The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-07
Fire and Water Committee Would
Readvertise for Standpipe.
COMPLETION DECEMBER 10.
nae Com mSttee VIII RecSnnene %
CoaseiI the Rejection Of she ~"
Bias Sshmfat~d - Their Toeai
A-o.ns II SlI ,aass. 10, or 500 Less
rs., Thomson's EstiDate-En-
plsyment Dureau Needs "erk"en

A. a meeting Of the city COUNCIL Nfe ei'N
sr committee Yesterday afternoon
vas decided 70 recommend TO the eouhei'
chat the hid Of Wolf * Zwicker Tor the
~aes1 construction OF the City park water
aawsr E.sa. and the bid OF T. Ryan for
cha excavation. foundation ard concrete
casing. s.. 1ss 30 be rejected. Although shs
total amount or the two bids. Sl,e~''o' NJ
e,0e less than the estimate OF the Fotai Cost
made by City Engineer thomson never
rhele,sa the committee Is Of the opinion
aha. bidders can he gotten who VIII do tne
work for less money. provided more Time
Il given In which to complete tns contract
Consequently at the next meeting OK the
council the committee VIII recommend
that the bids which the board OF pnoiie
works has recommended for acceptance,
he rejected and the contracts be readver-
f:sed the time specification being made
December Is instead of September l.
IL the council accepts this recommenda-
Gon and acts upon It. IL VIII mean SIMPLY
that the residents Of Rfnion hill will de-
rive scarcely any practical benefit from
1he new water supply before next spring.
September il an irrigat.ng month-ths las,
In the year and for this reason the specs-
fcatiuas required that the tower be COM
pleted by the first Of that month, that The
Ren,onisns might enjoy the benefit OF a
months full water supply before winter
should set In. II looks now. by the action
OF the fire ard water committee. Us though
they were TO be disappointed.
A member Of the board OF public works,
when asked If ne considered that the bids
submitted were High. replied:
Certainly I TO not. l consider them
very reasonable. They would not be high
even If December Is, instead OF Septem-
Der /. had been tho time limit. Consider
ing that September was the time SET In
the specifications ! do not understand the
action OF the congnittae."
Yesterday In the Office OF the bureau OF
public employment was almost as remark
able az the day before In the number of
applications received for labor. and the
number OF applicants supplied. On Tues
day orders for IA workers were received
Z, loggers for ssx camps within 100 miles
of Seattle. wages ranging from n..5 to SD
per day. board 81 per week 1N railroad la
borers on three roads Is farm hands 3
cooks ~ general city worfmen and a va
rious number Of other occupations. For
these applications loggers. 20 railroad la
horers and II farm hands were furnished
All the other applications were si!led The
Office was open at $50 In the morning. a
half hour earlier than usual and from
that hour up to after O'Clock In the even
SIS there was scarcely an hour during the
day when at least twenty persons were
not standing about waiting 10 have their
wants attended to-
Commissioners Grout says that At the
present time iaa workers are needed. as
Follows.
Expert ioggere. In FIVE camps: railroad
Iaborers on thfee roads - men on two
FOOD contract jobs af Admiralty head and
Mhrrowstone point. wages N.15 per day
board - per week: ~ men for clearing
right-of-way: 10 tiemakers wages ? cents
ger tie. besides considerable number of
men and women for miscellaneous occu-
pa,fons,
One OF the most pressing needs at the
present time Ia for womeG for dome site
work. Mr.. Circuit has also several orders
on ale for laundry hands
Competent persons who want work
should apply 30 the bureau without delay.
They VII stand an excellent chance of
finding employment
W Wtckersham yesterday took on; n
Binding permit for two-Fgoey frame
dwelling 81 2le Twentieth avenue 20 cost
$40