The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-10
THE CITY'S MULE CONTRACT
The Council Called to Account for lis
Stock Purchases.


ested in City Contracts-A Rival Stock
Dealer Inquiries If Lexow Commit
tee is Not Needed for Savannah.
Mr.. J. +. GuHmartin IS making thing
warm for Alderman W. j. O'Hren. chair
man Of the committee Of council on
streets and lanes. Al tho last meeting Of
council a resolution was passed for the
purchase OF fifteen mules for fine soaven-
ger department and four mules for The
street and lane department. the price Dee
ing fixed at not Co exceed EI75 each.
Some Of the members Of council were
inclined 10 question the necessity of buy
ing such a number OF mules for the scav-
enger department at this season Of the
year when the work Of The department IS
light After statement Of the needs OF
the department hy the chairman. ur
Harris. the resolution was passed by a
vote Of to 8. Alderman Myers raised
point on the resolution that sumcIen.
number of votes had not been received 90
authorize such an expenditure After
some discussion. however. be waived this
point
Mr.. Guilmartn understood that the
city would probably purchase a new lot
Of mules and determined 10 DC forehanded
in the matter. with this object iu view
he called upon Mayor McDonough the day
before the meeting and stated his desire
10 bid upon the mules furnishing the
mayor at the same time bid which he
requested him to put in should the council
authorize TO purchase the stock Mr.
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aor the lour INJURIES LOT lhe street ana lahe
department. Alderman . biieh' as chair
snah OF lhls committee. seemed TO reel
some aencacy IN approving ms own bills.
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Nlr. bIleh ~ IS UNDERSTOOD from good
buthorlty' then approved the bill him
ser ana sent III 70 the mayor. Yesterday
afternoon the iolloWlRs circular was dis
Itlputea throughout the CITY by Mr.. Gull
ss ,..
Nah, GA.-Dp We NEED A
LEAOW COMMITTEES
HAuact from Rule Book city Council Of
savannah.
Rule AlN-Members Not TO be Con-
Serned IN Contracts-No member OF this
BOARD shall be directly or indirectly in
Nerested IN any contract, once or APP
pointment 10 be made with or derived
from the board ana which shall have
annexed TO il any pecunlary advantage
or emolument'
IRON whom ala the city hire its mules
as reported 10 council at meeting OF
council Jan. = 1870, ana at what price
Der day?
zl-City PurVeNor.-lt shall be the
duty Of the marshal 10 contract for and
Superlntend the purchase of all articles 10
be used by the city, and shall be purveyor
OF the city and no other officer shall
be authorized TO make any purchase for
the city except when expressly directed
so TO do by the mayor.
Does this apply TO mules, horses and
lumber? If so, when has the marshal
bought either or these things.
bGlOEt Aut HlteAlhE OF touHtli on Jan.
z, 1885 at which meeting council voted
10 buy mules not to exceed I75 each.
we heard that the city would probably
buy mules. and our MIR. J. f. Guilmartin
made a trip TO the up
country to get posted as
10 prices and quality Of stock After
Investigating ana finding good mules
Could be had for less money than last
year. and knowing the liberal appropria-
tions usually made by council, We We're
quite anxious TO get a chance to bid
Tor them, seeing large profits at much
less than the usual city figures, S200 each
for mules. To make sure of an opportu-
nifty 10 bid on fifteen mules for the scav-
enger department CDR Harris Chairman
OF Committee), four mules for street
and lane department CMr. OBrien chair
man of committee), We sent an aphca- /
ton TO Hon. J. J. McDonough, mayor
of Savannah telling him that we had
failed on previous occasions to set in
bid, and requesting him to hand the
a Implication for privilege to bid to chair
men of committees who intended pur-
chasing mules. We sent this to the /
mayor before council passed the order
10 buy as we feared the usual SCOOP.