The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-13
PAVING CONTRACT ACCEPTED.
MAINTENANCE BOND OF $1,000
TO BE ACCEPTED BY CITY.
of Railroad EncrOaching on
the City's Property on Main Street
Came Up for COnsideratiOn-City
Attorneys Opinion to BE Called
FOr-Mr. Waring Thinks City
Made Good Bargain.

City Council met Tuesday night in
special session for the consideration
of the acceptance of the Main Street
paving. and incidentally the fact that
the railroad has moved telegraph
poles and stuck them up on what
was formerly a street, came up and
was discussed. it being decided to re-
fer the matter to the city attorney
for his opinion in writing when the
Mayor should take whatever action
he deemed advisable.
The meeting was a short one.
Mayor Jennings, and Aldermen Nc
Keiver. Wilder, Cuttino and Booth
were present and transacted the bus
iness which came up on the paving.
Mr.. Booth asked Mr.. McKeiver to
make the report for the street COM
mittee. Mr.. McKeiver stated that at
the last meeting the question Of
whether the city should accept the
paving had come up and it had been
referred to that committee for them
to report on at this meeting. He
stated that there were some minor
defects in the paving which could be
repaired by taking up the paving,
but that the committee had deem
ed this inadvisable as it might do
more harm than good in taking up
the pavement. The committee there
fore recommended the acceptance Of
the paving as it was with a main
tenance bond Of $1,000, which
should be furnished by Mr.. Warng
and ~on which the city should pay
the premium. This report was adopt
ed.
Mr.. Waring here asked permission
to make few statements. He asked
that the city take some brick which
had been left over after the work on
Main street had been completed. He
! stated that there were about $500 Of
these brick. He asked full price for
5000 and half price for the others,
on the grounds that thirds Of
them were good brick. The street
| committee differed with him, saying
| that only about one-third Of the brick
were good and that there were not
| over 1000 of them. He was offered
| SIS for the brick If he chose to take
that amount for them. He asked il
the city would take stone left on hand
for SIS more. but this offer was re-
fused by the committee.
He then went on to say that he had
| been made to haul the rock from the
street several hundred yards further
than the contract called for and he
| thought that he ought to be paid ex-
| ira for hauling. The contract stated
that he was to haul the rock "to
kendrick street, or some place not
further than the Kendrick street
| haul, or that it should be dumped at
some place not farther than 1000
feet from where it was removed"
He thought that this meant that he
did not have to haul any Of the rock
more than 1000 feet. whereas he had
been made to haul some Of it con-
siderably more than that in placing it.
The city engineer and mayor, as we'll
as other members Of council. differ
ed from him as to the meaning of the
contract. they being Of the opinion
that he had to take it as far as the
Kendrick street haul, and Mr.. Booth
stated that the haul had for the most
part been made shorter than the Ken
drick street haul. because the rock
had been dumped on Hampton ave-
nue. and Harvin street, when these
streets had not been thought of
when the contract was made. Mr..
Waring stated that he thought that
he had a just grievance and cause
for extra payment on this ground, but
the council did not look at it in the
same light.
He stated that he had, in making
out his bid, been unable to get an
exact profile of the street and that
the cutting had been more at many
places than he had counted on. This
had caused him to lose part OF what
he expected to be his profits. He
also stated that he had not been able
To determine exactly what amount OF
concrete had to be cut off from the
old sidewalks TO prepare them for the
new street and instead Of this being
8 to IL inches as they had estimated
1t was from IL TO 16 inches. The city
engineer stated that Mr.. Bowe had
been given n tabulated form showing
tl.. A..