The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-08-18
MIR. KIMBERLY IS GRANTED FLOOR
AND DEFENDS HIS COMPANY
TAXES BLAME FOR
WORK DONE
Council Also Accepts Paving on tho Is
land and Orders Payment OF
Contractors

city councu last night directed IN"
C. Il Kimberly company 10 tear up tn"
paving and concrete hAsc Oh IN" cas-
side Of ECT street. between IhlrtE
sixth and Thriy-nlnth streets ana 20
repaNc the street To- rOntUrm 10 inc
specifications under whioh tn" company
Was awarded M cNn'r:tr, Tor IN" "Yf.,
This ac;Ion was taken ND"n a r'r"i
submitted 10y - sp"EiHI comm, &c q,
which Counc.imau l.. +. Noli" WAS
chairman. 10 the crrcr; that N" "on;rac-
Tor had fail"d 20 comply with u rr"N.S-
ION IN the contract that NC pA!unS
should hr lad on five :nCh haSc' Inc
special committee reported nat N
srac,, fort, feet long. wh'r" samples 81
ihr base vera taken AZ. IN" '"nrf',,'
would not aVfrIC" ~ lnCAc" ~ 'H"N
ncsS. \ DOZEN samples IN IN" one" o.
city F,ngiucCr Harry ~ 'onraI Nr''
offered in support OF me committee
Tho resolution under which III" N'r,
ms was ordered TORN UT. wHS nr"i'arrI
ny C:'y solicitor j. =. {, mI,ym "j ia
bowler. /, PROVIDES mat Il ~ any
norton 90 tho street n question =
Shall hc found mat -" contractor 'pa,I
Piled with sp"c'hca'i"nS. ,HIh NJ mo .
10 p,.id fnr such portion "f''&" "ork ~
shaN bc found 10y N" CITY cnc'n",n ="
,onfnrn, - 40 contract. but thai Wh"'e
the having does not conform 10 mo ~,
tract. the e. Il kihcrly COMPANY Shal
hear thC 'Ni''tS' OF coz 80 ~ 1890
having tho street 5000
Thr -rsolurlon also covers an alleged
defect near Nol'"s Bakery. AZ nv ,
sixth stree, whore the ContrctH ;" u
to have been laid on mucaT .-t,c,,
IN detranc" Of An order OF ''F Engineer
Conrad
A. me suEG"ss'!on Of ms TI,"IInrS' y.
Thomas r. Foulk. MIR {. +. MilnT 49,
was granted the privilege OF IN" 100,
and stated tho sIiuauoH WIN r"Sp, :,
10 For street work. lie ASr"ru
assertions mad" from tn" i!"or ~
arer charles q EphIn tina, detects h34
been found IN me three squares IN quo :,
Ion and also az 70 IN" pFoccEnihES :.
conferences between himself. ne Guy
mana ger and committee. ,,. ~.
Il do not wish /" como nor" an" ,I 81,
< on apology for the work on E"ts
street" NJ Kimberly sad. ann U',, ,
I,roroSa 20 do so. can only Offer IN cH.
pIararior Of IN" SITUATION 'h' n,..
: e. labor which ea'"rs mt" >HrN an
-ra,c, Non arc paid 10y ne HaN
and don't care what they DO. W" "Hu -
! foreman on that J"h who hhd n''h
us for years. and h" mao a a." re. a.
L,'S trouirdrc Tho work had been don"
,,'yord;rc 10 specifications ara
srd,rr nr Tho Commute" when S'c"r' "
, ,hosr samples was n" more VI -
r-lsc "a YOU than 20 me-. ,,.
- N- kirnhcrIy then went on - rec''e
: ,ha, here had boon n" fr,"i"h oc'"
h;rpscif and the rlrv engineer and IN,
yner,ors. N reply :" an assertion ~ o'
: his foreman had "huii"d' certain w. i
! roI,rb, a, times when 'Old by the IN
SraCtor not 20 do 20. -. hou,
/ RE then asked 'ha' -" sum .. - Wv, ,
. q roo be pad HIM his bond :" Snaran .,
,sc The proper execution OF thc ,Mn.''t n :.
, tc d, Terrd with h&ureS pTcS"h''a ~
! tho COMMITTEE" as secured tro."
rIreo- Conrad. as 20 tho "oS' "' r""'' :,
ing ne paving Nj "a TlTnn r~'m :,
. %o,.c sad ihat Engineer Conrad had
trtrr a thorough discussion ~ ~"
+ SITUATION. N which both Mr.. h.mh'r,F
3 and council appeared 70 :" irving 20 ~
! bc~. - The pOlicv Of falr0"sS :" "ll cont
+ Ccrn.d tho following r"So'u'i"n "hS
, rrenared presented ny councilman
! powi.r and adopted
"W-hcr"as. tron report "' IN" COM