The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
Dunn & LALLANDE
WON'T Do THE WORK
Contractors Reject Award for
Paving Highland Avenue
TOO EXPENSIVE, THEY SAY
Mayor Drennen Explains the Situation.
Board Will Consider Question jan
uary 5--NashvilIe Paving Co.
Makes a Proposition.

Mayor Drennen has received from Dunn
& Lallande, the contractors, letter in
which that firm declines to accept the
contract awarded to 1t by the mayor
wooden blocks one-half the contemplate
ed work to be done on Highland av-
enue.
The letter. dated December 81, was
handed to the mayor by Mr.. Dunn at
the close of the meeting of the aldermen
held last Wednesday night.
The mayor held it for few days, think
ing that perhaps the contractors would
reverse their decision. Inasmuch as they
failed to do so, the mayor yesterday de-
termined to make public the communi-
cation.
Here is a copy of the letter addressed
to the mayor by Dunn &c Lallande:
Dear Sir:-ReferrinG to the action of
the city council Wednesday evening, the
18th, at which time we were awarded one
half of the amount of work we bid on
paving Highland avenue with creosoted
wooden blocks, and for which work you
were authorized to make a contract with
u.s. we beg to say tina. we hereby decline
such contract, 1t being only one-half as
much as was at first awarded us, and
that half the very much more expensive
part of the work.
Commenting on this Letter and its eff
fects, Mayor Drennen yesterday said:
Mayors Statement
1.-THE mayor and board of aldermen at
their meeting held last Wednesday
awarded the contract for paving High
land avenue. Upon the recommendation
of citizens whose property abutted on
Highland avenue, 1t was decided to pave
the avenue from Twentieth street to the
Woodward residence with creosoted
wooden blocks and from the Woodward
residence eastwardly as far as Warsaw
street with bituminous macadam. The
contract for doing the first portion of the
work was awarded to Dunn g. Lallande
and the balance to the Nashville Paving
company.
when the meeting had adj
journed Mr.. Dunn handed me this
letter did not feel inclined in
calling another meeting then and there
to reconsider the award in the light of the
letter handed me by Mr.. Dunn, but kept
the letter from the press thinking that
perhaps Dunn and Lallande would revise
their decision When I became satisfied
that they would not do so, l determined
to make the letter public.
At the next meeting of the mayor and
board of aldermen to be held January 5,
I shall present their letter in question
to the board"
The Nashville Company.
President G. NJ. Ingram of the Nash
Vile Roofing &c Paving Co., telephoned to
John e. Donaldson, the local representa-
tive Of his company yesterday afternoon
after he heard that Mr.. Dunn had de-
clined to accept the contract Of the city
to pave part of Highland avenue with
creosoted wooden blocks, that his COM
pany would do the entire work from
Twentieth street to Lakeview at the same
price he had bid for the half which had
been awarded his company, namely: 81. IS
per square yard. When the matter is
presented at the next meeting of the
board of aldermen. this bid will be put
in. and the general opinion seems to be
that the entire avenue will be paved
with bituminous macadam. 1t is possible,
however. that some other wooden block
people might put in bid. II SO. they
have not made the fact known.