The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-24

Aldermen of the City Hold Their
Regular Weekly WrangIe at
the City Hall.
BIDS FOR THE HARBoR WORK

Lowest Bid for the Work and He Will
Probably Get the Contract-Priddis Ar
raigns the North Side Street Commits
s1oner and Weier Harangues in Regard
60 the Short omings of the Mayor.
The City Council met in regular ses-
sion at the City Hall Monday evening.
The meeting was a very interesting
one on account of the fact that NUM-
Der of the members of the Council
took occasion to call the Mayor and the
North Side Street Commissioner.
On account of the announcement
that the police matter would be consid-
cred a large company of office seekers
and their friends gathered in the lobby,
| but the matter didn't come up at all,
and the Council will hold a special
meeting on next Thursday evening, at
which time the police will be elected.
| The first business taken up was the
opening of the bids for the Jay street
sewer The lowest bid was presented
| by Hansen & Thompson, of Racine,
and the contract will probably be
awarded to this firm.
The bids for building the city docks
in connection with the widening of the
harhor were opened and the lowest bid
was made by P. w. Galloway, of Ra-
cine Mr. Ga11oway's bid was as
follows:
| O-Using all white pine and make
field sheet pi1ing as shown in plan, per
1inea1 foot of dock, $11.25.
(2)-Using two ~ 3x12x26 white pine
for sheet pi1ing instead of Wakefield
sheet piling. Price per 1inea1 foot of
dock, $1O.95.
(3)-Using one ~ 4x12x26 white oak
and one ~ 2x12x24 white pine instead
! of Wakefield sheet pi1ing, Price per
1inea1 foot of dock, $3.50.
(4)-Extra per foot of dock, using
white oak front piles instead of white
pine, 40 cents.
(5)-Extra per foot of dock, using
white oak for cap, wales and trimmers
and red oak for mud si11s, Is cents.
Other bids were presented by John
! o. Jones, James Cape & Sons, Layden
& Drues and Edward Gi11en, all of Ra
cine The bid of Galloway was con-
siderab1y lower than any of the others.
The bids were all referred to the haf-
Dor and bridges committee with the
city engineer added. They will report
on the matter at the special meeting
Thursday evening.
A petition was presented by the
Northwestern Railway company asking
for the permission to extend its switch
tracks on First street. The matter
was referred to- the Committee on
streets and alleys.
The designations of officers Ortiz and
Kraft were received and accepted.
J. M. Washbish presented an app1i-
cation for appointment as policeman,
but no action was taken in the matter.
The old subject of a rebate for 7 A.
Letting on his paving assessment for
the Park street paving was brought up
and the City Attorney sent n opinion
stating that he did not believe that the
| Council had any right, according to
the charter, to make the rebate. No
action on the matter was taken and
Mr.. Letting will probably have to pay
the full amount assessed.
The finance committee reported that
they had finally been able to arrange
to pay the So, 30O.to the school fund
which had by an error of the former
City Treasurer Melville, been entered
with the other moneys of the city.
| The Council decided to order the
amount in question transferred to. the
school fund. The finance committee
further reported in favor of instructing
the present treasurer to reserve $o28.21
for the purpose of assuring the pay
ment of the interest on public i'm
provement bonds when it was due.
| The committee also recommended that
the treasurer reserve So, 1O3 for the
payment of the special hydrant rental
for the months of. October, November
and December. Both of these recon-
mendations were adopted by the
/ Council. <<. u
The sewer committee recommended
an extension of the sewer on Garden
street on the conditions that the people
for whose benefit the extension was
made were willing to pay the cost OF
the extension. The same committee
also recommended that a sewer be built
from the property of the estate OF VIII
liam Lynch on Chicago street to W:s-
consin street.
The sewer committee reported in
favor of giving the contract for the
Congress street sewer to William Davy,
which was done.
In regard to the sewer bids for the
work on Dayton street the committee
reported that all the bids were above
the estimate of the city engineer and
thought it would be wise to ask for new
bids. This action will be taken,
At this point the Council went into a
session as a committee of the whole for
the purpose of considering the matter
of paving Market street. Peter Rhode
appeared and asked that the paving be
delayed until next year, but other
property owners on the street spoke in
favor of the work being done at once.