The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-08
.STORMSCONTRACT
FINALLY BROKEN
Material for Overhead Wire Sys-
tenn III Depot, but City Won't
Advance Freight.
LOSS ALREADY $1,000 A WEEK
Municipal Lighting Plant Dc
laycd Since Early in
November.

worn out with delays which were
costing tho city more than ST 900 per
week, the Council Committee on r3icc-
'flclty last night revoked the contract
OF the city with storms & Company. OF
Newark, \. j., for construction or the
overhead distribution system for the
municipal electric plant The contract
involved about $4,000. and was hasc1
on the unit system. being approxfmatc-
~ one third completed. Consul,in,.
engineer h. w Trafford was instructed
10 get prices on wire, mast arms ana
DINER supplies. ana to submit n rcno,,
VI me cost Of labor and teams, so tn,
'"e cry may complete the work at The
, ear.iest possible date PracticalIv ~,
u ING pores have been set ~
Wire Comes e. q. ID.
s;iSr@s 4 comp anyoF was rsp Iesla ,,
The i III re exhibited a notice from
II oa'I Railroad Company that a. u ear
lvau u wire was here ready for ,lrliv
shi,nino oul admitted that it had been
n1a.c 20 put up about $1,000 10 -, ~
nrn1, me railroad company. IIe' .1sn
nv, n ~ a., letters showing that twenty.
noo oi INC $50 mast arms ordcrcd hs i
JeGn shipped, but was tblc ~ 81 r =, y
wn,,itt ASSURANCE as To when tho rHor,,
pronisa -, completed. nor could he
sumed unless MES. Tue ne work would be re-
r t' .t IS on account sufficient 70 ~,
~ the material as needed p"'
alroad,: M h.,i payment of $9.a6O for work
s." m ciuS done in january ana Lct,., " -. *
EnSineer Traftoru sais ~, G iil
ca 20 approve a voucher rn, ,ns . ,
ina; fSn lor work in January. mi
been checko orh :, IN February had not
. .o' tract, and that he rni,id v ~! me
ton SnS Proceeding TO MS satisfac
tractor l,eL ISPiiresentatives Of the con
con s,,, l,au Withdrawn this commit.
ne" with Assistant CIV it, 80,
mn ,a .iHuetSon as 10 the best mamma :
AZ seemed evident ih i"'n re Him.
NJ ~, not provide any plan ~ ~ LVGntract
pii.ch:, s.n unancc the contrncto,. a..
use and t ih,,.ei hai ana supplies for his
ro,, NJ unlc Or willing TO do - ~, M
utinn = -. NM, una nimousll. adopted n resn
conformity VIII IL t no ANDERSON in
f ,nii aract. declaring tho cnnmtiS Or ne
10 sion NJ, ulrcGtin. storms & comp.,,,;,
his st,rp nii work; AR Taylor rrotestea
~ atflee. which lie claimed VA, si'e som fo.
contract caI,o,h ING statement that the
iob liz NoW '5inn To- completion OF t he
~ nad not secured tic nro,,a ,.'at I ne
~ ~ :, maS nor concluded right ID i,sa S .n
power l e,o, 81 the Virginia Railway and
hG' 50 that 1t naS ,n, NE IN Deccm-
size r, Tor him to haze lin;al,aa lin,nos-
,ne Shecitcd time. Mr. irrn ~ Witnin
- Wniic IT was truc that IN "a "a
layns, Huine ,ol the poles had Mean ;, ~
w5,l1 , ~, mad at all times been ,n,,c,,
have' flona 9,orins 4 Company coi,ln
work had bear ia ,I,, from the start the
Si costing St,OUG Fer >ycc,
,,it' me etectric plant w,r' ~
~ ~ iiSht Broad Street in !, ~. y
Ivy mas been at tho tlii,,ii1,t ..''n nc.
n, III =. oper,nng lis own plant m,
st,.aat r.ie iiiie renting current fa,.
Railway a., "a Inps from the Nirginia
n december - being estjmratral ,oss ).
,,,rn i.tdllofd was inStructnd ~
9- na pTlces on two carloads =, - Sc
{ ooo 'i ins,l, arms, zoo cross arms anJ;
an ostin,a; a.ors' and 10 furnish al once
NO f ma te OF the cost OF cmniovin e e
t,,,sNcn hapcrs for strin c,i,,. ,.irn anti
~ -. :! - cH. OF two or mora ,oo,,,. w
in,'.pid says II viii rcolIirn ,i,n',, ~. W.
i, ~, 70 complete the worl, in,,i,,uaJ
''' thc storms con tract . iu"eu
hoah tn w ~ INC trouble with the over.
f@, " ,,ahs Tor q distributing syeta,r
~ south Richmond. recommon Stein
,iial INC Consulting l,nyincn,' =, III III :
'ncu % purchase material ana -
pdn, meh 70 do the work. wbich ~ :
10 ~ ~ ~, nsesides the 5000 ailemaI
ner ,n, .hc city has a reserve az IN
storms & COMPANY. n. Tr,.nTrlo paid
ia from wire Quotations he IA, sald
c,,,itiy Iuceivcd he believed The rity
thn Io,,,pietc the work for less tI,aS;
I'VE que TO the contractor =