, 1888-04-19
CITY FATHERS RETIRE.
A Touchy Rather Than a Touching
PARTING

Parting.
| The retiring city council met for the last
time yesterday evening, Mayor Taylor in
the chair; present, Hoover, Johnson.
Kaufman, Clough, Dean, Dennis and
Bishop.
The minutes OF the last meeting were read
and approved.
| The finance committee reported that they
had examined the tax lists, which they
found correct, and recommended that the
delinquent list be advertised.
Dennis reported that the fire and water
committee had no report to offer in regard
to the change of location of the city water
| works.
The mayor said that he considered the
subject OF great moment TO the city, and
regretted that no definite action had been
! t ken in regard to it. He understood that
| the superIutenient of Water woIKs had
been waiting for tho committee to come to
| him.
Dennis replied that the committee
had made its report and he did not see what
more they could do.
Clough remark ed hat he thought it was
strange that tue COMMITTEES had not acted
in the matter since they had been SO
anxious to assist the esuperintendent OF wa
ter works. He understood that in their
| report the committee had put the cost of
| placing the water works on the location Of
| lered.by BriCkell at $40, 600 above the esti-
| mate oi S36 UOO OF the superintendent OF
| water works, and at the same time had un-
de estl mated the cost oi placing them up
the river.
Dennis said that he wished to refute the
insinuations of Clough. No engineer
could estimate the cost within $4,000.
1he mayor remarked that an engineer
must be very incompetent IL he could not
figure within $4,000 OF the actual cost OF u
job OF $50 600. Some discussion followed
| and then Dennis asked and WIS allowed to
read the report. lie made continents, as
u he read to prove that the report was inn
partial and did not recommend either To-
cation.
Mayor Taylor said that the superintend.
ent of water works had stated that he
could not endorse the figures in the report,
that they were not his and are incorrect.
The committee had no right to offer to The
citizens a proposition to spend several
hundred Thousand dollars, when the city
cannct go in debt above a certain limit,
which limit is nearly reached. 1t was sim
pie b0sh. He had begged MIR. Brickel, to
make the oiIer which had not been accept
ed. IL was proposition which would
save many dollars for the city eventually
1t would be for his interests to have the
water works up the river, but, as mayor of
the city, looking out for her interests. he
must express himself as strongly in iavor of
accepting the location offered by Brickell.
Dennis asked il the report of the com :
mittee recommen ded either location
| The mayor stated that he would ans wer
the question by another. Why was IL that
the committee, as "a business proposition,
recommended to submit to the people an
alternative which they could not accept ?
Dennis replied that he looked upon the
question as one OF the advisability of NOV.
ing the works at the present time.
kaufman stated that he believed the fig.
ures were Mr.. Jones and the report was cor
rect. After further discussion the matter
was dropped.
The mayor stated that in accordance G
with the instructions of the council he had
had Washington street inspected, and the
engineer employed, offered the following
report:
Mayor Taylor, Mr.. Forrest and others:
Gentlemen:-
AS instructed by YOU, we have measured
the material on Washington sti eet to the
grade indicated on the profile OF the same,
made by Mr.. Trumbull, city engineer, and
Nhnd result as follows:
fEarth excavation ........."5590 Cy 30 $l11S
J Gravel ." ........2Ol7 I" rs 5O4
Loose rock " ........... 56l 80 BIG
|, Solid rock :" ..........47S2 80 7l7S
Total Gu. yds. excavation. ..l3, ,O2O.
ballast required...".... ....2, ASS" 1927
: Total to be handled ........1547 475'. lO33s
The excavation is several thousand cubic
yards in excess of embAn kment reouiraC