Show MR REP RIFLES combats in the interests oft of truth some contractors contractor statements editor Tri toune in tho the interests ot of truth I 1 ask space for a brief reply to the communication which appeared oer the signature blen big nature 0 of morris hobson wilkerson anti and which purported to bo be a 0 statement of 0 facts relative it to nutter s connected with tile tho gralto gra tilty outlet setter or some of tho the statements made are absolutely false others are incomplete and the entire effort la is unfair and misleading 1 I will not intrude upon your space by replying to each statement sepa separately as aa an ansia answer or to ono one or two nill i III suffice to show the character of all Inabin uch its as tile matter of bonds seems to be tho the principal cause ot of the compiling COMPI Lint and the ono one by N ft aich the contractors claim to have suffered persecution at my hands I 1 wilt will reply to it the amount of the original bond which billich Is bound with nith and made a part of 0 the contract conr act was led at lO OOOO by the hoard board of public works before the contract was signed and when mr C L was chairman of tile hie board the work was ivas started butche but the united efforts 0 of chairman haines and myself failed to secure the class of 0 work required by the and after we had removed a 0 ecklon 0 of the bower masonry and exposed the defects which we had repeatedly complained of 0 I 1 refused to sign the monthly statement or estimate until something sem ething should be dono done to protect the ei city ty against theme den deft clenches clen cles it was finally agreed that the contractors should enter a bond acceptable cep table to the mayor and the bond was mas accordingly executed but not for the purpose of protecting the city against my deual nt spec I 1 as aa erroneously stated by the contractors but buit to protect it against defective material and workmanship employed by them in lol Jol atlon of 0 the specifications the language or of the bond itself will viii better indicate its purpose and I 1 therefore quote from it as aa follows sald said guarantee tor for five years year Is to the tt of t t feet that the said feld sewer shall not fall fail or become detective defective through any do deficiency fi fici ency in workmanship or materials or used in the construction of the same name under contract after about on one c halt half of tile the work had bad been done A supplemental CONTRACT was entered into under the terms of which bich the contractors were to bo be paid the commonly known as the ionus bonus and certain portions of the original contract were modified in favor of the contractors which reduced the money guarantee in the hands of 0 the city and increased correspondingly tile the liability of the bondsmen bond smon and in order that tills this action favoring the contractors should not at the same time operate to relieve their bondsmen tho the board 13 0 of public u works and a n d not n myself T abito inor alpen oan 9 e acting 1 in an n independent e d e n t m manner n as the contractors falsely state required qu fred that the original bond should le ie l e renewed to ew ed and in consideration that part of the work had already been executed the amount of the bond was reduced from to 7 SOCO instead of 0 t ang tiang ti increased by the latter amount as the contractors would have the public believe tho the records or of tile the board of public works which are open to the inspection of the public will corroborate these facts and establish the untruthfulness of the contractors statement that they were compelled to put up bonds in the sum of 22 nothing could be more false or more unjust to myself mys elf and the board of public works than such a statement the statement that a sewer could have teen constructed on seventh or eighth south streets to discharge into the jordan river and serve all the purposes of the gravity outlet sewer at less than one fifth the cost shows either an ignorance of the subject or a willful disregard ditc regard of tho the truth in the first place it would be a physical impossibility to train drain tile the city through such a sewer and in the so second c place the city Is prohibited fir from orn discharging its sewage into the jordan river by an ail order from the third district court issued several years ago and still in force yet tet these statements are in keeping with the others which malic make up the contractors complaint as can be pro proven ren by a reference to the records above referred to and which till all who desire to know the truth in these matters ate aie cordially invited to examine in conclusion I 1 deny the statement that the entire trouble between A P r doremus anel and tho the contractors started from the sag or from any other cause or that thero there Is or has been any trouble between myself and the contractors I 1 have simply attempted in a quiet q u let earnest way to discharge my sw sworn orn duty in the hi several offices In trusted to me and while this course may have ld 14 in a direction to that dfred 5 alred by the contractors it has never r so 0 o far as I 1 am concerned approached the line of trouble it if there Is any trouble it to Is like tile the contractors acors statements tate ments either the result of imagination op agi nation or entirely on one side respectfully A V F DOREMUS silt lake city jan 21 WIS |