Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-10-28
(By B. F. Fly)


 10 of Supervisors rejected all bids ( o on Contract No. g." and con- ( o tinued consideration of bids on ( o Contract No. 1" until tomorrow. Q 0 Q 0 co c o o 0 o 0 . o Q
 The question has been raised by many people as to the reason or reasons which actuated the members of the Advisory Commission, when it was decided to advertise for and receive bids on Warren ite" pavement, when War renite" had not been included in the original call.
 This question is one that has also occurred to me, ana for my own information, aud that of the hundreds of read CTS of the Yuma Daily Ex- aminer in Yuma county, l called on the members of the Advisory Commission tnl> morning and asked them this question:
 | Why did the Advisory Commission and the Board of Supervisors call for bids or | Warrenite' when it was not originally specified?' This answer came from Judge Thacker, MT. Johnson and MT. Bridge:
 "Warrenite was not origi- nally specified, we under stand, for the reason that the consulting engineer assumed that it could not be laid here at a price competing with concrete. When representa- lives of the Warren Bros. company assured us that ii would be within the price, we began an investigation of the merits of the pavement.
 ''From many sources we were in formed that it was a high class pat ented pavement of long life and great searing. ability We believed that if what we were told by disinterested parties was true, that the interests of the county could best be served by ad- hitting this type of pavement to con alteration and allow contractors to put in bids on it competing on an equal footing with all other types ot construction.
 Our sole object has been to secure he best possible type of pavement for Yuma county for the money we have to spend, and we did not feel that the pest results could be obtained by re- fusing to receive competitive bids on any high class type of construction. Tn permitting bids on 'Warrenite' and all other classes of pavement we were not prejudiced in favor of any particular type, but we did believe that the interests of the taxpayers could best be served by receiving the competitive bids on all classes. In other words, we believed that the bid ding should be open to all corners, rather than be closed to all except a few bidders of one particular type of road.
 Before deciding to receive bids on Warrenite' pavement, we made a thorough investigation to satisfy our selves that it was good enough to be considered We sent telegrams to a number of officials in different locali- ties where 'Warrenite' has been laid, with the result that the following an  5wers were received:
 'El Paso, Tex, Oct. P, '15. Highway Advisory Commission,
 U. M Thacker, Chairman,
 Yuma, Arizona.
 Warren Bros. patent Bitulithic has been laid here over nine years; no re- .,air except at railroad crossing and where the street has been cut for lay ing pipe; I think it is the best pave ment ever laid in our city, which has approximately 40 miles bitulithic.
 TOM LEA, Mayor"
 "Bisbee, Ariz., Oct. P, '15. Advisory Highway Commission,
 "J. M Thacker, Chairman,
 Yuma, Arizona.
 Your wire received; pavement laid between Bisbee and Warren, in this county, is entirely satisfactory; I do not hesitate to state that it is one of the best pavements I have ever seen.
 U. c. RYAN, County Engr"