t’lildwell's offer to dis
|x* of a share of kis
mtorosl to me If hi l
really desires to do so. I
wish ho would make the j
proposition definite, so !
that I eoiiKl know just
what lode pend *n. IVr
haps if ho waits till tjie
fillt developmetU Of the
eat rpnse he may grow
ivluetaul lo part with
the share, ami 1 do not
by this mean any dis
trust of him. I do not
feel that I shall prove a
dead head in the enter
prise if I once omhark
in iv. 1 see various chan
mis in w lueh L know I
can ho useful
Vory hastily and sin
oorelv four friend.
•IOIKSU Hi. A INK
OI.KX KI.ANU
Hi kkai o. dune *f*. *S*J
I return, without my
approval, the rvsoln
lion of your honor
able body, passed at
its last meet in*;, award
Ing the contracts for
cleaning tin* paved
streets and alleys of
the ehv tor the ciish
Ing live years to
at his bid of four
hundred and twenty
two thousand and the
hntidn and dollars
The bid thus accept -
on by your honorable
body is more than one
hundred thousand do:
lars higher than that
of another j*erfeotiy
responsible paity for
the same work, and a
worse and nn*iv sus
pieious feature in this
transaction is that the
hul now aeeepled is
titty thousand dollars
more than that made
by himself within
a very few week* open
ly and publicly. to
your h moral* e body,
for performing pre
cisely the same ser
vlets • > •
The chart or of your
city requires that the
Mayor, when he disap
proves ami resolution
of your honorable
bady. shall return the
same with his objec
tions.
