Show MORAN GETS FOUR BIG PAVING P A CONTRACTS O ON COMPROMISE DID BID i Reduces Figures of June 15 all Around Until His Velvet Over and Above What He Promised to Do It for 1 Is Only f THREATENED THREATENED TO FIRE FIlE BOARD OF OE PUBLIC WORKS I t Members of That Body Knew That With Thompson Out of w i the City and Davis in His Chairs Chair Mo Moran ran Could r i Make Threat Good Goode t 1 t c 1 Yesterday the hoard board of oC public works at a special mooting meeting bowed bo to the will 1111 of oC the American reform 2 c. c council and amI lot Jot the four big street pavIng pay pay- it- it Ing contracts to Patrick J. J Moran This startling hit bt of ne news I is the tho denouement o Of the thc deadlock which has hast t- t t for fOl weeks between the lie board hoard 9 and the council and puts huts a D quietus on Oil tho contract controversy The action ac ac- ac- ac fi tion iou of oC tho the board of oC public works yesterday yes yc- cs also demonstrated Morans Moran's c I complete domination of tho ho adminis mUon It came caine as a supreme hush finish hug Ing touch to 10 a a. gigantic gl civic lc improvement improve Improve- t mont fluent blunder and Pat Morans Moran's victory vic vic- tOI tory was as complete r J The Tho board saw MW the hopelessness of j its fight against the council The members saw row In the absence of Mayor May May- or nr Thompson and in the ominous of A A A. J J. J presence DaIs acting mayor maor h and Moran devotee a Cl possible termination trinI- trinI nation of oC thou their terms of office orrIce Moran Moran Mo- Mo ran lurid hall made malIc the threat that hat the lie board would bo be removed remo In l I Mayor OI Thompson's Thompsons absence If JC its members dill did not come to time and let Jet the thc con con- tract So the lie board compromised lJ What hat Pal Plit Moran Get Gets Get Pat Moran gets the contract fOlt for fOl t paving ga East t Second South street East Temple Templo street State tate street Fourth South street and First South street with asphalt Tho Tue contract will III be approved d lJ by the city council Monday night The Tho entire work ork provided for forIn forIn forin In four our contracts involves In the expenditure of more than Jj t t flu 1 s. I lj V t au 1 t lop Jup 6 11 O from his bid 1 df C June Jun 15 Hi bringing 11 It within i r of if the tho original Barber bid This r 70 Is clear clena velvet for Pat He lie promised iL the lie hoard boat that he would re reI reduce ye- ye duce his figures to lo the hill bid of the Barber Bar liar her ber Asphalt Paving company 0 Moran lorati oran sent tho the following supplemental supple mental proposal lo to the thc board o of public I works s yesterday I Ills us Supplemental To the hue Board o of Public Vot-ks Vot Gentlemen Gentle Genthe- men I submit herewith the the- supplemental tal tai y y proposal to m my bid o of June 15 for fOl the lie paving JI of First South street East Enst Tern Tern- pie lIe street State street and Fourth South street ns as follows t. t Will say 83 that I hereby propose to accept ac nc- the thc contract for this work vork should you so desire to award tame same at a price making th the total cost of oC the lie work for or the three extensions based on the thc approximate approximate I mate quantities o of the city engineer I c equal to tI o less than the lie cost coat of ot same would figure at the prices submitted you OU In In my toy proposal 1 o of June 15 It Is understood that this II proposal ropO 1 I Is made malIc subject to and conditional upon your our awarding me the lie contract for the paving of oC Second South street In accordance accord accorti ance once with m bid submitted my you OU June 15 Hi 5 covering cO this work worl Yours respectfully P P. J J. J Moran When this hIs proposal nl was read lo to the I board h by Clerk Christensen yesterday President ent Leonard stated slated that Mr 11 Moran Morah had promised that the 12 cut cul should be he apportioned among all nil the lie streets including East Second Secom South The supplementary proposal was that the lie Second South street paving pay pay- lug ing contract was as to be be- beIt let It to Moran Moral nt nl the lie figure he submitted 1 on June 15 Hi a n matter of Mr Mi- Leonard called Mr r. Moran over the hue telephone and anti secured huts his permission lon p to to make the ihu cut apply to lo all al 0 streets Including Second Sc-conil South I r i- i lii Opinion Mr Ir assistant elt city attorn attorney y was present 1 and when asked for his whether the the- board hoard ha had hada t. t opinion as ns to a right to re rescind Its ItH action and anti let ieL the contract to Moran on OIL iLLS his supplementary supple mentar bid hIli he lie wild said he would not render ron ren del der an opinion until he had hiatt conferred ft with City Attorney lilies but hut his personal per her opinion was thai the tiLe board had rt the thc rJ right ht to lo rescind anti and make a con con- The only tract with willi Moran thoi 1 said sard the city attorney was with wIl the 1 PropertY properly owners IJ who ml might ht question It the Ow legality of or the tho contracts Besides Pre President Leonard Sam Barlow Bar Bar- low Jow arid and C C. p I Brooks attended the tt meeting A. A J J J- D Davis DJ J and other oilier councilmen councilmen coun- coun t. t and elt city were vere pres res- res out ont Afler fter tho ho Moran communication had hall been heen read i MI Mr Barlow moved Ino that the board rc rescind Us Its action In relation to lo the contracts and carried unanimously the thc motion was IJ by lie tho board Mr 11 Brooks moved d that the tho contract be let on the proposition submitted over o the telephone to lo Mr Leonard and th lie matter went through p with a precision that lint bespoke fil cs Moran orall In Croud 11 n a Club That Mayor l Thompson's Thompsons absence from tho the city practically decided cd the d matter mailer was the chief topic o of conversation conver con yesterday when It II became known that the board of public works would hold n a special called mc mooting meeting to lo consider fr a new fleW proposal ral from om ulan Moran With the mayor In the lie city the deadlock dead dead- lock hock ocl ml might ht easily remain un unbroken olcen In- In but lit In his absence the lie Moran Mo 10 ran crowl crowd hind had a chance to lo wield a club cub over th the appointive e board That to Im- Im exerted ever every Morin Moran the thiC board with the acting may may- lre an 1111 l l the lie vote ote of r the thc coun coun- MI ell tu ti hoer back him can cnn hard hardly I he be denied to reduce his WAH M ran Ui 15 t 31 31 h by June 1 I I. T ThIs his ls l hugs br-hugs i tho n fig 1 1 I I 0 I I ure ui-c down to a point within of the I original her Barber r bid hill which amounted to 30 The detailed totals of or bills bids on oti each street as tabulated by hy bythe hythe the lie city cr engineer and anil showing the lie Moran bid of or Jul July l 1 and the Barber Bai bid of April I 11 11 1 are mo as ns follows s l 1 Tuo 10 0 I B Bids i I. I Co Compared III tel East Bast Second 1 South street street- Moran Moi June 1 Barber April 11 OO J East a t Temple street street street- Moran June 15 Hi Barber April 11 State anti and Fourth South streets streets- Moran June 15 Hi Barber ber April 1 11 1 Fit First South street Street- Moran June 15 Hi April 11 47 i 1 I Mo mil was clearly defeated in this bidding and it was shown that his competitor was sas reliable enough to file bond hondo and competent enough to do dothe dothe dothe the work voi f 1 Moran howe however r. r believes In III home talent and when lie he said saith lie he would got get the lie contract act or 01 It would hotho not hot be ho let he lie heas was vas telling what now develops de de- e- e 10 to h be the hue truth Pat Stuls tin tin- How Rou Pat Moran oran said Mid he would get the asphalt paving la contract act if IC the council had an any sa say In iii the lie matter mattor He lie knew whereof he lii spoke because he used to be in the lie city council The members mem hers bers of oC the lie had n adopted a plan to push JUsh the paving pu projects this summer sum suni- met mer r and aud no dilly dallying methods of the council could interfere fei e until tw he council and the board crossed paths nt at dangerous angles angies Pat lat was the cause of the row He lie and tho the mayor had a it tilt which resulted In Inho tho ho mayors mayor's I light ht against him him through tho ur of woi-ks woi Into U q J. J f i rn J Ht ot r 1 1 the aird makes no secret of It it IL Mayor layor Thompson was s-as with nothing but the dog dogged el stand of the board us as a last defense and anti when he hue say that the board was In the hue wrong and that the opinion of tho the assistant city attorney upholding that bo body y was In iii error or he hl left loft tho the elt city to let lt th the American ican party bosses bosse H light ht it out A continuance of oC the tho light fight on un the he Part pait o of tho lie council meant defeat for the board hoard at cit one time or anti and Mayor layor Thompson either cither did not want to be le in at the death or 01 he lie was sas anxious to step aside e to avoid a n political schism that threatens to disrupt his party this fall Call Clean Gift to to Moran oi The Tho crowning effort of or the contract bungle came caine when the board recoiled receded from its position and sent up ull the white flag of conditional surrender The best hest that the lie board could get out ut of oe the council In the lie wa way of oC com com- was a cut of oC the lie Moran bid bill which does 9 not bring It down own to 10 the original Barber hid bid thrown out by the council In fact It exceeds that bid by about The Is a 3 clean gift girl to Pat Moran oran The public has been made mallo to suffer suf suf- for fer because of or tho lie Moran I between the tho board hoard of oC public ImbUe works anti and the council The Tho improvement improve Improve- ment uncut has been heen delayed for Cor nearl nearly three months because of or dilly dally Jn ing on the part t of both sl sides es Coming CoinIng at this time when the board has finally agreed to make snake concessions con con- cessions which its m members last Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day lay stated Il It would never lies grant tho ho announcement that there will be no opinion front from the lie city attorneys attorney's with regard to the lie duties of If lie tho board In Its Us relations to the council Cleates creates cre Cle ates atos the thc Impre Impression that I the lie board was In lii error and anti that the assistant city attorney Mr was also In error when wilen he lie sustained the board hoard t. t 1 h-c h Gets ts es I UK us City Engineer Kelsey has wavered a n bit hit in his fight with the tie mayor and the board against Moran and It I Is Js stated that Mr Kelsey was won over to the Moran Moi-an crowd crowll through the lie statements of oC American that ho lie might find it I a n little expensive to lo oppose op ji- ji pose the council Tho The American counci reform re reform re form Corm mom members her swung Mr Mi- h Kelsey Into line lne and anti it I is said sll that the thc lever Jevel used was that Kelsey's reappointment may come Collie up UI before beCore an American council counci for fOI confirmation two years hence The Flue council counci holds hohls ht his fate Cato In iii Its Is hands hands To further show that hat the lie 11 engineer has turned a back ack flu flip Into the Moran camp since the original bids were opened on April il Apri I 11 11 1 the lie board of public pub pub- tIc lic le works yesterday gave 2 2500 GOO worth of patch work worl to Moran The city en engineer on- on was authorized to go out and g get t some one ono to eat cat up that hat 2500 GOO and the he engineer found Pat Morans Moran's foNn's bid was the tho only one ono that went to the uie 1 board oa No others wore were I presented Moran Morn takes the lie work worl at ot per nei lel square yard which oth other r contractors say sy Is a n good price for Cor for the tho con con- tractor Major Upturning Homo 4 A telegram was wa sent to Mayor Thompson n 8 at t Denver Denvel yesterday and It I is understood that ho hue is now on onlie the lie wa way home Tho rho message summons sum sum- I moos mons mOls him him lucre hero on account of oC tho ho critIcal critical crit it ical Illness of a relative It Is understood that thiat Mayor I Thompson Thomp Thomp- son know Inow of the proposed compromise compromise compro compro- mise between the council counci and the lie board before he lie left heft the cl city Chairman Chair Chair- nan man Leonard of oC the tho board stated Leonad yesterday yes yes- es turea that a reduction of oC 2000 Inthe in the lie Moran bid biti ll would be bo satisfactory I to the Ito mayor maor That is Is tho the mayor I would be he satisfied If I hero thero was wa no iso noway wn way to lo a 1 compromise I |