Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-21
NO PAVING THIS YEAR.
Will Probably Be Put Off Until Next
Spring-Report on the Matter by
the Board of Public Works.

the Board of Public Works.
The paving of Main street will very
likely be delayed until next spring.
The bids received Saturday were not
satisfactory, and as there is hardly
time before cold weather comes in
which to secure new ones, the matter
must necessarily be laid over. At
last nights meeting Of the common
council the board of public works
made the following report, which
fully explains the situation:
To the Honorable Common Council
of the City of WatertoWn: Pursuant
to the resolutions adopted by your hon
orable body on the 10th day OF August,
1898, and the provisions of the revised
charter of the city of WATERFOWL, we,
the undersigned board of public works,
advertised in the WatertoWn Gazette,
the official paper of said city, and in the
Engineering News and Engineering
Record Of New York, for bids for doing
the work and furnishing all materials
for the paving of that portion of Main
street which extends from Main street
bridge to the west line of Fifth street in
said city and that until the 18th day of
September, 1898, at fOur O'Clock, p. M.
sealed proposals would be received at
our office for furnishing all material and
doing all he work necessary and re-
CURED for said street improvement;
and we hereby report that on said 18th
day of September, at four o'clock p. M,
said board of public works met at said
office and opened all the proposals or
bids which were received, pursuant OF
said notice; that only two proposals or
bids were received; that neither one of
said proposals was accompanied by a
contract such as is required by chapter
159 of said charter, and that no proper
bids were received pursuant to said adj
vertisemept for such work.
Therefore, said board of public works
after due consideration and at an ad-
journed meeting of said board held at
its office on the Goth day of September,
1898, at four o'clock p. ~, did reject
each and all Of said proposals and bids.
The last clause of chapter "a of said
charter provides that when no proper
bids shall be received the common
council by a tWo-thirds vote may direct
that such work be done under the super
vision of such officer or officers of the
city, as it shall designate.
From reliable information which we
have obtained upon thorough investiga,
ton we are authorized to report that
said work can be done under that pro.
vision of the charter this season in
good, Workmanlike manner and advan'
tageous to the city as to cost of mater
ials and labor.
The charter also authorizes the com,
mon council to direct the board OF pub
lie works to ~readvertise for proposals
for doing said work, but it such read
yertisement is offered it must be fOl
doing such work after the opening Of
the season next spring, as the time il
too short between the date of this re
port and the time when freezing wealth
er usually sets in. Harlow Pease,
Henry Bieber,
G. II. Stanchfeld.
Board of Public Works
The report was ordered place on
file and definite action will be decided
on at An adjourned meeting of the
council Friday evening.
The board of water commits slOners
submitted a report regarding the
cost of laying water service pipe IN
Main street from the bridge to Fifth
street. The total cost Of such work
was $685. 80, which amount the
board asked be transferred from the
CITY general fund to the waterworks
fund, inasmuch as helatter fund had
been exhausted.
A resolution was passed ordering
the transfer of the sum of $287.32
from the city general fund to the
waterworks fund.
The committee on streets and
bridges reported in favor of allowing
the bill of ThomasJ. O'Brien, Buffalo,
N. Y, amounting to $24O, for the
twelve iron catch-basins placed along
Main street. The committee also