The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-07-19
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS !
Gallagher g. Lamb Get the Water
Connections Contract.
THEIR BULK BID WAS 49, 4O.
Maurice Morrison Made a Member of
the Board of Health-Timothy
O'Brien Succeeds Mr.. Melus-
key as Councilman.


comparatively short duration disposed of
considerable very important business. The
members in attendance were Messrs. Kane,
Magargle, d. r.. James, 7. j. James,
S~traughn, Gable, Kerns, Dougherty, Hand,
Gaffigan, Reese and Mcclure. The star
attraction and event of the evening was
the consideration of the proposals for
making the public water works connec-
tions, which were disposed of after some
discussion.
As soon as Council was ready for bust
ness Mr.. j. j.. Franey called attention to
Pear alley, south of Oak street. He said
the roadway was full of holes and asked
that it be cut down to grade.
Mr.. Kane said the street committee
could do nothing without authority to cut
down the alley from Cherry to Oak, and
there was a question as to who would be
responsible for altering the paving and
cutters now in.
President Mcclure said the committee
stood instructed with power to act, and that
ended the matter.
Mr.. T. j. James said the borough
treasury was entirely out of money and it
would be necessary to raise some. The
finance committee and officers of Council
were authorized to negotiate a loan of
50 900 for ninety days.
A special meeting of Council will be held
next Monday evening to meet Tax Collec-
tor Seaman and review the exoneration list
for 1898, and the collector is to submit his
exoneration list for 1894 at the next regular
meeting of Council.
Patrick Hannafee, of South Bowers
street, was recommended for exoneration
from payment of IKE
Mr.. Straughn made a report for the law
committee as to the question of superior
authority raised between Chief Burgess
Burns and Chief of Police Tosh. The
evidence taken in the case was submitted
without recommendation with a written
opinion by Borough Solicitor Pomeroy,
which concluded as follows 81 do not
think the Chief Burgess had any power to
grant a license for a performance or public
exhibition on the public street, and if he
had the power and exercised it, as in this
| thoNt IL liz hOb aulhOlALO lnb AlGGlSib "
obstruct the public street, sidewalk or
crossing, in the manner testified to by the
Chief of Police, and the latter, in remov-
ing the obstruction in the manner he did
on the complaint of citizens living in the
vicinity, was acting within the scope of
his authority as an officer. lido not view
his action as ignoring the license granted
by the Chief Burgess to- Holland, as Hol-
land may have gone elsewhere and given
his exhibition on a public street without
creating a nuisance of which anyone
would nave complained"
Mr.. Gable, chairman of the water COM
mittee, presented and read the bids received
for making the public water works con-
nections. He said the bids of r.. c..
Waters, of Eureka, and Jesse e. Wyatt, of
Williamstown, were not accompanied by
bonds as required by the advertisement.
Mr.. Gable also stated that the Waters bid
was received a few minutes after the time
specified in the notice, but the committee
took into consideration that Mr.. Waters
had been very busy and decided to let
Council decide upon the admissability of
his bid. The committee had no recon-
mendation to make on any of the bids.
Mr.. 7. j. James said that Mr.. Waters
had requested him to state that he would
furnish a pond satisfactory to Council.
In the absence of a motion that the
omissions on the part of the bidders be
waived, the President instructed the com
mittee to set the Waters and Wyatt bids
aside and they were not considered. Both
bids were above four of the other COMPETE
tors and the WilliamstoWn mans figures
were way up. His bulk price was S., 800,
or So 300 if the borough would furnish all
material. The next highest bidder was
Isaac Morgan, of town, who wanted So for
each connection, or $4,000 for the whole
job. Mr.. Waters asked $3.50 per connec
ton.
The bids regularly before Council de-
veloped close competition between three of
them, as the figures will show. Isaac
Morgan's was the fret opened and, as
previously stated, he asked So for each
connection, or So 900 in bulk, T.. F..
Bradigan's was the second; the figures were
S2.4O for each connection, or $4,000 in
bulk. William P. Williams bid was the
third and he asked the same as Mr.. Brad
~igan-S2.4O for each connection, or a bulk
of 81, 500 on a basis Of 1000 connections.
P. w. Bells bid followed and his figures
were $4,000 in bulk cup to the sum of
1000 connections, - or 1925 each, lead pipe
to be put in bulk for $500 and iron pipe
for $3.50. The bid of Gallagher & Lamb
was the last opened and the figures were
s2.87 for each connection, or s4, 74O in bulk
Mr.. Hand moved that the contract be
awarded to the lowest bidder and hat he