Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-16

E. WINsOR,
G. A. hRIEHN,
C. B.. RUSSELL.
Committee on Finance.
Mr., Homer presented the following petit
tom
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
of the City of Lexington, MO.-Your petit
TONERS, the school board and citizens OF Lex
ington, do most earnestly and hopefully and
having faith In, and our abiding trust that
our PRAYER being heard our petition and re-
quest will most certainly be granted; pray
auu petitiu" your '""st Honorable Body TO
build and construct u sewer acrUss the wash
branch and gully ut the crossing or inlersec-
ton of Eleventh and South street, the con,
ditjon of same being a public nuisance ana
In a deplOrable condition, and next to mpas-
sable to the school children and citizens who
are compelled to pass over same. Names:
man, WIN. H. Chiles, +. Allen, X. Hale, q.
G. Graham, Geo. Farrar, A. A. Lesueur, w.
NJ, Jordan, Nicholson Il Bartels, ID. Wilker,
John Baehr, Smith Il Bolton, E. H.: hrome,
H. Gelzer. q. Smith, VIM. II. Smith, Davld
Smith, W. B. Hamlet, 10. Homer, Z. Is.
Russell. Michael Howell.
Mr.. Williams moved the petition be re-
ceived, and the engineer draw up plans and
specifications and that it be advertised for in
brick and stone.
Mr.. Howell moved that the engineer and
the Improvement committee act together in
drawing up the plans and specifications.
Mr.. Russell offered the following substi-
tute:--
Moved that the petition be received and
filed and prayer granted, and that the city
engineer is hereby instructed to draw plans
| and qualifications for the same, and the regis
ter advertise for bids for same, for both rock
and brick work.
Mr.. Winsor offered Mr.. Holwells amend
ment as an amendment TO Mr.. Russelfs sub
stitute. Ayes-Holwell, kriehn, WinSor;
noes-Homer, Russell, simmons, Walk, and
Williams. Lost.
Mr.. RusselT's substitute was then carried.
Mr.. Williams read the following
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
in the Lexington Intelligencer Il Notice to
Contractors" signed by the City Register, e.
C. Wallace, hat sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at the office of the City Register and
Treasurer until noon, on Monday, May l1th,
1885, for bids to furnish the city with l 900
feet of good substantial white limestone curb
ing, etc. 1 would most respectfully remind
your honorable body that last IIil the city
through your honorable body, entered into .
contract, in writing, with The undersigned
to furnish the same kind Of rock AMI 10 do
the same work a. that for which ycl: :iDW
advertise.
Under said contract, in compliance with its
terms, the undersigned entered into a bond,
payable to the City of Lexington, in the
sum of 5000, for the faithful performance OF
his duties; that he performed considerable
work looking to the fuitiiment OF his obliga'
ton, that he has been to 4 good deal of ex-
pense in the matter, that the city engineer
and the mayor requested HIM to discontinue
SID work, because, rs they said, there Wa
no money In the city treasury to pay for thi
same that but for such notice and request ht
would have prosecuted said work to compile
tion, that he has not abandoned, nor though
Of abandoning said contract, but that he i
ready and willing and desi! GUS OF carrying
out the same, under the terms rs therein Sc
forth that said contract has not been annull
, ed, but that, in his opinion, it is still in force
and that the City OF Lexington is bount
, thereby. He would, therefore,, ask Jour hon
D orable body that he be permitted to furnish
2 the stone and complete the said work, in &C
cOrdance with the terms of SAID contract
All Of which is respectfully submitted, ant
your petitioner will will ever pray, etc.
CAVANACGH.
n Higginsville, Mo-, May 7lh, 1885.
Mr.. Homer moved that the communicated
be recei, ed, and that Mr.. Iayanaugh be OF
dered to lini.I. his contrac!.
Mr.. Homer Withdrew his motion, an
moved that the matter be referred TO III
committee Oh improvements and repair.
Mr.. WInsor said the three coIlr:c 10
. CURLING were rascinded with Ill. alt,r b;
Q tIon of the contractors as they could not i
: that time furnish the curbIng until it was 10
late and the time had passed.
MIR. Williams moved that Mr.. Cayanaugh
communication be laid on the table. Cal
rIed.
The register read the following -
s. LEXINGTON, Mo-. May 18th, 1885.
s, Hon. Mayor Hamlet and Council and Cit
ID OF Lexington. Mo.-Gentlemen: We beg
B. completed and ready for acceptance, with III
re exception of the supply well, which we fin
upon testing does not furnish sufficient watt
to comply with the ordinance under pJwe
- of which the works were built. The we
will furnish about 50,000 gallons of watt
daily at the present stage OF The river, an
during the months of June and July wi
probably furnish triple this amount. TT
above quantity 10000 should be suficier
u when not used wastefuliy to supply the cit
al Zens with water and furnish fire p"ni"clio
=. to the city. Arrangements viii he mad
at once for increasing The supply. prrbabi
X by pumping water direct irUm the Nilsson
w river into settling tanks, but some time Ru'
=. necessarily elapse before such arrangement
can be perfected.
1. Now as your citizens are DESTROYS to hay
the water turned on permanently. and rs