, 1891-12-15
MEAN WORK
How a Civil Engineer Was
Treated by our City Council,
The sewer Plans Bought for F1E-
teen Hundred Dollars said
to be worthless.
CH1cAao, Dec. 10, 1891.

S1AACfANOI DCSA 4OJ 1oO1s
Editor Tribune:
notice in The TRIBUNE Of December
5th, a letter from Mr.. Whitman relating to
the sewer plans recently prepared for your
city by Mr.. Camp, and desire to make a
statement Of my experience with the pres
sent city council with regard to plans for
their proposed sewerage.
Last year, while I was in your city ell
gagged by the Olympia Water Works Com
pany as their engineer, I was requested by
the committee Of the council, having the
matter in charge, to make them PROPOSE
ton for plans for sewers; the committee
was composed of Messrs. O. 'Brien, Murphy,
and one other whom can not at this mo-
ment name | had given the matter CON
siderable study in connection with the
water works, and made them proposition
to prepare complete plans and specifca-
tions and present report onthe subject
for the sum of $500; this proposition was
reported favorably to the council, and
August 3, 1890 the proposition was ac-
cepted by the council. One provision of
my proposition was that the city
should supply me with certain data. i
was to have the plans completed in time
for the beginning of work in the spring.
lelI yLnpla "a tae latGer part OF Augusf,
| anu anu Iue colllln1Gtee PROMISED 10 SEND me
10y si9 d@ta "a necessry i1ill9alaIeIy, put they
4 Upon the receipt of the information de-
sired, | Immediately began preparation of
the plans, and had them substantially
4 c AlPlegeq HASll; replying 70 my request
io ior cerSatn aautGlonal - lacts, Whlch haa
oeGiI ~ PieStous
yne couitcLl notlIleo me through
CiielI aISoiLey, az l3y, Iit Ihat accofdlng 70 pro-
VISION " G!ie cllaEIer IN lorce aG the Tune OF
NY p[oposlSloll POSI- m Gne Guy was hoG pound by
i any GohUracG ullless tne same was author
lzed py ordnance ana S signed by the clerk
" oSlel p9isoEl ~ pellall OF Ghe Guy, quly
uI.4ed4 CAlaI e.. consequently had no
contIacU i WiCn Ghe clty, ana the present
oIUy Clu nioC .teell u auVIsaple nor
:: q APeslehG !, 70 nistke one az Gnat time, con-
49, oile y VIZ Gllles. Inc
apoVo !S II y q quotatloH from l6GCer from the
GdEg GoGg1 aCCorney' uhuer oate OF February 4th,
1o9di T1I,
Ivy W nen H. TeGelveu tn1s letter had put
~ tmo llionCIs l.s laoof on Ghe plans, and had
1ll Illelll ilea[ly competed, ana Immediately
M[oIe y u ~ llelipers 9I Ihe committee, to
MY Miiolll ~ vlle PIoposlCloll nau oeen MADE ana
ais9 W tls ol tIie 1councli ealing
olle5i - Glle lnusGlce of tne pro.
tGeGiiis al1u ashlls TOT reconslderatlon OF
N7,e11aT1t oIl asihio " "ilGlli W
- e,i oYoilG any PoS9spe PoSslple ~ ~ IMPRESSION CnaG
lght tl haYe a asKed ~ sl more than the work was
Mott, Gaiea tneir attentlon to the fact
GlaG Il5 Lle cues OF yletor1a ana Vancouver
N- Ilaa q9lts recently 4 endy paid MT. Herring, Of
I1 NeW 49rK, 3i9 Levy 1or similar work. | not
Oily Glet lloC succeed IN securing the IN
70 GeolIllplete GIlls WORK put not
! one one nlehlpef q the councl! had the cour-
Gesy 70 70 iIP reply 70 my letter y, IN any way.
IloLlce Dy ~ ene I, paper thaG MI. Murphy, who
was olle q Ille comnlttee winch requested
Paoposttolon from me e, ana who voted for
lCs aoc;epeailce! Is now the chairman OF the
e eoIlLllIItee Wlllch mas pald Mr camp 900
IOf planSs