| Show MORAN WILL TRY L TO EVADE ORDER r O Will Wi Ask City to Let Him Pave Portion Porton of Street Torn Up PROBABLY HAVE HIS WAY Gives Gl ns us Excuse o for for Acting Without Authority n lre to u Hurry HUr the lie J t. Gus Gas Company Pat Moran Morn Is 18 disinclined to obey tho the order orter of the he board hoart of public works In iii the matter matel of replacing the time cobblestones cobble stones stone ho lie tore toro out of ot tho the street at Main and anal Second South Creels Ho lo had been awarded tho time contract for paving four foul downtown Intersections but bul he did lid not hot wait walt for or the tho board to 10 instruct him him to proceed with the tho work He did Ild not even wait walt for fOl the city engineer to como come through with Jrade grade stakes hut html wont went to tn Irit- Irit Inter Inter- i section section l rather ii el he o sent c ct t hl his lcd ambassadors to that section and amid tho time i pavement was vas torn out by b the tho roots roots Mr Moran said sale yesterday that hint he lie would milt ask the lie city to give him grade u stakes akes and antI allow alow him to lo pave pavo the northwest quarter of the he Intersection I which he has torn tor iIi up lp He ne will H malta make t this request as aJ soon as the Utah Gas Ga y Coke com company pan finishes h s the thc work woric of ot 1 laying mains maln If I the city grants his request which It probably will wi since all al other requests he has made have been handled with wih silk sik shoves to suit his own convenience one omie portion porton of or I time the street will wi be paved aved all al winter d and anel the rest will wi be unpaved until the time J Utah Light LIht Railway com company pan Is Isable isable able ahle to lay new crossings crosing at the lie In- In j Wanted to lurr Hurry Gas Gus Company Il Tho The excuse 1 Mr Moran gives for N ripping up tho time street without authorIty authorIty author author- I Ity Is 15 that ho wanted to force the the Utah Gas Ga Coke to 1 com company pan com- com I Its work work Ho Ito says gys the company has held him back because of failure allure to o lay Jay pipes In the streets which he ho hohas has ha contracts contacts to rae pave He lie points point to the work being done dono tono at Second South and West Temple streets and says 85 the com company pan was compelled to get busy with Its Is pipes because e of his unusual 0 action acton a block further east cast He lIe says lie he 10 Is tired tred of oC making verbal and amid written writ writ- ten en requests to the two gas companies com corn r and amid to Contractor Percival who is in laying water mains mains He lie le admits he tore up the street without authority As soon as u the underground under pipes 1 aro are laid at ut Second South and West Vest Temple streets and at nt First Firt South and amid ant West cst Temple 1 Mr Moran will wi be begin begin be- be Je- Je gin work on the Intersections He lIe le will wi lay Jay quarter one at a L time leaving leav ing lie tho work thirteen days tas ta's before he ho j begins he on ott 01 another quarter In this I way the and asphalt arc given en cn a chance to tet set and amid the whole intersection In- In Is not not mocked blocked ot tho t snub same time The rho work vork ut f laying con comm COI- COI etc creto has been started on vim onest West est FJ First t South street Rights of Public nl r There Is a n great deal of or public Improvement Im mm- provement going on In Salt Sl Lal Lake o at ut the time present time lame In the rush and confusIon confusion con con- fusion of oC getting tho streets in shape shao for fOI om tho the laying of or pipes pIpe or for or the time new V JC pavement tho time city enforces enforce practically practical practIcal- ly Iy no rules that will wi make malio for or the lie safety safely of the public The streets aro are poorly lighted trenches are left heft Jef yawning yawning yawn awn ing before unsuspecting wayfarers at night lanterns are arc hung up Indiscriminately Indis and anti harriers barriers are arc placed recklessly There Is an air nh of ot carelessness carelessness care caro- which may result In dama damage suits against tho time c city audi and tho ho con con- tractors At the corner of or Second South and West Vest Temple streets Tuesday night nl ht there was no passageway for teams between the lie t trenches enches made h by tho the Utah Gas fc Coke Colo company Wagons arid amid aM hU buggies welo uvero forced for to 0 worry through a wilderness of or holes and piles pies of dirt and nearly c every y team cain hound bound west In Second South street was waR forced to tro on the sidewalk The Time same order of timings things was kept up have yesterday estez Many complaints made to the authorities and to lie tho various newspapers about the lie careless manner In which contractors leave heave the streets When Pat Morans Moran's subcontractor subcontractor sub sub- contractor was excavating on Eat East Second South street there was a dangerous dan dan- dangerous hole at Third East and many manya a narrow escape from roam Injury was ex experienced x there Trunks of trees were thrown limb Into the tho dark cross streets and amid those thorn who drove about at night were in constant peril leril Call Attention of Police At Eighth South and State streets similar scenes have havo been witnessed for days The matter was called to tho ho attention of the street department and then to the attention of the police The Tue contractors had closed up a ditch and had caused great Inconvenience to tIme tho public This Timis lasted several days without with with- without out any apparent attempt to alleviate the conditions The same Is true all over the tho cRy city The Tho contractors are rushing ahead with their work for the tho safety of life and limb and making no po at attempts attempts at- at tempts to protect the tho public Material and labor are equally hard to get and with these conditions facing the contractors contractors con con- tractors they are aro up in the air Their own Internal worries are by no moans means the least of their helm troubles Whore Where work Is being done In streets streets' that are to bo be paved under the Moran contracts the private contractor has the contractor on his trail all tIme the time and life Is surely a burden |
