| Show THE PAVING AWARD about the he only topic that seems absorbing in business circles today especially among who have to pay for it is the paving question and speculation as to whether the city council this evening will be as manifestly unfair and show such a decided disposition in favor of alien interests as the he board of public works has done I 1 have not met a person who regards the award to the barber people as just and proper while the opinion to the contrary is in universal and sometimes expressed in language more forcible than polite nor do many people hesitate to reflect on the integrity of some of the officers who favor this award the jmj injustice being so glaringly apparent but it is with another phase of the situation that I 1 desire to call your readers attention as it is something every citizen should know A careful I 1 perusal of the specifications shows me that the board and the council have the ui doubted undoubted right of not only rejecting auy any or all bids but of so dividing the contract as to give the curbing to one party bidding the blocking to another aud and the asphaltum to still a third and it is difficult to understand why this was not net done the culmer bid on the curbing was the lowest all things being equal they should have the job the ryan brifil a 0 bid on the blocking was the lowest by considerable and I 1 believe they are fully competent and responsible and should have that part awarded them then the culmer calmer jennings people were much the lowest bidders on the asphaltum work and besides were the only bidders who agreed to use uee utah material most positively these are the two beat reasons that could be offered to entitle them to got get the contract why were they thus discriminated against again a little figuring shows that if the board had the money interests of the city at heart this segregation of the bid would result in a saving of to the abut abutters teis who have to pay for it another very interesting phase of the story to is this as can be verified at the office of the city arid and county assessors ses sors sort the berber barber asphalt co contribute not one blessed cent either fur for property income school special or poll poil tax nor have they ever done so in this city tho tha almer culmer jennings company who propose to use wholly utah material mone money y and labor have the following record the firm itself through its individual members pays ouy county territorial school special specia rand and poll taxes amounting to about per year besides this they are principal stockholders in the mountain stone company and wasatch asphaltum company whose products it is pro dro pored to use if the contract is awarded to them other stockholders iu in these companies are such well known heavy taxpayers as ellas elias morris J H rumel 8 J lynn john beek beck and others to be brief I 1 have estimated that these people have in the past twenty years paid more mon money ey in taxes alone than this whole award amounts to this to is a remarkable showing and it if taken into consideration by the powers that be ought aurely to fo influence in favor of the culmer jennings company as against any of the other bidders H C JAMES |
