The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-11-24
CITY COUNCIL.

Friday night, Nov. 10, 1897, at $50
o'clock. the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the City of Brookhaven met
pursuant to adjournment. All officers
and members were present same as
yesterday except Aldermen Moreton
aud Cohn.
His Honor, the NJ iyor, stated the
object of the meeting was to receive
and consider the sealed bids filed for
wiring residences, stores, offices, and
the interior of all such buildings with
in the corporate limits of the city, as
subscribers and others may designate,
in accordance with the specifications
of the city engineer on file in the May |
or's office. The sealed bids were or
motion received, opened in open Board. !
read by the Clerk, tabulated by the /
city engineer, and having been duly
considered, on the recommendation OF !
the city engineer and after careful |
tract is hereby awarded to Ii. =. !
Broughton, st. Louis, Mo, at and for
the prices enumerated in his (Which |
is received and accepted and his said |
proposal is here made part of this |
contract. Therefore, BE it ordained
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Brookhaven, Miss, that
the contract be and the same is hereby |
this day awarded to ii. p. Broughton.
st. Louis, Mo-, on the terms and con
ditions enumerated in his bid, as set /
forth therein, which bid is on file in
the Mayors office and made part and |
parcel of this contract, which is as
follows:
PROPOSAL FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRING. |
Brookhaven, Miss, Nov. 49, 1897.
To the Hon. Mayor ami Board of Aldermen Of
the City of Brool.hnven. Mss.
GENTLEMEN Henry p Broughton,
of ST. Louis, Mo, through his regularly |
authorized agent, Ed Rogers, hereby
submits the following proposal, to wit !:
Henry p. Broughton agrees to fur
nish and erect white cedar poles at the ,
following unit prices: 40 #. poles.
$40; 30 it. poles, ST. 10; 30 TT. poles, I
$3.50; % it. poles, $3.50.
III. p. Broughton agrees to furnish
and erect weatherproof wire for the /
following prices per 1000 feet:
No. 6 b. Il 5. wire at S22.90
NO. 3 ............. lou
No. 10 &" ....... 80. 1000
H. p. Broughton agrees to place
electric wires in stores and residences /
in tie manner known as "open cleat
work" for 81 60 per l6 candle power in
candescent lamp and to place electric
wires in stores and residences in the !
manner known as concealed work E." I
for s. 90 per 16 candle power incandes /
cent lamp. Shades and fixtures not to
be furnished under the above proposal +
II. p. Broughton agrees to furnish
and erect the Duncan Alternating
Current Recording Meters at the fol-
lowing unit prices:
10 light 3d. 40 90 light. -. $2244- /
80 -. 2G.40 40 d" -. 296o |
80 ..... $3.50
II. p. Broughton agrees to furnish
and erect transferers at the following |
unit prices:
5 light $3.50 10 light -. 81. 90
20 -. 27.50 30 -. 3l.50
10 49,. $3.50 60 -. $3.50
II. p Broughton agrees to complete
said work for 600 lights by Jan. 10,
1898, provided contract is awarded by |
Nov -, 1897.
Respectfully submitted,
ED. ROGERS.
Be it further ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of |
Brookhaven, Miss, that the said II. 7. |
Broughton proceed at once to wire all
residences of subscribers and other
citizens of the city, upon his entering |
into bond payable to said city in the
sum of 1000, conditioned for the faith |
full performance of his contract in ac
cordance with his bid and the specifi
cations of the city civil engineer. Ayes
Perkins, Schnorenberg and Seavey. |
Nays-None.
On motion, the Board adjourned |
until Monday, Nov. -, 1897, at 7:30
o'clock p. III.
j. B: DAUGHTRY, Mayor.
w. II. SEAvEY, City Clerk
REMOVAL OF QUARANTINE.
Adopted by the City Council, No
vember -, 1897:
Sec. 1. On motion, Be it ordained by |