Show Fast Life Hit V II 1 4 vM 4 CITY CITI AND COUNTY COUNTI CLOCK It was accused of leading a fast life Clock Is Center CenterI Of County Row Over Contract Bid Declared Wrongly Rejected as Being Too Late The town clock dock atop the city and county building Friday took the he rap for a disputed award o of contract made by the county commission commission com corn mission Wednesday for construction construction tion ion of the general hospital nurses' nurses home lome annex It seems the clock was was was' two or three minutes fast Gordon E. E Kenning resident agent of the American American Bonding company wrote commissioners a aletter aletter letter etter stating In support of the protest of W. W J. J Dean Sons company whose bid was rejected by the commission I feel eel the bid should be opened and considered with other proposals As I understand it the only question at issue is whether my clients client's bid was in the hands of the commission by p. p m. m the time set et for the opening of bids The clock was checked with Western Vestern Union time and reported fast ast to the commission I believe the he clock was two or three minutes fast ast Rejection of Mr Deans Dean's bid involved a technicality which I thought hought had been clarified In view of the circumstances it only seems logical that the proposal would have hare been accepted Mr Kennings Kenning's company supplied Mr r. r Deans Dean's bidders bidders' bond The contract for the work has already already al- al ready eady been awarded by commissioners commission- commission ers rs to Brothers who submitted submitted sub sub- the lowest bid among those formally received by the board |