, 1866-02-11
THE Fl'Bl.lc CONTRACTS,
Arr s'Le,<r*& 1il!ders" Always The
4hearc~11-A Reform Set-led

Arr hLe,xr*& HIDDEN 'Alyvny1 The
theare~s1-A fketa1rM Nee.led.
s..!,o1 lA,t.So Inhaae:
au iLar.p~sed with The belIr: tls: Al
abuse has ocea allostd 10 gru~ lu:p whAt l.
nearly 4 syttera, relative to Awards df Pablo
centrart4. ~ticb is bAc :alth uu ila face. Aud
had economy everyWAy conaiht:ed, WIN you
allow me . tcw wottA On poirt Il may tse
sz]xrlalty well Just now for our city au.hori-
uts 10 carefully cons,hst- Tie usual mode of
THROWN open IL composition the public con-
tracta, has thc support Of all esperieacs IN it,
favor. I, Is llablc, however. to one s4riers
svll Men vii ne sure to underbit all their
co,nrrtttcrs II they scr theer Il rras0a.
3hlr Glance Of Increase Of pay VL.sh
hhan cover all tlrif loses. II
happens eometimea t,at this disposition to
take the chances of such n1samatc relief. a.
fectA ,ncst strongly tte men Of least lneA:s
and reputation. They take the venture, be-
Cause they bare nothla. 10 luse- Aeo OF
buslucas standing, and possessing ta,.loa4s
Aunos, figure caso4aI!y. rrri,tps by ttsc help
OF weeks u study, to III upan tht '1&tst
sum they sre illIag 10 reextre. and for which
they stra ample p]edgsn 10 do the work.
Tlcl leet t1rapnions competitors, haFes,1,
OF TIC class re.crrcd 10. ascertain, Al oexriY
rs possible iy sareNd guee4, tle very low
est Tine IT whseh any nan could e1psct to d.
tie wosk. and thcp etf bsov :.
In tvexy casc land these arc not ali PR
s<snteG In Sne or two INSTANCES thai have
ueea1rtd Ia recent 1ssn1clt4l A1st15,, whe1a
the announcement Is tnAtle tt4at Such cVl-
ttact hne b,tn gtscu 10 tLis Of taat "!oxest
bidder" Al pricr on lis very face iuA41c.
quate snd Impossible 10 So eonapli4d With,
Il n 1lmply q gateway established 10 Eraud.
AID lhls f5snI Is the III II ln3tance against
All the buuc-t competitors for Lie eouls.rt.
II Il albo hh11n TO The Interests VI tAs
selty. for III every cEse thai eau Le esrriulir
examined, tLesc Aft.1.rtitrta and s4hsidics
To tho AEakey 1oxc.t bi1d1t tavc n.ure thar
eaten up The t1atKlu htt~rr:a hin md llA
highest con{StLut en- the Itst WITH this
at!1rd tsisadsents4se that tine hAs brtsl Loaf
ietausc the Lowest bIadcf had really two
! c,,ut1atts, osr u do NE nurk, and tas
1ther to etkiaeeF more n,oafy out ot the
authorities. all1 fos the AccHnd contract the
s-tl w0fk nsssa wAft or atru1Yl- .etblv Along.
| I do not ferGct that Il Is IN aryuntnt ul
eai.1Ifaecy " help the public contractor who
lihlts nId~a, In lis orl. Bat ttls u pre-
elsely tnNway ~ ns:p " he supply &c sl.h.
~ u,e SoatsaS.or, aud m expensive Ttcp nu
tie city tn let 4 few contractors On great pull
| lie Nnrks 30 to tic wall bGt Il would tss.e
kslutary effect, L by that meant, Or eurue
I pshcs, Il ttr.i. n r. understood that 4 con.
| ttact vita putttc AalhaE!ue- Il eant a cnptrar.
| 10 t+ fulfilled TO the le11rt, uud that II urE
I rsrs*cd In with dtslcnest bids, IN Allnt thst
! thrs knew wtre no cnmrnxataen For The
| work, it sGuula It It their un1, risk, Without
,cii.s II they reerhett th- h~Ar,l. Still better
would ~ h. u puht1c AashorttIe-, In 1dtancc,
| obtained es1AnAtes 81 what tho rtrru work
thuul1 ta,rJy cost, and sriert all Ill. TIA. ,all
below L. II Il = good time Just now IA, think
! of thes~ things ~hau thsy may have pescti.
| cal ecat1nr. CYT1lES.