| Show CEMENT IS iS WAy VAY BELOW 1 1 f i i. i o sH 1 o f 2 Jg I edness Si ArI r 7 PJ fore Board B ard of Works CITY INSPECTORS IN DEAL DEA The Che Specifications of Engineer Are Wholly Ignored nored by Con tractors on Streets OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE to Meet Citizens anGo anc an and i Go Over the Various Extensions I I II I IU Iwo I U serious protests he the laying of s ide alks virtu- virtu lily ally charging charging- crookedness or on he the part of or the contractors were vere presented to the hoard board oi ol Uhlie works at its regular last night The rhe result was vas that tillit the board decided tc to Blake nake a personal investigation his this morning of ol both jobs All An of the members of tho tue lh board at ot c tl meeting last las vere CiC present ent agreed ug to meet this and tho they I light night naming mornin at 9 o'clock to inspect the South street on First Third East an and 1 Fourth EasLA East EasL A L L letter was wat received from r. W. W W. niter titer liter claiming that the tho contractor was i-as not living ln up tip to the tho city cn engl- engl Iner I- I the con- con icord ner in that laid only throe three and anda being rete wad wa halt half nohe deep Instead of four fOUL a of proportion nd ad that the thc proper ement ment n Is not net mixed with the sand and c the Inspector ravel rn Ho charged that the tho work work- 51 sided le with tor or r on tho the job and did lid not ini insist on ont t m he zen nen n n work each l n ht Il 1 time Ing 11 F vv do done Inn no v according n to th the tho n 1 n v. v certain will ivill then inspect Thi Thu bunt bout ii 1 of ot sidewalk sl extension lOS in iii inthe inthe parts part cil city the southeastern tern part of It tho the which work is being done one by b Mike James Ken Ken- OConnor O'Connor manager er for or owners of ot property nedy A score from this district attended the tho meeting meet of or tho the board last nl night when Carl Gail lag ing And Am An as e spokesman man acted A. A Badger Duler when the committee hail had finIshed telling telling tell teU- ing the tho board 1 of the la laxity It of tho the work there it waa isas d. d decided clde 1 to In inspect this I work ork also The board hoard will ivill RO goo from fromi to te Inspection street First South i i the the tho other and antI will rued meet the tho property corner of or Ninth East I owners o at ot the tile this morning at and avenue 10 Serious S c l Serious charges changes arc aro made malic against I the men doing the work oik on n thia this bl big Job Mr Ir Bad Badger Jr presented the protest protest pro pro- four tour property owners on test of ot the II grounds That the work Is improperly that finished In many man places especially lh Ninth East Cast street laid on Seco Second That That That the ground round is ItS not being being be be- properly tamp tamped d after making a n In ing the Instances several eral till fill Iii and that In iii concrete Is not properly tamped before be be- be fore the tho facing of cement ls Is put nut on Third Third That That the walks are left leU practically without prot protection an as a n result of at which people have d ll upon I tie tze Cr fresh freab sh pavements with the result that there thero are arc Impressions of ot depth In man many places Dog Do tracks and tracks are also common buggy Y Fourth The Tho proper percentage ol ot Continued l on n e Nu Su SU Ch n. n CEMENT IS 13 WAY BELOW STANDARD I Prom rom On One cement Is s not mixed with tilo tiao sand and cl gravel and in this tills tho the property prop prop- erty owners owner are not getting what they am aro arA paying tom foi When Mr hedger Dodger land had finished hod presenting pro pre the tho case of or the protestants prot from rom I Ithe the time southeastern part of or the ell eiL ho called upon several of tho the property owners owner to toll what they tho know of ot tho the conditions These Toese property owners bOlle believing th they wore not what was wan cu culled called for tor or in Iii the specifications hall had watched time the work vork carefully a number of or times Umes nn and declared last Insl night that thit the contractor was not living up lUlng-up up to the time contract It was waN said II by Mr r. cr that In Ro cral pIncus along Ninth East street the grate gratcl c could be neon on the surface sur sur- face act of oC tho the walk wall showing that there thero null nad been Leen no no careful surfacing don dons done Tho The moat most serious charge o of or the tho committee committee com corn was that In mixing the cement with sand and ana gravel ra the specification specification- of ot the elt city engineer were Avero ig wholly holl tg- tg and anil when tho the matter was vas called callea to tie attention of or tho the Inspector sent to supervise the work b by tho timO board of or public works he lie said saM he was attend attena In inu ing to time the work and that thit the work vork was being done dono as it should boo bo Mr AIr Il bal said that Investigations have havo proven that where time the specifications called call for a mixture of one sack of cement to cl eight ht of or sand anti and gravel oJ it was found thru that ono one sack was v-as nB being used to 12 of or san sand and gravel oJ on tho bottom On the top the specifications called for a mIxture of or one to tw tw but ut It had la ad been discovered that tho timo mon muon were mixing mixing- at the ratio rC of oC ono to six An Improvement was evidenced o nt no- no cording to Mi Mr 1 Ba Badger CI when It was found that the property owners wore checking up UJ on the work He 0 said that at the present time timime tho the percentage Is about one to nine nimie for tho bottom when tho the property ty owners are aro watching and andone ono one to If tin three ce for the time top H. H S. S Sheets said ho Ito had hod watched time the timework work carefully anti and had seen een one I sack ck of or cement was being leing u used to four wheelbarrows ot of mixed sane sano and gravel ol for Cor the time base anti and that this proportion was reduced by half for tho thu top Ho lie said al the same samo thing had land occurred Sunday Sunda when wheat several othor other citizens were with him S said ald he had spoken to time the inspector about It it but was told to tell toll ala troubles to the board of or public works if he dl didn't nt like it When Shoots Sheets was standing near tho the Inspector would ral rake rako e or off part vort of or the wheelbarrow load of sand Rand or gravel ravel and said he lie was carrying out his orders S. S E. E Hamer and C J. J tV IV White testified test tied fied to practically tho the samo sarno facts Both White and Hamer told of or all nil obstructions obstructions being taken awa away after the walks the walks walk had been laid only 12 or 1 IS 18 hours and ond thrown open to traffic The rue board will vIll be bo shown over several parts ports of ot the time work worl b by the citizens this morning to satisfy themselves cs as to the claims made last night nigh L Ll l fi n Too Much Illch The Tho board put a quietus f on the tho proposed proposed pro pro- posed curb and gutter suLter extension No 0 Ii on Third South street between Tenth I East as and East ost streets de- de I that tuat the tile work was too costly A was made mado on the thc city council for to cover er tho the work o of ot patching most of or tho downtown streets with asphalt 1 P. J. J Moran oran received tho contract for paving of Exchange place at ot the Intersections Intersections Intersections Inter Inter- sections of or Main and State street at a acost acost acost cost of or L Louis Geisler was a awarded tho the contract contract contract con con- tract for tor or the brick bull building for Cor the gas as producer plant at a u cost of or The rho bJ bid of or I P. P M. M I. I Anderson was 1573 1571 Both Gelsler's and Andersons Anderson's 1 bids for tor tho the room G modern house for tho the engineer at nt tho intercepting sewer newer pumping station were ero turned down and antI this work win wilt be bo wanted 3 O and Anderson asked 7 J. J D. D received two small contracts No Xo 13 at Sixth South and I Jaet went to for I G. G and No 0 u a half block biocic on Wot et Temple street treet hot Ft rut t. t North and SeenI See Sec mi nI North was as cn to Hanley for nir 6 Th The Campbell building company compau came near cur n being punished by tIa th tho board for th the alleged allowed alow work worl on making tho the connections connectIon nt the time Intercepting Intercepting Inter Inter- sewer anI for the leak leaky stave C sewer ver pipe which has already been In laid C City t I Engineer n L. L C. C I Kelsey Keisey elic nuked asked ked the board to servo notice upon the time company corn com patty pan that If It It did not start work within two Java days after tho timo notice was served tt upon thorn them tho the city would go ahead with the work aLlot charge honl It up LaJ to tho the company Mr Kelsey Keisey sold said that no matter what orders his ottlee mild made the company did dill not seem to pay Italy any attention to thorn thom decided to Lo In Investigate In- In Time The board however howe er tho tue matter again before bofors any ony stringent action IB is taken takema Councilman Council Council- man Oliver son Hodgson came in Just at this time to tell teU of the protests he has haH been Jeen le receiving elving from his constituents and urged the tho board to push the matter an and have havo tho the connection mad madus us as soon as nR possible |
