The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-26
PAVING CONTRACT
AWARDED AFTER
STORMY DEBATE
(Continued From First purcH

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STORMY DEBATE
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struction OF all smooth PAWN. eyceni
that portion which Will be reuuired b,
the board 70 BIO of asphalt block.
HIRSCHDE;RG FOR CHEAPER
BRAND OF ASPHALT AND t:RAv,.t
Mr.. Hirschberg entered the brcnct
with substitute motion awarding tho
contract Tor the sheet paving To III,
Atlantic Bitulithic Company. the Io,vcs,
Irresponsible bidder. His motion sneci.
leo INA. Aztec asphalt shall be used
AZ the binder and that washed gravel
DO used in the base. These products
no saih, nave been proved to his salts
iaction TO be equally AZ good for the
city purposes as Bermudez Lake as
phalt and crushed stone. The use OF
me products specified in his motion. he
claimed, would save the CITY about s12
ooo, compared with the price that would
rave 20 be paid If the original motion
specifying Bermudez asphalt and
crushed stone, were carried
AS substitute for the whole Mr..
Folkes offered IL motion awarding tho
contract Tor all smooth paving to the
cehtrai Construction Company. permit
ing IL TO use either washed gravel or
crushed stone for the base. but spcci-
,iyihg the use OF Bcrmudez asphalt as a
Dihuer 1t was apparent that the At
Iantic Bitulithlc Company had little to
expect al the hands of majority Of
the board. Ny. liirschberg arose to op-
pose the passaEe of the substitutes.
MCCARTHY AND iIIRSCIiBERG
IN HEATED COII.OQUY
Il realize that it is a hopeless case
tor mo to pursue this fight to save the
city between $1,000 and $4,000" be-
gar MIR. Hirschberg. / have shown that
this saving would he effected"
/ Provided" Interrupted Mr. McCar-
v, al
about Aztec asphalt being as good as
BERN ndeZ asphalt. is true: provided
that tho Endorsements OF Aztec asphalt
you have read 10 the board were made
by men who were competent to indorsc'
Iit; provided. washed gravel is as good
as crushed stone: provided. your com
pany is prepared To DO everything YOU
say II VIII do; and provided a thougand
other things you have said. are So"
Mr.. Iiirschbcrg replied heatedly;
THE gentleman has referred to my
company 1 have no company. / don't
know either of the compan MES that are
bidding for this work. | don't know
"a single person connected with the
Central Construction Company and
know only casually some OF the men
connected with the Atlantic Bitulithic
company am personally acquainted
with the man who represents the Aztec
asphalt people. | repeat that / have
no company ] am here solely as a
representative OF the people. charged |
with looking after their interests and !
nothing else
HIRsCHDERG HEpEATS CHARGE
OF SINISTER INFLUENCES
What do you suppose the rest of .
us are here for demanded Mr.. Nc
Carthy. interrupting the speaker :, sec
ond time.
Mr. Hirschberg appealed TO the chair
to forbid further Interruptions and MIR.
Whittet raped the board to order
Ii.
a sinister influence was operating 10
force majority Of the board TO depart
from its policy of awarding it's con.
tracts To the lowest responsible bid
ger ne pointed to his efforts 10 Sc
cure an expert analysis\of the two
rival asphalts, in order to Xix their
relative value for city purposes and
to the boards remarkable action i'm
tirst authorizing such an analysis and
then resembling it.
The pending question was called. ana
Chairman Whit;et arose to give eX
preston TO his views on the matter.
before calling for vote
UNPRECEDENTED ACTION,
SAYS CHAIRMAN WIIITTEr
ihc board is about TO take an un-
prccedentcd action" said Mr. Whittet
II mas been the policy OF the city to
continue on the several srnooth-pnvcd
: reets, the kind OF paving now down.
II IL proposed now to abandon This
irete paving exclusively. The who'll.
smooth paving policy of the city is TO
'e abandoned in favor OF an exclusive
Use OF aspha lite concrete
.. ne who!e proceeding is dangerous ,
" nave had a good deal Of experience I
WITH asphalt block. ans! have found II
satisfactory. or late we have tried
'i'uilthic and IL has given satisfaction !
or the hrst time this year, we have n
Aptrihented with asphaltic concrete. I
|
sphaitic concrete has been in use in a
ms city only seven months and is still Z
N trial
The board is about TO do another {
hPrecedehted thing. II proposes to
shore a lower bidder. Tor the sake of
wing q contract to "a higher bidder
or the same work. The responsibility
or this viii rest upon~a majority Of r,
he board. and warn il to proceed 8
:
low MEMBERS VOTED :,
on DIFFERENT MOTIONS h
ne vote was taken first on the sub ~
'itute for the whole offered by Mr.. -,
o!kes 1t was defeated, to only ~
r. foikes voting for ii. Mr. Whittet r.
ext put Mr.. Hirschbcrg's motion !"
warding tn contracts TO the Atlantic -,
ituhthic Company and specifying Az W
&C asphalt. This motion, too, was de- ~
lated, Whittet and IIirschberg votinp, y,
Or H. and Mccarthy, Beck ana FoIkes ir
gainst it, 80
Mr.. McCarthy's motion awarding the ,r
10 the Central Construction a,
oinpanE was next in order Before n,
nttins 1T, Mr.. Whittet offered an nj
ncndment designed TO continue on tho 60
reefs paved with asphalt block and le
'ullthic the pavement now down. re
ms would have given q small slice Of IN
lie paving to the Atlantic Bitulithic
'mpahy. The amendment was reject nc
oS me vote on the previous motion. ii,
ID Mr. McCarthy's motion was mr.
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