| Show GIVEN JOBS I FOR SHORT TIME TIE Contractors Receive Orders to Put On All the Men Possible MUST START UPON UP-ON WORK Activity On Long Time Contracts Contracts Con COIl tracts Will Cease Abruptly in November It has boon bon a t long Ions time since so many men were bus busy about the cit elt citon city on public work and It will not be until un un- til tU another election that such activIty will be bo In evidence Or Orders rs have bave Rone gone out to the board of or works to see that each of or the tue city contractors gets sets busy with the new contracts and puts a a. fc few tew men at work If It only b be until the election Is over Besl Besides es this thero there has been an undue undue un un- un- un due ue haste hasto to let contracts that a false start might be made on them On many the tho work will wiil probably be bo l Idle le letor for tor weeks after election da day One Instance of ot this Is la In the tho big contract which James Kennedy Kenned member of or the tho contractors' contractors combine obtained This Is known as lIS sidewalk extension No lOS IDS and comprises cs 50 60 miles of or cement sidewalks It was taken b by Kennedy Kenned as the tho lowest bid bid- der del Now Kennedy Kenned has not been doing do- do Ing this sort of ot work but has rather been tho the sewer man of ot tho the combine He Ho has not had the materials IncludIng Including lu ing g the cement on hand but as nB tho the contract in fit not to be completed In Inthe inthe the he current year knew he would have lots of 01 time lime Get Gel Busy nt at Once Comes a rush order to Michael OConnor O'Connor to gt get g-et t busy at nt once with all the foree he could safely sateh put on ThIs within a n week after tho the mayor md hall approved the contract Usually such work worle Is delayed a n week or two before the contractor gets sets his orders to o start but not at present Every excuse will m bo be made to put on extra men OConnor O'Connor filled the bill nn and put the themen themen men nen on though thought he has not the cement here to go O ahead at the same game rush rate ate and complete the work and he furthermore knows that he would not note be e paid for It If ft he ho did rush It before mother another year car carAll All thc these e men are given Jobs on onlie onlie the lie understanding that the they must vote yote the he elt city ticket Jobs are not plentiful and nd they acquiesce not knowing that they hey are arc pretty sure euro to be laid oft off after fter election when contractors will take ake a a. rest after their spurt and will also Iso employ whom they will Pat Moran Is also taking a little spurt purt and making a show of ot it i 11 ty He secured curb and gutter extension ex- ex t tension No 7 and delayed work until J Jl Just now when ho he has put on another l larse arge force He has also put on a spurt purt In his other contracts and Is putting on more men than ho would oth 1 Many of or these will go goas gos goas as s soon as the election Is over Auard of or Contracts Contract Rushed Tho The city board of ot works rushed through tho the letting Jetting of or these contracts with a a. dispatch that would have b been en commendable If It exercised a year ear ago aso agon on n the tho gravity sewer or the InterceptIng Intercept Intercept- Ing sewer and outlet In every one ot of f the now ne contracts orders went out to o the tho contractor to make a spurt even von If ft he had to let up afterwards Thus hus on these contracts which are arc not ot to be finished for tor months or paid pal for or during the fiscal year car work will wille be e starred before election a few days days' as work ork given out an and then probably be bo boung hung ung up half finished for weeks while the he contractor Is waiting for material or r for Cor some other reason All about the city there will bo ho closed lobed streets which will remain In Instate a state of chaos a much longer time than lan If Ir the a administration was not Juggling with city Improvements to bring ring votes otes |
