Show r i Y MORAN BOOSTS ASPHALT PRICES l CITY COUNCIL IN CROOKED DEAl Pet et Contractor Asks Ninety Cents a Yard More for Paving in July Than He Did DUl During ng the ther I Month of June I r 1 r INTERSECTION FIGURES BAR OUT WOOD BLOCK LOGU Present Bid If Accepted Will Mean a Gift to Moran of 0 2000 Shameful 2000 Shameful Deal Made Possible by American Reform Clique lique i F i it J t 4 i 4 MOHAN Olt QUOTATIONS QUOTATION'S S O ON i 4 T. ln i 4 i 4 iI 44 a. 4 June JUnc I une prices per pr lr jard II 4 July hll prices rc per er utI aitI 4 4 4 c- c 4 f 4 4 4 H Pat Moran hux ms presented his bid hill for the paving paring yf t C four street InterI intersections inter inter- I sections In III the downtown an and the Iw board of or public works will probably ably let lei th the contract lo to- him on Sat Sat- una The rhe Moran bid JIl Is a steal made nade possible lJ by the deliverance of or orthe i the pit CIty cily council Into his hands hand j Two thousand dollars 1 of the monE money he deducted from his June bid for or the tho i big paving contracts is mn made e up ui In Ip Inthis j this now uw bl bid The price oC of for l Moran asphalt asphall has ad advanced ad- ad J ninety cents a yard artl within a y month And all because C the city council has Jias said rold that no contractor whose name Ulm is not ilot Pat Moran shall do asphalt as as- 4 Street paving pa In Salt Sail Lake Lalo City In addition to boosting the pi Ice of fit ii asphalt Moran rOl also boosted the price Ice of ot creo ereo wood block toa to toa a a prohibitive point point- t WOOD BLOCK IS PRONOUNCED CI D' D DBY j j BY BV ALL UP-TO-DATE UP MUNICIPAL I I TO un nT ABSOLUTELY Brkl PAVING 4 e id OI d ii Block Ct Pa 0 IJ Ii tl Ht h 1 Ll nf of lh l I i h ht i fl ii ho elf ol I Ut Wi n wo woOd ll block U l u lo tU i h local oco I I neill fc The Th 1 regular gul pride price t Thi i lie hoe b boat best t woo wood block Is about 3 a a. square yard ard of or Salt Sail Lake Never Neet evel In the history street treet paving has a robbery b been en so 10 soI sot I 1 t nn On th the tho face of St St. it In- In council In a n scheme the city elty that will eventually c co cost t the taxpayer a 0 heap more money than I If the work worl was vas done honestly Moran offers to pave Im the at First Filst South and Main Second South atH and Main 1 First South and antI antIst West Vest Temple and Second South and West Wesl Temple streets for fOI at the rate of or per square qu yard It Il was wa the Intention of or the board of public works to lo make male an experiment of wood woodblock block at Second South and Main Iain M streets reels but Moran asks s for this than the asphalt would cost more Ills figure of or I Is IJa based ed on a a aprice 7 price of 25 5 a square yard ald Wood Woodblock Salt Sail Lake Lale block can be shipped into and antl laid Into inlo the best besl pavement in 2 yard ard b by any honest hon hon- town for 3 3 a square who does not nol own o the est st t contractor t city council il e UK tit cily council eOl Ita has liZS formally for for- mally notified nil all contractor thul 01 Moran 11 is lie only bully Oll one will ill Ij bo be il- il i A to enter dun till the loral local field with a it iti i successful rul hut hill for asphalt u pacing pl the I ui city iI I i is V till I ly lobbed i 0 of 1 a chance l in nee to to J- J get ct t a n fair price on oui its orl The following table shows s the difference dif lIt p ference In Moran 1 figures one s set t presented pvc pre S 4 set In July second S June the Hl in June July c Q Gra Grading per cu yd 5 4 40 1 00 00 O t i Asphalt per cu yd 20 95 90 ot X I r- r nc manholes manholes- 5 CO Where the tile Craft raft Comes In In will In tho the four intersections he be e ISO cubic yards of grading On r i account of oC the car tracks Moran says the grading will be he a little harder than thanin thanIn S in straight street work At 1 a yard Moran Moral will get Ills June price was forty cents He Ie e S for grading the grading of fourS four cleans U up 3 32 2 on Intersections alone S There will be 2250 square yards of or asphalt asphall III In the four intersections net will according to Moran This S him For a similar amount amountS the June contract under paving of fir S he will vill get gel 02 less It is a bald pilfering pil pU- of or that much money roving fering and r will reset twenty manholes He boxes In Ill the Intersections at nt 7 7 S. valve he heIs contract the June Un Under cr each cuch This the work for Cor 5 apiece 1 Is given Iii hi contract Jobbing crook r Is another which will pay for fOL fora fOIn amounting amounting- to 40 Pats Pat's no now automobile a n. tire Ire on 00 of or Second South Intersection h At the there will be streets and amI Main of woo wood block Pat at S square yards The work vork wants a yard artl for Cor the Salt Sail Lake City for Cor price IP 15 too loo strong suong that his bid old on not likely It Jt Is i und block proposition will be bo tho the wood the work Other cItIes cItIes' get accepted antI and square yard artl about 3 a for COl done best hest creo ereo very ven they get gel the the marl market rt Pat wants 3 3 block on Oil basis the S the tho work on for Cor doing 0 O ard At an honl honest st II U nuu f fr 1 Of 11 SuiO f could get g-et the work worl j the city I r figure for 2040 20 or ol 1 1020 1530 30 lessI less dune done now being beins con con- figures i I r the Iho Moran 1 board of or works are arc b by the allowed crooked the Ow cit city council has them so him It to lo make i. i Trust usI to Lie Ile Down Doun tl Caused uS came Into 1010 Salt Sail trust The asphalt In April wRit with a u. bid that City Lake than the tho Moran was lower worth of or street figure on Oil council juggled juS the S paving The city show down for forthe bid until It came to 0 a a. accepted a n trust and the thc the trust of Its Us old uld claim of compromise city if Ir It II would JU lay Jay down dowil S against the with another hl bid and let lei Moran In around until horsed council lh Tho ri S It tt started a fight light with Mayor Thompson Thomp Thomp- son ant and the lie board of public works The rue hoard board of oC public works was tas In Instructed Instructed In- In In-I In to r e for bids s. s Moran came through with the only bid It It was ts 00 above the lie original trust rust urn um The board of public works threw it out because use It was too high The TheS S council tried led to 10 make the board award the contract to Moran and anti eventually L a compromise was effected Moran lopped 0 oft off leaving his hid bid still above the tho trust figure figuie The Tue compromise Involved the lie trust claim claimS S for or against the city on a former formS form form- S er contract The city council Is now trying tring to 10 compromise that claim with the trust trustS S b by leaving lea out the costs and anti attorneys attorneys' attorneys attorneys' ator- ator fee fees City Attorney lilies has told tolt the council that hat the eit city has a strong defense and antl will beat heat the suit But the lie compromise with the thc trust is isa isa a a. tort rort of the original agreement between be be- tween Moran the lie trust and the Uw coun coun- cil I AMERICAN on nEI t MEMBERS MEM r HEnS BERS OF TILE THE CITY CIl COUNCIL ARE AIU NOW MORALLY l ll BOUND UND TO DELIVER TO TIlE THE TRUST Wailed i I tI Month H I to 10 0 Pl Prevent ui lIl Bill Bid an Moran having shown hown nil all other bidders bidders bid bid- ders that ho was the Uie one great glent mogul In lu Salt Lakes Lake's street Improvement he whiled a n. month to present ent a 1 bit bid for Cor forlie the lie street Intersection work vork which till the cH city council has decided d to do The figures an as shown in his July bid when complied ed with the figures In the th June JUlie bid show that lint ho fears no nu opposition op up- about I position and luis haw no s I conio coma h bade th With J t the he i il l It lLian n. Hl I oft on his 8 Juno June e contract l y ortA At tn t tho tiiu rate i of ol t. t q k 0 C n. n month will b be able to Lo get Ct an till his money back In Iii six months and amI then make a mint out of the asphalt paving o of Salt Snit Lakes Lake's streets |