Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-21
COMMISSIONERS MEET
IN WEEKLY SESSION
Hassam Paving Company Repre-
sentative Wanted Them to
Award Contract to This
Firm.
FOR SIX THOUSAND DOLLApC
Many Matters Considered Letter From
Hon. ]. Charles Linthicum

Much business was transacted by the
Board of County Commissioners for
Anne Arundel County at their regular
meeting on Tuesday.
The Commissioners rejected a prop
osition made by the Hassam Paving
Company, which. had they accepted it,
would have meant giving q roadbuild-
ing contract 20 an outsider. when
responsible resident of the county had
bid or the same Job and offered 10 do
the work for about $4,000 less than the
outside bidder
The contract involved was that for
the construction of a section OF State
aided road running from Glen Burnie
toward Eenfeld. Bids had beer open
ed az the meeting held on Tuesday OF
last week but the award Oft he con
tract had been postponed until this
weeks meeting
The Hassam Company's bid was S2l,-
5000, just $6.S53.O2 more than what
Frank NJ. Duvall offered to do the same
work for. and S6,763.59 more than the
bid OF A. F. Fedele. The proposition
was urged upon the Commissioners in
their meeting by Edward Owens. a
former resident of the county, and now
connected with the Hassam Company.
All bids had been submitted under
specifications prepared for this see
tion of road by the State Road Com
mission. but the argument advanced
was that the Hassam Company would
lay a better road and would give the
county a five-year guarantee.
Following a statement made to the
Commissioners by Mr.. Owens, Commis-
sioner Shepherd, of the Eighth district,
moved that the contract be awarded
TO the Hassam Company, and this mo-
ton was seconded by Commissioner
Basford, OF the First district. The
road involved in the contract runs for
a short distance in the Fifth district,
and then becomes the dividing line
between the Third and Fourth dis
tricts. The motion to award the CON
tract to the Hassam Company was
lost by the following yite. Yeas
Messrs. Walton, Freebooter, Hammond,
williams. Myers. The contract was
then awarded to Mr.. Duvall upon mo-
ton of Commissioner Myers, subject
to an agreement to be drawn whereby
the stone to be used in the road is to
be purchased from the county at 80
cents per square yard.
A letter was received from j. Chas.
Linthicum. asking that in the recon
struction of the macadam road from
Pumphrey Station to Shipley's Station
an apron" be constructed from the
Annapolis road TO the Twin Oaks road.
for a distance of thirty feet, so as 10
raise the bed of the intersecting road
to the new level of the highway which
is being repaired. This was referred
to Engineer Hayman.
A letter was also received from G.
f. Blouvac, complaining of damage
done his automobile when he ran into
run in one of the county roads in the
Fourth district, and his communica-
tion was also referred to Engineer
Hayman and Commissioner Freebooter
A requisition from the Engineer for
a scow-load of shells to be delivered
at Watson's wharf, in Curtis Creek
for use in repairing the roads of the
Third district, was granted.
The Clerk to the Board submitted his
report showing the proportionate eX-
penditure Of taxes from July / to Oc-
tober 1. This was as follows: First
district, cents on the $100; Second
district, Is cents; Third district. q 1-2
cents; Fourth district. As cents; Fifth
district, cents; Eighth district. II
cents. and general county rate, p cts.
on the S1OO
The report OF County Engineer Hay
man was as follows: Certificates is
sued in the First district s97l.09, on an
Scent proportionaie expenditure; in
the Second district. S3,122S0. on pro-
portionate expenditure of Is cents; in
the Third district, s7,07797. on pro-
portionate expenditure of Il 1-2 cents :
Fourth district, S10,2SS.27. on proper
tionate expenditure of 40 cents; Fifth
district. S3,913.12. on proportionate
expenditure Of cents; Eighth district
$1,32247, on proportionate expenditure
Of IL cents.
On motion of Commissioner Myers
the meeting of the County Road Board
was postponed until next Tuesday
October 26.
Blanche Sweet and Carlyle Black.