The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-03-24
VILLAGE RECORDERS REPORT

In Dcc0fdBnco With tho provisions Of
the Chsrter Of the Village Ut Worth
tngtoo, / have the honor to herewith
submit this, my Fifth Annual Report
Of the work and results OF the year
which closes with tho Annual Election
held In March.
On tho soth 6f March 1891, At \ reg
pisr nesting OF the Council, = rasolu-
iou Was introduced and unanimously
BARRED, to issue the, Bonds Of tho VIII
jsse for SIS. 900, for the purpose Of put
tug In . system OF Water Works, 10
eemp!ete - that amount Of money viii
permit. The Recorder was instructed
d eo0pi's and iisass !. stassmeut Of the
Resources aud Liabilities Of tho Viii
A6easd send the same to ali the 6nnn-
e3at institutions that he thought would
b interested in buying tho said bonds
This was done, but owing to the unset
tied state Of the money market At that
time the bids were so low that 1t wss
thought best not to accept any. and
oRer them for sale again, which was
done, but with no better success. The
Bank Of Worthington making = bid,
that. al things considered. was decided
TO bo the best, and accordingly the
bonds were sold to them at their bid,
which Was to take the tonds ut 98 cents
on the dollar, the village to furnish tho
blanks, and allow them $3.50 commis-
aion for selling the bonds.
On April 4th, Milton S. Smith was
employed as Civil Engineer, to estab-
lish the grades of certain streets, aud
make plats Of the village, etc., and the
village was to pay him at specified
sum per day. lie was continued in the
employ Of the village for some Ave
months.
The Standard Oil Company CON-
menced III excavation for the purpose
at erecting storage house on the N.
W. corner Of Block 80, but q remon-
otrance having been sent in to tho
Council, an order Was issued to have
tho work stopped, and the order was
obeyed, and then on careful investi-
Gstion Of the matter. perm mission was
granted the Oil Co., to locate their
house on the ). ". corner Of this same
block, they to put up good, substan-
tixl building, and one that will be an
ornament TO the place. They have To-
Gated t:'e storage tanks there, but have
not yet put up the building contem-
plated.
In May, notices were sent out to sew
eral firms. and advertisements inserted
In several papers, inviting bids OF, the
vystem Of Water Works we were con-
trmplating putting in. And on the
10th day Of June the bids were opened,
some 6ve or six of the firms which had
put in their bids, being present in per-
son, or by representative. The bids
were opened and read in open meeting
and then the Council went into ex. Gu.
tive session to examine ali the bids ut
more leisure. On careful cOmpa rison
Of x)l the bids and Il careful review OF
all the specifications, the bid of IIarri-
son & ttawlry, of St. Paul. WAS found
to 6e the lowest by several hundred dol
lars, and it WAS therefore accepted, and
tho wooden tank on a wooden sub
structure adopted, as, under the cir
cumstances. being the best suited tu
our needs and financial ability. The
amount bid for the entire contract, al
then specified, was $l4,700 on, with ths
privilege Of adding to or d. ductina
from the specifications at the same
price ~ bid. On July 10th part of the
lot owned by MIR. P. Thompson, waa
purchased for the location of tho tank
snd the tank now stands on tha,
ground. The total cost of the works
.as thus Tar completed. is $l7. %
which includes all the additional pipe
which has been laid, and the pipe
which now lies on the ground along thu
lake shore street, and ready to be laid
~ soon as the frost 10 out of ths
ground.
In connection with the water works
It was necessary to have some appsra-
tus for fighting fires. and 80 letter,
were sent to all the firms known te
sell DIRE apparatus, within = reasonable
distance Of this place, for their prices
terms. etc. samples of hose, illustra
tions OF carts, hook and ladder trucks
1esesent, and some Of tho apparatul
~ ether places examined, and then tn.
contract was given to tho w. s
Mott Co.; for TOO feet Of Peerless hose
ono hose cart, to hold the full amount
Sof hose, and hook and ladder truck
with 40 tt. extension ladder, and oil thu
other equipments necessary for 6rst
class outfit. The hose was contracted
st IS cents foot, the hose cart 1t $50
the truck at $3.50. all free on board til,
cars Ut WorthiDetOn. This 10 = reall,
good outfit, aud At extremely low price
compared with what other places have
paid for the same or similar xpparatu 10
Az It WAS necessary to provide Z
place to house the apparatus, 1t VA.
finally decided to use tho old village
Office ~ An "Engine House" }" and rem,
some place for the Office of the village
and accordingly the room over tn
Bank Of Wortbington was selected q,
tho place. A very commendable spirit
has been manifested by the young citi
zens of the village, and volunteer 6r,
company has been organized with SOM
38 members. A constitution and by
laws have been adopted, and tho "lad
dies" have already done work:at Ore,
that have occurred, which has wor
golden opinions for them.
After the Office Of the Recorder VA.