The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
ARE GIVEN FORMAL NOTICE
Officials of Company Declare That the
Contracting Company Must Live UP
to Every Specification for Bridge as
Accepted by the City.

Troubles have started in connection
with the building of the bridge over
Pike river at Ashland avenue by the
Wisconsin Gas & Electric company and
City Engineer Brennan and Mayor
Head have served formal notice on the
company that the detailed plans for the
bridge as shown by the Northwestern
Iron and Bridge company and on which
that company is prepared to proceed
with the construction of the bridge are
not in keeping with the original plans
and specifications for the bridge as APP
proved by the common council at a
meeting early in October. Mayor Head
called up the superintendent of the com
pany notifying him that the plans were
not in keeping with the accepted plan
and the officials of the company de-
clared that if this was the case
that the changes had been made by the
contractor without any warrant. The
officials of the company declare that
the contracting company had bid on the
plans and specifications as approved by
the city engineer, the mayor and the
common council and that the bridge
must be built in keeping with these
plans. Tt was declared that the mat
ter would be taken care of at once and
that the contractor would be forced
to follow the demands of the original
plan in every way. At the same time
the company was notified that work on
the bridge had not been started in the
time called for in the franchise ordi-
nance. This gave the company thirty
days in which to begin the construction
of the bridge. The officials of the
company declared that the contracts
had been let with this understanding
and that the contractors insisted that
the work on the bridge was to be start
ed in the shops in Milwaukee in less
than ten days after the acceptance of
the ordinance by the company
City Engineer Brennan is anxious to
have the work of putting in the piles
and concrete abuttments of the bridge
started at once, as with winter less than
month away it will now be difficult
for the company to get in this work.
The contractors have expressed con-
idence in their ability to get the bridge
up and open for traffic before the first
of January and they nave insisted that
the steel work can be done at any
time during the winter and in any kind
of weather. 1t is declared that the
work has been held back on account
of the inability of the contractors to
secure pile driver to do the work
in connection with the bridge
The only showing that the contract
ors have made of beginning work on
the bridge is the building of tool
shed on the street just north of Grand
the work of setting the piles would be
started last week but nothing has as
yet been done. There is large amount
of concrete to be put in in connection
with the building of the bridge and
with winter weather coming the engi-
neer fears that it will be impossible to
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do this successfully. The officials Of
the railway company claim that they
have acted entirely in good faith and
that they will see to it that the con
tractors fulfill their contract with the
company and have the bridge complet-
ed before the end of the present year.
The railway company has fulfilled ell
of the other conditions of the franchise
ordinance. The Chris Petersen Cen
struction company has been paid in full
for the paving of South Ashland ave
nue..