The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-31
Was Tenl5tol' Four in Il Oppo)|s:'ll-
ton to the Contractor 4
THEIR BIDS HIGHER 1 {: / |: ! R /
THAN I | A4ST,4 I. J d y YEAR 2, tlll7:
Then They Claimed, Says Committee:-
f man West hat hey Had ed TO I Pay II
Brlbe Money, But Now That Bur. g,
den Has Beer lifted from
Them-Maynard g Per.
klns Get @ Contract. HI

e Echoes from the Hastings Court, sound so1t1;
!. ed out sharply at the meeting OF tn the {.
street Committee last night hen the ne
bids FOR city work. q ffered BY Contractors =
sGasser, GUIDE and " Weinbrunr we're turn q
down. Ss A$ II s. g sggt5 Bi}i is
sl These bids were for road bed work and
gutterlng, and the three contractors men men
toned were the only ones who put Ut In IN
bids for the work.
The bids were rejected pom the motion e
81 MI Peters. and Mr.. W est brought out L,,t
the point that the figures were 8slis shtly
higher than those offered last year.
9.It was sta ted in the grand jury room
said M tyest. one, Or all Of n these
Ssigcntiern en-, i: that when hey nut IN theilr
Sbidsslast year they HI ad to- put the q g
lure ten per cent. hig her than nee cessaryS fss
Sir15 order to pay to- certain councilman
I 50 much brhe money! .S n oE,$ they come
III, with their bids still hi cher, with no
6bribe money necessar ry .'s s5 s;4 8
si45 DECISIVE. VOTE. 81 W.
AS The vote on the motion to reject wa 9
most ecisivo.S and IT. was ted BY
teral "a en- bers: :,of the committee thatgtfe
same u act Ion q would * be aiken " heneyer:
bids we're offered by the cont n actors M re- J;
sferred to. 3I
l5i tr. Peters made the ightS that tIreal9ed r
SirlG the .turn-d q fter Mr. n nora haAl
offered q motion to- award to the 5loWest
responsible bidders. He said he was ops
posed to giving the gentlemen any work
for the city at any price. S8F i. Ss
In this connection Ma jor Allen said he
could not give his approval to any work
contaminated on West~ Broad Street, Z IS
long as the railroad tracks were al
lowed to remain on p that & thorough ghfare.
He thought the street should be per-
snitted to remain In Sits present bad
condition. 5 The south side Of the street
now now he said ,i Is occupied by the ira acks,
and IS an feye-sore and a menace to the
progress of the city. He thought the
tracks should be removed, and tho sta
5tion placed on the north side OF ~ the
street. s 5s 5}s
Before a vote was reached Mt. Minor.
and Mr. Huber endeayored TO get the
committee to agree to allow Contra
GUIDE to complete certain work he had
started under the old appropriation. but
that was voted down, and when the.
vote on tho Peters resolution was taken
{it5revealed the following lineup: #
EAyes-Adams, u. NJ. n. ~ Allen, Bahen.3
Peters, Phillips, Teefey, Vest, Whittet.
Williams and Chairman "A Allen-10.
I N Noes-Mann. Minor. Burton and HUI
ber--4 a. ;l4 5gs sssl
Ms hen, upon motlon OF Mr.. Adams. the,
city Engineer was Instructed to award
the contract for granite curbing to the
lowest responsibility bidder, and the con- 4
tract for granoltfIc curb!ng was given
to Maynard e Pfrkins, after a y protest
was made by Mr. ETube and Mr.. VIII
5lams. who made q notion that all bids
for this work Pe rejected. The only
other bid was tAat b OF Mr. Gasser. who
was about fyel cents lower than the
contractor who isecured the contract.
e After other routine business, the COM
$mittee adjournfd. Vi sig S5,is8 z. Al