Evening journal., 1890-11-19
EDGE MOOR coMpANYs tRRoa.
what an officiaI of the Company Has to
Say of Their Disability,

Say of Their Disability
In reference to the withdrawal Of the
bid Of the Edge door Bridge Works Of
this city on the approaches to Walnut
street bridge, PHILADELPHIA, on account
of clerical error, an official CT that com.
pany said TO an EVENING JOURNAL re-
porter YESTERDAY
"On October 81 bids were received by
the Department of Public Works Of the
city Of Philadelphia. for constructing the
approaches TO the proposed new Walnut
street bridge The blank form of pro-
posal to be submitted had separate
spaces for the prices for the two ap-
proaches and In filing in these prices
the clerk put in the space for the east
approach the price for the west ap-
proach, and In the space for the west ap.
proach the price for the east approach.
The west approach had 1890 tons Of
metal In 10 and the east approach had
| 500 tons This transportation OF
prices Of course made us appar-
emily the lowest bidder on The west
approach aud by far the highest on the
east, and under the law the director of
the Department OF Public Works decided
that there was nothing for him to do, but
to award us the contract for the west
approach, which we declined to enter into
at the price of the east approach, as 1t
was self-evident that there had been an
error made in filling in the blanks
General Wagner, the director Of
Public Work said that under the law
there was nothing left for him TO do, but
to read for bids. which were re-
ceived yesterday, and among the bids we
had our corrected one, and the contract
was awarded to the pottsviile Bridge
Works OF Pottsville, Pa
1.-The director said that he could not
receive bid from us on any future con +
tract until the disability caused by our
withdrawal from the contract submitted
had been removed by special ordinance
passed by the City Council. He said that
he was entirely satisfied that IL was sim
ply mistake. and that there was nothing
| like bad faith in the transaction.
" Ne shall take the necessary steps to
have the disability removed"
The Disability WIN he Removed.
There IS little doubt that the disatil-
| ity will be removed 1t was a clerical
error liable to occur in any business and
although to be deplored reflects neither
to the discredit of the firm nor does it
opert te to the disadvantage OF the city,
when the vast difference In the work to
be done upon the two approaches is con
sidersd The Philadelphia Ledger says
ed,torially:
m is so plainly evident that the bid
of the Edge Moor Iron Company for build
ing the western approach to to the Wal
nut stret bridge was clerical error that
there ehould be no difficulty in getting
an ordinance through Councils removing
their name from the black lisu. Director
Wagner had no other course to pursue
than to accept the bid, award the con-
tract, and subject the company to the
penalty for breaking faith with the city.
| But Councils can and should correct the
matter by having the company's name
erased from the black list. The bids Tor
the western approach made, understand.
ingly, were nearly four times as muchsas
the bid made by the Edge Moor ompsny,
which was intended for the eastern ap-
prosch