Show TEllS STORY flY Of PETITION Document Complaining of Pavement Drawn Up In Jos Evans OfficeR Office R B A A Shupe a resident of ol Thir- Thir Thir second ty-second street whose name head head- headed headed bead beaded ed the petition sent Bent to the city commission which yesterday re- re resulted re resulted suited In the tha pavement pa on Thirty Thirty- Thirty second second street and Ogden avenue beIng dug up under orders of ot Ma- Ma Mayor Mayor Ma Mayor Francis to determine whether been car- car or not city contracts had tried out today declared that ho was WaI responsible alono alone for the action which led to the tho circulation of the tho petition It was shown Tuesday morning before prominent engineers elt city of of- of officials ot before I property owners and rep- rep of construction com com- paYS panics and contractors that the paY paY- S S ot log ing fully met And passed the tho I I of the contract and that tho Union Construction com company pan which laid the pavement not onlY fulfilled the terms of ot the but put moro more material In tile the work than Ithan actually called for tor Mr 11 Shupe said eald that the petition Which declared that the tho top of ot the tha pavement on Thirty sec lOnd ond treet was but one and one one- one Inches thick Instead of t teo 0 as 08 called for tor In the contrAct told today of o the events leading up to the preparation of ot the petition nn lIE D l I a TOP Wh n tho the top was being laid laH In front of my home about labout sIx elx ix weeks ago he explain explain- explained explained c ed I I 1 wont ent out and took n a meas meas- measurement measurement ono one evening and found the the top to be but one and one half one Inches In thickness I spoke to the tho foreman an Italian about It and ho he said eald that there was another lay lay- layer layor lay layer er or of top to be put on In the tb morn morn- mornIng morning ing and a I section was to be cut cutback back In the tha morning I again made madem m and could not find findt i that the tho top was more than one on and one half Inches in thickness I pro pro- protested protested pro pro-i tested to the tile foreman and he told I I me to get get off oft the tho work I asked another representative of the tho contractor for tor a sample of othe the top and he secured It for tor me meThis meThis meThis This was as but one and one halt one Inch s thick I did not know until after the tho tests of 3 esterday that tho the sample I had taken was as to receive another la er of ot top and that since the sample is taken from the pave pave- pavement pavement pavement ment the laer 10 er was add add- added add added ed el whIch hade the pavement p fully up to specifications It was a 0 bIg mistake which I now acknowledge ledge My father H A Shupe went to the tho office of ot Joseph E Evans attorney and chairman of o tho the We- We Weber We Weber e ber bel county Republican central committee and asked him to draw a petition showing that the poe pave po pavement e- e ej ement ment was as not up to specifications j so that an Investigation could be made Mr MI Evans E wrote rote the peti peti- petition peti- peti petition petition tion and handed It 0 over oser er to father t I II tI I signed it first and then circulated hated It among the property 0 own owners n- n ners ers of the district exhibiting the sample of ot topping which I 1 secured as evidence e that the topping as not up to specifications OTHERS SIGN SIG PETITION Se Several property owners 0 nors signed I I the petition on the tho strength of the sample and the petition was as later sent Bent to the tho city commission In the meantime I called upon JlIa or Francis and told him of the situation and he ho urged me to havea basea ha base hae e a petition prepared ed and signed so that an Investigation could be made Ho He saul said 11 it the tho pa ement as not up to specifications the city commission wanted anted to know It as well sell ell ng as the tho property own own- owners ers era After my father had clIed upon Mr Ir Evans ans and explained what he wanted anted In the petition C CR n H Hollingsworth another r attorney attorney ney Is said Bald to have base cautioned 1 Mr 11 Evans to not make any declara declara- declaration tion in the tho petition which could I not be bo proven later P APPRECIATED I I 1 now nosy fully realize my mistake and I 1 have hase told Mayor Francis I 1 would gladly sign an affidavit It now declaring the tha pavement is entirely satisfactory and that the sample of paving pasing was waR not representative of the paving Ing Itself It Is a mistake but I simply did IU what I pelle e any other owner would have base done dona believing that he as not getting his full share ot of Improvement in front of ot his prop prop- property property erty I know that the tho other property 0 ners will also aWo gladly do the same I can tell you that be- be before before be before fore yesterday m my father or I w e probably not have hase supported Mayor 1 In the tha coming campaign In view of the tho circumstances To- To Today Today To Today day ho however hoever ever ne e are 1110 hi his firm ad adherents made mado so BO by his fairness and his great desire to show that he wanted panted to know actual conditions as well as the tao property 0 ner nera Joseph B II Evan Evans la Is Weber coun coup county ty tip Republican chairman and dis district attorney C R n Hollingsworth Is local attorney for tho the cement In- In Interests In Interests and I la b II a a forme former Republican county chairman ot of Weber county Mr MI Evans and dr r occupy joint offices In irs the Eccles building |