Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-11-17
aORE CHTLD's PLAY OVER
WHAT MIXER TO USE.
tConcluded from first pagel

that | Intended to take off the extr'
mixer"
"Will you take off the continuous
mixer at once, Mr. fainter, II w
drop this motion to annul your con
tract"
Certainly" was the reply, pro
yided the city Is willing to stand fol
the delay 1t will cause in the work
II you are not willing for me to use
the extra machine, 1t wouldn't be fail
to ask me to bear the consequences.
"Why didn't you come to the coun'
Gil and tell us this before?" one Of
the councilmen inquired. "You would
have found us reasonable. We are
not stubborn"
because | was never asked to
come here" Mr.. Tainter said. Il
had no means Of knowing when the
cOuucil would meet. You went ahead
and did what you pleased and ] was
out Of It"
before you adjourn, gentlemen"
Mr.. Tainter continued, II want to
make O statement to the council,
The work we have been putting down
with the batch mixer is not according
to the specifications Of the contract.
The contract says that the materials
shall first be mixed dry. You can
mot do dry mixing In a batch mixer.
The stuff Is dumped in together with
the water and mixed wet, the same
as II you were using a box. The
contract practically REQUIRES con-
tlnuous mixer, which is the only kind
that mixes dry. | want you to know
that we have been violating this part
of the contract because we were COM
PEELED to do SO by your engineer.
Mr.. Murdoch, the city engineer,
stated during the course of the meet
ing that his firm had not at any time
raised objections to continuous mixers
as such, They were only looking at
results.
Mr., Burns, senior member OF the
firms repel ted a statement he made
Drior TO the meeting this morning.
At that time he said: Il have not ex-
amined the work done by the con-
tinuous mixer in detail as yet, but 1t
will not come up in quality with the
work Of the other mixer" He did not
explain how he knew 1t would not
without examining possibly he is a
cIairvoyant.
"Do you think 1t will stand the
test II practical use, Mr.. Burns?" he
was asked.
"Well, in regard to that, of course
only use will tell" was the reply,
''but 1t is not the best work, and as
4 see it, the best Is none too good
for Abilene"
Burns & Mcdonnell, according to
Mr.. Burns himself have had very lit
tie experience in paving. burns says
he had charge Of job near Niagara
Falls once and they did some work
mt Neodesha. This appears to be their
first and only experience with kind
Of paving put in here which may
account for some complications and
delays that have occurred.
1t is generally believed, however,
that by the merry springtime ira 10 IA
It will all be finished, in time for the
Great Scrap Of city election. Maybe
FAINTER will run for mayor-you
can't tell,
Mr.. Rice was asked whether he was
content to let the matter stand as
IL was provided the continuous mixer
was taken off the work. lie said
that he was, and the motion to annul
the contract was withdrawn. The
council then adjourned.
Now Has All Winter.
After the meeting, Mr.. fainter
said: This is Just what wanted.
They gave me till January 20 70 lin.
iah this work, and with all these de-
Says that cannot be done. II had
pulIed off that mixer because scme-
body came along and asked me to !
would have been in hole. Now
ahe council has taken the business
On its own shoulders, and I'll get
done when ] can"
Mayor Rice was very busy tnlst
anorning looking for teams to remove
4he continuous mixer from the street.
nut the mixer didn't go that way, ana
smother riot was avoided. 1t was
rsmoved at twelve O'Clock by the
npntractor, peaceably and without
demonstration.
Merchants DOnt Like t.
The businessmen are almost I'M
animoGsly against the threatened dc |
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