Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-09-14 | Page 14 | Coal Concerns All Bid Alike

I I COAL CONCERNS ALL BID AUK ALIKI Board of Education Suspect Combine Because of the Uniform Ul Offers 1 l MAY lAY AY BUY FROM MINE J Attempt to Reach c merit ment Vi With l Dealers Abor k tive jy Prices Quoted I In an effort to get et the tho Salt Lal board ot of education to divide divido Its It co coa business among among- the tho various dealers dealer 0 otho athe o a i tho the city instead of or contracting wit one firm I rm alone local coal dealers denIers ha haT submitted hula his on In the contract for supplying sup plying coal coat for COI this year ear quoting Iden I thin same bamo prices on all sorts o 0 i coal cont desired by the tho board j i The and grounds ground commit tee of or tho the board of or education which has the matter In hand looks upon tb thi t i. i similarity in bids bills as RS of of i n movement mo among tho coal dealers tc t ti force the tho board Td to pa pay retail prices foi fo coal when it a buy buys in wholesale quan quan- IP ties As AR efforts sire ire being niad mad t b by tho the committee to adjust the tho matte with th the dealers and to get competitive bids on the tho coal supply Bids on the tue coal contract were opened by tho the buildings and grounds commit P I tee in executive session Monday after aCtor noon The committee declined to make K known anything In Irl regard to the hid bid f pending c conferences with the dealers 1111 lInt d. d I An executive conference was h heh l with some of the dealers before th W board meeting meeting- Tuesday nl night ht but n nolD f decision W was vas reached and the commit too ten declined t to give Ivo out anything for tOT that it might spoil the chances of the board to get et an a agreement ag rif with tho the dealers In the mat FO ter Another nother conference with th lh dealers dealer Is JI to be held within a few day days at which the tho committee of ot the board boar hop hopes s to get an agreement for Cor withdrawal with of oC the bids now before It an anCor anfor anfor for Cor the submission of competitive buli bid hiet If Ir the tho committee Is not successful In accomplishing accomplishIng- this It Is the pla pia of ot the board to purchase coal direct from front the mines It Is stated and handl handi the deliveries Itself The board Wan want about tons of ot coal H 1 The bids submitted are aro as follows follow tollo Lump 57 nut screened slack 3 dust 2 50 The Tho prices asked year ear are tho the same sanio aa ns last year eor wit exception of or dust coal which was wa 3 quoted quote last year at nt 2 2 85 t