El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-21
C0NCRETEFOR
UPPER VALLEY
Commissioners Refuse to
Reconsider; Bitulithic
Co. Asks Rehearing.

me county commissioners, by a vote
OF three to one Monday morning, de-
clced not to reconsider their action of
the previous Monday in selecting con-
crete as The material for construction
OF the main upper valley road.
opeclIlcauons for concrete paving,
prepared by the Southwestern Portland
Cement company in conjunction with
county engineer Charles r. Henning,
were submitted.
Petition for BItuIithic.
W. j. Rand, Of the Texas Bitulithic
company, submitted a petition siCned
by a number OF citizens aslyinR that
tho court call for bids for both COM
crete ana bltuithic. In presenting the
petition he asked county Judge Adrian
Pool if he had not admitted that bitu-
1.-THE was as good a pavement as
could be found.
That was before I went to Cali
fornia," judge Pool replied.
Mr.. Rand stated that the speeifica-
tlons IN California call for an asphalt
surfacing-
Judge Pool replied that it is not in
the specifications but that tie STATE is
requiring such surfacing
Concrete Petition.
$ e. McCurdy, sales manager of the
Southwestern Portland Cement com
pany, presented a petition of property
owners owning $4,000 of the 1900
acres Of the upper valley. In present
ing it he called attention to the fact
that the commissioners had already
voted for concrete and that they should
not recede from that position.
Commissioner George PendeU pre-
scented petition numerously signed
asking that bitulithic pavement be
laid.
GiIIett ROasts Old ''Ring,Y
Sam Gillett asked to be heard. He
stated that he represented 80 percent
OF the upper valley farmers "Gentle-
men, the die has been cast. You have
said it shall be concrete and you let it
go at that What we want is road
building. We are tired Of riding over
those rocky roads you, judge Pool.
and your cohorts, have built. Let there
be no more delay, for we want the
road"
Mr. Rand declared that if they de-
sired quick work he could assure them
that the bitulithic could be laid twice
as fast as concrete and that as soon
as a piece Of bitulithic is laid, it would
be open to traffic.
Competitive Bids.
Mr.. Gtllett is wrong in assuming
that 80 percent OF the upper valley
farmers are in favor of concrete de-
clared Charles A. Kinkel i believe
we should give the bitulithic people an
opportunity to bid on the work. We
do not know how much concrete is
going to cost but we would If there
were. competitive bids Oh the two ma
terials.'
Commissioner James Clifford de-
ciared that the commissioners had al
ready voted to use concrete and he
moved that the court accept the speci-
fications on concrete as submitted.
when il was put to a vote commission
ers Clifford, Walling and Orndorff
voted aye" and commissioner Pendell,
no"
Elevator Discussion.
The committee selected to investi-
gate the relative merits OF the Otis and
Warner elevators recommended the
Warner, taking into consideration the
cheaper cost Of the Warner machines,
a matter of $1,000
Mr. Orndorff stated that the report
did not go exhaustively into the mat
ter Of mechanical efficiency.
Heated Discussion.
Considerable discussion followed.
Henry frost stated that he had recon-
mended the Otis because he had seen
the operation Of the Otis machine in
all the large buildings Of FL Paso- J.
company, and A. J. McCombs, Of the
Otis Elevator company, participated in
the discussion and at times tho talk
was rather heated.
1t was suggested by Seth b. Orndorff
that the committee be given more
time to investigate and that all bids
should be rejected.
IF you reject the bids we are
through" declared B. P. Dubinsky
local representative Of the Warner
company. IF we bid again the otis
people viii be low" The last state
ment caused much merriment among
the spectators.
WaIIinE Wants Order.
q think we should have some order
here" declared commissioner J. w.
Walling. Now it seems that the Otis
people have bid on a gearless machine
and the Warner people on 4 gear ma
chine. 1t would seem. therefore, that
both should be given an opportunity on
the same type of machine, and that we
should give our committee time to in
yestigate."
George Pendell moved that all bids |
be rejected and that the committee be |
given time TO investigate the mechani- J
cai efficiency of the two machines and |
report. The motion carried, James |
Clifford voting, no"