The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-29
Councilman Employed by Smith
May Not Vote on Paving
Contract Award.
MERCHANTS CLAIM VICTORY
Still Confident That Asphalt
Block VIII BE Used
in Broad Street.

/ Councilman y. J.. pNueFleNr VIII ask
the Council to excuse him from voting
on the paving award for Broad street
/ tomorrow night. While the smith
Company is not now a bidder on the
contract it is stated that / .. smith,
the active head OF tho COMPANY by
which Mr.. Nonderlhr is employed. is
working hard among his friends to
/ Secure the contract for the Atlantic
Bitunthic Company. ana it is because
Of Mr.. Smiths reported activity In the
present contest that Mr.. Vonderiehr
states that nc Will ask The privilege
of remaining neutral. AZ. Nonderlehr
expresses the hope that the whole mat
ter Will be rccommitted ana allowed
to stand over until teNt spring. by
which time an additional appropriation
/ Will be available. and the feasibility OF
other forms of paving can be more
closely studied.
The Committee on Streets on June 3
on motion of MI Nondcrlehr. awarded
! the contract to j. smith & CO.. at
/ his bid of $25i for asphalt block. the
contract being later forfeited hy Smith.
At that meeting Mr Powers moved 90
award the contract to the Washington
Asphalt and Block ana Tile Company
at S2se. claiming smith had not met
the specifications ia furnishing sam
pies Nh Bliley offered as substitute
TO give 1t TO the BitOlithic Company
{ which was lost 4 to 9. tho bitulithic
adherents then being Messrs Kain.
sullivan Wiltshire and Bliley
Smith Nn- Sole Agent.
Il developed that Smith had bid on
prices furnished him IN 1870. when he
was the agent or the Washugton
Asphalt Block and Tnc Company IN
Richmond and when tina, company
had agreed IN its letter Of February q
1910 not TO make a price on tho blocks
TO any other person. Smith was unable
70 get.the block. and forfeited the con-
tract, and with II his certified check
for $1,000.
New bids we're called for and opened
jury no. smith submitted no bid nor
did the wood block makers again eu-
ter the contest Tho Washington
Asphalt Block and Tile Company re-
Ipeated its bid. Offering "a Reduction OF
cents per square ward ii the Ciiy
DOCK is open. thus giving water Trans
iportation Tor material The Crawlor
Paving COMPANY OF Washington pil
on q sheet paving. having substantlal-
ly the same formula Of mtNtnro. SCI
cord!ng 70 tae City Enginer at So 3o.
and the Atlantic bitulitn.r Company
on the Warrent patent pavins AZ s. 55.
Nessrs Bliley ana Wiltshire hitulitnic
adhercnts, We're absent but the bitu-
iithic award Won 10 .. as follows.
For biuiithic. Messrs. Haddon. Kain.
Miller, Moore Nelsen Pollock Sllli-
van and Vonderlehr
For asphalt block Messrs Don
Leavy. FERGUSON Gunst. zones
Powers and Adams
Minority Report
At sucss quent meeting tie commit
tee refused TO reconsider and the mt
nority gave notice that MIR Jones
would Offer a report following zine
recon- mendations OF tine city Engineer
for asphalt block
The street Committee meets tonight.
hut unless Gale. lp nN some member
voting with the majori,y. tile having
matter viii not be considered Tire
Common Council has been called Tor
tomorrow nigh, to take up th, TWO
reports
Mr.. Nonderlehr explained last night
that tho reason he mad turned from
asphalt block 10 bitulithic in tie come
mlt,ec was the action OF the aspaait
block company Ia refusing 10 sell block
10 ] j. smith & co. He regarded II as
hold-up for the company to force tic
city 70 pay its own price cail'ug at-
tenuon TO the fact that the Washlu.-
ton Asphalt Block and Tile Company
is now paving Grove Avenue al {. DO.
per SQUARE yard laid on sand The dif-
terence in cost OF missing and laying
q siN-inch concrete base. wnere the
city furnishes cement did not Justify
"a raise from s. 20 to S2.Ss. he asserted.
claim ns that where the city supp led
cement tile contractor should be able
TO supply the rock ana labor and mis-
mix the concrete Tor from Is 10 so
cents per square Yard
Now fnNora Wood niori1