Show MELLEN HAS TWELVE I IT DAYS TO DO PAVING I T The paving i g on S State t s street will he be finished on time This was the statement statement state state- ment made today by J. J W. W Mellen the contractor There have been many state state-I extenuating circumstances in the execution execution exe exe- cution of this contract continued Mr Mellen Mallen S. S There has been an unprecedented 1 shortage of labor Due to the fact that I the city officials postponed the public public pub pub- lic lie improvement contracts to such a late time of the year there has been beena a shortage of materials Nevertheless less all of our contracts will be completed completed com on time The city engineers engineer's office reported this morning that apparently there is little reason why the contract cannot cannot can can- not be completed on time The work was ordered commenced on July 25 and was actually started August 14 The time limit on the contract is sixty days eliminating bad weather Sundays and holidays The city engineer says that Mellen has until October 15 to finish the work and that there is no reason why it ff will not he be on time |