Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 12 | Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO I THE EDITOR Finch Explains Bridge Attitude Editor, THt'ifriim: At a meUn of ihu mate roaA commUnion held April 25. I waa inntructetl to forward to you. for your Information. th enrtoied copy ; of letter received by the .state road! rommlsnlon from M. H. J. Kinh, dls- i trie, emrmeer of the bureau of public roada. Youra very truly. A. M'NKIL. Heerrtary. My attention has been called to an article In th Salt Iaka Televram un- j duU of March 26. 1922, which bears a! headline aa follow a: "Ogden Contract' ArouM. s r of rVderal Bureau." In I tho body of the article tho statement , la made that "the federal bureau of public roads haa severely censured, the state over the original a ward In if of a bridge Job In Ogden canyon and ordered a reawarding of that contract." 1 with to nature you Hint there naa been no attitude of censure on the part of the bureau with regard to the awarding of thla contract, the atate- j ment merely being that under the terma of the federal aid roail act federal fed-eral cooperation could only be on the Ipuuls of the low bid. If the atate ile- , t.reil to uwiir.l the contract to a hlnh- r bidder, on account of tha ri'irula- tlotiM ovt-rinK federal aid It would bo j necesanry for the atate to p:iy the difference dif-ference between the low bid and the bid upon which the contract was awarded. Thla letter Is written tolely with the dexlre to avoid any mlHunderHtanding caused by the above mentioned report. Very trulv yours. B. J. KI.M'H. District Knitlneer. 'Should State Make ! Private Purcha.e? Kdltor. T'leKram: Your editorial "Quick Action" I have juat read and heartily approve of aame. but do you not think that tomcthlnjr thould bo s.-ild about business firms who aelt ehotguns. bathing sulfa and fiahlng j tackle to the st:ite and charge them to I the state that they certainly know that the state is not buying fhotftuna. bath- ing suits, etc., for the state's use and do you not think that the business llrma who allow auch things to bo ; churned to the state are as guilty as Jtbe man who buys them and charges I them to llv state? II Yours truly, JOHN- X. MURRAY. Xo blame can attach to tho merchant when purchases are In conformity to . state procedui-e. Private purchaaea I are sometimea naade by employes In 1 tho name of tho atnte, tho employe j paying the state for tho coat of article i purchased. Recently atate employee I were permitted to purchase nutomo I biles on this plan. While this proce-I proce-I dure endures, merchanta can hardly uueation official requisitions, regard-I regard-I less of what arlicUs are ordered. Kdltor.