Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-05-05

THE WArERwoHKs-It will be well for
hs people atIarre 70 remember uai hey have voted a
hif niuiga o. collars 20 s-ez waisrTo-ks, which shzn
bsfhs properly othz city. In nus voting We believe
they voted wisely. but shat We want 10 call s~tteution 70
g. he present noneni is NAT the e~zpsasing q this
money usswith the city oouneiI. saeh a large slice o.
public frey or plumber" ls ave hundred thousand dol
hrs, viii Be SIRE % aurac harp.es, and il lies with o0ua-
eli whether these harpies shall EorFe themselves win
the prey, or whether s-hemers and ul-dsrsrs, hCn
wherever they may cone. Ehau BE- disaupoinisd. We
say with pleasure hat a. present ne aldermen are wary
and vatehful ana show q determination 90 d their
duty. We mins, however they have erred in limiting
the time OF making BIDS TO nirty days
The sdTsrisfmsnt which Ksssrs. Douglass, Eider,
Street. Paris sn5 Perkins, the o1mniitee f1 water
works have issued states hat no bids viii be received
after thirty days ron Nay ], and tha, plans and spoel-
fasuo1s may be seer a. TIE om,s Of tie sasirnan % the
emmutes o. o. Alter his dsy, the Sfh. uis ansWs buf
forty hvedavs hr o-autraoiors 20 cone from st. Louis,
Louisville Cnsuuau Phi'assiPhis, New To-E G ehsr
places, % Msmplis 70 peruss he specifaaans, study
The plans, make heir estimates and draw up their pro
posals. Bu. even this limited tine Is not really al
lowed; the crude snd loosely draw specification re-
ported by The committee 20 council on THURSDAY niEht,
nat b5sy verypropsHy refused % receive asn-s than
amsre outline, . basis On uhich he working s~pecisca-
tons misht Be fssnasd
ne arm % Nay is here. set the fpsclh1au rs are not
rsdy, The plans are not drawn cut or even fgrsed upon
Seven the very lseality where the works shan staudis
a teiermined-yef The oommittes's advertisement q
LeT ~. says. "Eo BIDS viii be reesived after thirty
tr frgm this date" This viii rot do, Hessrs. Com
there mustb be simple time 70 cone fron die
s1es, % c~nref1ly examine ne plans, % lber-
as = over the spe-iaatons, to scrutiuizingly esd-
nr.s Expense % d.gginE and building reservoirs, Of
81 siesm susnes, Of fI:eriug apparatus. Of pipe
f1Ious dismctert, o. s~t1p-adss, o. IRE plugs, Of
lns b. The streets % lay down pipe and o. realizing,
Eof mauy other matters o. serious expense involved
70 % vast en- outlay g. kalf a million collars, for the
mesert prospective necessities O. q city that iE growing
v.ihout M parallel in the Uui5n. T. tan % thirty
DAYS Tor su.a a vort is ridieai0as. To nlch Eve days out
81 the dirty znd men ns b Be rsady-as is indeed i'm
possib,e-is childish. We know, however, shat the
council win not act with this short sightsdnsgsj hey
vii give ample time, and have The adveriissuszt in
serted fl distant papers, 50 hat vorkmsR o. eninence,
skilled IN The basiness hey uaderthks to psrform, msy
cone forward win their bids.
VI say We En1E that council viii DO this, because thai
bsiy has sp7ropfated I've hundred dollars, % be sz-
pended by The COMMITTEES in o~btziniBE iniormatisn upon
the subject q ustsr-vorks n cher cities. H0E ne
committee, without he possibility Ct having oommuni
Gated viii q single city, aouid brns alrsa4y before
council a formal display Of spsea5siionsi and sin more
how il could give notice that az bids c5ms fron however
June, We eannlt imagine. Half . million collars mus;
not be disposed ofs rapidly, 1t would be decidedly rush
ing uinEs too fast"