Contractors threaten action over eight hour city contracts
City contractors allege widespread evasion of the state eight hour law by rivals on municipal jobs. They threaten mandamus to force the Board of Works to enforce the rule, claim cost of compliance drives underbidding, and urge cancellation of offending contracts if lawbreaking is proven. Officials say no official complaints have been received and all contractors have been notified to comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
City Coutrmes
Isobeoy Sims
Carclegenesa
Large
Mwebld Hee
Ing
Youngs
Jeffrey
McClellan and Erickson
Erickson
Body of Infant Found at City Dump
A nude infant’s body is recovered from a city dump at Assachusetta Street and Firet Avenue North. Tom Stuart hid the child before police were alerted. officers later identified the burial site and sent the body to the morgue. Investigators seek the wagon driver and suspect accidental death or possible filicide. The case follows another mysterious dump find and points to parental poverty as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assachusetta Street
Firet Aveue
Tom
Stuart
Cay
Mair
Keefe
Pet
Uart
Bonney-Watson
Clarke
Cauke
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Complete Credit Housefurnishere
Frederick & Nelson (Inc.)—Complete Hotel and Club Furnishers
Geom Rowe
Gemaime Royal Granite Steel and Wells
Pony
Gurney
Neve Mae
Crescent Steel
Owen
Seattle
Frederick & Nelson Ac
Second Ave
Madison
Spring Sts
Gurney Refrigerator
Eply
Pike
Porto Rico
Portoundo
Cremo
Pike Street
London
Av. B
Guy's Drug Store
Isaac Lurie
Reliable Transfer CO
First Avenue
Pffice
Wood
T New York Liquor Co
First Ave
Fr Delivery
Ind
Charter Oak Range
Dabney & Woodhouse
John
Fred Delivery
Max Ragley Drug Co
BITES
Second
Ragey
National Meat CO
Will
Gedney, McArthur
Patterson
Puget Sound Engine Works
Moran Bros. Company
Humboldt
Alaska
Meath
A. Bridge & Co
1St Ave
Oss
Great Northern Overlands
Iowa
First
H. Lewis & CO
Cherry St
Jack
Ave
To Stone, Pigger & Lane
Nordhoff & CO
Thin Hee
Fant
Itlaeog Park
Katie
Dongola
Russia
Wenn - Bi
Harvard
Buster Brown
Eton Norfolk
Eton
Soc
Eleo
Messaline
Eno
Roger & Gallet
Pinaud’s
Piver’s
Fikes
Wamesutta Mills
Bge
Oxford
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