Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-28
ASPHALT TRUSTS
.lOUBLE-PRICE:
BID PROBEO
Charged Barber Company's
Quotation on County Paving
Is SIG Ton Too High.

charges that the Barber Asphalt
c,rnanv. of Philadelphia. the asphalt
.r.t is quoting double prices TO the
v,Iton county commission for the pro-
.,cad paving in Peachtree road from
pnckhead to the county line, are being
iryestigated by members of the public
ro-ks committee today,
assertions have been made to Tull c.
Waters. chairman of the committee,
that the asphalt trust gets $13 ton in
Philadelphia as against $3S per ton, the
orce quoted the commission for the
paacbtree road job. The freight from
Philadelphia to Atlanta on asphalt is
unfortunately 81 per ton. The factory
nrice to Atlantal according to allega-
,iors made to the commission, should
he not over S22 per ton.
While no action has been taken by
tbe commission, nor final action by the
committee, it is understood that mem"
hers of the committee, meeting sudden
" on Tuesday, September IL practi-
ralv agreed to let the Peachtree con-
tract to the Barber company at $38
against the prices quoted by the Inter-
national Asphalt Company of $25 80 per
ton
Cheaper Product Called as Good.
Tull C. Waters, chairman of the COM
nlttee in making an investigation, has
received expert information from Dow
& Smith, chemical engineers in New
York, that the Cubanal asphalt fur
nished by the International stands all
known tests as well as the Bermudas
asphalt sold by the trust
4 meeting had been called for the
committee this morning &c discuss the
sftuation, but Commissioners Smith and
Anderson were unable to attend. 1t
has been decided by the committee to
we the mixing process on the. Peach
tree paving, but the kind of asphalt to
be used will come up for further con-
slderation.
The bid submitted to the commits
sion by the Standard Oil Company for
artificial asphalt--oil products-was
$3.50 ton
Just why the committee verbally
agreed to accept the bid OF the Barber
company is not clear, but it Was be-
leved that Bermudas asphalt was SUI
perlor to other kinds to be used in the
macadam asphalt process.
1880 Higher Than Lowest Bidder.
Tuil C. Waters, in discussing the
matter said today:
Chemical experts are of the opinion
that one asphalt is about AS good as
another for this kind of work. both
artificial as we'll as natural This kind
OF paving is new. There is not A road
IN the county of this kind that has had
more than q six-year test Dow &
smith, considered experts on the sub
jet, say that one will stand the wear
and tear about as well as the other If
put down at the proper melting point.
IN fact they wrote me that artificial
asphalt manufactured from oil prod
ucts, will resist water longer than
natural asphalt"
Inc proposed Peachtree paving job is
10 extend from Buckhead to the county
me distance of two and one-half
miles 1t has in 1t $4,000 square yards
0t paving, The cost to the county for
material from the Barber company
would be about s22,4OO; for the Inter
national about $14,500 for the Stand
ara on product about $4,000.
strangely enough, the Barber COM
pSny bid is only for the penetration
process, whereas the committee had de-
''oea TO use the Warren mixing proc
S The International company and
yoe standard Oil bid on both the pene-
"suoh and mixing processes.