Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-17
CITY COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings ofsHonday Nights
Regular Session.

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day, February Is, 1856. Z o'clock D. M
Council convened in regular session,
Mayor Harris IN the chair.
Roll called. All members present.
Minutes of last meeting read andsap.
proved.
Petition of John Fitch asking that his
personal property assessment for the
year 1885, be stricken from the tax list,
he having paid tax on his personal
property in Turner county, presented
and read.
Alderman Piles moved that the prayer
of the petitioner be not granted. Car
ried.
Alderman English introduced an ordi-
nance entitled can Ordinance to Pro.
vide for the Payment of the Cost Of
Constructing Certain Sidewalks Built
Pursuant to Resolutions of the Mayor
and Council and also Ordering the Levy
and Collection of a Special Tax against
the Several Lots shutting the same, to
deiray the cost thereof" which was read
the first and second time.
Alderman Branch moved that the rules
be suspended, the ordinance read the
third time and placed on its final pas
sage. Carried.
The ordinance was then read the third
time and passed. Ayes s, nays none. as
follows:
Voting in the affirmative, Aldermen
Branch, Bruce, Grove, Dudley, English,
Faulk, Piles and Powers-S. Negative
none
Alderman Grove introduced an ordi
nance entioled can Ordinance to Levy
and Collect a License Tax on Hacks,
Drays, Wagons and Other Vehicles used
for pay within the city" which vas
read the first and second time, and on
motion referred to committee on ordi-
nances.
The following sealed proposals for
sinking an arteslan well, also for clean
ing out and sinking deeper the present
artesian we'll, were opened and read:
A BID ON NEW WE'LL.
1anktOD, FEB. 10, 1856 .
First 500f ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 q foot
Next loU feet ..."."..,..... 4 00 a foot
Next 25u feet.............. 4 rs a foot
making o depth of 500 feet.
Well to be SIX (6) inch pipe tubed to
the bottom and all work left in first
class shape. In case granite is struck
the city to pay for whatever depth the
hole is, and after water is found the
council has the privilegeiof stopping us
when they choose, Respectfully,
BoNGARD IL ANDERSON,
of Mitchell, ID. 7.
Yankton, d. T., February Is, 1885,
Clty CLERK: We will pipe and clean
the city well for $3.50. We will pipe
said well with q "A inch pipe inside
diameter the pipe to be down to the
crevice IN the rock where the present
How Of water is obtained, then sink a
three inch inside diameter fush Joint
pipe 500 feet deeper for $3.50 three
dollars and s~eventy-fve cents IA foot,
making d depth OF / 900 feet. LII granite is
struck the city is to pay for what is done.
Ii the city wants the thfee inch pipe t.
come to the surface they must pay45
cents a foot for the 500 feet of extra pi-
PA6e; tAS eat3 w buFO tIO ptltllCR0 VI
stopping us when sufficient water is
found. Respectfully,
BoNGARD u ANDERSON, Mitchell, ID. Il.
NO. /.
Yapkton, Dakota, Feb. 10, l886-To
the Honorable City Council: We, the
undersigned, propose to sink an artesian
well tor your city, of the following sizes,
for the following prices, to-wit: Size OF
bore Is in.1 six inches in diameter well to
be piped from top to. 500 feet with q
pipe six inches inside diameter, price
per foot for the first 500 feet ($4.50) four
dollars ana fifty cents per foot.
For the next 100 feet 5000 per foot.
For the next 100 feet $500 per foot.
For the next 100 feet $3.50 per foot.
For the next 100 feet $3.50 per foot.
For the next 100 feet $S.25 per foot.
Ii in sinking said we'll it is found nec-
essary to pipe SAID well below 500 feet
then we put in . % five inch pipe inside
diameter.
NO. q.
We will clean out the old we'll for
city and put in new pipe for the follow.
ing prsce:
Well to be piped with a AZ four inch
pipe inside diameter, pipe to reach from
top to bottom OF well, price Isl .300) one
thousand and three hundred dollars.
We will sink old we'll deeper for the fol-
lowing prices per foot, for the first one
hundred feet, six dollars per foot; for
| the next 100 feet, 5000 per foot;
for the next 100 feet $500
per foot, for the next 100 feet $500 per
foot; for the next 100 feet $1,000 per
foot. If contract is awarded to us for
the new well, we will clean out and put
in new pipes in old well, the same as
above specified for 5000, Aud we will
sink old we'll deeper at same price per
foot as specified in proposal No. l.
Very Respectfully Yours,
GRAY Bros.
Andover, Oak, Feb. 10, 1869. T.
White, Esq,sYankton, OAK, Dear Sir:
We will sink an arteslan well of [6) six
inches diameter, one Thousand feet deep
for $500 per foot. VIII put on q cross
two valves, and leave your well COM
plete in every particular for the above
price; the money to be paid as socn as
the contract is completed. We have
q machine now ready that we
can put on provided we
make q contract with your city. We re.
serve the right to stop as soon as we
strike granite rock. Yours respect.
fully, w, E. SWAN e. Sons.
P. S.-Not knowing the position OF
your present city well We cannot make
any proposition about cleaning it out
but expect we can do the drilling b.
about the same rate as above.
w. E. SWAN & Sons.