Show CONTRACT PENALTY Will BE ENFORCED s City Attorney Asks for Limit Lim Urn it Clause to tos Prevent Delays If It the city commission acts favorably favorably favor favor- ably ablY on a a Suggestion i made by tavor-I tavor City Attorney H. H J 1 Jf Dininny the city engineer engi engi- neer will after ter January 1 1917 specify the tT i It in n all contracts for tor public public pub pub- lic Bc ir pron ments i This Thi plan n Dininny says will en enable enable en- en able contractors to base their bids on ont t r. r a It specified p cd time I limit mit knowing if the will be im im- 1 s d a penalty posed T During the past pat year there has been much discussion by the commission of ot the delays on public improvements Several times times' it has been proposed to impose the penalty chiefly on the work on the Parleys Parley's canyon dam clam The plan failed because of its impracticability Under a new arrangement favored by all commissioners contractors can base their their bids accordingly and in ineve ever eve every case would be subject to the penalty penalty penalty pen pen- alty clause if the time limit set by the city engineer was exceeded Commissioner Wells Veils today brought up the subject of Parleys Parley's canyon dam many months overdue He said he did not deem it advisable to attempt to Impose a penalty on J. J W. W Mellen Mellon or any other contractor paving work unless the same plan was adopted with regard to the dam darn which is under construction con con- by Parrot brothers It Is now but 40 per cent completed and the city will lose the greater portion portion portion por por- tion if If It not all of or the sp ng pg floodwaters flood lood waters it Jt Is la believed |