The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-02
CITY CONTRACTS MADE.
Seventh Ward Hose House, Main
Street Storm Sewer and
the Flume.
The Paving Of Main Street to Do
Advertised Till Sop
tember 16.
Question About Revolving y Drain Laying
Permit-Paying for the Hale Prop
erty-Sixth Ward sewer.

The city council, at its meeting last
night, awarded several contracts. y. u.
Porter got the contract to build the Sew
enth ward hose house OF pressed brick front
and brick sides, for $8,145. The other bid
ders were: T.. w. Fisk, &3,6h9 for all lrick
above foundation. $3,435 for porphyry, and
$3,3Sl for bluestone; A. Mansey. $4,000, 10
material specified; Gebhardt Il Wagner.
brick, 81, 100, stone, $4,000; Isaac Mysen,
brick faced with bluestone, $685.,
il faced with %porphyry, $50 more,
and IL all faced with brick, T475 more; Muir
d Christie, all brick, 1920, sides and rear
red or blue stone, 1880; Henry Vogel,
brick, $4,000, porphyry, $4,lo0, bluestone.
$4,000; w. II. Orr, BRICK, $s,475, brick and
~porphyry, $3,375. brick and stone. $685.;
William Gartrsll, o. M. Purgeon. and @.
Hollenbach, porphyry and blue rock,
$3 .G5b, brick, 81, 100; A. J. Gray q Co., brick,
$3,S17.75, bluestone, $3,847.97, porphyry,
$8, 1897; John A. Sander, brick front and
stone sides, $3, 294.
j. I. Scharff got the contract for build
ing the fume to carry the water from the
Ch%essn.an fiume, at $35.H per 1000 feet of
lumber used, including excavations. Com
petinR bids were: Patrick Spellman, $762
in lump sum John A. Brady, $57 per 1000
feet; John A. Sander, $49.84 per LOCO; Louis
johnson, $49,sO per 1000; VIM. Crawford.
$45 per 1000; Muir d Christie, $36 per
1000; r. b. Purcell, $42 per 1000; j. H.
Boucher, $538 for the work on the basis OF
1,b00 feet of flume. The iume will be 1900
feet long. The contract ID not to be signed
until w. A. Chessman enters into his agree.
ment with the city in regard to turning
back the water after the clean up.
The contract for the storm sewer or
Main street, with manholes and catcl
basins, was awarded to Nsls Wodder FOL
$2.O84, the competing bids being Patriot
Spellman, $2,110; ]. J. MCCARTHY, $2,34s
cash or 49, $50 in warrants; j. II. Boucher
$2,289.60; e. y. Payne, 5$2,l19.6l. =
The council decided to advertise until
street. Some of the aldermen wanted il
advertised only until the 18th. Alderman
Lissner, however, thought that too short {
time to enable contractors in Chicago and
Minneapolis and other points to compete
and it was a duty they owed the citizens to
Alderman Thompson also advocated the
longer time in the interest OF those who
would have the pleasure Of paying for the
work." Alderman Fuller said that SO fa1
RS he was concerned he would rather see
work lone by Helena people. Alderman
ThomIs son retorted that if there was a Hell.
ena man who would do the work cheaper
than another, that was the fellow he was
looking for. September % was decided
on by yeas. nine-Lissner, Klein, Steele
Garrett, Hartwig, Morris, Gamer, Reece
and Thompson; nays, three-Fuller, Wit
mer and Weber.
City Engineer Reeder sent a letter to the
council informing them that he had sus-
pended the drain laying license of j. j.
Mccarthy temporarily for covering up the
pipe leading from the Steamboat block to
the sewer on Helena avenue without afford
ing an opportunity for investigating the
character of the work. A letter from T. G.
Power & Co., on the same subject was re-
coived, to the effect that they were satisfied
the work was properly done. The mayor
and several of the aldermen were in favor
of unfolding the action of the engineer as
q warning to other drain layers. On the
other hand it was declared unjust to take
such action without giving the other party a
hearing. Mr.. Mccarthy, who was present,
explained that a team had fallen into the
ditch on Thursday night and
one of the horses died there. He had asked
the engineer to look at the work next morn
ing. The work not having been inspected
by the time the dead horse was removed, he
had filled up the trench. The engineer had
had old him it would be all right if he got
a letter from L. G. Power d Co. to the eff
feet that they we're satisfied with the work.
This he had done. The matter was referred
to the sewerage committee.
An ordinance was passed ap%prOpriating
So, 500 to pay Robert $. Hale for the prop
erty decided to the city on Main street.
The city engineer reported on the proba-
BILE cost of the Sixth ward sewer as follows;
Wood $3.50, stone $l,007.
For nictures and stuatuary 60 to the Raa Hixs