The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-23

4 A. contract - ~ -. aIiG 1is5-St S1SAe &c
Iagu3a e. about L In tae proper way
T. and Jane raised a point OF order.
3, 1sulaoan had finished his spe@ch before
lee were head
Judge HurLe Takes the Floor.
| ruase Thomas Burke. wfz9 vas nsxt cali
Il or Eass he haG Hstie 10 add 10 what had
k,rsasy beeu SAD.
- VII strsply state" said ne. "fhat Ia my
tsdgraens. ia NY 9p.1ion As . lawyer. the
. - here submitted a. illegal. that no court
kss;Ts Sustain e.. ard that t8@ proposed or
Es,ar~s now before the council proposing
X 3et the contract under that BID is 1T
xssa Only oae course - ap@8, and that
i. ~ advertise again far bids. II All zoe OBJ
ksrsiag contractors we're EcoandFsla, Saat
9p. sould make 80 difference ! do not
10 tnas members OF the c0g3cil will do
ksaat they think IS Flgat; but gay 70 you
Va TIE bid you have now before yon Is not
ssiY illegal. but unguss % other contract
los wished % know Of Judge Burke
= hetner he had advised Ar. Barroll that
i = contract was Illegal. Judge Burke re-
H. that he had rot spoken 20 Mr. Bar
al a; al on tbs matter nnsl Saturday
Rrernoon. Gl'i asked how Bnskss clients
1ogla be injured BY the city councils let
4ng an Illegal contract, 20 which Burke re-
I'D that the contract would have 10 ne
Husnced, aud that his clients were inter
Ysiea In seeing fair show 10 ali contract
- McAF1le asked whether IL would not
4lso he Illegal % resavertlse under the
II diasd terms proposed by Gshan & Byrne.
1asge Burke thought i would not. provided
L. contract were still held within the LIMIT
Hand in orfiaauee 3ase. viz. s9.z50. 500.
Question of Legality.
D.llee sa.a - had heard TIE opinion OF va
Asus attorneys on the legality of tae con-
arSct sBd BE- ,foaghl IL now time the coun-
III had an official opinion from the cor
t1aiion coGase,. Ar. Humphrey was call
x GA BY tAe chair. and responded that
ksae he had been occupied with other mat
lsrs ard would prefer nol TO render an oplr
sea witaoat moge thorough investigation.
r. belief Was that tha contract az nov
krcpasad was Illegal. Dii.er insisted that
sss3e corporation counsel. knowing this mat
~ vas up for elaboration, and that he
tsbs lls called Oh a, any moment. zhould
AVE prepared himself. Mr.. Humphrey re-
Ned that the matter had not been referred
I him for an opinion.
lOa motion q Castleman. the ordinance.
ias substitute and all accompanying papers
ksre called ug and re-referred 10 the COM
ka:tee Of the whole. On motion OF James.
Re e8gacn thsn went into committee of
- whole, Rinehari In the chair.
! Cs4sisman called for the tahalatea bib
Embedded IN the report from iae board OF
bubble works. and suggested that Chair
taa Thomson. OF the board, 20 through
Ne hid aud make such comment or expla-
4 atioa concerning II as he saw fit.
Did Not Recommend Ii.
Taking iae td In hand. Mr.. Thomson
lba:
THE board 0f public works has not rec
fmmended The acceptance of any bid here.
tae board stated ihag Il considered the pro-
ts9 embodied IN the bid as impractical bic
I'D that the figures named in TIE bid ex-
3eeaed The estimate. The board stated that
u the pfovlsO could he removed there was
T. reason WY the bid should not be con-
tdered
/ but tAat prnvlsp has never heen remov-
II. There has never been any waiver Of
= II still stands and this modified bid IL
L unacceptable a. vas tho original. The
40aFi made no recommendation whatever"
n taStlemaR~ Then- do you think the coun-
N should reject tais hid9
a fhoHseu-tt ~ as unacceptable rs ever.
i caNlemaa~ Why do you think II Is uuac-
trtahlc9
Thomson Heeause 1t contains a proviso
|nsFarT 70 he charter and 10 the very
kce II the proposai
ycastleman--Do yon think It Is also too
IThomson- THAT il second reason.
Various other questions were asked Of
r. Thomson bearing on these same points.
I wsich he made similar replies Compar-
~ the bid with toe city engineers estl-
ts'e. nc said the bid exceeded the esti-
fate by 81 ~. even allowing for the
llea for clearing rishts-cf-wav. etc.
Nniaoan road from TIE city charter. page
+, section II. ana from the first page of
= proposal Tor bids. 20 show thar the
II As modified or Interpreted by Gahan
\ Ryrne Vas Elesat