The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-28
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
The Mayor, Three Aldermen, and the
City Clerk Meet and Trans
act Business.
The Final Report of the Inspection and
Arbitration Committee Read TO
the Three Aldermen. = ~.,.

Mayor Webster and Aldermen Tracy,
Randall and Cleeland, with Clerk Leslie,
composed the special council meeting
held last evening.
The specifications for the Third street
sewer extension and ~laterals we're read
and adopted.
The city clerk was instructed to al.
vertise two weeks for bids for the con-
%struction of the Third street sewer ex-
tension and laterals.
The following report from the COM
mittee IN sewer inspection and arbitra-
ton was read:
10 the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Great Falls, Mon
tana-Gentlemen: Under an original
contract dated October %, 1892, between
Mark Tuck and the city of Great Falls
for the construction Of certain lateral
sewers, said Tuck constructed a portion
of said lateral sewers during the time
following the date of said contract until
February %, 1893. when a supplement
,ary agreement vas entered into by said
Tuck and the city Of Great Falls, to de-
termine a question of difference between
the parties to said original contract as
to the proper construction of said lateral
sewers done before February %, 1893.
We, the committee on inspection and
arbitration. provided for and named in
said agreement, have to report as FL
lows: The work described has been re-
constructed so as to conform to the re-
quirements of the plans, specifications
and original contract. The committee
has in each case agreed upon the work
necessary to this result.
The sewer in blocks 254, 80, 25G and
about 300 feet of 257; also in blocks 243
and pa; also in blocks 1913 and 1914, and
about $50 feet of 1856; also blocks lS5, 1874
and 1873 have been entirely relaid, the
cost to be borne by the contractor, as re-
CURED by the agreement, plans, speciti-
cations and original contract. In block
LIB the west half Of the lateral sewer was
likewise relaid at the contractors ex-
pense, the remainder carefully examined
a d found acceptable.
In block 81, about 100 feet in the
middle was carefully ex mined and
found acceptable, and the remainder was
relaid at the contractors expense.
In block 105 ne. half of the sewer was
uncovered and found to conform very
closely to grade and line, the pipe well
aid and cemented. Improvement could
have been made in this work. vet so
slight as to be of no material benefit TO
the city and therefore an injustice to the
contractor tn rebuild. The remainder of
this sewer was found to conform very
closely to line and grade, and may safely
be considered as good as that portion
uncovered.
The cost of the work done by the con-
tractor in this blocR in view of the agree
ment, should be borne by the city and
amounts to S65.
The committee has a record of the &C.
tual days work of the entire reconstruc-
ton. The portion to be borne by the
contractor amounting to a sum not ex-
ceeding S2,26O. Respectfully submitted,
&. w. SwEwINGEN,
JAS. d. WHITE,
JOHN HUNTER,
Great Falls, April Is, 1893.
The following bills were passed and
ordered paid:
Jas. Mansfield, labor IN parks. ... 800 90
Townsite Co., payments on lots and
interest," ............ .o24.95
Jas. Atkinson, special police..... $50
Tom Scanlon, do ...... $50
Henry Ellis, do ...... $50
j. ID. White, city engineer, paid
Jno. Hunter, sewe, inspector, etc. 10i.5O
The bill of NJ. Spears for watching
sewers 2l nights, amounting to 81, was
laid over to next meeting.
There will be a special meeting of tho