money without proper authority from Crom rein the city council therefore be It Resolved That this council counci meet as a committee of th tIme the whole on and that the time board boar of public works bo be boand boand and Is herl hereby requested to attend the tho said meeting and ant produce uce the bids hils which were opened at their last meeting and give their reasons wh why the same were not hot referred to the city council counci In the lie regular way for propel action acton I by hy said council counci and state stale reasons If I such timers there ther be why the time said Mid bids should not bo be accepted ac nc- ac- ac and that the board of public works bo ho and ane Is hereby notified d not to advertise at for bids or upend spend any uny money until so 80 ordered b by the city council counci Contract to 10 Moran The TIme Crabtree resolution Is merely an arm incident In jim the time pro program ram adopted by bythe bytho bytho tho the American party Paty steering committee commit commit- tee of oC the tho council counci to deliver del er to Moran Moran Mo Mo- ran the time contract for paving tho the live H e I streets that has hern been under consideration U hum tion n Co for l' l weeks weeks The rime council counci has been heen to give Ive Moran the lie contract ever since It threw out the time low how bid of oC the Iho trust ruis anti and ant caused a i or or bids In this tills the Moran Morn American and Democratic councilmen have de de- de- de r lied fied Mayor Maor Thompson who with wih time the board hoard of works approved tho time bid Ild of or ortho tho time Barber Asphalt Paving company Tho rho original Barber bid was 15 5 15 lower thrum than the thc pre present Moran bid biti but hut it i was thrown out on time the grounds that tho the trust has litigation a against tho ho city and anel that lint a change of oC the tho time payment feature would affect tho the va validity VR- VR hOlLy of oC the time contract Neither of these was vas the time real cal reason but both vero ut used cd a as a vehicle to carry crr tho the contract act to Moran Tho The council stood ten to live against a tho the mayor and nel the time i Barber contract which at al the time time It was thrown out was OOOO cheaper than the Moran contract against which I it ii competed The Time five f e councIlmen who i stood for tor the time mayor Mulvey I Hobday Ferr Ferry Carter Cartem and ODonnel ODonnell Last nl night ht not one of or this quintette offered a dissenting vote voto to Crabtree's i rc resolution rebuking tho time board hoar ot of works wet for Cor the time council Ignoring counci V Ti Sum Surrenders Major InO Thompson l Mayor Thompson has seen the time hopelessness hopelessness hope hope- lesne of his light fight against Moran Morn iT and anti has surrendered rc absolutely The council counci has shown Its Is authority to f take tako a hand In Iii the time contract matter Its unanimous approval of oC a n rebuke r was mas tho ho straw which broke the time mayors mayor's mayors mayor's may may- f t or ors or's light Mayor Thompson Is averse i ito to signing the tho contract for tor tho the city b k anti and h ho yesterday decided to get out oC or j the tho city when the tho t Is Js f signed for It I Is now no a certainty that r Moran orn will wi do time the work at tho time figure the board of ot public works rejected The Tho only way for the tho mayor maor to dodge signing I the contract Is to leave eave the time I city and ane let het time the council counci appoint an aim acl acting n mayor A. A J. J Davis president of oC the council counci IV I has ha he been en an out-and-out out Moran man manfrom from the tho tart o the time contract bungle Ho will wi send v to to tho the Mayor Thompson If h he were re hi lit f- f the tho c city t Of or course the time m no not required to request the council to appoint ap ap- ap- ap point a substitute when he lie Is out of oC the time city Mayor Thompson and other mayors have havo left heft the lie city In lii time the past without going through ought the formality o of having a substitute appointed but buthis buthis his lila visit to other othel parts part at this timis time Is very significant Thero is only ono one conclusion lon and that Is that the time mayor want wants to dodge the time consummation tion ton of the time contract with wih Morn Moran In Incidentally In- In about the lie only act that Acting Mayor Mayoz Davis will wi bo be asked to perform Is tho time signing of or the time contract contract con con- tract tract to Present cut Its Is Side When tho tIme council counci meets as a n. committee com corn of the lie whole In tho the council counci chamber at 2 o'clock this afternoon I. I the time board of oC public works is expected to present Its side of Iho tho contract con con- i- i tro If I tho the board hoard ignores the tho order or or- Ocr der of or the tho council councI as It I did In the tho matter matter mat mat- tel ter of disposing of or th time the contract there is likely to be he trouble that may involve 1 tho lie valid validity I of oC the Moran contract Since Sinco Mayor faor Thompson has abdicated however there thero Is not Itel likely to bo be 10 n a display of oC feeling between the board and tho the council counci us It I Is pretty generally generally gener gener- at ally conce conceded ed that the council counci Is right In n its Is determination to have a n. hand In iii tho the handling of tho the contract Although h the council counci is Ii now legally right ight recent events leading up to the lie pl present status of affairs affair's show It I to lo bo be mort immorally wrong In tho entire contract bungle jungle It I has delayed tho the work mote morO f than two months by throwing out a fuji air Cail bid that was mas at least under inder tho Imo cl city engineers engineer's estimate and andt It t has adopted a policy of oC playing Into th he the hands of oC Pat Moran from start to finish of tIme the entire affair It I is very likely that tho the council o. o wi order tho ho board of oC public works j to 0 o r recall ct tho the advertisements sent to Eastern journals Saturday and to let lethe I Ithe the he contract to tho ho lowest bidder t which by special arrangement Is Pat 1 Moran Morn j |