The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-04

Whether or not the IleNelunu iih
idad Paving company, of Cleveland
Chic. shall be awarded the contract
for the paving of Olney avenue pe-
tween Columbia street and Belleion-
taine avenue, is subject which Is
causing the board of control much
concern at the present time.
At a meeting of the board held In
the city offices at four o'clock yes
terday afternoon, Clerk Charles Too
in presented and read the resolution
of the awards. prepared by Director
of Public service Rauhauser. for the
paving of three streets and alleys.
but the contracts were not affirmed
by Mayor j. G.. Setter and Director
OF Public Safety James Knapp, the
other members of the board. They
wanted time TO consider the matter.
Tne matter will be decided at meet
| ing at 1880 O'Clock next Monday
BID Awarded by Kauhauser.
The following are the bids which
" ere awarded by the directory of pub
lie service aud which must be affirmed
by the other members Of the board
before they are effective:
improvements Of st. James street
| to Asphalt Block Pavement company,
| Toledo, O.Toledo, o., Si.S42.3S; inv
provements of the alley in rear Of post
office to j. W.. Scott, SjS3.l9, tar mae
adamj improvements of hrst alley
West of Prospect street between
Church and Center streets, to tcOrse
Landon, $l,559.2O. brick; improvement
| of Blaine avenue between Church ana
| Columbia streets to Il. Drake ana
Sons, S7,754.GS, Kettle River keosoted
long lear yellow pine block; Improve
| ment Of Olney avenue between Co
| lumbia street and Bellefontalne ave-
| nue to Cleveland Trinidad Paving
| company, Sl3,Soi. California Trinidad
| pitcn lake sheet asphalt.
| Tne latter award is the one which
| caused the trouble. Attorney hOKe
Donithen was present at the meet
ing, represenlahig A. Drake ~ so'is'
OF this city. lie claimed th1t the bld
OF the Cleveland Trinidad Paving
company is irregular because the
| signer of me biu, l.. c. Hamer, su-
| lefintendent oil the Cleveland Trin-
uad Paving company's plant, did not
Indicate on the bid the power of at
lorney snowIng his autnOrlty to sign
Ills name to the Ind.
Attorney Donltnen also spoke OF
the bribery scandal, In which tile
company MAS Implicated, in Columbus
| new spaIsr, ana nad IN MS posses
sions, clippings OF Dayton news
Laper, ua,ed 4May ", 1911, wnicn
stated that the Dayton boaru OF con-
lrol mad rejected the bid of the same
/ a. no AI ~ /.
ia thal ciIy on the grounds that
the successlul pidders On tiss WORK
We're unworthy of the city's' baslng
this belief on the past reputation of
lns company. ror tnat reason, the
bids were not considered the lawest
and the best by the Dayton board OF
control.
a Difference of Opinion.
Clerk Tobin searched among the re-
cords and found bid Of the barber
Asphalt company for the work OF
paving Mt Vernon avenue during MIR.
Donitnens term as city solicitor. Ac-
cordlng to the board OF control, this
bid did not embody "a power OF
attorney. but that the power Of at
torney was attached 10 the contract
when that document was signed.
Donithen claims that the power OF at
torneys was attached 10 the bid when
II was received.
Other low bidders for the work
were the Andrews Asphalt Paving
company, OF Hamilton, ohio. $ii,34l.Si
for Trinidad pitch lake asphalt az
sl.55 per square yard; Carpenter and
Andrews. Grand Rapids, Mich. $l4,-
9O9.45 for Sarco sheet asphalt or Sar-
co mineral rubber paving at $165 per
square yard; r. Drake q Sons, Marion
o., SlG.O63,22 for Obispo sheet asphalt
at $LS2 per square yard.
On the three street and two alleys,
the board of control received total
figures in the bids for 76 different
Easing materials from six contractors.
II Is said to be the opinion of the
city officials that II is not necessary
that the power OF attorney be shown.
when bid is signed by an individual
for corporation but II must be In
dicated when the contract for the
work Is signed.