Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-09-08
CONFERENCE HELD.
Street Committee, City Engineer
and Contractor have a
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4 Nothing very startling developed
3 Specifications are found to have been
I violated i'm number of instances
The Engineer is told to have this
stopped and the Contractor told that
4 it will be stopped IL he wants his
money-New roller will be brought
i New men will be put on and every
thing will be fixed-The whole work
j will be done on contract time-The
Contractor says that he will get done
ON time.
The city engineer met the street
paving contractor and the commit
tee on streets and.alleys at the May
or's office on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. j. w. Berry, of Moundsville, had
returned to Morgantown and be was
informed that conference was de-
sired with him on account of the
way in which the paving has been
done up to date He was there and
listened patiently to the remarks of
the engineer and the members ofthe
committee and from time to time ex-
planned various things about the
pavement.
The committee consists. of conn-
cilmen Shisler, Moreland and Hen
men. They told the contractor a
number Of facts about the way the
work had done and of the dissatis-
faction that was existing over town
on account of the way the thing
had been managed.
He said that several things had
not been done according to specifi
cation but that in every case the
men had done what they thought
that the best service would be given
the town by using the means that
they did. The meeting did not de
velop the wide spread dissatisfaction
on the part of the officials that their
talks before the meeting had
shown to exist
The statement was made that not
single specification had been lived
up to and the assertion was made
that they were tired of the way
things were going and that no fur
ther delay or foolishness would be
tolerated. The conference was mild.
There was nothing sensational. The
contractor had an explanation for
every criticism that was ample or at
least it was not challenged.
Fault was found with the pave
ment of Foundry street and it was
finally decided that it was all right
and that short time to settle it
would show that there was nothing
wrong with it.
The roller that is being used was
complained of and Mr.. Berry said
that another one had been ordered.
This would be here in week or ten
days but in the meantime the old
one would be used.
The manner that the curbing was
being put in in violation of the spec
ifcations could not be very well ex-
planned and this was elaborated
upon. Finally the engineer was in
structed by the meeting to see that
the specifications were obeyed and
the intimated given to the con-
tractor broadly that in case he did
not stand by them he would not get
no money. At the same time the
engineer was informed that be was
placed there to see that they were
followed and that he would be held
responsible that they were followed.
No particular time was set for the
reform in the way things have been
done and the matter rests as far as
the council is concerned practi-
cally where it, did before
The contractor was asked by a
representative OF this paper when he
expected 60 get down what he had
under contract and be stated that
he would have it all finished by the
18th of November the time stated
in the contract He also stated
that as soon as he could he was go
ing to put in lot of new men; that
at present they could not be used
to any advantage and when the work
had gotten fairly under way that all
the objections now being used on ac-
count of the slowness of the progress
would be met.
We certainly hope that this is
true. The whole town is getting
tired of the hap hazard way in
which things have been managed in