Show LOSES THOUSANDS I BUT STILL GAME By B Tb Tam 6 assisi x Nest 8 Sen Sissies let LOS ANGELES Dec 23 Luck Luck is against John Balch Baich who took a contract contract contract con con- tract with the city for tor 2000 and al already already at- at ready has spent on the tile work and the end nd is not in sight Mr B Balch Baich applied to io the board of 01 public works for tor an extension of ot time on his contract to construct the sanitary sanitary sani sant- tar tary sewer lIewer on Carolina street between Thirty-sixth Thirty and Thirty-ninth Thirty streets When bids were asked for tor the Job it seemed to be only a small one and Contractor Balch Batch offered to do It for tor 2000 But nut when he started excavating he ran Into a ledge of 01 rock twelve feet teet below the tho surface and it stuck to him like Uke a brother It i is still stilt with him The contractor having taken tho the contract will go through with It to the bitter end and the board sympathizing sympathizing with him has extended the time He lie must excavate farther tarther before before be be- before be- be fore he gets down to the sewer line and then he must put in the sewer pipes By the time he has finished he will be several e ral t thousand usand dollars out I |