Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-27
NO. 80

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reservation was made in the council. after
the earliest stages Of the discussion. The
expense as hrst contemplated was suf-
hclent To cause the Sixteenth street line
TO be Investigated, but the Seventeenth
street and Larrabee avenue line cansed
so much deeper cut on Seventeenth street
than had ever been submitted to the
council that there was no similarity ey-
cept in location of the top of the ditch.
between the line on Seventeenth street as
nrst considered by the council and the
line represented by Mr.. kinghoru chair
man OF the sewer committee. Some davs
aIter the contract was awarded TO Mr.
DaVey, the city engineer appeared before
the city council and stated that TO con-
struct the sewer on Seventeenth street
and alley, as contemplated, would be
very expensive on account of the great
deplh IN rock, at prices ranging from
$40 TO SO per cubic yard, and RECON-
mended changing from alley and Seven
teenth to sixteenth between Mckenzie
and Larrabee, thence east on LARA bee
TO Eighteenth, and submitted an approxi-
mate estimate showing the cost of con-
! structio TO be S2,12414. This proposed
cha age, as recommended by The city
engineer, was referred 20 the sewer COM
mltlee, toi which Mr.. Kinghorn was
chairman) 10 investigate and report on
al the next meeting of the council which
| they did, as shown by the report attached
! hereto. The council adopted the RECON-
| mendations OF the sewer committee, and
ADJOURNED for one week without taking
any further action In the matter. Mr..
/ DaYey Immediately commenced work on
| TINS proposed change (withOut contracD
and continued work until the next meet
/ ing OF the council Zone week. When the
question was raised as TO where or
/ IRON whom Mr.. Davey got Instructions 10
commence work on this proposed line of
sewer without contract no one could
| tell and the city engineer was instructed
by the council 10 notify Mr. Davoy o sus-
pend work Mr.. Kinghorn states to your
committee that the suggestion TO build
on seventeenth dnstead of Sixteenth as
recommended by city engineer) was made
! TO him by Mr.. DaVey Your committee
is fully satisfied that Mr. Kinghorn's re-
port as chairman Of sewer committee was
favorable TO the contract. and not for
the best interests II the city as will be
shown by the following estimates pre-
pared by authority Of city engineer, as
| follows:
Cost OF Seventeenth ST. and alley
as first contemplated ted............SliOO 90
| Cost OF Sixteenth ST. and two blocks
on Larr abee deep grade line) .Slsi3 "a
| Cost OF Sixteenth ST. and two blks
on Larrabee, raised grade line,
Dayey,'s prices ......,. .sl539 50
Cost Of Sixteenth ST. and two blks
on Larrabee, raised grade line,
(city engineers pricesJ SI2s2 80
/
Larrabee, as stopped by council SiO26 So
| seventeenth To Eighteenth on Nc
kenAe, as stopped by council. Z $50 32
FROM thls 10 appears that the cost 10
the city OF the seventeenth street line
which Mr.. Kinghorn recommended would
haYe been SiO26.5j, giving TWO blocks OF
se"erage, not three as against four
blocks on the Sixteenth street line. rec
commended by the city engineer, at "a cost
Qor deep sewer) of Slsl3.24; on medium
depth sewer, Sl539.s3, (using Contractor
Davey's prices for the latter. The engi-
neer makes further estimate OF 81 2s2 80
which he says "he believes the work
could be contracted for" Your commit
tee cannot, in the light Of all the facts
surrounding this transaction, believe that
Mr. Kinghorn was wholly ignorant Of
this remarkable difference in cost. Upon
lnterroRating Mr. Davey as 10 whether
| Mr.. klnghOrn was interested with him Ia
any sewer contracts In Falrhaven, Mr.
Dayey states that he was not. Mr.. Davey
was asked II Mr.. kinghOrn was Interested
or assisted him In procuring bOndsmen on
this sewer contract? Mr.. DaYey said he
was not-but here Mr.. Kingdom corrected
Mr.. Davey, saying that he had spoken to
Mr.. Barney, of New Whatcom, in regard to
becoming one OF his bondsmen" Mr..
Davey then stated that he had sent a
message by Mr.. KinghOrn to deliver 10
! Mr.. Barney. After the verbal 81 atements
of Mr.. Kinghorn before your committee
he was requested TO reduce them to writ
ing and his statements duly signed are at
tached to this report and made part
thereof.
Your committee believes Mr.. Kingdom
resposlble for misleading other members
OF the sewer committee and city council,
In adopting recommendations which were
suggested by the contractor, without anv
| approximate estimates and not based on
facts, and which If carried ont (rather
than those Of the city engineerJ, would
have resulted In loss of not less than
5000 to the city. Whether Mr.. Kinghorn
had any sinister motives In recommending
the change as sugg sted by the contractor
rather than those of the city engineer
your committee knows not. The only
persons who appeared before your COM
mlttee were Mr.. Kingdom, Mr. Davey
and City Engineer Gearhard.
WM HEDGE.
j. j. DONOVAN,
Following is the statement of Mr..
Kingdom, referred to in the commit
tees report
VIM. Hedge, Esq, Chairman Of Commit.
tee Of Investigation I'm the matter Of
change In Contract on Sewer Section
| No o,
Dear Sir: At your request herewith
submit In witlng the statements made by
/ me before your committee:
The work on this section as originally
contemplated and determined upon by the
council, and which was clearly defined In
the contract as awarded, included some-
thing over half the length OF Seventeenth
street, |. e., from Mckenzie 70 the south
| line OF the alley between Mckenzie and
Larrabee. When the change Of line from
the alley TO Larrabee was first suggested
In the council the engineer was instructed
TO submit the estimate Of cost on Six
teenth from Mckenzie to Larrabee and
on Larrabee from Sixteenth TO Eigh-
teenth. That estimate was referred TO the
sewer committee and was handed back to
the council, attached to the committee re-
port as all referred documents should be.
During the time that the matter was
pending the suggestion was made TO me
that saving OF 800 feet In length OF the
line could be effected by building on
Seyenteenth street, as the $50 feet on Lar
rabee between Sixteenth and Seventeenth