, 1864-09-10
TIE LAKE TUNNEL.
Special Meeting Of the Common councl-Ihs
Question or Pay-Reqnest OF the Con-.
ffacterB Aeceded To.

! evening IN pnfsunpce OF q call. TO take m fra
: The tnbIe the report Of the Finalce C.mnittee r
gs1diDg the application OF Ncssrs. Drll d Gowa
the contractors tor the Late Tunuel. for IN II
va,ce rom Is Per cent to s.. There were prese,
Aldermen Peaeocs. Gage, Shtmp, Roberto, Barre
Ackoy, Eanu, Sheridan. Walwurk, Walsh, Goa
ihhy, sher~ip. Woodard, Clark, Hlmsod, Ra
ferts. Holden, Won Hollen, Bund, Gastde!d Hun
ley, Franztn. Ho1u1 ger. Ruh. 6u'liTsn, Ls~sos
0.6usliEnD, 1nu Woodn1n.
Upon motion, Aid. Gage was appointed to tn
The cal which convened the ,neetne was the
rad at lie reqnett Of the chsEf.
AID. C1mlsks hoyed that the special bus1nns
Tor which the ting was convened be 1okeI
AID. Sncrwln moved to 1s5 the motion On th
| tahle. Lost-syts !. roIa 'G.
| Aid. Cunt.k5r Enorion WIS thea put and carried
! Ard. kherwtA uosed to adioErn. Ruled out o
Aid. shtmp moved to Lay the report Of the CON
miticc On ,h- table. lutt-
Ald; uunues noved to adjourn. Lost-aycs g
By lequest the report of the Finanee COMMITTEES
Aid. snrrIdsn asked for the reading OF tha orig.
Aid. Con,sEy said the crib, instead Of cos,,op
ss30D at originally e. t1.ated, had ALREADY cost.
cou11art WIS 10 the effect that monthly tslimstes
tLou]d be made AID Is per cant OF tnesc e,tImnics
esouio be paid to &c co: tFactors- The city chsr-
ho
eli, for thc fai hn, fulfilling OF The contract ira
Board Of Public worte thoaohr IT to retHin as ner
cent. rs eonraesoFe IL @ now asked tina: ouly u per
snt be eat ~ The 1epot Of ths aoe
AID: spctidsn rrneTed his request aud moYed
The ORG nal coutfact wAs then rcad
Aid. aunt u inQaifc0 II a monthly catimatn waz
The Gust ef the crib7 "a
Ald o,sullissn moved That the Chief Euginee,
f1 tDX fNH NJ u n {sfn
tte enhject. Carried. VI
Mr. Chesbrourh said no estimate had been
naoe On tue cos, ef ,he sfio 60 II. Tor the cb had
ton On the uhjtct. The origtusl estimate Or the
c.ib Was $1,000. This sam did NOT iaciadc rba
iron ehait, but Gid Include the anchorins. as BE-
the conttactort, he could not tell what they paid
for material His own estimate on the subject,
baeed OIL pres ut prices. was that it would cost,
whtn completed, about $G5 cog.
AID. Hu1,ley did rot understand why the Chief
Epcinter was here With list Of prices. Who
called him 10 raaEc out tnat spccidcalion1
The Chair called the A'dezm4n to order.
ncer make i 11sattlt statement.
In answer to Il question Mr. Cdesbroush e,id
much Of The 'iaher ~as purchased some months
thsn 1no2t S4.1: tot at present prices th=re was
only 81, co.. worth Of lumber II the cr,b. When
eomgs,sd se, ,he5s =, weule be ;s4oe worth TIE
Saooo worth to In: Tbs stone on tue ground
be esttn,ated Ut g 9+.0oo-thouea this was perla os
below The marx. Ere i,z eonpsetiou $500 wortn
he ailoTeo e o0. It would tske $500 more to
complete IT,. The labor in hnidrne the crib 20 far
he "a ssassed q $50 - TIE estimate ot work yet
sinking h+ allowed IS 0O0 but thoneh1 tho amount
might vary. Besides these ltrunr msny incidcntal
e3penssen = would he incurred, ,os it did NOT com
plete al fhe oaknm, OF the cablea. Attosethcr he
tboucht $4,000 would nur be excessive ae = total
Estimate.
In uaswer to qucra,op, Mr. Chesbroneh thought
that under favorable Circumstances the total cost
OF tbt tpnne! would not excstd the original efti-
mate. lie thousht the e1 pense already Involved
~ ne son.tae:"1s 'as So 700. besides the amount
hly this $!0, ,oca had rot BEEN spent but they were
Under ohsigatf TO TINT amount.
40. Walsh asked 1t nearly Sl5,o ha2 not been
The Chief Euc1necr said the items Of extra work
anonnttd 10 abnut S170O, fnclutso. an eu1ar,e
ucnt MID modification Of tue shaft Of the tunuel
bten crat rniEed 10 alter the construction OF the
crih - that Ut a,y time IL coad be filed up with
In atewtr to 3 question. Mr. C1,eebrou.b ex
platntd that she reseon why The total cost al the
tunbG will rot exceed tue orislual estiustc when
crib 1s 70 70 much exceed the estimate IL tost
he INTENDED number Of shatts uil, not be tcqured
AID. Halsb said be noticed among the extrss
an allowance FER bid PTouCd. Did not the con.
tEas: r. conpe the contractors to take au such con.
Mr. Ctest1ourh explained that the epec1dc.-
tions nniy bound the cuutractors 10 fnrrnnnd mo
eight inches Of ma:onrJ IN thg shaft With clay, but
fea 70 nave All mason5y Or Lice Replace the clay
Ala. Va ID asked Nj. cheehrough to state the
The date of The contract? ~ avn "'0e'
The City Engineer thought the prices had nearly
Aid. 0'sal,lvan said the Council WIS ont Of o,.
der, the Question was, viii mnnthjy estimatas W.
made On thc crib or not, he cost al ma,e11s1 ss e
AID. Roberts peLed If the CIV En,ioeer t tbonob+
ihe end Of oetoneT r' ''' s1o ID ''s proper psce By
Nr- Che,hrongi, eaYd .r tha con+os,+o-, .,.,..
a1 lhe mnIerinir 1hev reontred 10 shos,. M Eos
could Ii would esjT takc to s1nn T. 19Gy
w.atier.. E1''A - - 1''4'
thought 1t would be- condncre to he c5od os IL r.
city TO pase the report Of the rnmIttee ~ LIE
Aid. ]. J. o. uliyan caled for The original nue.
tion, and moved rhst the order recommended by
the Finance Committee be adopted. lie called for
the ayes ard noes On tue previous Question.
AID. Conisky world Ike to questiou tue con-
tractors un the Qrest1ou. lie w4s ruled ont of or-
der.
AID O'Sur1iyHn@e motion to cali up the ORIGINAL
question wat then pnt to the Council aud lost-
AID. Huntley then moved that tho Eaatter he re-
lerred % the City COMPTROLLER with pawss to act,
hid. shimp moved @ to laT on The table.
The a,ts nd nos were called fos.
Not AllcwHd. A,eA r. Dpea -
Ala. Shfmp,s mut1on 10 IA On the ta,1a 1v,. ,bon
csrried-Eyts II. me- a ~~''o "@s @AsH
Ad.Ksnn moved ia adiourn. Inst
A cornmnntration Rss Iben re,1 frc,, +ha ra,s
of Public Wo1ks ehoaiuc the annrovsI r. fha
ctmtrsrtor-' etcur1tts 10 fhp nronasad san ~ e0'
Ac. Ws,sh mo1ed to a.na IL oraar ns tho
finance Cc1omit1ee. hv etrftfnr ons ahe orI. tn
.incl1d,ng ail worE already done and furnished
He did uct believe tn advancing money on nate
hal purchased year agu BE vas opposed to aoy
retios1ade movement Of any ktrd. lie did not
link The FiInnce Committcc mad thoroughly in
vesngatcd the MATTER CT given sufficient attention
to #;
An. Comisky, a. one OF the Committee, rezent~
Ado. Walsh ~ithdtcw his amendment, and moved
to substitute hy adding the fol OWING ordse:
provided the turettcs Eisrn by Atssrs Dull and
Gowan Tor the faithful performance OF the contract
on Their parf. sle1l rrt gfTe their Assent to the
cr1cT, 10 tie satisfaction of the CITY Atfnrnrv m
the end that the passage Of the order el,nl MT In
ans WaF release The eueetie. frou thcir isbIffies
and provided, that 10 money ths1l be pald ou this
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