| Show PLUMBERS PROTEST Provo Work for Chicago Workmen S Work-men WHY THIS DISCRIMINATION Salt Lake Plumbers Enter a Protest and Allege They have neon Treated Very Unfairly The following letter has been submitted to Governor Thomas by the plumbers named below His Excellency Arthur L Thomas Governor of the Territory of Utah Ron SirWe the undersigned citizens plumbers and steamhoaters of the territory of Utah desire to call your attention to the ross injustice dono to the plumbers and steamfitters of this territory and tho favoritism shown a foreign competitor in the matter of the letting of the contract for work to be done on tho Provo Insane asylum at Provo City Utah The call for proposals as per clipping from newspaper attached states distinctly that steamheating plumbing electrical work hardware etc shall be bid upon separately each bid to be accompanied by certified checkin the matter of plumbing steamheating and electrical work lOJd hardware JOO which requirements were fulfilled by the following six responsible business firms of this territory and city numbly J W Farrell Co plumbers lleesch Bilcrheck plumbers P J 1 Moran steam beater Midgley is Sons Co strain heaters and plumbers Beggs < S Tracy steam heaters It Morrison plumber There were also two foreign proposals namely S I Pope Chicago Ills I D F Creighton Kansas City Mo The resnectlve bids were as follows J W Farrell Co for plumbing E59J2 Heessh Ellerbeck for plumbing fJtiOO P J Moran for ateimoo iiln 11 > VJ Mid > l2y Sous Co for steamhcating and plumbing 17600 Uetjgs E Tracy for steasiheating and plumb ing til7oJO R oion for plumbln 58212 S 1 Pope Chicago for plumbing and steamheating 818181 D F Orcignton Kansas City for steam heating JISVJJ It was also apecilied that there should be supplementary bids for 0000 feet of drain ago pips Subject to the pleasure of the board of directors of the asylum whether or not they should subsequently require this work done The supplementary bids were os follows J W Farrell Co 5i2 Heescu Elicrbocl 7U Midgley i Sons company 1633 SL Pope Chicago lUd Now your excellency como the favorite It wal be observed that S I Popes bid is for team heating and plumbing and drainage 19WS1 Becgs Tracy steam heating 81175025 J W Farrell 1 Co plumbing and drainage 50ltjl total 5I841U5 Showm jliCerenc0 in fivor o IJeggs Tracy and J W Farrall As Co SI llj73 S I Popes old as before stated 19831 Heggs Tracy 81175025 Heescli lt Ellcrbeck 717 l total blbUii1 Difference in favor of Hegss Tracy Hcesoh t Jillui beck 9875 S I Popes bid as stated J19831 Midgloy 8 Sons Co eioJ02 Difference In favor of Midgley Sons Co 1659 01A A recapitulation of the three proposi tions shows 1stIn favor of Begs Tracy and J W Farrell 10 314075 1udln favor of Dcggs Tracy and Heesch EllerbccU 11397 3dIn favor of Midyley Sons Co 1059 In face of these plain facts Mr S I Pope upon request of the board of directors direc-tors was allowed after bids were in and opened to deduct from his original proposal pro-posal the amount of his supplementary bid amounting to S1OS2 ut the ame time refusing the same courtesy to other or local competitors Should your excellency observe farther it will bo seen that allowing this favor toS L Pope he is still the higher bidder some 3101 S I Papas original bid 18781 His deduction of supplementary bid 1031 making the balance Sl70jft 1r Begps i5 Tracy 117Y2j j vy Farrell Far-rell Co 3392 total Sl7e7 > a5 Difference in favor oC local competitors SC75 We consider the supplementary bid was and it Is separate and distinct and considering the bids made by our local firms and his total bid it will appear as follows viz Midgley Sons company total bid S1820J 25 L Pope Chicago total bid 19801 Making a difference in iavor of local competitors com-petitors 1659 and tho other in the same proportions as tho differences between originals and supplementary bids These facts we have submitted to your excellency and they show conclusively that it was entirely unnecessary for us to have wasted our time labor and energy as there was evidently no desire or intention to consider seriously any local competitor in the matter mat-ter Further we would say that all of the bidders locally are responsible and thoroughly capable and competent to per form the work employing as good and possibly pos-sibly superior skilled labor in complet ing the same in a workmanlike manner and who are citizens taxpayers and men of families who have the interest and welfare of the territory at heart instead in-stead of cheap contract labor imported simply to finish this work for the few dollars dol-lars that may accrue and after completion who have no other interests whatever in the welfare of the territory We submit this to your excellency in the hope that you as our chief executive will l give us some reasonable information why wo have been so treated unfairly Ws can I got no redress from your board of directors of the Provo insane asylum Respectfully submitted Buttes Se TRACT J G MIDGLEY Co HEESCH ELLEKBEOK P J MORAN J W FAUHULL Co R Momusox |
