| Show A t Th The M new contract tor for the paving of ot Routh Temple street front froni Seventh to I Bart Eael streets lel testifies testifier ln to 10 the wl wis wisdom dom dam shown by the Mayor MIor In tn Ile hi veto to toof of ur the Ihl adopted by th the City C Council confirming Ih the nellon of ot the nf tut Public Works Work which rave lUye It khe he II us as an extension of tut Ih the for tilt th the paving of ot that street treet up to I Kast Th The Mayor took tank I the hI ground round that It tt Ita mas n a new contract 1101 and should be he td ad for bidders bidden under the law And Andales nd ales n I so that other N contractors should hould have hav UI She he chance to bid for tor the work If tf they would do It II on better belter terms then than those thole s ready I offered His veto was al strong strongly ly denounced in certain quarters but the Mayor held to hi his hll points point and e even eventually fn n Dually th the council Sustained hi his veto Under the new bId bids the work wa was Wall of ot fared Ored to he done don for tOr several Iral thousand dollars dollar Ie ten lei then than It would have cost COlt If It Ih iho Mayor Ia r hid had not interposed d We his hll action at the time lime on onh the tho h ground that h he held to 10 th the law and that It 11 gave give the contractor for tor the other work vork nn equal opportunity with Ith every everyone nn one to kid bid for tor th the extension The saving to th Ih the taxpayers I le II ImportAnt Important tant but the principle Involved la le of tit greater moment That Chat the mayor was nee 1 In tight light and AM that fits hla cotton action wa was 11 boner rial there I ii no room now left Ifft for tor doubt am and hi his assailant ought either Ith to b be mum muni or acknowledge they were wire In the thi wrong wrone |
