The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-29
The Hancock Village
Council Accepts
Two Bids.
For Electric Lighting Plant,
,,.or Boads Approved Yesterday
and the sureties-Prtsoner Sen
fenced LaeOnies.

The Hancock council met yesterday nj
,srnoon pursuant to adjournment. The
srst business OF the meeting was the con-
alteration OF the liquor bonds and the
suretiss on them. The bonds as given |
below were accepted, with the exception
NJ those OF Herman Lehti, A. Gutsch,
,uuust Johnson, Fred Carlund, Dom
enick Vignetti, DR.. Gallagher and V. Lind
holm. which were laid on the table for
various reasons. On some OF them were
sureties who figured on two other bonds
and the statute limits one man to going
on two bonds.
The bonds as presented aud accepted,
with the exceptions noted above, are as
follows:
Frank stoppert, August Pelto and Thomas
Joughln sureties.
n Beauchesne, Thomas Coughlin and Fred
Belling, sureties.
Richard Rourke John f. Hooking and Mich
ael Rourke, sureties.
Jacob Kyllonen. ]. ii. steinback and P. s.
Meehan, sureties.
p. 8. Meehan. J. e. O'Neil and Clemens Metti,
sureties.
August johnson, j. ii. Pearce and Dennis
Coughlin. sureties.
A. Gutsch, ID. 8. Kendall and Joseph Ruppe
sureties.
Fred Carlund, James Tamblyn surety
Domenick vignetti. James Manley surety.
Drittler Bros, Henry Drittler, ST., and
George Ehler, sureties.
Nicholas Evert, j. II. Pearce and Charies
o. Oliver, sureties.
p. Ruppe & Sons. Benjamin Weider and
Michael Finn, sureties.
John Kerum, william Kerredge and George
Ruppe, sureties.
j. H. Hooking & Co., George II. Nichols ana
Lorenzo Bree sureties.
Herman Lehti, p. J. Wagner and j. II.
Steinbach, sureties.
Peter Weisanen, James Tamblyn and John
F. Hooking. sureties.
A. Kauth & Son, August Pelto and George
Ruppe, sureties.
william wern, Frank wern and p. scheuer-
mann, Jr., sureties.
John M. Jestilla, ]. ii. Pearce and 2.
Christopher, sureties.
William Antilia, p. A. Christopher and Den
mis- Coughlin. sureties
Angelo Moosbrugger. Jacob Baer and MICH
Evert, sureties.
The following druggists filed bonds
with sureties as follows:
Al. Scott, John N. Mitchell and Phillip Car
roll, sureties.
PHI. Gallagher, John f Hooking and Lor
EMO Bree, sureties.
NJ Lindbohm. August Pelto ana hehr!
Northey. sureties.
The main business OF the meeting wa
then entered upon. The various bids Oh
the proposed electric light plant wer
opened. 49,, so 90
The New York Safety Co. bid w "
on complete steam plant.
The Russell company OF Massilon, ohio
k bid SO $50 on steam plant complete
7 The Buckeye engine company OF Salem
Ohio, bid $4,000 on complete steat
plant and also SO, 400 on larger an
slower-speed engine.
The Fort Wayne Electric Co. bid 70 ~
on complete electric plant as per soccer
> cations. ooo
The General Electric Co. bid $o'9oo
complete electric plant. !,
The Chase construction company u
s344O on steam plant and $6,6Oo on
ectrical plant. and also presented d COZ
bined bid of $9.750 on the comple
L plant. In the latter bid the engine is
> Philadelphia Corlis and the electric BY
ten is the Westinghouse.
After the bids were received the coun'
informally received one by one inc ,e
resentatives of the bidders who were
town to explain the merits OF their
spectiye engines and electrical macn'''
- The electrical men came first anu 81
I sumed the time until o'clock wnen !
council adjourned until 8 O'Clock a.
gave the engine men their innings :.
explanations by the representative w
not open to the public, out ai'o' F" .
the council was to convene again anu .
On the information they had gained
a being listeners to the different gentlem'
This was the plan pursued by the sup
yisors when the bridge contract wa.
and IL ia the usual proceeding anu rs "
at the request OF the representative
the companies bidding
= The evening session lasted un'n :, !"
4 night and at that time the counon
iourned until 10 o'clock this mo."'
II had then been decided to accep'
hid for the electrical portion oil the p''
made by the Fort Wayne electrical, ~
pany at $4,000, conditions, on, on ' - >.
suit Of the special election. Inere wa.
= little difference between the three 10"
bidders on the steam plant tina. s
tire evening was consumed in discuss ~
the merits OF each without a re''
agreed upon. o, sessi
feature Of the afternoon 's =,
- which came out when the cou '.'a,
- iourned for supper, was the POSITION .a
sumed by the General Electro
tative, Mr.. Arnold. In co%" w.s as