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Show COUNTY ACCEPTS SILICA TRAMWAY The county commissioners accepted yesterday the newly installed tramway at the county silica beds near the mouth of ! . Bis Cottonwood canyon. The action was taken over the protest of Commissioner C. F. Stillman, Commissioners A. H. Crabbe and J. H. Wheeler voting to accept it. Commissioner Stillman Btood by his contention that the failure of the construction con-struction contractor to provide concrete ' footings for the uprights of the structure, as provided in the specifications, constitutes consti-tutes a serious fault of construction. Commissioner Wheeler, who was designated desig-nated to Investigate the merits of Commissioner Com-missioner Stillman's contention, submitted submit-ted a report in which he discounted Commissioner Com-missioner Stillman's argument. In his report he explained that the footings were left out because of an alleged danger that the superstructure would be racked if T founded upon a foundation of such un- , yielding nature. The tramway is guar- anteed by the contracting companies fur- nlshing the machinery and the contract of I its installation to operate successfully for one year. |