Show PAVING CONTRACT IS AWARDED TO MELLEN City Commission Rescinds Its Action Giving the Work to the Lower Bidder Action taken Wednesday award ng to P J Moran the contract for pav ng Twelfth South fron N nth to Eleventh East streets was resc nded by the c ty comm ss on yesterday and the contract given to J W Mellen whose bid was $90 lower than Moran s Moran agreed n h s b d to complete the worl by November 15 of th s year wl le Mel en s b d was nterpreted to mean that he would not co nplete the contract before May 30 1915 On th s t me advantage the contract was given to Moran but it was shown by Mellen yesterday that the spec f cat ons d d not ment on a t me lot and that the comm ss on had no r ght to cons der Moran s extra proposal Mellen sa d 1 e would complete the contract by No vember 15 f allowed by the c ty to beg n work m t me Ord nances amending the pawnbrok ing and secondhand ordinances so as to facil tate the efforts of the police department to recover stolen property were ntrod ced by Mayor Park ani la d over one weel The new water ord nance a so was la d over one week. |