Show PERCIVAL HIL AL GIVEN lARGE LiGE CONTRACT City Council Finally Disposes of Controversy of Long LongStanding LongStanding LongStanding Standing SURETY BOND REQUIRED MEMBERS INDULGE IN PERSON PERSONAL AL REMARKS The city council last night granted to toj toJ toJ j W Percival the contract for the year IH I Jl tor for water main extensions amount jg iM to approximately provided that he be file Ale a bond as surety suret that he will feet et of his 1506 1906 con coni i The approval of the contract came at af attar after a long debate In which Councilman tar ter 16 ulvey took occasion to tell Councilman Martin that his Insinuation that certain favored another contractor was out of cC all decency and not before the American contingent had got Into such helpless muddle that it even forgot to I Davis rulings one ne of President ad Sd elicited the remark from that Alder Aider Alderman 1 man that if they did not watch out they would all aU make fools of themselves The Percival Contract The fint intimation of an effort to side sidetrack sidetrack sidetrack track th the contract came when Councilman F rom moved to amend it with a to the effect that the board of works cannot settle controversies with contractors without the approval of the council The object of this move I evident to Councilman Martin who championed Perel ls cause as he h that it would mean that the con contract contract conI tract I would have to go back baek to the tho board of public nubile works again if it were wore amend id 41 4 and aDd that it would ultimately result n Ha its bein thrown out and new bids i el for which Mr Ir Martin Intimated itt redound to the benefit of a certain taUt tain well known and favored contractor Opposes Percival Plan Councilman Black told why he be opposed tile the he Percival contract He said that Per Ivl had told him that he did not have to complete his 1906 1006 contract and that he het heI t I d been so advised by b his hia attorneys He Helow HelOW low ow comes here said Mr Black and wants waeta us to give gIe him this new contract pon the promise that he will complete afe oM old work We have given him two to n weeks weeke ks time already to show us that he wIM do this work but he has not done dime donea i a tap I dont believe he ever intends to carry can o out t this agreement and is only us mg as a blind In order to secure the I contract MI I 1 have heard that speech several times doce r commented Councilman Ferry Fem The TIle quibble Is made that he wont begin il its III work As a matter of fact he has no orders from the board of pub pubic ic work works to begin and he dont have to he is so ordered I believe that he will wUl make good and I dont see any use usei i wasting any auy more time I know he wont woot ivoe t begin until this other contract is warded wanted him for according to the n D of the city cU attorney he have j do this th work Give Their Endorsement right right came a horus Including Councilmen Mulvey Fernstrom I Crabtree and Black I Councilman Crabtree in explanation ofa of a S approval of Mr Ir Ferrys Ferns assertion said tat 1st he knew that Percival would not his old contract unless the new newte newIe te Ie were given him and he felt that this ns 18 s an attempt at holdup hold up on onta ta contractors part Councilman Martin had been getting re excited all of the time and when he heB heNIe hehe NIe B be he addressed some rather scathing to some of his fellow Amen Ameri jL Confidence in Mr Percival I worked for Percival Perchal four years ears in maha when he was doing more m re busi bust EM and doing it better than any man In InIe inie Ie le contracting business here said Mr Ir Martin and 1 I know that if he gives 1 i lis K word that thai he ie will do this work it is isi Isas i 1 rood good as s his bond In fact I am so solIe He lIe that he will fulfill his obligations tat st t I will give to any charitable that the council counell may ma direct ne to if Percival does not fulfill his to the letter I dont see all the trouble Is about but then Him pun jilin i I do see I know that there is a ore l contractor and I know some l tier her pt things I This intimation by b Mr Ir lartin that he Knows something was not well received f 1 y Councilman Mulvey who said Out of All Decency I 1 wish to te pay pa my compliments to Mr Ir Irl l I dont like his insinuation ten leD facing the man who Is fighting V P VJ 1 PJ J Moran Mr Ir Mulvey said You have right to insinuate that you ou know any an ant t ing lug You say you cant see and then at It t you yeu can see ace You can see when you your r lit to Your remarks I think are out aU aH decency Mr Mulvey accompanied his statement x t th a sort of a weird musical effect pro proC C ced oed by pounding his hands on his desk v uth dh th considerable vigor The ne matter originally came up on the ther c r option of a committee report This was wasL L tided 1 into two sections the one grant grantS g S Percival Perchal the contract and the other I t that he ho should go on OJ with T s I 1906 work President Davis wanted Its I s voted on in sections but Mr Ir Ferry pe ed from the ruling of the chair and was all taken up together After Atter considerable desultory argument fT h which everybody Including Mr fr Fern strom took a hand It was finally finall decided ed to adopt a motion by b Councilman Hob Bob Hobday Hobday day that Percival Perchal be required to give a bond for the completion of his 1906 1006 contract In this form the contract passed unanimously During the discussion Councilman Fern Fernstrom Fernstrom Fernstrom strom took what might be called a fall fallout fallout fallout out of the board of public works by b say sayIng sayIng sayIng Ing This whole trouble has been caused by that board and I am not half as afraid of the contractor as I am of that board They dont know l low ow to do |