The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-16
CITY FURNISHED
STONE FOR SEWERS
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nishcd and paid. for by the city. and
that he was paid at the contract price
Tor work done Mr. Maynard said he
had had Il talk with Mr.. Boiling about
bidding on the linear foot method by
which tile contractor would be respon-
sible for the material encountered and
said he was told then that If he bid
the old way the conditions would be
the same as beforc--that is, the city
would supply stone
Mr., Boiling denied having made such
(; statement. ana called attention to
the fact thai ne had had 1t written in
the specifications. including those Of
Maynard & Company that the con-
tractor must furnish all stone after
March lG. 1910 the date the duplicate
method OF bidding began
Mr.. Maynard said tiiat Mr. Fletcher
he'd brought him ali the stone he u.sei
on city work; that he had built Prob
ably thirty or forty basins along the
line OF sewers. and had been working
for the city for eighteen or twenty
years, and had never supplied any
stone.
Notified by Telephone.
Going on to tell OF the contract which
led to the controversy, Mr. Maynard
said nc got a telephone message from
the Engineers office that in the bid
a
UactS--onc an emergency sewer, In an
alley. and the other the one in ques-
iion. which lie was told would have to
go TO the Council. That night Mr. Bur
ton told him the larger sewer was his
joh Mr.. Maynard came down the next
morning and talked tho matter over
With Clerks Stratton and Bates Both
contracts were held up. as Mr.. Strait on
VINO was .'frettinS around" said there
'Yas apparently some mistake, AMI ha
wanted 10 look into them. MIR May
nard said he had never know, of any
contractor furnishing stone save Hun
ter Burton. OF Burton & Driscoll ia
said his bid on Stacks was sli pen,
iono bricks and would have been much
higher had lie expected to supply stonc
caps aud fittings.
Wants Ncicnsc Now.
ic said hc had recently talked with
Mr.. Boiling over n contract he was now
executing, and which required hirl 10
FURNISH stone. but which, wien he bid
he expected the city TO supply MIR.
boiling, hc said, told him 10 write n
letter telling him OF the mistake in his
bid, and he would recommend 10 the
committee that he be paid for tho stone.
as * MAS an obvious error Mi May
ilhid said he could not write such a let :
ter as he knew the clause was In the
contract but ~ considered that The
custom would DC continued. and hopcd
the c''y would yet send him lilo stone
Tor ne Job, hs he had not figured il in
! his bid
since March lG 1916, Mr.. Maynard
mad not Int IN any top stones having
4 worked who're there was no curbins
put the plans called for two under
ground stones-ir fact. tho stacks could
not bc buff without them They were
! rough stoncH, mainly old curling ana
/ tagging hauled from the city dump
No '.osn to CITY.
\ ~ r AEdcrsoh said tllat the only pos
( sipie loss TO tho city WAS In not com
/ pcll!ng The contractor 20 furnish stone
| when his contract called for t. but
when IL was obvioun that he had no,
"a o. It or expected 10 supply Il, al
ne price named Mr. Boiling zddcd
that II would Lead 10 sln nIus,ico
/ among contractors II one Bin ana did
4 no, furnish stone, and another bId and
tdld furnish It.
I If T.. Dr!acop. another contractor
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