The Washington herald., 1910-05-21
DEMANDS DISTRICT
CONTRACT INQUIRY
Representative Cary Sees
Losses to Public.
TWO INSTANCES ARE CITED
Member of District Committee De-
clnres More Than $4,000 in Five
Years Is Cost of Allowing Highest
Bidders to Have Contracts for Re
moving Waste and Ashes

Representative Cary Of Wisconsin. a
member Of the District Committee Of the
House. yesterday declared that the Dis
trict would lose as much as $4,000 in
five years because garbage contracts
were awarded 10 firms whose bids were
higher than others.
In a speech on the subject, Representa-
tive Cary declared that he would insist
on having ar investigation. He says there
were a number OF bids submitted by dlf-
ferent firms for the disposal OF ashes
and refuse. and that one sent in by XII
leen & Cation was lower than others. but
that firm failed To get a contract. In this
case he says the bids were as follows:
Rsadys bid on waste sl7.oo0 per year for five
years S. go
RiIlcru Cations bid on same. N5.55j for i've
years :. s.
Loss 20 he s. lis
Mr.. Cary drew attention 90 the fact that
the bid OF Ready for this matter was
for one collection only a week. and that
If there were two collections needed.
his price would be Sl4S5l5. which would
make a difference of S7I.69O between the
bids of Ready and those Of KiIleen *
Cation. as the latter agreed 20 make two
collections a week If it was found neces-
sary 10 do so.
As 20 Removal Of Ashes.
For the removal Of ashes the bids we're:
Beams bid. $3.50 for i've years............S65 $50
hillecn Cations bid. $3.50 for five years. 1880
Loss 70 nc Dlstrlct.. S-3i7.
This would have made a total saving
Of SS0635 for the five years to the Dis
trict if the bids Of Kiueen & Cation
had been accepted instead Of those sent
in by Bean and Ready
The Commissioners reasons, given at
the time the bids were let were that
Kflleen & Cation did not have, or did
not specify that they had, sufficient "a
cillties for dispoSing OF the ashes and
refuse, and that their bids were not sub
mitted in a proper manner. In the eyes
Of Mr.. Cary, such a teChRicality was not
sufficient to outweigh the preponderance
Of the large amount OF money which
would have been saved.
Another irregularity, according TO Rep
resentative Cary. was that the bond
which all concerns are obliged to submit
when they send in their bids and which
Killeen & Cation submitted in accord
ance with this law. has not been re-
turned. The bids were opened on March
q, and nearly two months has elapsed
since the awards were made 70 Ready and
Bean, and yet Killeen & Cations bond
has not been returned, something that the
Representative characterized as extreme
ly poor business policy" He also stated
that 1t is his intention to bring the whole
affair to the attention of Congress, and
that a rigid and severe investigation
would be made, and that certain men,
bers of the District Committee would not
accept the statement made TO him by
one of the Commissioners that the reason
that Killeen & Cations bids were not
accepted was not because they were not
the lowest, but because they omitted 10
include the formal statement of how
they intended to dispose Of the refuse.
when the District held their bond and
could collect on 1t IL they failed TO 1--we
up 10 their contract.
Matter for Board TO Decide.
Commissioner Rudolph was down the
river yesterday. and it was impossible
to reach him to inquire into the matter,
but Commissioner Johnston, under whose
immediate supervision the matter falls.
declared that he had nothing 10 say.
This is a matter decided by the en-
tire board" he said, mot any one In
dividual member Of it. The bid was not
awarded to Killeen & Cation because
their estimate was not presented in a
formal manner. they emitting TO men
ton anything about the manner in which
they were going 20 dispose Of the rubbish
and ashes. and to the best of my belief
do not think that they knew them
selves what they would do with IT. They
have no proper plant for this purpose. and