Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-30

The District Contracts.
ACARD FROM A, GLEEsoN.

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WASHINGTON. June 20, 1881.
Editor Ere1ajng Star: notice In your Issue OF
ibis date the District Commissioners nave
awarded the contract for making minor repairs
on pftuminous pavements forNthe next fiscal
year, for which was the lowest bidder, to Mr..
II. l.. Crawford. The reason gfven,-aithoagn
tney have not done me the honor to notify me-
70 that effects that did not in my bid state
the length Of time had been engaged In con-
crete work. The object OF this communication
Is 10 say, that instead of the legitimate reason,
the above Is only suoterfuge Co cover an He
gal act, By which they are enabled to provide
TOT fsyorfte contractor at my expense. have
been engaged In contract work IN this city for
the last sixteen years during which time have
cone nearly one million dollars worth OF work
and In all that time have never failed to COM
plete my contracts to the letter, nor am In =.
a a, oted cne cent to any OF my employees It Is
do thiS work for which / bid. as am prepared
20 give the required bond, and furnish. II they
aesiIe 1t, satisfactory evidence OF my ability
In that direction. It may be asked why do
1ot seek legal redress? The answer Is simple.
The margin OF profits Is small, and white /
would De. compelled to pay the heavy expenses
stoners would defend themselves and Mr.. Gran
!ord out OF the peoples money. This rule re-
1eTred TO, established by the commissioners aud
Wnlcn Is not law, has never been enforced,
but they now seek to do SO In the interest OF
company or Its representatives who claim to
hold all the asphalt In the country, and the ad-
vertlsements and awards are so arranged that
unless the bidder belongs to the Barber party
he can be shut out on the plea of mo asphalt,
want OF time. &C" Further, when Mr.. Gran
sweeping he was not pinned down so close at
that time: he had neither sweepers, horses or
YARD. yet he managed to do the work. On the
which was mire By every principle of law and
Justice, the District suffers a loss OF about
$1,000; but on that taken from Bailey q
n1e5 ana gssn to the hsSs aS Of
Crawford. the loss to our tax-payers
will reach 500 600, ii not double that sum- in
Guiding extras, &C, &c. To tell the truth,
soft thing" of 1t for some time, and now
that they see some Of the outsiders are deter
mined to break up their game the Commits
sloners come to their rescue, and not only
award them contracts illegally, but propose to
purchase from them fifteen hundred tons OF
asphalt at their own price, which they have on
big profit. On par with this is the tearing
up OF the concrete pavement In front of the
Treasury, Which was only laid year ago, ana
su aew and probably worst patent.
10 say nothing OF the expense. But to return
TO my own case. hereby announce that being
The lowest bidder, am prepared to give bond
10 do the work for which bid In as good style
as Mr.. Il. J.. Crawford or any other person In
the United States. Respectfully,
ANDREW GLEEsoN.
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(EdtO71dt az scientific Supplement Of E. tnCYs.
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