Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-21
nErAvINe CONTRACTS AWARDED.
sumo FRICTION BetNccn Property
OMners md COmncIImen

SWINE rFtcttOn prOUprfy
owners and COunciImen.
At the meeting Of the city council last
evening there was not a suggestion Of oppo.
sition to the award of the contracts for
sewering and repaving South First street.
A number Of the property owners were
present but they we're there only for the
purpose of urging the prompt commencement
ana completion Of the work, The street is
practically impossible and all are anxious
10 nave 1t placed in good condition with as
niue delay as possible. The city engineers
tabulation Of the bids showed that e. A..
Nlckham was the lowest of the Des Moines
repressed brick, Wickham's bid was $1.SS,
the same price for the same material used
on Pearl street. j. J. Hughes e. Son filed
a bld OF Sl.36& for Des Moines vitridcd
Drlck. The property owners had examined
the samples submitted and decided upon the
depressed brick offered by Wickam. and
this left the council nothing else TO do than
to award him the contract. George Hughes
was present and made a verbal proposition
to use the same kind of brick at the price
OF MS original bid, but after some discussion
the council decided that 1t could not take
eognizance OF the offer. The proposition
brought a counter one from Wickham, who
personally obligated himself to the propertv
owners to do the work at Hughes figure.
Mnlle he was giving this assurance to the
property owners the council awarded him
the contract at $1.3S.
The tabulation of the sewer bids for the
construction of the sewer on the same street
showed that Wickham's bid for the entire
job was 81, $3.50. 60 in certificates: j. /, Hughes
SZ'6iO; Armstrong, 81, 500, and Hardin,
S2,247. The latter bid did not include man
holes. Wickham's bid was the lowest and
the contract was awarded him.
j. j. Grove was granted permission to re-
move the cedar blocks from a strip in the
center OF Broadway, between Thirty-fourth
and Thirty-seventh streets, and fill the space
with earth and cinders at his own expense.
~ was TINS portion of the street that has
been rendered entirely impossible by the
depredatlons of the block-takers.
The sum of Sc, 900 was ordered taken from
the police fund and transferred to the gen
eral fund. This leaves a balance in the no
lice fund available for the DEVELOPMENT Of
the gravel pits and trials of making roads
by the use of gravel.
"A resolution was passed notifying the
eiectrlc light company to replace the de-
iectlve guy post supporting the electric
light towers within five days or the cit,
woud do the work and charge the expense
to the company. Discussion Of this resolu-
ton brought out the fact that the com
pany already had new posts on the ground
LOT the several towers. Alderman Shubert
favored the plan of trying to force the com
pany to repair the three towers. owned by
the city by doing the work and charging
the cost to the company.
me ordinance ordering the pavement of
the alley north of Broadway, between Main
ana Bryant streets, was passed to it's third
reading and laid over under the rules for
the purpose of permitting the property
owners to decide whether granite or Wit
riiied brick should be used. The clerk was
instructed to notify the property owners to
communicate their desires in writing to the
mayor before next Monday night.
j.. w. Squire submitted a communication
STATING that eN'City Engineer Etnyre had