South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-02
SAYS HOLD MONEY
To GET GOOD BOND
Citizens Committee and Board
of Works Have Hot Time
at City Hall.
Vow Times Special serricc:

Ncvs-Timcs Special Service:
ELKHART. Ind. Dec. 2-En
tlt that reached high pitch al the
city hall Friday night. incident TO
the Investigation Of the Indiana az.
having proposition. j. w Field
house. chairman Of the citizens
committee. advised the property
owners. hold your money until YOU
set right bond" and Prest Hughes.
OF the board Of works. DECLARING
such. too. were the sentiments OF
the board. hurled a whitening def
81 the boards critics, which looked
for a time as though 1t might re-
SUIT in a mix.
The board Is awaiting a report OF
n Chicago expert, while citizens who
have been investigating the Indi-
ara av. pavement, finding many
detects. were in session at the city
han
Behind the Indiana av. paving
controversy. turks yelled charges of
imperfection, graft, and municipal
corruption said to be liable 10 break
iTto the courts al any moment.
jackson ST Also Bad.
Was the r. Jackson st. pavement,
Ike the Indiana av. pavement, not
built according to specifications?
This question has arisen following
the statement Of a city official to
the effect that ne helped make
measurements which proved that
the asphalt top OF the street is. on
Il
thinner than the contract called
for The city official said he had
taken the matte up with the board
OF works but had secured no action.
Nails driven into the asphalt
showed at some places that the top
coat supposed to be two inches
thick, was only an inch in thickness,
said the official. where as in other
places IL was OF more than the spe-
cihed depth. At the western end OF
the Improvement, near St. Joseph
Manor. the top coat is said 10 be
way over" the thickness called for.
end at the west end the asphalt is
said TO be so thin as to indicate that
ID was skimped 20 make up for the
extreme at the other end.
The pavement also is cracking IN
many places. II was laid by the An
crews Asphalt Paving Co, on a con-
crete foundation laid by the North
ern Construction Co.
What Guarantee Means.
IN view OF the fact that the board
of rublic works desires 10 protect
the property owners on Indiana
av., where the pavement is admit
ted by the board TO be faulty, by
extending the hve-year guarantee
o. the Andrews Asphalt Paving Co.
10 10 years il is interesting to note,
by consulting the boards records.
just how much protection 10 the
property owners the guarantee af-
fords.
Take the W Franklin ST oil as
phalt pavement. II was laid by the
Andrews company at total cost OF
s24SO23S: it was accepted by the
board of works on Dec. 90. 1909. !
The maintenance bond OF s17.752
was dated Dec. q, 1909, but. &C
cording 10 its terms the period
which IL covered was to date from
the acceptance Of the paving. The
bond stated that the Andrews COM
pany should faithfully comply
with that part of the aforesaid con-
tract and specifications referring TO
the maintenance and repair OF said
Improvement Of said city for a pc
riod OF five C5O) apparently a typo
graphical error in the repOrt) years
after the date of the acceptance OF
said Improvement and without cost
10 the city of Elkhart or the prop
crty owners assessed for the cost
of the same" IL the specified parts
Of the contract were faithfully com
piled with, then the bond was to
'he void. otherwise. to remain in full
force and effect"
Pavement Needs Repairs.
The bond expired on Dec. 90.
1914. In the meantime. the Frank
I'm 81. paving had become badly in
reed of repair. Any property owner
on the street will tell YOU that with
ira the fve-year period the paving
cracked and began TO disintegrate
There are now cracks in the sur
face ON an average Of every 40 feet.
Ir is claimed Iargs cracks extend