Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-08-27

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bridges Of The SANE dimensions
lad BEEN LET for at the board
meeting IN Nary FIR pnrpses d.
s1sE COMPARISON. Ne give The bid Il
ssas Hsansrin Company il May and
is bid il Ages:
i .E-sos- bridge al the May
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Tp.al 70. The .so bridges Al
tie Ma! meeting - 81 40
4 ..sy-soos Steel bridge =, the
A1gEst meeting ~. $500. - 80
4 s--fco. steel bridge at the st's
August meeting
To1al for the Two bridges Al --
the August meeting 3s4.
Ii Other words. the Hennspin Bridge
Cunpany IS allowed the enormous
s1n Of one thousand and dfiy-eigh,
5o.lars al ths Angus; meeting more
than they had offered u build two
s-cn bridges .oy lone Of the same
bridges and the other the sane size,
.. the May meeting.
Nov mind you. long suffering and
.fisopfis1 ica;ed ta1p7yer. tha, where
as a. The May meeting the bridge con-
tracts had been let separately, at the
Augps. meeting the two bridge con-
tracts were Jumped. SO tina. il is 10.
snoxn just VIVA; the amour. BID for
zach bridge amounts 70. Luckily. for
purposes Of comparison. however. he
toia. 70, the two bridges al the May
meeting can re given.
Another provision Of lax t. which
~. lie slightest regard has been paid
* tile requirement that the spscsEca-
tions f., such work must be published
With the advertisement, inviting bids.
Mt single Sc, IT specifications has
b. en- printed. bn. the public has been
Informed in the advertisement, tia,
Specifications can be seen al the Office
u the county auditor at Linton.
y b." How easy it would be. under
such methods. u have SET Of specii-
cations ~! undesirable bidders that
provided for more work and material
than another set u specifications
which were satisfactory to the Henne-
pin Bridge Company Of some other
pet The Specifications should egiyen
the ~ides. publicity. 30 tina; every
bidder would know just what he vas
bidding on. and 50 that all bidders
would b. bound By the same require
menis
Auditor Pitts has stated u several
parties that the bridge companies who
baye been in the habit q Offering to
build bridges in this county have
commen understanding or trust:
that their pretended competitive bid
ding i, ali bluff, and that Emmons
county is given over to the Hennepin
Bridge Company as its exclusive terri
tory. The latter part OF which seems
10 be proven by the fact that no other
bridge company has been given a con-
tract in this county for years past.
One would think. judging by the
persistence in giving contracts to the
Hennepin Bridge Company-and espe-
cially in giving it contract at the
August meeting which 1t had offered
to 10 at the May meeting for more
than thousand dollars less-that the
county was entirely at the mercy of
that company, and that We could have
no bridges unless the company kindly
consented to build them. Asa matter
OF fact-as we are informed by men
who have givenconsiderable attention
TO the matter-it is an open question
whether it would not be better for the
county TO build It's own bridges, prefer
ably Of wood, with stone or concrete
piers. There is absolutely no reason
why any officers Of this county should
allow the county to be made victim
year after year OF a company That such
officers admit is . member OF the
bridge trust. The law allows the