Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-04

" II. I. Smith was allowed $50 and j. 5.
Davis Sl5 for services as special city judge
and said amounts deducted from salary of
the regular city judge.
The claim of j. B. Hamilton for S20l.5
for extra work on sewer outlet was referred
to street and alley committee.
The matter OF furnishing the chief of the
fire department with horse and buggy to
attend fires was referred to the purchasing
committee, with power to act.
Report of the street and alley committee,
relative to building z bridge across the
Trinity river, was referred to street and
alley committee and city engineer, to report
next meeting.
The report of the waterworks committee
adopted.
FORT WORTH. TEX, Nov 3. 1891.
To His Honor the Mayor and City Council.
After consultation with a number of your
honorable body individually. and thinking
it might meet the approval OF your body as
whole, your committee solicited all the
wellmen we could learn of to submit propo-
sitions for drilling test well on the loca-
ton recently decided upon by this council
for waterworks, with the result as follows
(bids being attached hereto):
Mcleod & Co., six-inch, per foot, 81;
eight-inch, per foot, So, with notifications
for over 1000 feet
Panhandle machine and implement COM
pany, for six-inch, per foot, $40; eight
inch. 81, with some notifications as per bill
attached.
r. NJ. Mcdonald, six-inch, per foot, 81. so;
eigbt-inch, $500.
These bills are respectfully submitted
for your consideration, the payments to be
arranged for out of waterworks funds.
By the time the contractors for the new
works are ready to proceed the well could
Ice down and we would know exactly what
we are doing.
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and best bid, and would recommend its ac-
ceptance if satisfactory contract can be en-
tered into.
We would state that other wellmen We're
communicated with, but no replies received.
Respectfully, GEO. L. MES, Chm.
JNO. L. MONTGOMERY,
J. T. CLEMENTS.
KEoKUK, Iowa Oct. 10, 1891.
To Fort Worth City waterworks, Fort Worth,
Tex.
GESTLEMEN-We will bore you six (6)
inch well upon the following terms:
For each and every foot down to one thou
sand 10000 feet, the sum of four 90 dollars
per foot
For each and every foot over one thou
sand (l000) feet, down TO twelve hundred
and fifty feet, the sum of four dollars and
fifty cents $3.50 per foot. All over Q250)
twelve hundred and fifty feet, the sum Of
five $50 dollars per foot.
We to draw so per cent of contract price
for cvery two hundred (200) feet bored, bal
ance when completed. Yours respectfully,
MCLEOD ARTISAN WELL COMPANY.
By RICE II. BELL, Secretary.
KEoKUK IOWA, Get. 10, 1891.
To Fort Worth City Waterworks, Fort Worth,
Tex.
GESTLrMEN:-We will bore you an eight
(S) inch well upon the following terms:
For each and every DOT down to one
thousand $1,000 feet the sum of five $500
dollars per foot.
For each and every foot over one
thousand $1,000 feet down to twelve
hundred and fifty Q250) feet the sum of
five dollars and fifty $3.50 cents per foot.
feet the sum of six $500 dollars per
foot.
We to draw so per cent of contract price
for every two hundred (200) feet bored.
Balance when completed.
Yours Respectfully,
RICE Il. BELL, Secretary.
KEoKUK iowa, Oct. 81, 1891
A. W. Scoble, Superintendent Waterworks.
MY bids provide for flushed joint pipe
weighing eighteen and twenty-eight pounds
per foot. RICE ii. BELL.
October "a, 1891.
Mr.. Mes:
will authorize you to change the price
on my bid on the six inch well to 4.60 per
foot straight through to ll50 feet. All other
conditions of bid to remain the same.
PANHANDLE MACH'RY s. lMP'T Co.
w S. Marshall, President.
KEoKUK. Iowa, Oct. o. 1891.
4 w Scoble. Superintendent Waterworls:
Secretary absent. viii wire answer to-
morrow. MCLEOD ARTEsIAN WELL Co.
KEoKUK iowa, Oct 1a, 1891.
A. W Scoble, Superintend Fort Worth,
Tex:
DEAR SIR-Tour favor Of October 16 to
US at Itasca, Tex, reached me this a. m.
In reply to same will say that we take
pleasure in bidding on the test wells, and
inclose bid for same.
With many thanks for your kindness in
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