The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-23
Work on Min strcct.


''l Main street. ootNe.n rt,,b ana
'"'" Inc company dld the work 80
reconstruction OF It's tracks az >oo,, ~.
ini ormed bs the city EnEinea, ,1,, ~
eori" 20 ahead. as the contra,; for
~ rs hNa been awarded 1his par
'.e-'aI "orN was skippeh during con
stFuet'on az other Main S,r..t ,o,t
because % direction from ;bs a..
S'"'e' not 10 proceed until tho author
,1"''on tor the new typo o.; PAVING b.d
oeen approved. The coinnanv 49,
""N 'e!ayed this work for on. mo-
HeHt ~ cndeavorcd to enter in,o ,
D"''"et With the city's contractor a
soon as apprised OF the Guys eon,r,c,
~ "'"Ne various concessions to TN.
'.lo' "a order TO facilitate the
-''S ""rh all OF which was brous-r,
prompts and rerularlv 20 ft,
40" OF the city Engineer ana was an.
P'o Ned oy him. On tn. rsfns.i -.
''' contractor At nrst 10 do tna ,,,-,
~ 1'c company at the prieo -hs,,...,
VitN. Inc company was the-ohv 70.
.'Hsed from It's iranchis. oblia.,-o,
'','ii'y inc said contractor. ana ~,
0''r" rids from other coutreotr-.
as to facilitate the WORK 49,, '.toTs 50
~. ."eeE refused TO allow any otber
con actor to 40 the complete r.,,, -,
Paving chargeablo 10 the con,r..,,..
tracks " "''"een the
The contractor finally yieisea !,
'' concessions made o. his
o,l'S-ny permitting him to do Tho
"o'K' which Is not required
~ inc companY's franchise. and -
tract has been entered into h.. ~
company as has been H., ~ -
me company's construction wori, H.,
"reh oompletcd several weeks .vc,r,
approximately 900 feet wos, NJ -
'h'h street crossing. which considc~a-
non io' the travelling public n,.kes
ne to open up until the 9th
or p'NlnE has been done or un:l ,io
contractor is actually READY to 49,
me entire street. and our lates od,.,oo.
rom MIN arc TO the effect that ne
mas not yet sufficient suppl, ~
D'"0Ns' We are not advised why tho
contractor has not done tho wort
oil paving for the clty ana this com
p"ny' II Tn" city cannot force him TO
DO SO. we cannot. as tho work har
to be done simultaneouslv H. ~
pa .tieuiar matter also the COMPANY is
suiltless of any delay whatsoevo,
40 Delay by Car Company.
FROM the above statement il viii
be seen that OF the five instances Of
H"lay charged against this company
ny the city Engineers report of Au-
gust 81 the company mas not caused
Robinson street. which has boon fnlly
explained.
1t is propcr to add that tho com
pany is also under obligation to do
considerable work IN Other localities
which IT is prepared to do promp,ly
The city Ensincer is reported to
have said in substance that this com
panv had difficulty in persuading 80
cites contractors to take tho com
pany's paving work at the same
prices CHARGED the city. because of
the new construction approved bv the
street Committee ana the Council. but
stin disapprovcd ny the Citv rnsi-
neer and that In the case Of the
work on Main street. between Firm
and seventh, tho contractor was IN
willing to guarantee his work he
cause II that construction II cor
rectly reported tho CITY Engineer has
done the comrany an injustice. as tho
only objections that We have heard
from any contractor having reference
to the now method Of construction
We're stated TO us to have been sug-
Eested to thrnn by the City Engineer.
In any event this Is no longer
live Issue. as the company has con-
6 t-actod for ali OF tho work it is
, obliged 40 do. and At tho citys prices.
! We regret csfrcu.ei,- tho .ooi1f,1 ION.