Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-09-20
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defeated through the efforts of AL
derman Lachmund, who maintained
that the work was not up to the
specifications of the contract. and
should not be accepted until the
contractor had lived up to the pro-
visions of the contract, when. with
Acting Mayor Stolz in the chair amid
perfect deluge of parliamentary
sparring and maneuvering on the
/ part OF the several councilmen pres
ent, Alderman Greenbaum finally
excused himself from the meeting
and choked the matter off by break
ing up the quorum.
When Alderman Huckestein Of
fered his motion to pay the balance
of the contract price for the i'm
provement of North Front street
with crushed rock and macadam AL
derman Lachmund took the fioor
and protested against such action on
the part of the council, contending
that the street was still in an un-
finished condition and that the city
should not pay more than 80 per
cent of the contract price until the
required rolling and surfacing of
the street had been completed when,
II the work appeared in "anywise
decent or halfway acceptable to the
property owners and the council"
the remaining 20 per cent of the
contract price should be paid.
''If the mayor had not acted the
part of stand-patter Cannon by ex.
cusing Alderman Greenbaum and
breaking up the quorum at the pre-
vious meeting when the matter was
up for settlement and the mayor got
into such a hole that he could not
get out, this matter would have been
settled at that time. The report Of
the special committee was adverse
to the acceptance of the work, not
only on account of the depth but the
quality of the gravel used, and If
the contractor will build the road
which, when completed will form a
solid compact mass, which he never
did or never will, I Will offer no OBJ
lection to the payment of the mon
ey. But do the rolling first, give
him 80 per cent of the money and
hold out enough for the rolling,
and, if it turns out good. pay him
the balance"
For the benefit of the press and
the people who have to travel the
road I want to make a statement"
said Acting Mayor Stolz, who had
listened, inwardly protesting, to the
scathing and sarcastic remarks Of
the irrepressible alderman from the
second ward and had surrendered
the chair to Alderman Carson to
make reply. He was mad clear
through. "I want it understood
that have never been in a hole and
never tried to play to the gallery.
The improvement of this street new
er was intended to be finished; it
was intended only as foundation, a
beginning and Jacobs, of the fifth
ward, understood and made a state
ment to that effect when the ordi-
nance for the improvement was
passed by the council. If Council
Lachmund has got 1t into his head
that he is after an imaginary scalp,
he is mistaken. I have no apology
to make when I say that the con-
tractor has put on the required
amount of rock and 1t will be all
right when the rolling is completed
by the city. I am standing upon my
record and If the councilman has
against me, don't hit at me |
the contractor. We were up |
against serious proposition of
competition in the furnishing OF
rock material for the building of our
streets and now that we have 1t we
should not destroy It. never was
in a hole; I am on my record, and
anybody to attack It,"
81 am sorry that the acting mayor
has found It necessary to appeal to
the newspapers In his trembling
voice, that he stands upon his rec
ord. retorted Alderman Lachmund
when the mayor had resumed the
seat of control "I have no apollo
gies to make to anybody. I have
made no accusations that 7 did not
mean and will not make any apollo
giles to anybody I do not wish to
Dersecute the mayor or anybody
else, and II he thinks so he is mis-
taken. All want is Justice done to
the property owners who have to
pay for this work"
Alderman Carson, OF the seventh,
interceded as peace-maker in the
melee but he could not stem the tide
Of Alderman Lachmund's invectivs
and the latter wound up by Offering
an amendment TO the motion to the
effect that the contractor be paid 20
per cent of the contract price and
that 90 per cent be withheld pend