The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-21
THE NEW WATER WORKS.
FIVE BIDDERS FOR THE PUMPS
AND BOILERS.

| The holly Company Increases It's Bid
$4,000 and the Blake Company
S25OO-The Gordon Company Re-
duces It's Bid $4,000 aud the Worth
ington Company S7,5OO-Rourke 81
Son Put in Two Bids for the Boilers.
The Water Committee Given Power
to Act and the Contract to Be
| Awarded To-day-A Tilt Between
| Aldermen Cam and Haines.
TIE city council met yesterday afternoon
to open and consider the bids for the pump
ing engines and boilers for the new water
works.
There were five bids, and none were put
in by standard time. J. H. LINEN of the
Holly company, who was awarded the con-
tract July IS and afterward lost it on &C.
count Of being late in putting in his pro-
posal, and said on behalf of his company at
that time that he would never bid again.
| changed his mind, and was on hand with
another bid.
The Holly company agrees to furnish the
required engines called for in the speciaca'
tions for 500, 400, and the SIX boilers for
! $40 900. The engine bid is an increase over
| the original proposal CT 3d. The COM
| pany agrees. however, to reduce the price
| of the engines to 500. 800, provided the city
| will furnish railroad facilities within 200
| feet of the new works. 1t won't accept the
| boiler contract unless it is awarded the en-
| CINE work.
The Blake company asks s11G,G0O for the
engines and boilers, 800, 900 for the former
and SIG, eco for the latter. This is an in
crease Of $500 over its original bid, which
was Sii3, 900.
DROP IN THE BIDS.
| The Worthipgton company bids $50. 600
| for the engines and s1l,000 for the boilers
| This company's first bid for the engines
| was $95, 500. Yesterdays bid is a decrease
| from the original of 81 500.
| The Gordon company bids $50, 400 for the
| engines. which is decrease from the first
| bid Of 50, 600, which WIS $3.50 900. The Cor
| don company makes no bid of its own for
| the boiler work, but incorporates that Of
| John Rourke &c Son.
| John Rourke & Son bid S13,s75 and
| 81 800 for Che boilers. Tho difference in
tho prices is on account Of a small difference
| 10 the material to be used.
After the bids had been read Alderman
| Myers moved that they be referred to the
water committee and mayor with power to
| act.
Alderman Haines amended the motion that
| the bids be referred TO the water committee
| with request that the committee report
the eSult of its delit erations to council for
confirmation.
TILT OVER THE BIDS.
Alderman Myers said that he believed
| better work car be done and better results
accomplished by having such matters at
! tended to by committees than by council
as whole, and that was why he offered the
motion.
| Alderman Carson thought it better to re-
! ~ ha mil ~ no
| whole.
Alderman Cam said if any alderman de.
| sired it he would rather have tho subject
considered by council, so as to give every
member an opportunity to lock iato the
details. If, however, time were appointed
| for the consideration of the bids he hoped
every alderman would be present, and if
| any were absent they wouldn't come around
afterward protesting because they weren't
| on hand.
This brought Alderman Haines to his feet.
he felt that Alderman Cam was referring
to him, because he was one Of the professors
against the action OF the water committee
in tho swap OF the Springfield tract for the
| Shsftall land. He said Alderman Cam was
trying to rub things in. and he thought it
was time to stop.
| ALDERMAN HAIEES REToRTS.
81 stated 10 Mayor McDonough," said
Alderman Haines. why / wasn't present
! L
think it necessary 70 report to Alderman
Cam. l am becoming little fatigued at
Alderman Cams remarks on this subject,
and hope he viii not repeat them"
Il arise to repeat my language exactly"
replied Alderman Cam. Il don't want a
matter referred for consideration at q
certain meeting, and then, because an alder
man absents himself, for him to come
around later and protest against the action
of that meeting"
II gave sufficient reasons for that pro-
test at the time" responded Alderman
HaineS. II want to be able to vote inteli-
| gently upon questions when they come up
why didn't you como before the com
mittee meetingF ASKED Alderman Cam
because 1t was meeting of the water
committee and not of council" replied Al
| derman Haines.
"As an alderman you had as much right
at the meeting as any member of that com
mittee," said Alderman Cam. "If you are
50 particular about your duty to the public
you would attend a9y committee meeting
at which matter OF public interest was to
be considered"
CALLED DOWN BY THE MAYOR.
Mayor McDonough here called the two
aldermen to order, and when a vote was
| taken Alderman Haines' amendment was
lost. The question required on Alderman
Myers motion to refer the bids to the water
committee and Mayor McDonough, with
| power to act.
Alderman Cam said he preferred to have
the matter considered by council, SO that
the entire responsibility would not be
thrown upon the water committee. and
that no alderman could afterward say that
he hadn't been given an opportunity to vote
upon it.
Aldermen Myers, Bailey and Mcclure
voted in favor of the motion, and Alder
men HGines, Carson and Cam against it.
This left the decisive vote with Mayor Nc
Donough, who voted In the affirmative,
saying that he agreed with Alderman
Myers that better work can be accom-
plished by committees in such matters than
by the council.
The representatives of the competing
companies will be before the water commit.
tee this afternoon to explain tho details OF
the machinery offered 20 the city, and the
contract will be awarded afterward, but to
which company it would be almost impos-
sible to predict, in view of the fact that the
| Holly and Blake companies have increased