| Show COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE BIDS Certain Cernin Tenders for fOI Paving Work Said to Bear Indications V Of Collusion INSPECTION COMES HIGH In iii Southeastern Part lart of ofelt City elt Object to t cd Co Cost l t of ot Sewer ConstructIon At a I meeting of oC the tho finance flance com COIn committee of ot tho the city rl council to 10 bo be 10 held tints this evening Investigation will trIll be he as ns to o 0 whether or not then rau n It I collusion colu lon In certain bids recently submitted lu for raving paving contracts for ForIn In pirates phanes of ot tho the Davis heat Hou SOl soi antI and Strange M bids bl son on extrusions extensions Sos Nos 08 j 3 and haVo ho drifted to the tho surface o as os Indicating In Inthe Inthe that there was something wrong the lie matter of of tIckling bidding On Ott Strange Mc McGuIre Quito GuIre Were the lowest bidders their being 92 a foot root to 10 named mimed by lp their competitors On cx c Davis t 1 Heuser WOO won WOI bitT hil dinK cling 1 while Strange entered a at bid ll of 01 Later Iter Mr Heuser Helser firm Iran had won ono one proposition and lost the oth other er Cr asked leave to withdraw his suc sue successful succo co laid bid hll providing lis hs competitor should bo be the contract Ho lie 10 was I told lold that thit he could pot not do so 50 without forfeiting the tha tho certified check for fur 00 accompanying the tho bid but oven even ev n this li ho he was willing to do doV V LOOKS LIKE COLLUSION C In considering the bids submitted tin Iho council counci overlooked oV a clauso Insert Inserted Inserter ed er ol by b Strange to tho the effect elect that hat If It they the did olid not both con contracts tracts they did 1111 not desire cither It 1 now flow looks as 01 though Davis Heuser were similarly actuated and anal that it I was ns mutually understood that ono one firm Ir was to have hare both contracts At least leat tills thIs Is the situation that presents It Itself I Itself self el to 10 tho the city council counci INSPECTION COMES HIGH nIH Great Grent differences In to tho tile matter m ter of ot amounts paid for Inspection In of Im inn Improvements by hy the tho board of ot public works and anal tho engineering depart department ment As examples the tho 27 wn wit lei er supply contract of or P J Moran cost the tho city for engineering anti Inspection Ins on sewer ewer estimated to cost and upon ullon which Davis Heuser have been paid like hike Iko ill 1000 on leIn account tho the V Inspection charges paid 1 by y the tho city already amount to 1 Honl Ys work on tower cower c tensIon woo Yaa WI completed In one ono month for tor tho num aum of and I cost the city for engineering and amI Just about ot of tho the sum SUI already arold paid to Davis 11 8 Heuser Heu er for work amounting to two thirds of ot Hanleys entire contract OBJECT TO INCREASED COST Taxpayers In the tho southeastern part of ot if the thu city el are aro much wrought up over tho the action ot of the In increasing ing tint the cost of ot construction from tuna 30 per front foot to The Tine increase Is considered to bo be exorbitant taInt tant mind altogether uncalled for tor Homo Bomb ROIe leNon paid mahil 1011 their l when they thew wore first lev lelea lea and have Ino In ion II full lul but have hlo boon been ap I of ot tho additional costs cost and ami nak asic naked ed ell pay pan Just Just what such stIck persons can ho bo jo compelled to do dons tb as 88 tho the situation now Is ho s can Call perhaps lQ lq determined only tn lit ho tho courts Many Man Mall complaints arc aro be beng beIng Ing ng mado and formal protests wilt will wl likely pour hour Into tho council from all ni portions raise of ot the section V affected by the |
