Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-07-20 | Page 1 | Contract for Cement Signed by Ogden City

CONTRACT FOR FORCEr ENT SIGNED BY OGDEN CITY Commissioner Fly F 1 y gar g a r c Objects to Action Until Suit Is Decided The Ogden Osden city commissioners Monday night signed a contract for the the he p pf of 1 i blocks In the he east bench section ecHop with with cement con con- concrete con concrete crete the contract coin to Ch Chris Chris- Christensen Chrls Jacobs Jacob Gardner Gardnel Mayor George E E Drowning Browning and ond J 3 Herman l Knauss city recorder acted f for tor r the city on th the authority of o Iho tho board Commissioner Harmon Harman W Peery with the mayol In voting for signing the th contract Commission Commission- Commissioner er cc Chris lIgue dissented holdIng th that t no contract should be be signed until litigation Uon over the district Is The Th contract contains a a proviso that no work shall be b done until the tho termination termination- of the tho th litigation which was Instituted by property I who contend the city erred in awarding the contract for or cement when tho the low bid was or bituminous a 0 type preferred by the majority ot of of the tho The contract price with Chris Chris- Christen Christen Christen Is ten Jacob t Gardner Gardnel Is 10 81 The bituminous bid was less