The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-31

1here are more angry Jail company
agents in this city this morning than one
can shake Il stick at. They are not ONLY
angry, they are hot. 1t came about IN
this way
Yesterday was the appointed time for
the prison committee of the CITY council
70 meet and oLen the bids advertised
Tor the construction Of the building rho
meeting was held in the office Of the
| mayor, Messrs. O'Meara and Hardy heinz
the only members present, Mr. Cor1m he
ing delayed on matters of private bust
1 ness
The bids were as follows:
-, duly jan company, three tiers of cells
$lo,S3 40 two tiers Of cells las nor c.,a.i;
cations) SO 2514 iNi 'ie'@iii-
r. T. Barnum x Co, three tiers. SIG mn
Two tiers, ST.. 80.
DiebOld * Co., three tiers S14e50 +,,-o
tiers $15 900 T'''0'0' (" y
$16,490 'iei :
1t VIII be seen that E. T. Barnum 4
| &C. was the lowest Ii Her for the yycrk.
Judge Of he surprise OF the iaiI men
Mhen az the bids were handed back to
with the remark that they would have
to bid over again.
Mr.. O,Meard, the chairman. gave as an
excuse for this action that the bids lacked
uniformity and despite the protests of the
bidders he adhered TO this decision
Davis, who represents Diebold & Co.
was very wroth He declared the treat
ment ne received at the hands of the
committee was such is never man ex-
perienced before and that he did not think
men could be found who would take such
steps as this. Davis was very indignant
and stated his case quite freely.
Sam GGndecker, who is here in the in
tereSt OF Barnum x Co. said he never
heard of such actions in his life The
bids are no more at variance than in any
other case as can be seen from the fig
ures.
We have beer treated very badly" he
said last night. In the first place we
have been. bidding against the Pauly
plans from start to finish 1 know what
l am talking about. l looked at these
plans and made q trip to the penitentiary
and checked them up so l could make a
case against the architect. this Mr.. Hale.
| told him he had copied the Pauly plans
and he admitted it lie said he had to
copy after something Yes sir, those are
his exact words and he cannot deny
.They used us like dogs anyway con-
thing here l never did before. The archi-
tect charged US ST for our plans and
specifications. You bet he did and l nave
a recent for the amount. ! took it so
there could be no chance to get back al
me when I made kick. And then |
went IN and bid against the Pauly Jan
company and beat them at their own
game. Yes sir. beat them $.pD. And
now they tell me l must bid again. Why,
/ have showed my hand and it is not
fair to ask ne TO bid over again. The
bid ought to stand s | made it"
81 Will tell you what is the matter" he
continued, 'it was in the pins to give
the Pauly Jail company that contract.
The plans were Pauly plans and they
anticipated we could not compete with
them on the work, but we have fooled
them. Why | had to bid on special locks
of the Pauly make. and even then I got
aWay with them. But it is all over now
and | suppose that when the bids are
opened again the Pauly outfit will get the
work.
While GundecHer was talking the mayor
approached and asked, We'll, did you get
the contract
NO" was the reply. 'the committee
made no report TO The council and we
were given back our bids
We'll" continued his honor. Il believe
this council is a fair body Of men and
that when your bid is presented you will
be all right
But, Mr.. Mayor, they say we have to
bid over again.
~ hats that?'' inquired the executive
"They say we have to bid over again."
The mayor did not seem to understand
this entirely for he walked away and in
all probability he will ask for an eXpla-
nation of the subject at an early date.
Councilman OMeara stated after the
recontre that the committee had decided
to extend the time for opening the bids
until Tuesday evening next.