The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-01-10

da, Indiana and Michigan, reeking witt
the claims of swindled sub-contractors ant
unpaid labor bills. From the Canadian
Sault, from Elkhart. Goshen and Fort
Wayne, Indiana, and from Lansing, Jack.
son and Hlllsdale, Michigan, we havestestl-
mony on the rotton record of this king OF
swindlers.
Up to the time of Myers d Son stopping
work they had put into the ground, we will
not say laid, 4,4T0 feet of IL in. pipe. or
feet OF 10 In. pipe, 6,197 feet of in. pipe,
3,717 feet of In. pipe, 1913 feet of in.
or total of 17,2l4 feet. Mr. Myers con-
tract called for the laying of 1850 feet of IL
III. pipe, 1854 feet of 10 in. pipe, 1904 feet
OF In. pipe, IL, 434 feet of @ in. pipe, 5, 1853
feet OF in. pipe; total of 32, 406 feet.
There remained therefore to be laid on
Meyers IL Sons contract $40 feet of IL i'm.
pipe. l,077 feet of 10 in. pipe, S24 feet of s
In. pipe, sir feet of o i'm. pipe, 3,S45 feet
OF 4 In. pipe; q total Of Is, 2S2 feet.
The walls and roof of the pump house
were completed, the wainscoting was on,
the painting begun and the chimney done
when Myers left the job.
On the 10th of October the city began
laying pipe with full force of men. Pre-
vious TO this about 500 feet of trench had
been opened. The repairing of the Myers
line was commenced at the Main street
river crossing on Oct. 18th, and from that
time until Dec. oath force was kept al
most continuously employed ON the old
line.
We will not attempt here to enumerate or
furnish any of the evidences" that were
gathered proving the understandable man
ner in which the contractors had endeavOr-
ed to fulfill their agreement Suffice it to
say that whenever the city employs an at
torney to look after its interests in this mat
ter this evidence will be at his disposal
Since October 10th we have succeeded in
repairing a. S5 feet of Myers 81 Sons work
and have laid 80, 744 feet of pipe as follows:
Sl9 feet of IL ill.,, LOTT feet of 10 in, S24
feet OF ill.,. 6,514 feet of 6 in, and 1910
feet of in. of which $40 feet of ~ in,
1,677 feet of 10 in, S24 feet of in, S,717
feet of in. and 8, 245 feet of in, or 49,
2S2 feet were laid i'm completing the con-
tract OF w. IL. Myers 81 Son, and the re-
mainder, or 20, 462 feet. on the sO-caled
eXtention. The cost of the pipe laying
done by the city has been, including trench
ing, laying, backfilling, carriage, delivery,
superintendent, lead, yarn, fuel, tools and
incidentals $7521.13. Had this work been
done by Myers u Son at the prices named
in their contract it would have cost SIS, 341.-
30; difference of So, 1918 i'm favor of the
the latter. On the other hand had the con-
tract been let to Harlowe q Co., of Pitts
burg, at the prices named in their bid, it
would have cost $S,S5O.37, or 1929. "a
more than it has, and we doubt if the work
would have been any more satisfactorily
done.
If the contract had been let to Mr.. w. S.
Parker, of Pontiac, at the prices named in
his bid for the original plant, it would have
cost 10, S21.O6, or $700.07 less than it has
cost. 1t will be remembered by those
present at the time that Mr.. Parker, after
the bids were opened, asked permission to
increase his bid $1,000.
80 far as bills are in and returns are at
hand, and we see no reason to believe that
future developments will change the figures
materially, the condition of the account with
w. ii. Myers q Son OH pipe laying is as
follows:
aid tn data.