The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-03
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING,
The RecOmm 'ndatiOns of the Sewer
investigating Committee UfNine
Adopted.
Messrs. Swe aringen, White and Hun.
ter Appointed ArbitratOrs in
the City's Interest.

The CITY council met in special session
last night. Present-Mayor Webster,
Aldermen Randall, Jensen, Cleeland,
Cornelius and Tracy. Absent-Gaunt,
Burghardt and Carrier.
Clerk Leslie read the following report
made by the committee of nine.
GREAT FALLS. Feb. q.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of
the City of Great Falls
Gentlemen: The committee of nine
composed of Messrs. Randall, Burghardt
and Cornelius Of the city council: King.
Scott and Robbins of the board Of trade;
Reynolds, White and Hunter of the
trades and labor council, desire to place
before your honorable body the follow
ing report:
The following motion offered by Mr..
Scott was adopted by the committee:
That it is the sense of this committee
that from Investigations made on the
sewer, SO far as uncovered. the speciiica-
tons have not been fully complied with
in the following particulars:
|. No plaster on the outside of man
holes.
.. No inverts in the ~mauholcs.
8. Joints IN pipes only partially &C.
mented and in several instances not
closely connected nor in a w~orkmanlike
manner.
4. The pipes are found at some points
not laid according to alignment or grade.
3. The work has not been inspected
before being covered.
6. 1t appears that the method employ
ed in laying the pipe left but one or two
lengths exposed for inspection before
being covered.
7. Rock was used for back filling ia
some cases.
Mr.. Huelster appeared before the com
mittee and made the following PROPOSE
ton for Mr.. Tuck, the contractor:
We will enter into an agreement with
the city of Great Falls to dig up all the
work the city to appoint engineers to in
spect the work, and what is found to be
ali right the city to pay for, and what is
found to be wrong or not according to
specifications, the contractor to stand
the expense.
Mr.. Reynolds offered the following
resolution which was adopted by the
committee:
We recommend to tho city council
that the proposition above stated be ac-
cepted, the mayor or council to appoint
three dlSinterested engineers, and the
city clerk be instructed to draw up the
proper papers.
The committee begs leave to report
that this is not a final report; that the
committee will meet again on Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock to further investi,
gate charges against Mark Tuck, and tc
look into the city engineers connection
with the sewer work.
Respectfully submitted.
J. f. REYNOLDS, f.. w. KING,
Secretary. Chairman.
The report was fully discussed by the
aldermen and it was their opinion that
the plan adopted by the committee OF
nine was a fair one to both city and con.
tractors.
On motion of Tracy the report and
recommendations were adopted. City
Attorney Leslie was instructed to draw
up a contract between the city and
Mark Tuck, containing the recommenda
tions of the committee of nine.
On motion the following committee
was appointed to examine all pipes as
recommended by the committee of nine.
Acting City Engineer G.. W. Swearingen
Engineer j. ID. White and John Hunter
a practicsl mechanic.
The auditing committee recommended
that the bill of S9l.50 for work done in
digging up the sewer pipes in certain
places be paid. An order was directed
to be drawn for the amount.
The bill Of Lawyer w. Il. Downing for
$3.50 for services as lawyer on the city
bond case before the supreme court was
considered too high and the council
voted to allow him Sl75, a reduction OF
one-half.