El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-03
.BITULITHIC FOR
PAVING To FORT
Injunction May Be Asked
for to Prevent Paving
Being Laid; No Bids.


Standard bitulithic is the material
that viii be used by the county COM
missioners in the paving Of Maple ave-
nue. from Dyer street to the Fort Bliss
reservation. unless prevented by in
junction. 1t was announced following
the meeting Of the county commission
ers Monday morning that injunction
proceedings would be instituted at once
on the ground that in failing to call
for competitive bids the court had act
ed Illegally.
The commissioners. by a divided vote.
decided to accept the bid of the FL
Paso Bitulithic company at $17l IL
per SQUARE yard. Commissioners Seth
b. Orndorff and George Pendell voted
for the acceptance Of the bid, and COM
missioner James Clifford against its
acceptance. County judge Adrian Pool
protested against the acceptance
BItuIithic Only.
The commissioners. at previous
meeting. called for bids on bitulithic
only When bids were opened Monday
morning however, there were five bids
on concrete pavement submitted under
specifications prepared by the South-
western Portland Cement company
After the reading OF the bids, A. Dor
man presented a petition signed by
several property owners along Maple
street asking that concrete paving pc
put down.
At also wish TO make a verbal pro-
test for several property owners against
the acceptance Of the bitulithic bid on
the ground that it is In violation OF
the law which specifies that compet-
tive bids must be asked and that the
bid must be awarded to the lowest ana
best bidder" said DOrman.
Property Owners DO Not Pay.
Those property owners aoutting ON
Maple avenue pay no more than any
other tax payer for this work said
Commissioner Orndorff 81 have no
hesitancy in saying that I am for btu
lithic paving.
Il am, toe" said commissioner Pen
dell.
missioner Clifford.
discussion I move that the bid Of the
bitulithic company he accepted SAID
commissioner Orndorff.
I'VE have nothing more 10 say than
Mr. Dorman has just stated SAID > =.
McCurdy. general salesmanager OF the
southwestern Portland Cement com
Il am opposed to the acceptance Of
the bid for reasons that ] will set forth
in writing said judge Pool
Motion Carried.
Commissioner Pendell seconded the
motion, and il carried. The concrete
bids provided for pavement without
surfacing and with surfacing, and II
was announced during the discussion
that the acceptance OF the lowest BIO
would be a saving OF about $500 under
the bitulithic bid. The bids were as
follows: 5. S. Franklin, without sur
facing. SlIS per square yard with
surfacing S1.35. Jennings and wood,
without surfacing, s1.1T; with surface
ing. Si.S4. V. Z. Ware, without surfac-
ing. S1I7. with surfscing, {1.25. kroe-
ger, Mayfieid & Shaw. without surfae-
ing. SL2O; with surfacing, Sl-4O; X
Z. Mckee, without surfacing, sS IL
cents; with surfacing. &1.14.
The bid Of the I'll Paso Bitulithlc
company was S1.77 IL per square yard
New Concrete Mixture.
FIisario Luna was appointed COM
missioner Of the Luna ditch, a lateral
OF the Franklin canal, near fsleta-
A resolution was adopted that the
upper valley road paving be changed
from as1-2-3 mixture OF concrete to a
1-2-4 mixture. This will reduce the
cost of the paving about five cents
per yard. il was stated.