Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
TOO LATE FOR Sc ERS.

The Council in Special Session Defers
Action on the Bids for Sewer Construc.
ton Except the Wyoming Street Pipe
Sewer Let to Winters & Donahue.
There was an adjourned meeting of the
Council last night to consider the bids ad
vertised for for construction OF the Town
Gulch sewer and the excavation and laying
| Of a pipe sewer on Wyoming street.
MayorH Hamilton presided. Council opened
with Aldermen Levy, Mahoney, Mcnermott,
MuIville, Olsen, Pettes, Pinkham and
Wynne present and afterwards Aldermen
| Lynch, Lewis and Evans entered.
Bids for the sewer work were opened from
A. D. Cameron, Fl. Lemon, Winters & Don
ahue, Thomas Rowan & Co. and Gum &
Whitney. In order to insure accuracy
among the bidders City Engineer Harper
had prepared copies OF a form Of bids
which had been furnished to each bidder
in spite OF which several of the bids had to
be rejected for informality.
The TACT that the sale of the city bonds
had been postponed until the Both of No.
vember was brought up, and the discussion
that ensued on the subject developed the
TACT that it was the sense of the CounciI
that it would be too late then to under.
take the construction of the sewer work
should the bonds be sold then, of which
there was no absolute certainty. Therefore
on motion of Alderman Pinkhamn no action
was taken on the bids for construction of
culverts in blocks II, Is and 10 and Utah
street.
1t was agreed, however, that some pro-
vision lad to be made to dispose of the
spring recently struck on Wyoming street.
and on Alderman Pinkham's motion the
bid OF Donahue & Winters for the constrnc.
ton OF d Sewer on Wyoming street at
$1,000 and an additional S1.25 for each
additional cubic yard of solid rock was ac.
cepted and the City Attorney was in
structed to draw up a contract according
to the plans and specifications of the ity |
Engineer and have the same signed bv the |
and Winters q Donahue, it being |
the sense OF the Council that no rock |
should be considered solid rock unless The |
require drilling and blasting to re.
.ovet the same and that the CITY shall not |
pay for rock and dirt in the same place.
Alderman Pinkham read a letter from
w. Il: Burnham in regard to the number of
for sewer pipe wanted. and tho
was referred to the City Engineer
On motion OF Alderman Pinkham. the
Jlty Clerk was authorized to draw a war
ant for the amount of the freight hill IN
me sewer pipe ordered OF W. E. Durham.
Alderman Lynch wanted the Street Com
to notify the proper parties to
'emove a certain pile Of rock on Inner
naln street, that is very obstructive To
ravel at a time when the street ia cnt m
" the cable-road laying. ny
Alderman Mulville began to assail tb.
DAD for leaving the rocks where thew were
nd wanted to know what this Council
neant by granting the road a franchise
no not obliging it to leave the streets in
ood condition, when the chair blandlv in.
him that this Council had notbina {
0 40 with the granting OF the franchise 7
OBJECTION was made to consideration Of =
matter at all at this session. AZ tho l
I'll under which the Council was convenaJ
ID not include this subject. r
.the. chair agreed with this view and set e
6reet Commissioner King. who vac n~aI Z
u, TO give the matter his attention at tba
'rllest possible moment. 'he