| Show UTAH PAID BILL BEFORE TAKING ROCK ASPHALT Officials Admit Payment Before Delivery How the state road commission commission commission commis commis- sion purchased worth I of rock asphalt and paid for the material apparently before it I could be delivered on direct or order order or- or der of Governor Herbert B. B Maw and without invitation for forbids forbids bids bids aids was disclosed Thursday The purchase was wa's was from the Asphalt Comp Company ny of Utah and payment was made td tO the firm firmon firmon on on August 16 according to records Governor Maw himself said the order been placed to keep miners at w work ork Emergency Measure J J. J Henry McGean state purchasing ing agent said the order was made upon requisition by the state road commission and nd was approved by the finance commission as an emergency purchase At the time the check was paid over the state auditors auditor's office which cleared the claim had re reports reports xe- xe ports the material had not been delivered it was learned Charles A. A Chapman chief deputy dep dep- uty nty state auditor said h he had re reports reports reports re- re ports the material had not been delivered when the paid August 16 but that he had not v verified them Governor Maw said said the road commission bought the rock asphalt asphalt asphalt as as- in anticipation of n needs eds this his year Kept ept Miners Busy The purchase was made to keep miners at at work until the coal mines open in the fall he said It would have been necessary to halt operations at atthe atthe atthe the asphalt works had the order not been given The governors governor's assertion bore out reports reports' that the order was placed and payment made before the rock asphalt actually was mined and delivered The governor was asked whether it is an unusual procedure procedure procedure dure to pay In advance of ot delivery of materials I r do not believe it is unusual he said I am not familiar with the details but the action was taken to prevent men from being thrown put gut of work If it was unusual was It because because because be be- cause of anticipation of needs Yes he replied On Direct Order OrderA A reporter told the g governor vernor there were rep reports that it was wason wason wason on your direct order that the state bought the materiel That is true he replied The state has bought it to keep m men n working Mr McGean McGeon contacted downtown down town said he did not recall whether the rec record rd noted the nature nature nature na na- na- na ture of ot the emergency under which was made He said the requisition came from the I rood road commission I He said that bids are required to be called for for tor ii in 11 cases of f pur purchases purchases pur pur- chases cheses' of ot more than 1000 the I Iamb amb amount nl to w which h department Is I Ir r restricted in making r pur purchases chases chasE's but that in the case cac of the asphalt purchase the company involved involved in- in wa was the only one operating Continued on P PlC NinO Ine IIII C Column Three t UTAH ROCK BILL PAID IN ADVANCE 11 Continued from Pate 0 One I in the state and furnishing such auch a product Mr Chapman did not discuss details but it t was was understood he had Informed the a auditors auditor's office at the time the check was Issued that to pay a claim in In advance of or delivery is not the usual way of ot doing business Asked whether the rock asphalt had been mined at the time of purchase or whether It still was in the ground as reported Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Maw saidI said I r am not familiar with wIlh the detaIls details de de- de- de tails but I r understand the material materia material mate mate- rial ria is IS' in a stock pile for the state to draw upon Paid on Au August u t 16 According to 10 the fhe stale auditors auditor's office the check Jor for was turned over on ori Au August 16 to Howard Howard Howard How How- ard Means representing the compan company com com- pany pan The check ac according to a I claim I filed in the auditors auditors' office was for tons of rock asphalt at i I a ton The claim was approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by William Campbell chief accountant for the road commission commission commission commis commis- commis- commis sion and it carried a notation that it had bee been approved by William Osborne district engineer The requisition was signed by John S S. S Evans chairman of the road commission and Layton Maxfield Maxfield Max- Max fi field ld a member I Mr Osborne Osborn told a Telegram re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter in Carbon county that the slate state had taken dell delivery very of the rock asphalt about August 15 He said the company dumped the material materia material ma ma- teria at a stock pile at Sunnyside but that h he could not recall the exact date of delivery Engineers it was learned hold that rock asphalt must be laid in warm weather or it cannot be worked Kept In piles in la large rge qua quantities quantities quan quan- n- n titles it deteriorates It was re reported re- re ported Governor Maw said the material material material mate mate- rial purchased all will be used this fall fall I Payment of the claim was ap approved approved approved ap- ap proved by the board of oC examiners on August 16 the tile record record examiners showed I Ion |
