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m ; KlyMMiiy.UiMXAT:; UftlUVJ UUWU TTM«,-;VUavoidedWM' ‘;BUSINESS.The Contract for the Court House ll^Vaiilts Ma^Beeult in Troubled;T wb!or three weeks ago the; con tract for tilting the vaults of the court house was-let, but now there eeemsttb have been a little irregularity /about it overIS-The-Office Specialty Manufacturing Company, of Chicago; and the Fenton Metalie^ jManufacturing COmpanyBol Jamestown, New 'York* bid on thework, which was awarded to the lat-ter co in^p|Wv Duickhj irepreaenting the first named; flfm*|wasa:calle^^^Wednesday and stated that in the first place the! letting . of the con tract was illegal: as the law|provides that'such bids muBt be advertised for in some newspaper, and this requirement was not complied with; He furthermore claims that • the contract as awardedwas for $15 more than the price hisfirm asked, |andZthatJjSyfEwlThomas' and Daniel ^Kerschner fdidthevCOQ-tiacUDg^liHe; talked strongly df^havling the Com missioned enjoined from letting the contrac^xin||hi^iiTegular man herMI’iOf course* we have only one side of t be story, but we do know that it is the duty of the Commissioners to advertise for bids |:and let the work totbedowestiresponsibld bidder^|Wbenthey;don’tjdoith is they^failltolcom plywith the law/and often the taxpayers snflfer from their neglect. If the Com-missioners will dance according to thela w£ tb ey w ill avoid irou
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Connersville Examiner
Connersville, Indiana, US
Wed, Apr 22, 1891
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