The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-30
TALKED OF At CITY HALL.
Bids for the New Pumping Engine to
Be Opened Tomorrow.
SEVERAL CONTRACTS AWARDED
For Sewers In Several Parts of tho City
Board of Aldermen to Meet Tomor-
row in Special Session to Draw Jur-
ors-General and Personal Notes.

At 10 o'clock tomorrow bids for the
new pumping engine at Pettaconsett will
be opened at the Office of the commits
sioner of public works. Up to noon to.
| day none had been received by mail. but
it is the opinion that four, II not more.
will be put IN.
1be iepres ent atives OF a number OF
| engin" building conCerns have been here
and have obt; ined the necessary data
upon winch TO base tneir estimates and
prepare their plans. The city. it
is To be re nemb red. does not de-
sign the engine. IL simply prepares
t, DO occupied, the duty to be performed,
and the economy in coal consumption
expec ed. Tnen the engine builders
| make their own plans and present them
with their es imates of the cost.
At the com lissioner's Office this morn
ing il WAS said that in all probability the
bids would be handed in tonorrow by
the representatives OF the various con-
Germs in person.
Contracts Awarded
The public works department WAS busy
awarding contracts yes erday after
noon. The Smith Concrets COM
pauy of this city vas awarded
the contract to concrete the roadway and
sidewalks Of the Washington bridge near
he mouse OF Tue Iuree ODes
A contract for 20 tons OF lead pipe Was
AWARDED 10 Thorn Phillips & Co., and
Il. III. iillinghast q Co.
K. T.. Saaw was awarded the contract
for building sewerin Hope street; Tini-
othy 4. Lyons for sewers in Superior,
Wendell and Pain streets and Thur
ber's avenue; George X. Newman sewers
dar and Pacific streets.
To Meet Tomorrow.
The board of aldermen has been called
to meet in special session at o'clock to
morrow afternoon for the purpose OF
drawing jurors. Although only los
names are TO be taken out Of the box
some of ILe members OF the board 6nink
the rpeetius will be pretty long.
You see. said one of them, "uuder
this new law We can't go In aad draw
them cut AID anne un.e them. Il q pres
,nt law compeils the rre'iAinS officer TO
draw one name a time,
announce it. then pass it 10 an
alderman who reads IL aloud and passes
IL TO another who jes the same thing
and so on until this name has been read
aloud in turn by the mayor and cath
a a.derman.
That will take up tim. In fact it in :
creases the usual lime occupied just ten-
told, To shy not ,ing about lie increase IL
lie number IL jurors TO be drawn. For
my part can say tnaJ don't ia much
stock in this part OF the new law"
Notes About the Hall.
Mo nday will be Labor day and the city
hail will he closed as on other mol days.
At the city nlineeI's oitce tuis morn
iug it was learned that the maximum We
locity Of the wind yesterday was AZ miles
IN hour.
Superintendent Tarhell has returned
rom uis summer vacation.
Friday IL will be known how much
money the city will have TO draw upon
during the coming financial year.
1t is said at the Public Works depart
nent that the work of paving Wicken-
len street is progressing as rapidly as
possible.
1t is expected that all of the sewer
contracts awarded yesterday afternoon
wi De completed before the advent OF
winter.
IL takes n janitor, three me- and five
women ASST ans 10 keep the city hall
bright and clean.
1he city pays an annual water bill of
over $40 600