Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-17

White. esq, City Clerk, Yankton, OAK.
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 10fh
INST. | will bid rs follows: $500 per
foot for the first 500 feet Give hundred
feet $500 Der foot for the next 500 feet
(iYe hundred feetl ana SIS SO per loot for
the third 500 feet and $3.50
per foot for the fourth 500 feet.
The city to stop the drilling at the end
of any 100 feet after the first 500 feet. I
also to stop upon reaching the granite.
l will furnish contract, references, &C..
should the bid be accepted. IhaYe just
returned from the country north OF you
and could have come there had / known
OF your advertisement. Under the cir
cumstances l cannot make q separate
proposal for opening and drilling deeper
the we'll you have, except as follows:
b same price per foot beginning at
The bottom of the hole as the above, pro-
vIded there is q clear hole to the bottom
with the addition of $3.50 for moving
the derrick, engine, &C.; and provided
further, that there be not less than 500
feet to drill; and that the city pay for
the casing to the depth the well is now,
should it be required to use that much
casing. Yours, respectfully,
w. A. TURNER, Manager,
a. w. ID. Co.
Yankton, Dakota, Feb, Is, 1885 10
the Mayor and city council OF the city
OF Ennkton:-Gentlemen: According to
your advertisement dated Feby 2, 1886,
inviting proposals for. drilling nftesian
well, We herewith submit to your honor
able body our proposal for doing said
work. We submit for your considera-
t%lonseveral propositions. The first will
be on what is termed artesian we'll casing
known as light casing, and is. measured
on the outside, and in view Of that fact
there is no size made to correspond with
advertisement, the sizes which we
name are for inside measurement and are
as follows: 81 inch, 555a inch, 5 inch and
4 inch. We will drill aud case said we'll
for the following prices, to wit: Ell inch
$500 per foot, weight of pipe 10 e-100
lbs per foot. go inch $500 per foot,
weightof pipe 8 35-l00 lbs per foot. 5 inch
$500 per foot, weight of pipe 66-100 lbs
per foot. 4 inch $3.50 per foot, weight
OF pipe 5 $1,000 lbs per foot. And for
heavy artesian for salt we'll casing which
is nearly twice as heavy as the regular
goods for the following prices to wit:
Six inch, $4,0O per foot; weight of pipe
ID 77-l00 lbs. per foot. Five inch, $3.50
per foot; weight of pipe IA $500 lbs.
per foot. -Four inch, $500 per foot;
weight Of pipe 10 T0-l00 lbs. per foot.
In either case flow pipe will be put
down to water bearing rock. This pro-
posal is for 500 feet and will be con-
tinued to 700 feet for the same fgurea
per foot. Should your honorable body
award The contract to us we ar g ready
to commence work at once, weather
permitting. Respectfully yours,
KARR & RIcHEY.
In reference to cleaning and deepen
ing the present well we could not give
your honorable body a definite propo-
sltlon to do said work as net cost of
same is very hard to arrive at. How
! ever, we will take hold of said work and
do the same by the day and all cost
of material to be borne by the
city together with. cost of setting ma
cbinery tor twenty dollars $4,000 per
day. Respectfully yours,
KARg s. RIoHEy.
Aldermen Branch moved that said
bids be referred to the committee on
water works with authority to call to
their assistance the committee on
finance and taxation, said committee to
report Monday, February %, 1856. Car
ried.
On motion council took a recess I'M
til Monday, February %, 1886. at Z
O'Clock p. m.
O. j. b. HARRIS, Mayor.
Attest: u. 7. WHITE, City clerk.
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