The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-29
THEY ASK FOR THE
WIDEST COMPETITION
Mulberry Street Property Holders Have
Meeting and Discuss Payements.
OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WANT
A Uniform Width Of Thirty.fO Feet
q for the ROadwayIs Recommended.
An Effort " i'll Also BE Made to Have
the Assessment Made by Blocks.
Those Who Attended the Meeting.

Now the Mulberry street property
owners are up in arms against the paw
ing of that thoroughfare with Trlni-
dad lake asphalt. the output of which
is controlled hy the big asphalt syndi-
cate. until 1t shall have been proved
that the lake product Is better than the
land article. or until It can be- arranged
10 have bids for performing the work
based on each kind of asphalt.
over thirty interested property own
crS, nearly all of them men of pronl-
nence, met IL, common council cham
berS in the city hail last night tn take
action on the matter. The ordinance
providing for the paving of the street
from Miliiin to Prescott avenues speci-
ties standard sheet asphalt" which
has been construed in this and other
cities to mean Trinidad Lake or Ber-
mudrz pitch asphalt. The property
owners think that land asphalt is 65
cents per square yard cheaper and is
equally as durable as the lake or pitch
article. They do not want the words
STANDARD sheet asphalt" to influence
the city engineer To specify Trinidad
Lake nor BermudeZ Pitch. This con-
dition was the hub about which re-
rulVed the duings of last nights gath
"ring.
There were present: e. W. Luce. J.
''a'mr ny, w; IT, SUITS, ,,ii,s o"',es Dill 'i.a'
'a' "a ,,, ria". W. r. =; , W,'r,", T,,,
~ 80 M a. 1,,, -
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:. .r,'. nu,,,, .i,I ~ H." n,'",'''In, N,,.;,'h -
a., na'H n',, ~, '' c,,,,,, ~"
Newlng, George :. Horn, G. Il. Scott
and "A dozen ~ more, whose names
could not he learned.
LICE WAS CHAIRMAN
r. w. Luce was chosen chairman and
George A. Jessup secretary of the meet
in. For an hour the proceedings took
no definite turn. Possibly twelve or
fifteen of the gathering, the number
that spoke, expressed themselves as fa-
Noring land asphalt ana all Favored
bids on each quality.
tity tnglheer fhllllps was SUBJECT
Ell to q great deal OF cross-examinatioh
uurlhS Whicn ne ANNOUNCED that III re-
Spouse ~ e,teIs vnilty -eiSnt Ui.lts'
Sucii as NeW loth' inilauelPi''t; Naan-
n l,iS.on, rl, punaio' va, .,, III
oni.aso' .,iii ii'uia % nauoa.s anu ,ne IN, nv,
,a,.l ai, s,iafa s,,,,a,';n,, - thn othor NJ,
phiI,;ns hna AZ iot,a,.s, ,,i,h hin, and
arnn,inced that he had caused for his
own nrotection an ANALYSIS to he made
Of the two nrod,,cts The result showed
The and asnhaIt TO he of inferior oual
ity. He said he could not conscien-
tiously Interpret the word STANDARD"
in the ordinance to mean lake asphalt
and then advertise for bids on the two
kinds.
A resolution as follows, offered by NJ.
J. Wilson, was adopted Resolved,
that it is the sense of this meeting
that the specifications snail be so
drawn as to give the widest competi-
tion TO bidders. On motlon Oh Charles
Schiaser Il committee ol iiNe was APP
pointed 10 CONFER win tne Guy efSineer
ana other clty oilciais 10 tne emu .hat
the resolution 'hisht pe iiiaue eHectlNe.
me cominlttee was appointed as loi-
lows: j. w, Garhey' James b'a,r' NJ.
j. wilson, Charies SchiaSer' o. H.
Gunster'
Ihen arose the questioii ol iaNils
tne street Oh uni1orm Wloth. An Or
dinance Is now on its passase ior mar
rowing the street pet"eeh wyoming
my 'enei"o' I'm
leet. u IL no" the ia'ter Wloth pe
tween JeHersoh 10 clay avenues anu