| Show An of 0 the supposed re ro r made m dc of ot contractors In city street tr if lIl t work shows that list or an of ot re t proportions U Is being p rl on the Uio without uny regulation or l correction by II tho tin hoard of ot public works work I Section B 4 of ot tho Uio ho division headed beaded t l In the tha I toe for th 1 I curbing and log III of at avenue rends rend na ns tot fot lows JOWl The Tho broken stone itono shall bo be supplIed In three steen sites Non Nos 1 I 3 and 1 3 i No 1 I Ishall shall ln nn to fragments moro more than tour four Inches nor less lesa titan than two and ono oat halt half Incites In hi any direction No 3 2 shall no nl fragments fragment trl more than two nor lots less than ono ana Inch In any direction No 3 I utah hlll contain no fragments which will not paM pana a II half hult mali Inch circular ring antI shall Include nil dustS dun of ot fracture All Mi broken atom Ilona fragments shall have IH rough surfaces surface such nn as are obtained ll hy by 1 1 fracture and mu must mUll t ho be ns RII nearly nearh as 1111 lint or wedge shaped stones t ne AntI and pub pcb hies shall not ho to bo he heOn On all nil the tho streets now no being by y contractors In city work tho tI above Important specification Is te being b nr dully III and hourly violated In tho following 1 Stones Slon n I noi lo from six alt III to tn ci eight Ight incites Incho In ona OM or dr 1 two directions aro Irn am plentifully supplied by Sty tho the conk con tractors for tor th the macadamizing of It every street now In course courso of ot construction This Thill is III in violation of ot tho sec see second end ond sentence of ot t 4 Not only HO so but d of such lIuch stones near nearly nearly ly h alt all of ot them In excess of at tour four Inches In III at nt least one direction wore were recently hauled haul 1 from Second street after att r they thc had worl d to the tho surface and had been d together to by b the tho man with tho the hog hoe This astounding and g fact act was duly reported In this paper at nl tho tim time and was not even eon disputed ci ted 2 3 Many Ian of at the tho stones recently laid 00 01 Second avenue are aro smooth ond The TIt writer recently pick picked ed d up a ct number of ot theae smooth moo h stones tonell from froni the of ot tho ho newly avenues Ho ulso also saw Raw as M was wan reported in our local columns eon con considerable loo loose o gravel and soma seam earth In tho th top tOil layer layor of at the tho work along alons llon Second Sellon II Tills This condition wo was woIn In violation of 2 3 which says nay that tho ho stone used shall be bo hard clean bron n limestone free from clay or dirt 3 Many flat aro laid Inh In 10 these pavements Numerous N nerous largo large tint flat or wore were ob observed observed served among amont the tho wagon loads lands recent recently ly Iy y carted away awny from Second avenue Similar stones were vere noticed on the tho surface of ot the tho recently paved block blockon on Twelfth East l ast Three violations of at ono paragraph pUa section 4 I which contains only about a II dozen lines Li II a II preposterous display of ot defiance of ot the rights of tho tax taa taxpayers taxpayers payers and tho the integrity ot or tho public highways The o specifications appear to bo boo a J rather largo large collection of ot superfluous so 10 far tar as their application n nto to o city contract work Is concerned Daintily printed on superior r paper p they constitute a dismal Joke Joka at nt the expense of ot the public treasury |
