The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-21
Holloway Company May Lose
Road Contract on Technically, and
Gerkins may get it on bid $4,000
Higher, Forfeit Time at 10 Today
County Commissioners Give
Holloway Co.. Short Time To
Repair Omission


| J. S. Holloway and J. L. Wheless,
doing bushes as The T. S. Holloway
Construction Company of Hattiesburg,
Miss, have been given until ten this
morning by the county commissioners
in which to secure power of attorney
and file their bond with the commits
sioners.
| When the Holloway company took
the contract for paving the Pine Bar
rem Hill. and the four mile stretch of
road south from Flomaton, the con-
tractors were given ten days to file
bond. Through some teohnicality, the
bond had not been filed up to yester-
day and when presented yesterday
morning, it was found that it did not
have the power of attorney attached
from the home office.
Chance For Gerkins
Commissioner Gates took the position
that the contractor had failed to live
up to his contract, and declared that
further delay would place the board in
the position of inviting irresponsible
bidders on future contracts.
The next lawest bidder on this work
is John Gerkins of this city, whose de-
post Of nine thousand dollars, for
SSAAA
missioners, has never been returned to
him.
It was argued at the meeting yester-
day morning that the next lowest bid
der should be accepted, for IL new bids
are called for, 1t Is possible that some
of the former bidders will drop out.
and the proposals will be much higher.
Can Remedy Technicality
fI,a o+bar. hand the county stands
to lose In the transaction, because Of
a technicality, which can easily be
remedied, 1t is claimed, by the Hat
tiesburg company.
When the bids We're made May 80
the Holloway Construction Company
bid s14.4S3.10 on the Flomaton road,
against the bid of John Gerkins for
S16,5O39S, and on the Pine Barren
HIN contract the Hattiesburg company
bid S94,83S against $l0S,3H, by John
Gerkins.
Will Forfeit $500
It Is said that in the event that
the Hattiesburg company is turned
down by the commissioners, that com-
pany win forfeit 5000 to the county,
but even with this forfeit, the county
stands to lose a good slice of the bond
money in the transaction, unless the
Holloway company is allowed to carry
out it's contract.
The Resolution
Following is the resolution which
was passed at the meeting yesterday
morning:
whereas, j. s. Holloway and ]. l..
Wheless, partners doing business as
The J, s. Holloway Construc-
ton Company were awarded a
certain contract on May S0th, 1922,
by this board, for the building and
construction of County Project No. ;,
on the Pensacola -F1omaton road ex-
tending from the intersection of the
said road with the Alabama FLORIDA
line, four miles in southerly direc-
ton and County Project No. 6, 0.445
miles on the said Pensacola lomaton
road at Pine barren Hill, located APP
proximately twenty seven CID miles
from Pensacola, and,
whereas, the said J. s, Holloway
and j, L. Wireless. partners doing
business under the style and name of
". 8. Holloway Construction Co.. have
failed to execute contract and furnish
surety bond as In and by their agree
1nenI ana pfOpOsdl was si6ASS0 ~ ~
done:
Therefore, be 1t resolved by the
Board of County Commissioners that
~. s. Holloway Construction Co.. be
notified to be and appear before this
Board on the 81 day of June, 1922, at
10 O'Clock a. m. to show cause why the
resolution heretofores passed by this
Board at a meeting held on the S0th
day Of May, 1922, awarding the said
contract to the said parties, should not
be rescinded and annulled.
Be 1t further resolved that a certi-
fled copy of this resolution be fur
nished to The ]. s. Holloway Construc-
ton Co, by the Clerk of this Board, to
be served personally upon the said J.
S. Holloway or the said j, L, Wheless,
one of the partners of the said j. 8.
Holloway Construction Co., or both,
by the sheriff of Escambia County,
Florida, who shall make return Of SER
vice of a copy of this resolution after
the same has been certified and placed
in his hands by the Clerk of this Board
on motion Commissioner Soderlin,
seconded by Commissioners Gates, the
foregoing resolution adopted.