The Washington herald., 1910-05-24

Making a mountain out OF molehil,''
is the way Mr. Daniel E. Garges char
acterizes the story Of the alleged mis-
management Of the District affairs. as
told BY Representative Cary in the House
on Friday
The whole matter has been gone into
In great detail at the Municipal Build
/ ing and no foundation has been found Tor.
the charges that Mr. Cary and the con-
tractors have formulated against the
Commissioners and those in charge OF
the awarding Of bids
The matter OF the unreturned bond
is absolutely absurd said Mr.. Garges.
\ speaking Of this phase OF the matter.
We never return the bond on a con-
tract Of this kind for the reason that il,
does not become effective unless the con-
tract is awarded 70 the party submitting
\ the bond. Thus, We never take the
trouble 10 return any Of the bonds sent
in this manner
u Bond Operative on Award.
When a firm sends in a bid IL has
TO submit a certified check. q bond. or
cash for a specified percentage Of the
amount OF the bid. This is merely 10 show
its sincerity in the matter. OF course.
II the money Is sent in the form Of 4
certified check or as cash We return il
Immediately on refusal Of the bid. but the
bonds are made out so as not % become
operative until the acceptance OF the
bid, and so they are merely fled with
the bid and not returned The bond in
question is here al the present time; IL
has not been lost or misLaid. as Is
charged. and the contractors may have
Il upon signifyinS their desire for the
same.
"On the question Of the awarding OF
the contracts, have little TO say be-
yond the explanation already given out.
Killeen & eaton did not get the contracts
because in the one case their bid was not
the lowest and IN the other because il was
not submitted formally. The directions
sent out at the time that the bids cor the
removal OF garbage were requested said
that these bids should include a complete
specification Of the plant that the bid
ders had for dIsposing OF the refuse: how
il would be collected, where taken. and
how disposed Of The parties ia question
did not comply with this provision. and
their bid, although lower than that OF the
successful bidder, could not be cons. Ee-sd
on this account
Why They Lost Out.
The contract for collecting the ashes
was not awarded 10 them on account OF
the fact that their bid. when all the facts
We're taken into consideration. was not
as low as that Of Bean. The request for
the bids included several propositions.
The first was for the simple removal OF
the ashes. the second for the price Of
this removal II the District increased the
territory. and the third for the price II
the District allowed the use OF their
dumps. These were not "iC'' specifca-
tons, as Nessrs. KiIleen & eaton charged.
They were real conditions. and The bid
Iders were 70 take them into consideration
in making out their price for the removal
OF the ashes. N-
"On taking these all into account. the
Killeen & Cation bid was about SIoe hirae-
than that submitted by Bean. This is all
that there is 10 the matter. and think
that If Mr.. Cary had gone into the affair
before he made his speech on the sub
jet be might have saved himself the
trouble OF making so many needless and
Igroundless assertions, which certainly can
do the District administration no good"