East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-09

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holdup charges were passed back
and forth.
Some discussion arose as to how
competitive bids could be secured un-
der the present charter, Harry Hex
ter, City Attorney Carter, City Engi-
nee Kimbrell, President Linden of
the Dolarway company, Sales Agent
Garrow of the Warren company, and
others, joining in. The most feasible
plan suggested was that each COM
pany submit tentative bid, accom-
panied by a certified check as a guar
antee that its final bid would not be
above the price quoted after which
the property owners will decide upon
the comparative merits of the differ
ent pavements at the various prices
and report by petition to the council.
Why Not City Plant?
During the discussion, James Johns
arose and put the question to the city
attorney as to whether there is any
legal obstacle to the city laying its own
pavement. Upon being informed that
there is none, Mr.. Johns declared that
he has been reliably informed that
the city of Seattle is laying a very
| satisfactory pavement of its own at a
cost of SO cents a square yard and
that La Grande is organizing a COM
| pany to do the same "Pendieton
might just as we'll do its own work,
| too" he declared. "I am informed
that the expense to La Grande in Sc
curing the necessary machinery is
about $1,000, which l think is very
nominal"
Mr. Johns also volunteered a little
| information on Tarvia, a paving sub.
stance considered some time back
| and upon which cold water was
thrown by reports from Vancouver,
| WASH, supposedly condemning it.
Mr. Johns declared that he had posi-
tive knowledge that never until ten
| days ago had an ounce of Tarvia
| been shipped into Vancouver but that
! some is now being laid there at cost
! of SO cents a yard. There was a
| preparation called Tarvus,' made by
an entirely different company, laid
| there before" he said, land it has
proved unsatisfactory But / am in
! formed that it was laid in the night
| time and upon wet stone, so that the
result could not have been otherwise.
Tarvia is now being laid and l believe
there is a great deal of merit in it"
The Dolarway Proposition.
/ 1t was after the advocacy of tenta-
tive bids for the purpose of securing
prices on different pavements that
Linden announced that in order to
introduce Dolarway pavement into
Pendleton, his company is willing to
lay it for the actual cost of labor and
material. In defense of the state
ment that his company had submit
ted bid as low as s1.S4 per yard in
Goldendale, Wash, he declared that
the same might be done here when
the time comes for bids, stating thai
he does not wish to expose his hand
so that the Warren company could
profit by it. He also compared hi:
prices with those of the Warrer
company and charged that the latter
would not have proposed gravel btu
lithic had his company remained ou
of the field.
Garrow denied this charge, stating
that his company was preparing al
= estimate on gravel btulithic befor,
2 Doarway had entered the field, bu
l was delayed through the time requir
3 ed to secure samples of the local gray
t ell.
At this juncture, several of th
I councilmen began to manifest sign
of weariness and, after Councilman
Dyer had made on Intellectual effor
to stop the discussion, Councilman
Kirkpatrick seized the opportunit
i during a slight lull te move for ad
Q journment, and the session was over
L Superintendent Lonergan of tn
Warren company, however, had pre-
viously announced that the Alta an
: Cottonwood pavement is ready for ac
. ceptance and called attention to tn
u work being done on Main and Cour
e street in filling the slight depression
u in the pavement.