The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-04
ANTHONY CARROLL COMPLAINS
Concerning Materials Being Used in
 Payements Now Being Laid,

Concerning Materials Being Used in
 Pavements Now Being Laid.
 Anthony Carroll yesterday afternoon presented to Mayor Studley the follow ing communication concerning the ma terials being used in laying the pave ments now in course of construction in the city:
 To Hon. John P. Studley, Mayor of the
 City Of New Haven:
 The undersigned, & citizen and tax payer of the city of New Haven, re- spectfully presents for your considera- ton the following facts in relation to certain work now being done for the city:
 First: Certain contracts now being carried out for paving, and the relay ing of certain streets, said contracts having been made by the director of public works for said city, contain provisions calling for material of a certain quality, and prescribing in de- tail how the work shall be done, Ger tain specifications prepared by the city engineer, accompany said contracts and are made a part thereof, and said speci- fioations prescribe in detail the quality of the material to be used on said works, and how the same shall be ap- piled in the construction thereof.
 Second: Said contracts and specif- cations require, among other things, that the inspectors appointed by the city authorities upon said works, shall see to it that the workmanship and materials entering into the said con- struction shall be in accordance with the said specifications.
 Third: The above allegations being true your petitioner respectfully begs leave to represent that the materials being used in some instances i'll the construction of the said works are not up to the requirements of said speci- fications and contracts; that the in- spectors are accepting said materials, and allowing the same to be used we'll knowing that the same are not up to the standard of the specifications, and well knowing, as is hereby alleged, that the said materials are placed in the con- struction of the said works in a manner not contemplated or authorized by said specifications, and well knowing that the city is being damaged thereby. In order to be more specific, your peti- tioner further begs leave to represent that the manner in which the said in spectors are allowing the concrete to be mixed, and placed in said work is not in accordance with the specified tions inasmuch as said inspectors are allowing much larger quantity of sand to be used in said concrete in zp 1n,,+ quired by the specifications, thereby greatly weakening the strength of the pavement making it of inferior wear ing quality, and because of said re- suits working a great injury to the city. In some instances, instead of proportion of one, two, and four being used, as should be, proportion of one, three, and six is being used and ac- cepted by the inspectors, and in other instances coming to the notice of your petitioner said concrete is being mixed with wilful disregard of any proper proportions, or any proportions, and the system, or method of measurement of said materials, and the mixture thereof so as to secure proper propor- tions is altogether inadequate, inaccur- ate and improper, and the inspectors over the works that your petitioner has in mind are well aware of this fact, and notwithstanding same arc allowing the same to continue, greatly to the injury of the city. AS specific in- stance of the negligent and careless manner in which the inspecting is being done, and of the inferior materials which said inspectors are allowing to be used in violation of the require ments of the specifications referred to your petitioner begs to refer Your Honor to the work recently done on Kossuth street between Congress ave nue and Davenport avenue, and not withstanding the fact that your peti- tloner strenuously objected to the ac- ceptance of said work as citizen and taxpayer it is now a part of our sys- tenn of public streets. That work is but a sample of the work now being done, and to which attention is herein more specifically directed,
 Therefore, your petitioner begs leave to ask Your Honor to set time when he may appear before you and present facts and figures in his possession and gc into details in relation to the gen. eral allegations herein contained to the end that the city of New Haven may obtain what is rightfully belong ing to it under these contracts; that the neglect and carelessness of certain inspectors of the city may be stopped and the taxpayers money saved from waste,
 All of which is respectfully submit ted.
 ANTHONY CARROLL.
 Dated at New Haven this Sd day or July, 1901