Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-28
COUNTY ACCEPTS
FURNITURE BIDS
Contract to Buy Fit
tingS for the New Hall
of Records
DIVISION OF OPINION EXISTS
MCCabe States Company Will
Permit Body to Revise
Purchase List
DIVISION OF OPINION EXISTS

The California Furniture company's
bid of $247,00 for furniture for the new
hall of records was accepted by the
board of supervisors by vote of three
to two yesterday morning. C. D. Man
ming and r. w. Pridham strenuously
opposed the acceptance of the bid as
it stood, while H. D. McCabe, Chair
man c. ]. Nellis and '"Tus'' Eldridge
voted for 1t.
The three supervisors who voted to
accept the bid assert they have the as
surance of the California Furniture
company that If the board wishes to
eliminate any of the articles In the
original list it will be at liberty to do
so, with the full consent of the COM
pany. The company, they said, will
deduct the amount of the eliminated
articles from the original contract
figure and present to the board con-
tract with the new total for signature.
Deputy District Attorney Hartley
Shaw told the board, however, that
the company could hold the board to
the original list.
Supervisors Manning and Prdham,
in protests against an unconditional
acceptance of the bid, pointed out that
the boards acceptance of the bid July
1S, with the condition that any ar
ticles the board saw fit could be can
celed, was sufficient for the present
and that the matter could rest until
the articles not wanted could be elm
mated.
They further pointed out that as the
bid had already been accepted condi-
tionally, as the records showed, 1t
would be illegal. in view of that mo-
ton, to again accept the bid uncon-
ditionally.
McCABE MAKES MOTION
Supervisor McCabe, who made the
motion to accept the bid, explained to
the objecting members his reason for
wanting the bid accepted by saying:
1T favor acceptance because 1t Will
prevent any legal proceedings in the
way of an injunction delaying the mat
ter. have the assurance of the Cali
fornia Furniture company, should we
wish to cut out any articles after the
acceptance of the bid, that 1t will be
all right to do so. and 1t will eliminate
the prices of the articles, deducting
them from the original figure"
Pridham still insisted that the action
would be out of order, as the previous
action of the board, July 18, had not
been rescinded. Upon his request,
Hartley Shaw, chief deputy district at
torney, was called in to advise on the
matter. Attorney Shaw, speaking Of
which contained the condition that the
board might cut out articles it did not
want, said:
"The condition in the July Is accept
ance, allowing the board to cut out
articles not wanted, makes that ac-
ceptance in reality no acceptance at
ali. 1t is not binding on the county
and is no acceptance at ALL" concluded
the attorney.
Upon McCabe stating that to make
1t binding was the intention with which
the motion had been made, Mr.. Shaw
said:
''The board, If it intends to make
deductions from the list, had better
do so before accepting the bid. When
accepted, should the company desire
to do SOFT can hold you to the orig
inal list"
BID Is ACCEPTED
However, after some more wrangling,
Eldridge called for the motion and the
bid was officially accepted. Tt was
said later that when the contract
comes up for signature the articles not
wanted by the board will be deducted.
At the afternoon session the board
tried to settle on which articles should
be eliminated, but the session ad-
journed without an agreement being
reached. In a careful checking of the
original list by different county Off
GERS it has been found that from $4,000
to $4,000 worth of furniture might be
dispensed with.