The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-26
SAYS SIN It'll TOOK
CONTRACTORS RISK
Committee Gets Letter From
Washington Company in Which
1t Is Stated Smith Violated
{ Ethics of Business Prin-
ciples and Deal
ings.

insioH Asphai; Block and Tile Com
Hany' to 4 committee Of Broad street
nmerchants. and read al special meet. 4
ing at Fraternity Hall yesterday after
'1oon IL appears that J. Smith -
Company IN submitting BID ,o- "a.
paving OF Bfqad street with asph.lti
dock did 50 without previously ST.
Touring from the makers 81 Tho hfncl
quotations Tor the material such q /
Ilroeeed.ns the Washington company 4
ioiaims violated every cthic OF BUSH (
tItsS principles and dealings" and
paced II la false ana EMBARRASSING .
|. According to the letter. which va.
addressed 70 / o. Miller IL carl
Doschen and W II schwarzschild 4
~ special delegation. which on it's own
iinli4aiiYe went TO Washington 10 look
unto the matter. tho nrm OF / J. srntta
4" Company was tho victim Of no mon
l"poiistlc Vaccinations. but made the
tunparalled n!under az undertaking To-
| inihi a contract without rrst Con.
hri'ine the manufacturers OK the ma
'eI +a! 70 oo used as % the price at
which So could De purchased
Taking Contractors Risk
Tourhins the inquiry ~ the COM
mite. as - whether ar no, jill
Smith * Company had amy arrange
rnent with ~ as o. the price ~ asphalt
blocks prior 80 May IT, tho date az
opening the bids tor tho Broad street
Javins the Washington company
Neither tho l. j. smith COMPANY.
@ ans oner Individual or concern had
asked for OBJ had been given pr!co
FOR our blocks IN connection with tile
proposes work on Broad Street ThaI
action ~ the J. smith Company in
submitting q price and sample u
our block for the work. without any
.uthofity or previous arrangement (
from and with us is. We believe. UNI
precedcnied a. least 81 so far as We
have knowledge IS IN tho whole his
iofy Of our company we have never /
known ~ such cRsc or transaction. /
Tho j. j. Smith Company ha- abso-
lutely no defense az It's aston and We
have on several occasions asked MI
SMITH what ne meant hy his bid and
his reply was tina, ho was taking "a 4
contractors risk
TO Ask For Immcdintion Action.
Fetwcen thirty and forty representa-
tlv Broad street merchants attended
tho meeting yesterday afternoon. sam
irei Cohen presided Without eNccp-
zion. every speaker was fervent IN
dcnounclns bituiith!c as u pavement
FOR Broad street. and equally as en-
block The latter # was repeatedly
h pointed oui. has been IN use in this
city on certain streets for more than
seventeen years. and has met every
claim made for 1t.
/ The merchants voted unanimously
ITO amend resolution adopted last
MONDAY which contained clause ask
Ing the Council 10 defer the paving
! of BROAD Street until the spring uf I
1915 In the place OF This section
another was adopted recommending. as
1.-THE Will Of the majority OF Broad
EStreet property owners that the Coun-
scil Immediately award the contract Tor
tpav!ng the stree, 10 tho Washington
iAsphalt Block and Tile Company its
slast price OF S2.s3 per square yard. and /
sthat work be begun as soon as pos
ieible at a time TO be designated by the
fCty Engineer.
| VIVA No Hold up'
Having in mind the claim made ~
II J Smith & Company that the Wash
Iinrton ASPHALT BECK and Tile Com
pany declined to furnish it with the
blocks at any price, and that IL would
have carried out the contract with the
city even at ii loss had it been possible
to secure the blocks at all Inc conf
mittee wired the Washington Company
yesterday as follows:
nDld YOU refuse to quote prices TO
Smith before or after bids We're
opened Wire in full ny o'clock
me company replied with this mes
5Smi,h.s telegram Of June II 'ermi-
mated negotiations before hoaid Of az
rectors had met No duotHuons 20
Smith before or after opening OF olns
See johnson letter sent ycu yesterday
for fun explanation
The letter already quoted %ritten
by b H. Johnson. president OF the
COMPANY. referred 10 telegram from /
/ j. Smith < Co on June u. reading
Must have price on asphalt block
, by a NJ 'Tuesday June Is No reply /
The telegram the letter states. was
not answered. since the board Of direc-
tors had not met and no quotations /
could then he made without it's sane
tion IT was the last communication
that passed between the two concerns
i touching the Broad street matter
/ Tried 10 Obtain QuointsoT.
The letter tells OF Il conference he
tween Mr.. Smith and officers of the /
Washington company n tho New vii /
i lard Hotel on June ,. at watch the for /
MGR made an effort TO secure quota /
ton on the blocks. lie was told mat
the death OF former President Maloney !
on April . had caused change in the !
nagement and that the affairs OF /
the company We're then in the hands |
of board of directors and executive |
he was told. would take place on June
~ at which time the Broad street paw
Ing matter would receive attention.
Ihc telegram on June II was the /
Mast communication TO pass between tine
two parties In Undertaking To bid on
the makers of the asphalt block. the
Washington company thinks tho Rich
mond contractors had some motive
fContinuod on second pace