The Winslow mail., 1921-08-26
BITULITHIC BID ON PAVING is
ACCEPTED

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ACCEPTED
At the meeting Of the town coun-
Gil Saturday night bids on the street
paving under federal aid were open
ed and the bid Of Warren Brothers
of Phoenix accepted. The details of
the bid may be found elsewhere in
this issue in the Notice of Award
After the acceptance Of the bid the
matter of filling the vacancy on the
council was brought up. At a pre-
vious meeting E. H. Black and Har-
ry Payne had been nominated but
no selection had been made because
of tie vote. At Saturday nights
meeting w. HI. Dagg was nominated
and chosen.
The starting of the work of street
improvements will add to the busi-
ness of the city. The mere COM
mencement Of the work will make
every business man in the city look
upon conditions with a different
light and imbue him with new life.
On the other hand there is a strong
undercurrent of feeling against the
provement or an expense, but rath-
er because the costs seem out Of
proportion to the costs of similar
work being done elsewhere in the
state. This discrepancy in cost has
not been satisfactorily explained to
many and hence there has not been
satisfactory condition of mind
with some. That the state engin-
eers office considers the bid high is
revealed in a telegram received by
Mayor Creswell Tuesday from Phoe-
nix which reads as follows:
"Proenix, Aug. %, 1921.
Geo. c. Creswell, Mayor,
Winslow, Ariz.
"In view of the ruling of the Bu-
reau of Public Roads, and the fact
that Bitulithic paving was recently
bid at lower prices than concrete
between Phoenix and Tempe, we
consider the Winsiow bid absolutely
unjustifable. We will be glad to
approve OF Biulithic paving in the
town of Winslow if the same can be
secured at the price of concrete,
otherwise we will not.
state Engineer.
With the understanding that the
placing of Federal Aid funds for
street and road construction and
Improvement are under the super
vision of the state engineers office
and with the refusal as indicated in
the telegram to direct the expendu-
ture of that aid to the project under
h r.
that some further action must be
can begin as the improvements are
to be paid for Jointly by city bonds
issued under the State improvement
Act and funds received through the
Federal Aid Act.
There are also probable protests
to be made and filed with the coun-
ell as we'll as suggested relief by an
application for Injunction It is q
matter of deepest regret that the
question of this Important improve
ment to the city should have drifted
upon the rocks of commercialism or
sunk in the depths of ignorance. The
seeming discrepancies between cost
as bid on the Winslow project and
'lG CCSt II cH cI 1lhC DcN-
ing elsewhere in the state is where
Uses the uncertainty in the minds
Of the people If the property own
er of Winslow were satisfied that
the present bid was a reasonable
one, there would be little trouble, if
any, MANY persons, however, have
had no reason given to them why
there should be such an apparent
difference in the costs of the same
class of construction in various por-
tions of the state. If the people
were satisfied that the present bid
was a reasonable one there would
be no controversy, but the people,
at least portion Of them, have not
gotten that impression
Some have yelled robbers. We
do not believe this. Others have
suggested graft" Neither do we
believe this These sentiments are
Just the frothings Of distorted con-
dition. Until the question of wheth-
er or not the bid of Warren Broth
ers is reasonable one is settled in
the minds of the people who have to
pay the bonds, there will undoubt-
edly be efforts made to hold up the
work, provided, of course, that the
decision of the state engineers Of
fee has not already stopped further
progress under the present bid.