Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-06

Relative to the present and past
status of the Barelas bridge con
tract Guy S. Exon. one of the firm
of contractors. issued the following
statement to the Morning Journal
yesterday:
I'm view Of the statements which
have recently appeared in the pub
lie press emanating from the state
highway engineers office, to the
effect that an order had been is
sued under date of January a.
1922, to the contractors Of the
Barelas bridge. notifying them that
within ten days from that date the
work would be taken out of their
hands and turned over to another
outfit, / feel that it is incumbent
upon me to make plain statement
of the facts in the case in order
that the people may know what
they have suffered through the
mismanagement of the piece of
work on the part of the state high
way engineer. and | feel that your
paper, which has ever champloned
the cause of the taxpayers and res
idents of Albuquerque and vicinity,
will give it the necessary publicity.
1.-THE writer was awarded the
contract to make the necessary re-
pairs on this bridge in the spring
of 1921 and started work in March
~ +L.t ,,oar Tho driving Of the
Ivood tost niIine was completed on
NJ, 81 1907 THO first order is
s,a5 nv tho sta+e biohwov engineer
oa1Iad for +hroo "a oot wooden
,riiings ana +beee w,ero driven nm
H. r. ' ,inI,so,,o1 s,,nnryision Of Mr.
NTaC,las1,a,, tha sseista,,t IN the
80 N i,ier6,,-.v onginocr twelve
49, tharnoffor orders vvern given
10 a.. +broo odditionaI 50.foot
,,,oodn,, Hos o,d san1o wora driven
az hafnra n,aEiner civ +est niles in
81 Ifnvaya,, nono Of these niles
So 5ri,,on y,bera II was evnected
W. ,1acn tho Tarman MT niers and
No P rooso, was eiven bv The high
NO., ,V ongirnor,s offica for tbis I'M
, w. ' r[,anoodirg ftor an interval
- ''t t,rd,,t,,.oigb+ days wa recoived
,,,,;tto,, o,5ars 70 r,Sl,o twantv con
80 matta0 n;Ias an "a and 5O feet in
Id,,c,,,, P, M ,I.,s o,I c,I1ich we
lVit'7oi, Ma, coi1od Gov twantv-
a. eG'' aa,,o,,at, r,i1osS
nRos,i+o ~ fact chat a ,yoe tho
.,.7l,,,I r. 20 no,,,,,atart ana ov-
y ,,,,.iatloa5 anoi,,ao,o ana hridga
i puils.' ot1,a,, 49,, ~ no,+roctnrs
~ III ehowing ,,ado by tho fest
~, -, 49,, ,,,,fart.ad 10 would
,iit9 iaC, t,,a,f>r do r,oIinr
nv " 49,. az " ~ oonnrota niios nf
,l.lu 10y, uririti9 l., tboso ,,io,,, Iye ,varn
oi,o1 40 distinc+Iv understand nv
NJ. 1roGIosi,o,, tb9t he ala NOT in
-, ~. ~, Go+o f,,rnisbed
- ~, tIh1l,,orcI1o ar vicin-
~. ' ,oo G,i. ~ moi, evnerinnce
~ 10 - go -. iattI wo,t, IN tbe rio
-, " 10 - 49, NJ noj,l+ or anv
S ~ ,.'r" oi.,t - aaid ,,iyar INT woulJ
49, ti,ai,, -, 49,, own, i,dgn,ent
50 ~ 49, eant,red h., biyn Nv
49,, 80 - 49, 5,;,,ino a. ~ tbn siy
! ee''. ,,i,an .iio,.a ra-lrrad ~
'N'1 pli I,ino piIi,~s Roicctad
ore 80 e,,ggestad ~ him nj
49, ,i' We 49, ira,sy.-t,ur, "a foof
lli' 80 In rs, ri,,o ,Silos couId be
~ "a d,i,,or below water
ia , ~ orablo tho iuncdiate com
nIotion ce Tho work He appeared
$500 ,ngio.a t1is s1goastior favorabIv
W az g. Lo ,,a dofiniteI, certain
49, ,hoso Tayas ntna rilinas could
eon,,rnd ond no then promptly
~ $500 tho "a, and ordered the
!. i,ina of eoncreta niles His
4 .i',. =, ,,1okf,e, I'm bie mind as
% 49,, h. rwo,,Id r,,rsua and
tIo ~ finoIl,, ordarina mo concrete
MA MA r,as dan,apinm 10 the con-
t ,,,, -. II, +bo ovfrar1a for the rea-
20 ~ ~ - - I, i1.nortan+ +bat con-
o,nto n1ios no seasonaI not loss than
~ ~. - ~ kofara f+lo-. can be used.
'iH ,.N 49, N,,arst 1901 tbeee niles
!, "a saasonod tho reouireG time and
, ,t,o oor 't,, rod Skinned In the
,,ae,ossar,, oo,Iinnar4 os called for
~ Az sSocificatiops ON that date
~ 'iig Lie+bvra,, onoineer was
~ a.,e;o5 +bot a. coptrartors were
, ,,eaI,, 20 nToooad and would close
"a Lau t,; ~ 80 oo 70 u,orl,. hrt the
~ birI,y1a,, onginaer refused 10
!, : go, o,.,e,;t +bo cloeing ne the bridge.
4 So - ~ bacorno convinced that
,J, o,,Ia not nroceod until
~ ,ridSo was o,osed n traffic. he
~ Va tbat tbe work should he
q 5iso uu MIL ortobar * but
as Us, tbot date when tho contractors
~ 49, nc. raodv 10 reenn,a Tho state
J, isi,yav eneineer again refused TO
r 1890 ~ niosing of tho hridpe
20 5 M ~ o,trontaT, ,yoro odvieed
~ ~ - niaso tba bridgo during
w ~ M " toonns. 80 than nova The
W. n hn;inrs n;1o driyars and
s5 nv D1 p, n,+ 90 +be wav
o.nsi ;rh tip sn lit 80 tro ffic could
en- en- l d,tri,5o, - tba ,iebt
pa s'r,,,' W. I ne tiol5,,a or,ineer
49, t,o issi1n5 tbfs ordar al
N 10y w. ~, ot,ari+aI,Io onoI,ob ~ No
'ta 49, a ~ linou, thot s,,ch an
~. - -. ,,+torr,, in,nractic-
~ ~ 49, q NC 49, ,SysinoIIv ms
III t "a 49, tr no1 IONS ~
etD,G ~ ~ ,,,or,,irg ora ,1ight and
~. Gti =, da,-,s Iyorit botwenn moves
5 5 liz IN %iip tbo ala of Tho nress
i =, -. - ! 49, ~, +I,n co,4f,,,opt oP Tho !