The evening Republican., 1902-05-07
!ARR0WSMITH :
ELECTRIC BILL,

f1ouSe ana at Intrd etreeu Drlnnc
& was again before Levy Court yes
s terday afternoon.
q Arthur .Arrowsmitll Of the Arrow
8 smith Co. and J. ". Lemon l0rmer-
8 Iiy mapager OF the local Office were
4 present during the discussion.
sA |, was decided that before fnal
q action Is taken Mr.. Lemon would
8 70 all over the work with an ex-
s employed by tho Levy Court 10
point out work that mem tcrs oil The
s court cannot account tor.
The bills submitted by the Ar
s rowsmith Company were contracted
9 By the old Levy Court. They .ow-
er period from December 20, 1899
to February |. 1902 and are;
Work at the courthouse-Bills TO
January 3. 1901. 5000. %; 10 Jam
3 uary 81, 1902. s277.2l total, So 05l.
"a; rebate on wire, sS3. 10; error
in bill OF January 70, 1900. sos. 50;
: : total, s3,252.94, leaving balance
! due OF $745.o6 on the courthouse
: work.
Work on Third street bridge
! Bills 70 October IS, 1901, 81 los. 40:
) bill 10 January p, 1902, Sl35. SO:
! total, $500 IS, On this $25+.lO
: has been credited and rebate Of
! sl9 10 allowed leaving a balance
due on Third street bridge OF 81,
02759 The total balance due the
! Arrowsmlth Company, according
10 their bills, is S2,77l. Is,
! This is a summary but the court
has detailed and itemized bills
covering material furnished and
! work performed
Comptroller Kelley returned the
bills unapproved along with the
following veto:
"The bills OF the Arrowsmith
Electric Company Tor wiring court
house and Third street bridge be-
ing referred TO me, | now return
! them 10 the court without my ap.
proval for reasons as follows:
"First-l have information from
! the court that they had prices from
eight different companies lor ma
ter'al corresponding that charged
: Tor by the Arrowsmith Company.
: These prices were submitted tor
: comparison to a competent cleo
tricIan who testified that the prices
charged by the Arrowsmilh Com
pany are actIcally twice as high
as the hi hest price named by any
other company.
Second-That from the measure
8 ments made by the same elcctri-
: cian he is unable to find the eamount
. CT material charged on the bill.
"Third-The labor is not ite.
mized, but charged IN lump sumo,
aud IS, believed. excessive.
"Fourth work was done
without, 10 my knowledge, any
contract being awarded VIII ca is
lin violation Of law.
President Wllitts stated that
the matter had been goue over by
the committee in business like
manner. He called OIL Mr.. Chand.
er as chairman OF the investigat-
ing committee for statement
Mr.. Chandler said the bill was
so large it was deemed best to eu-
gage an expert to make an inves-
tlsatlon. Estimates were obtained
from Philadelphia, New York and
Baltimore and the Arrowsmith bill
was much bigger than the highest
zone o! these estimates. The ex.
Fcrt Iound that many charges in
the bill were much to high.
Continuing Mr.. Chandler said:
Alter examining the work, we
find things charged for that VIC
cannot find on the bridge or in the
courthouse, Mr.. Chandler added
The items of general labor were
not inquired into as the COMMITTEES
knew nothius about this. There
are some other things that require
expl anatlon in the way of tools,
and lunches charged in the bll,'
SAID Mr.. Chandler. Perhaps Mr..
Arrow smith can explain these. 1t
is large bill and in exec as of what
our expert thinks should be ch arg.
Jed.
Mr. Arrowsmith said that In the
prices Mr.. Chandler obtained, the
quotatons were for wholesale lots,
and it he would attempt to do busi-
ness along the lines suggested BY
Mr.. Chandler he "could see his
iiuish. lie was in business for
profit he sad, and was wliling to
submltto anything that was fair.
MIR. Arrowsmlth went into a long
statement OF the linauca al standing
Of the Arrowsmith Co. OF tile class
OF work the company does and con.
cludIns by saving that owing 10
the success be has made III the cleo.
: trlcal business he Is known all over
the country. President Wilitls
stated that it was not a personal
, matter but was a matter OF olbusncss.
MIR, Lemon explained the items
, lor luncheon. lie said men had
,, worked at the bridge all night when
the Armature had burned out at
the risk OF their lives and that
lunch was served to them at mid.
night. lie said time aud halt time
+ was charged tor the night work.
= 1t was agreed that the represent.
atlves OF the Arrowsmlth Company
should accompany the Levy Court
;. on Thursday morn,ngat s. 800 clock
TO begin an inspection OF the labor
and material furnished ia the Court.
house and If possible also tine
Third street bridge work aud ma.
terial
A petition was presented by Mr..
; Ewart from residentsof Mill Creek
hundred asking that the Levy
: Court take charge o! the bridge on
: the causeway between the Catholic
| church and the school house at