Show BlAME HUME PLACED H ON THE CITY CUT OFFICIALS i Contractors D Declare clare Delay Is Caused by hy- Commissioners Commis- Commis L v r stoners and Engineer 4 In the ea case casc e of or The Thc Residents of the thc t Bench and n tho East ast Bench tl against Delays s in Certain Public Improvements Im un- ro j which hRS has occupied t the tho o attention of or the city commissioners for tho past pant VI week c Strange tra j. j k Ma MaRuire aguire ite w who o hold tho the contract for tho the paving pa of oC Third avenue and K F street stroet tiled a counter complaint with nith the city ro- ro corder today The Thc contractors through h V. V P. P Strange c now declare that the city cD engineer and certain members o othe of ot the cIty ly commission aro largely rc rc- for the delay eJa in the the com corn coro picHon of the Third avenue A job The The communication filed with with tho the cH city rc recorder this morning is in reply to the resolutions adopted h by tho city commission notifying the contractors that they would be expected to complete corn com the this work Tork lu iu the specified time or bo subject to the penalty for dela delay The Thc r outlines that it is almost impossible im mi- mi possible for Cor them to go ahead with the tho grading r on Third avenue and II E street tret t until after Moran who rho is i's the work for the Utah li Light ht and arid Rail Rail- way company completes his work Work Is Slow low oro cr the thc letter Jetter charges that al aI although a- a though work was ordered five e 1 au and aud one one- half balf mouths months a ago o the Moran corn company pan bas has not Dot yet ret completed the thc railroad work ork on Eleventh East Complaining the thc city cit i against en engineer engi fleer neer tho the contractors declare that the tho radiuS grading won worl would w have hn been well un under n way if the city engineer ha had sanctioned an au it agreement ag ma rustle made e be b Strange Maguire 1 and the Utah Li Light ht and ind Railway company The letter letter let let- ter declares that they the had r reached ached an agreement cement b by which the street work and nad the railroad work could havo ha been pursued at the same time Tho The city engineer it iL is outlined objected to this arr arrangement As e R a result Mr Stran Strange e says SI it will bo be impracticable tor or the city contractor to proceed with their work the Moran company com corn vail pany au has bas laid aid the tho st stone ne on tho the car track tracks Cannon Camion Explains That tho the cit city has hu not exacted any reater hardship on Strange 8 Ma Maguire ire than an any other contractor i is ill the declaration dec dec- of Sylvester ester Q Cannon city t n Mr Cannon says that Mr Strange wanted an n old rule designed ned to ta eliminate joints in the wearing surface surface sur Bur face fue of the pavement set aside The Tho street car company company said Mr Cannon is required to pavo pave two feet outside of its outer rail raU The The- ctt city however er has hul required that the contractors con tractors for tho the city and the tho con contractors contractors con con- tractors tractor for the railroad got to together ao 80 o that tho the wearing surface of oZ th the street can be laid without joints On this work orIc Mr r. r Stran Strange o wanted permission sion ion to la lay his work from the tho railroad line to the curb arid and let Jet the railroad company compan- do its work later JatoI This would leave Jea a joint in tho wearing surface surface sur sur- face two feet from tho the rail of tho the company's com corn pans pans' pany's s 's s tracks Because of this fact the the request of Mr Stran Strange e was denied de do- nied |