Show HOW CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED There Is a 8 absence of knowledge of city affairs by a few who are attempting to speak on the Some of the statements beIng made disclose a 8 lack of understanding under under- standing landing of city affair affairs tobe to bo cx- cx ex expected petted in none other than a small boy whoso shoso thoughts are on play Dealing nith paving IL a speaker recently said eald the bids bide were juggled When anyone any one makes a charge of I that kind kIDd he be is ii densely Ignorant of the procedure followed or he be is de de- deliberately de- de deliberately deliberately a I a falsifier Bids are not submitted to the en engineer's office but are placed In Inthe inthe Inthe the hands of the tho recorder being carefully sealed by the bidders bIdder Al Almost Almost Almost most Invariably the bids arc ro rented Bra rented in person by the contractors tors bra and aro are handed banded In Just as the recorder Is going Into the tha mayors mayor's bro shere the melts meets lii In regular session hn Vt lien hen the tho bids are placed on the tho e table nil all the contractors or their representatives are and In la ed addition the public is called In and the abutting property 0 oon o n the ers era are arc in attendance to watch proceedings On motion o of at one of the commit commie commit stoners after attl the board Is In ses is- session sion Bion the sealed scaled specifications and bids bide are cut open the figures are aro called out and then all the bids IU ao 0 submitted to the engineers engineer's office for tabulation and report The contractors present all make s a record of the bids consulted The Tho abutting property owners are consulted as asto asto asto to the character of the I paving thy they want and the he reasonableness of the bId of the bidder The city commissioners art aid guided ded by the tho will of the property owners who pay the tho larger percentage of the cost of the paving Since the present administration has been beon In office the people have bave baveI been called In to confer with the tho thoma thema I and commissioners on all ma maor or work Involving abutting property The ma maior maor or on more than one occasion has bas said that the ob- ob object ob object was to keep kep tho the letting of con contracts con con- contracts tracts above aboTe criticism and to In In-i In spire the people with confidence In Inthe the tho administration Under the system followed the widest 1 publicity Is s giten to each step In the as 8 awarding aiding of contracts und and collusion is almost Impossible Those most roost concerned are given an opportunity to check checkon checkon on the methods employed ed 10 |