THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 7, 1910.
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COUNTY BOARD
PAYS NO HEED TO
PAVING PROTEST
County Commissioners Com
plete Awards for Bitulithic
. Injunction Petition -Will
Be Filed. s .
' CeUn4 From fin rHf.)
Chamber of Commerce tnd attorney
t for the committee, "Honest men s
iord is as good as their bond. We
'cpect. this agreement to be tarried
jotit. " 1
( i ; Contract ia Illegal "
t -"Further, it was this signed pledge
' of the commiSsionerswhich made
'possible the holding of the special
j election. Had it not been for this
pledge; .10 progressive property
r owners of the county would not
i: have agreed to bear the expense of
f th cnrrial flection in CaSC tllC
. bonds fai'cd to carry. You couldnt
;have voted on paving bonds until
th regular election ot iNovcmucr,
rvv fnmmissioner Unitt. in
defending his action, declared that
he didn't think a spirit of contro
; way ought to prevail over a few
. miles of "bitulithic" - x
"This is only 10 miles out of a to
' tat of 115," he argued. '"A man said
fito tne today, 'If this contract goes
J-tErough we will get some new .coun
'y commissioners.' I am at youT
8 service, gentlemen. But I don t
i think this spirit ought to prevail.
' 'The county commissioners reserve
1: the right to act orr their own initia
tive sometimes and this is one of
those times."
)' "Off on Wrong Foot"
S George Wolz of Fremont declared
;.that Douglas county has "gotten oft
I on the wrong foot on this paving
"In Dodge county," he said, "the
) owners of the abutting property pay
SW-third of the total cost of the
paving. This is only right because
'they receive the greatest benefit.
?There are other counties in which
. this syjttem prevails. If you had such
a rule in Douglas county your pav
ing problem" would be simplified
"'greatly."
. The meeting continued from 10:30
tjn the morning until .nearly 2:30 in
'the afternoon. It was nearly, 5 when
the county commissioners placed
' their signatures to the contracts and
'bond approvals t
Early in the meeting W. B. Cheek,
(-president of the Omaha Automobile
' ) club, read a telegram from the Pur
' ington Paving Brick Co Calesburg,
lit, bearing on the alleged shortage
.oi brick It said: .
t "Have-contract i fof 35,000,000
.brick. Providing we can get the
(empty ears, will be able to deliver
$5,000,000 this year." - '
, (i--Jamin B. Root of the South Side
.declared that, brick, .was, the only
paying even discussed prior to the
rbond election.
am one of the taxpayers who
tterH thm hnnri for the snecial
! Ejection," he 6aid,-"and I hope God
s wis wither my ngnt asm ir i Knew
Son the day I signed it that-you
, Miarf anything inuioind but brick.
I; 'No man can put up an argument
fegaiost brick, Suth a paving would
he a monument to this generation
t long, after we have passed on."
(V ' .Towle Defends! Stand,
f.'. John W.i Towle, president of the
! 'Allied Contractors, tnc.the concern
rwhich secured the contract for the
,Nl2 'miles oi "bitulithic" paving in
t controversy, declared that in, bis
Vudj;merrt bitulithic asphaltic con
" tprle will last longer than brick1 pav
Sing j v .
He referred to the "self-consti-f'tuted
committee."
(("."This cpmtnittee represents only
fa' small proportion ot the taxpay
er." he said, "and lias no more
aright to come in here demanding
I brick than some other committee
jtnight have to come in and demand
, f-bitulithic. " .' '
f., "The people of this county have
;-elected live men to transact their
" business. These men have acted in
isood judgment as well as in good
Lmith in awarding this contract for
- Cbituhthic paving. ... ,
h. County Commissioner C. J. Unitt,
v fVvho offered the motion at the time
, of thej award of the bitulithic' con-
' tract,. defended his recession from
, .'brick, asserting that.it is time to
show the brick men that they do not
;bold Douglas county by the throat,
- 'and he added that the county board
was confroated by situation of
brick bids being boosttd from $35,
?000 to $40,000. as originally estima
ted, to $55,000 to $60,000 per mile.
h Convinced ot Combine.
(a Sophus Neblc, county commis
sioner, in an impassioned statement,
' ; explained that he broke his signed
vplede for brick only when he was
convinced of a .brick combine.
"I am going to protect the tax
payers of Douglas county," he said.
r-M'Why wasn't there specifications
! or asphalt pavement, except the
( Varrenite, which is a patent?" F. A.
iProfcan, president of the Chamber of
' Commerce, asked State Engineer
: 'pSason. ' , : .'
specified ihect asphalt," the en
gineer replied.
i "WbV didn't yoti specify asphaltic
concrete?" wa Mr. Brown's nexf
inquiry.
' -, "Asphaltic concrete won t stand up
- under truck traffic," Mr. Johnson re
plied. ; .": ,.. ,
- : "It if nothing in. the world but a
Wck trust and they make nothing
. but slave of the contractors, and we
refute to be a tflave of this brick
'trust," said John W.' Towle, to
"whoa company was awarded the
bitulithic ewmract ?The brick peo
ple will not keen their promise. We
'made nr bid m good faith. We
v. cfii build for this county only 6ve
miles of brick rloada this year."
Referring to a etatement made by
John A. Bruce, city engineer, tht
.asphajtic concrete could be laid for
about $1 per yard less than the
Towle county bid on bithulitbic. Mr.
iTowle explained that there are van
. ous factor of expense incident to
N county road work, which do. not en
, jter into the expense of a city con
tract .-"': ' -r .
Mr. Cheek referred to a recent bid
of 3J95 at Albion, Neb, for asphal
tic concrete, on specifications similar
to those on whicji the Douglas coun
ty $4J5 bitulithic bid was made. Mr.
Towle offered evidence from other
fctatee to prove the wearing .analrtiea
tf litulitlic, , '
Can't Budge WIson
x in Stand on Treaty
(Coattaaml tfm IM re-
that, because I knew that senator
did not agree among themselves
about the reservation, and also that
tbey did not know the view of the
president, which they wanted to get
before they acted.
No Excuse for Delay.
I - understand they 'now know
the president's views, and there is
therefore no excuse fof delaying
things longer., If the president Js
satisfied with the Lodge reserva
tions, then the treaty can be ratified.
If he will not take the Lodge reser
vations, then the question is whether
the democrats will break away from
him and ratify the treaty anyhow.
"There will be plenty of oppor
tunity over Sunday for democratic
senators to make up their minds
what the are going to do. If no
one else will do it, f give notice that
on Monday I will move to proceed
at once to the consideration of the
reservation on article 10. AVe are
ready to vote.on.it now."
Senator Borah then read what he
said was a "reliable account of the
president's views." It quoted "an
official close to the president as
saying that the president regarded
further discussion of reservations
with democratic senators as need-
less; thache had made his views
known to Senator Glass two weeks
ago and saw no need to reiterate
those views dailv; that he was ada
mant against nullifying reservation,
and that it should be remembered
that the president had submitted the
treaty and therefore was in no posi
tion to discuss proposals for chang
ing it, and that he would prefer hav
ing democrats try to persuade Sen
ator Lodge to the Wilson view,
rather than to try to convert the
president to Mr. Lodge's program.
Senator Glass Angered.
Senator Glass took exception to
Senator Borah's use pi 'his name
and said he resented espionage upon
his movements. He did riot like to
hac his comings and goings report
ed upon the floor of the senate, Mr.
Glass said. Referring entirely to his
most recent call at the executive of
fice, which occurred twd or three
days ago, Mr. Glass said that he d'd
not then seek an audience with the
president and did not see him. He
said he regarded it as a gross breach
of propriety for one senator to stand
on the senate floor add discuss the
actions of other senators. Mr. Glass
said that is latest call at the White
House was on business not even re
motely related to the treaty. But he
did net say anything as to his for
mer visit, upon which occasion, ac
cording to White House officials, the
president gave Mr. Glass a clear
view of his position on the article 10
reservation.
"It doesn't make any difference
what the senator from Virginia
says " Mr. Borah retorted. "Every
body knows the fate of this treaty
depends on the president's attitude."
He asked Senator Simmons whether
he knew the president's views ,
' Not from him," replied Mr. Sim
mons. "The senator has read some
thing which would indicate that if I
had gone to the White House I
would have attemoted to persuade
the president to accept the Lodge (
reservations, inis is no mc ub&
I should not have done so."
Irreconcilables Ready.
Mr. Borah said that the attitude
of Senators Glass and Simmons
more than ever convinced him that
article 10 should be taken up at once.
"We are ready now," he said.
"Whom do you mean' by 'we?
asked Senator Hitchcock. . j
"The irreconcilables," said Mr.
Borah. ; '
"How many votes have you? con
tinued Senatqr'Hitchc"bck.
"Well, if you have as many as you
said you had the other day we have
enough to prevent ratification," re
plied Borah.
One reservation was adopted to
day. It covered the payment ot the
United States' skare of the league's
expenses. Senator Hitchcock, and
other democrats urged rejection of
the reservation, saving that congress
must appropriate in any case before
the American share could be paid.
Senator Lodge explained that the
reservation was intended to give no
tice that the United States declined
to assume a moral obligation to pay
any sum that might be assessed for
any purpose. The, reservation was
finally amended so' that the United
States assumes no obligation to pay,
any portion of the league expenses,
except the office expenses ' and
salaries of employes of the secretary-general,
and was adopted, 46
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Take Precautions to Keep
Flyers From Crossing Line
Washington, March 6. To en-"
able army aviators to avoid cross
ing the international boundary into
Mexico, a radio compass station has
been erected at Ream Field, Ira-,
perial Beach, Cal., and pilots patrol
ling from Ream Field to Calexico
are ordered to check their position
every five minutes.
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