The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-09

De fulfilled, and that it was a re. sponsi5ie company. "The paving company now knows what it is going to do in the natter he said, with out any further conferences of attor- neys.' He referred to the Bitulithic Company, which was on the Nal yem avenue work, and which had an entirely different attitude, being anxious to keep it's work well main tained for the public convenience and approval
 George k. Bedding said q helped to get mp the Central avenue paving district, but did not have anything to do with the contract. Three rep resentative commissioners were named to take care of that part of the work. l believed the people had confidence in them, and 1 believe so yet. The bonding company behind this contract IS the company we should go after. The copdition of Central avenue is a stench in the nostrils of intelligent people, and has done this city much harm. We ought not to hold any conferences with these paving people. but might do well to have followed a former sug. gestion and put signs in the holes in the street saying the Barber Asphalt Company did the work, and was un- der a bond to maintain the street. don't like the idea of taking the set clement of this matter behind closed doors. Either the bond is good or is no good, and that is question we should take to the courts"
 '1 move this meeting that the pay ing commissioners be instructed to proceed against the bonding com pany," volunteered Colonel Fordyce. '1 second that motion,' came promptly from Ed H. Johnson.
 City Attorney Mclaughlin, in re sponse to a question that had been raised relative to the interest the city had in the contract, said it was evident that the question was one for the paving commissioners and the Barber company to settle, but he favored a suit at law, as he said that nothing but delay would be en- countered by attempting to have lawyers settle the question.
 Attorney Townley said: 'Litiga- tion is a bad thing. Every business man knows that. It is good only for the lawyers. It will take two or three years to settle the matter in the courts, and you will be out of paving all that time.'
 Are you in a position to offer a compromise? inquired Mayor Me Lendon.
 Yes answered Townley. but not in any town meeting. It is a legal question to be interpreted. It would be absurd to try to settle such a question within a town meeting.
 "You ought to have been here and have seen Central avenue before we put in the holes,' said Mayor Me Clendon, and you would not be sur prised at the expression of the peo- pie. Before we filled the holes with mud one could have almost burioed a horse in them Now we have the holes filled with mud but that in- terferes with the cleaning of the streets, and they are in a disgrace fu condition because we are help less to take care df the situation
 w. s. Sorrells said that he had no idea that the contract between the raving company and the district was any good. He said that nine times out of ten the paving contracts were no good. They were made that way to serve purpose. The company probably knew the bond was no good when that was made, and never had to consult an attorney to find out about that. The paving companies had way of making invalid con tracts, collecting under them, and when the expense of maintenance got too large, wiggling out of the contract. He predicted to Mir. Simon Cooper that in time the Malvern ay- enue district would find out the same thing.
 ''When do find that out l will start a law suit the same day" re- sponded Mr. Cooper.
 Attorney Townley raised the question as to why a town meeting had been called on such question. He suggested probably it had been done by the press gratuitously. It was explained, however, that no such condition was true, as defendable as such a thing might have been, but that on the contrary when Mayor McClendon had received the letter from Mir. Townely that he was com ing. the mayor had put the matter ,before the city council, and that ad- ministration believed it was right to have the citizenship present, and accordingly had invited the citizens to be present.
 If the attorney objects to out siders being present. said Mr. rooper. "I expect we might as well ao" and with that the meeting dis banded.
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