Show B BOARD A OF f PUBLIC W S R fG S Entire Body fiody Bod Notifies Mayor l Alor llor ris That it is Ready Heady To fo Quit OLD CONTROVERSY OPENED Pointed Letter Sent to o the thc Members Of Old and all New ew Councils On Hid Disputes Tho board of I Ie works today loday sent In Us lIs 1 In hit a body asking Mayor Morris to name lining the new lIew board as liS soon as its III convenient The Tho letter of ot resignation MOH couched couchell In III tho the follow tollow followIng lug Ing III language Olleo of ot Ihu Iho Hoard of or Public Works Salt Halt LokI Lake City Utah Ulah Jan 1 H 1003 Hon Iloa HonK K n P 1 Morris Marna Mayor We the tho under undersigned signed I II Id members of tho the board of ot public works of ur Hull Lake Ink City II Ity Utah having served eI for tor the Iho iii tern term required by h law haw hereby tender you our nor resignations aa as members of ot said lIld bourn board Trusting you ou will name namo our om successors at an early date and nn wishing wl your administration I every esery success we are II rp Very Yen respectfully Signed I n I N A IlI Y r YIL rII H IL 0 U I MCMiLLAN MI I 1 C HII Im CLAWSON CLA 80 Chairman THU HOARDS HONOK The following communication was 1111 nl al so su placed on the desks of the old Ihl and the th new lIel members of the Ih council of ot the line Hoard of Public Works Stilt Salt Lake Luke City Ucc Del 31 1003 1903 To Hon President unit und Members of at the Ihl City II Council tiThe board of ot public nubile works lork desires once more moro to direct your our atten ottell tion lon to the tho proposals for water and sewer evver work to be performed during 1601 1001 The Tho subject t has been heen so to exhaustively already that any an detailed ref reference rence to It 11 would be bo wholly superfluous Cult ous lint It Is III our wish to 10 ur urge upon he the city council for tor what we le deem cell Its 1111 credit as nil well as 1111 for tor the protection of ot our own characters a n of nf dm the of ot the board of or public ru ll works storks on l which the bid of Janes Kennedy Kennety Co ell was M recommended for approval by b your our honorable body We W ore are moved to this by b two tO conch rations Everything connected with the Che and opening of or the bids In Ut was accurately attended to and II lid In n full conformity with the law Inn The honor lonor of at the tho t city I Is IR s Involved In tn award Ing IIII n a n contract to the lowest honest responsible where no collusion or fraud huts has been hlen een s shown hn ors and 1111 t where there t nil 1111 evidence s of n f good tn th ore lire apparent That these HICKO the o exist In III tho tom present case III Is hown shown by b the action netlon of at tin the council In n expunging from front this the records all refer nce to a 1 subject which In tho rho heat lent nf of debate rl brought out null utterances reflect reflecting Im more moll or less remotely on of ot the ho city as its well na ns upon others It must be clear to your honorable hon Orn Ie f y for bidder should time be he anti ow tee tP contract CJ when warded there them ul n II IU 2 shown aho s nb by the lit U us councils n own wa action or of fraud no do n or ion Cc Cc Cv The fhe for tho Ihn work lolk of or In question Kennedy were r Water aler mains 21 macs R Point 1 00 t I f Tito Tho next lowest bid bill was was Water er Seer pipes S 1 M Total lj a Showing a 11 clear char saving to the Iho he city ell of ot Less LI II that than the tho II iso of ot 1903 1803 t II 3 nl Also the cost of or re IG t tIt It Is of or the city to bo ho nr or con COli chlorate with bidders bidden iu Oil It would haw have burrs he with tho the city ell We us as n second reason rea SOli for nd att hexing to the tho action taken by thin baard In recommending the ac nr of the bid bill on of enned Co Ca 0 that the Iho trope hope of u II mill lower hid bid Is illogical nl and and may ul result In III the city the tho market prier for this contract work voik It Is le Illogical because every elery state merit ment I Int made III In the discussion of or the tho nub soh Jeer shows that prices have III 1 advanced In the tho past pa L 12 1 months on Oil the Ihn materials to bo ho had and that the tho hid blot of ot Jumps Jump J II K 8 Co Cu bo be lower than thun wit see earl cnn hope halo to KO get gel it again because th the city elt engineer n asserted his hili belief t that Ihal they 1111 would lose loo money on 1111 On It It is uti 1111 mist JUHL lath to 10 the bidders math dm thou city clI because the former have already heed been to 10 expense In making biu hIU and nn l to the tho city because became b rall It ft would open to u new bidders proposals 31 In hut which the board has iH no reason lea OIl to believe belloe It can nuiko M all good contracts If tc there them be anything In Ira the theory that lint we see will Ret get lower louver bids by h lag IlIg DR for new ones Olle then Ihen the logic Is 18 that nil art Wl need do la Is il to keep for now hills bids letting new nets ones oneil come came in periodically for the tho canto Mille soft thus securing competition by h b betraying earn arh bidders I figures to 10 all 1111 the tho others I If It this city IH Is to obtain holds bid front Jiom I contractors It IL meet put the contractor n qs honest mn cnn dud duct ns na It from tutu Any An other will scull drive bidders nII and leave the city Ill at III the merry mercy of ot unwrap ulous contractors to 10 ox I actions that must Inevitably 1111 I lib follow folio th the refusal r fl nl of contractors contractor of standing to 10 toBO togo go BO to lute expense of on nn Ih the hn work or of t nit Lake IRke City fly II because by Its It action It II shows an nn unfair II 11 h spirit In n the hide bills of ot Janes Ken lIn Kennedy lInned Kennedy nedy ned t Co Ca the city ell makes an saving caving of or 2501 2601 morn more oro than in is I offered under 1111 any ny other contracts and ant andas nl as It Is it also 10 clear that WB WI cannot hopa hOI tor or any on on present blow In ht fact tart as u It Il la III apparent u it re reopening of lit the tho to 10 bidding subjects the city to the tM danger of or combination bidding and nil for tOI no reason renon that should re ro receive rec cehe c attention the board of public works an its a n to Its 1111 own onIt In Rood genii and to preserve the I II reputation tion for fair denting with many c en m tractors renews HH Its suggestion that Ihal th the Iho city ell council n 11 Ill the tho contracts fr f r the of ot water tenter Wit nail and pipe sewers for or JM 1001 to Janes Kennedy dy dyCo Co o tind HO so save to 10 the city money mud end u II useless discussion SI LAWSON CLAWSON l II 0 i 1 1 I Hoard heard o of J 1 1 n D K Public I N A E P Y T Works j |