The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-30
Rolls for Registration VIII Be
Closed Today.
REASONS FOR THE DECISION.
Beard Of Ed ucafIea Unable 90 s~~are
Law Requires Location 60 Be
Named tn sutsmisffnE to Popular
Nave Taken Pains to Register.

There Will be 10 election held to decide
upon the erection Of the proposed new
high school building anti the fall TIE
rolls for registration Of voters. which
have been opea IN the city halt. vii. be
eloesd today.
Conversation with prominent member
OF tie board OF education yesterday re-
suited 81 tho following statement:
'InaS.naeh as the board has been and
et the present time II unable to find a
suitable site for ths building as was fully
explained III a recent isasse or the Poet
intelligence, ana inasnGch ag the law
requires that the location Of the tract
be given before the matter ie submitted
70 the vote OF the people for hnai aeci-
sion. 1t is nov found necessary to defer
any step toward the holding OF an eiec-
ton nntl the coming fail when the board
HOPES 10 be able TO take the matter UP
Cor fi5sai settlement.
Even II IL we're possible 10 hold an cleo
ton al the present time. the registration
Il so exceedingly small that I; would be
an awkward movement. Since the rolls
were opened subsequent u June IL. only
iU0 citizens have presented themselves
for registration, SO little interest xss
shown IN the propoaai II may be statrd
iass.de nfaify that those whose names ap-
pear upon these rolls may consider them
selves officially regLstered for the regular
fall elections. and need not register again
for that occasion 1t is possible that rho
city may open 4 fall registration Office
somewhere IN the central part OF the city.
in order 10 save -nteaetsng voters the
trouble OF going all the way to tine high
school building on the bill 10 enter their
names. This. however, ID only probable
not certain
To-day the board OF public works will
open bsia for the work OF erecting the
standplpe III the City park designed 10
relieve tile RESIDENTS OF Kentou hill by
furnishing them with an adequate water
supply The approximate cost OF the
Stasldlslpe proper, estimated by city Of
tieiais. is S. go Bids for the pipe casing
the probable cast OF which is placed by
the Same estImators at $500. will he
opened tomorrow. City Engineer Thorn
son sad. IN discussing the matter:
s'There are In the city representatives
OF business houses scattered ali over the
country. i,rotessedly waiting for a chance
10 bid OH the new atandpipe work. We
have issued ia all twenty-five bid blanks
and particulars of specifications. ye. DO
not expect that more than FIVE bids actu-
ally will be made. Odd? Well, yes--to
you, but n0t 70 us. There is a certain
class Of men who. whenever a new en-
terprisa or operation II proposed. rash IN
30 take up your time and make them
selves very generally In evidence up to
about the day for the opening OF the bids
Then they egaporate. There are Others
who make use of any opportunity which
presents Itself 70 get hold Of new speci-
ftataons under the pretcnse that they
want 90 bid. They don't want 10 do any
ting Of the sort. They want 10 study
the specifications. Then there are yet 9TH
ers who, sooner or later, for one reason
or afother. decide 10 leave the proysoss-
ton aone-'afier mature deiberation'
So as a usual thing you are safe on count
Ing or actual bids tc the number of about
cna-fourth the original applicants"
It Is estimated that the work OF erect
ing the standpipe proper win not require
more than thsrty days. The greatest de-
lay WIZ he experienced IN the getting Of
steel for the structure. After that ar
rsves from the East the work ~ erection
viii he rushed. ard ss soon as IL Is com
plc,ed the ioug-auGsrtng Rentouians viii
he supplied with water sufficiently album
dant for the pressing requirements of a
daily bath and the coffee pot. They VIII
not be kept waiting until THE casing -
built Tlls work, Il Is estimated. VII re-
aelrs about two months tk'na
AZ 10 o'clock this morning will be closed
tae hids ~ city suYp,ies for the months
81 Juiy and August Ouly twelve have
been received. thus TAR. This II no, sur
prlsns. however. far according "a preee-
tcn3 trey really are pot due unt1 Within
one-ha1f hour ~ closing time. when they
ar wout to come merrlis aloug IN busy.
continuous stream,
Tho Mutthn Life Insurance Company.
90 New York Yesterday took out per
nlll ree s3"sN worth of improvements on
and In tAeir issal hplsiing ou f9rsi ave-
uue TneSs improvements Will tnclsidc
among other things. the making al the
entire structure Nrt-pfoef
Janice n iior'on was yesterday granted
= permit - hnilt fuar frame cottages at
ehe corner of stewart street asas sixth
avenue AZ 4 total cs.st * Sf6a NJ Har-
tor ia the head oG tAa Alaska Portable