The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-22

and gutter, $780, NJ Jennings, grad
ing. 20 cents surfacing. 20 cents; curb
ing and gutter, $945. Harrigan & Reil-
~, grading, IS cents: surfacing, So
cents; curbing and gutter, $1,195 George
D1ldine, curbing and gutter, $l,65O w.
A. walker. curbing and gutter, $1,734
j. y. Smith, curbing and gutter. $1,745.
William lsbestar, grading, IS cents;
surfacing, So cents Singer & Camp
Dell, grading, so cents; surfacing, so
cents. Robert Coombs, grading, $1.05;
surfacing, 81. These bids were referred
10 the committee on contracts and es-
Inmates. and the council took recess
while this was being considered.
The committee was absent but a,short
time before it returned with a report
recommending that the contract for
grading. surfacing and guttering be
awarded to T. Schiendal, his bid being
the lowest, with the proviso that the
contractor be required to give proper
bond.
You have heard the report" said the
mayor; what will you do with it?"
There was moment of silence, and
then Alderman Mix arose.
I move that the whole matter be
postponed indefinitely" said he.
Il second the motion" said Alderman
Coffee.
Alderman Herzog asked for the reas-
on of the proposed action. He said that
it looked like folly to go this far and
then drop it on the very eve of award
ing the contract, when the street is in
such a fearful condition.
Alderman Mix replied that there Is
nobody who disagrees rs to the neces-
sity of the Improvement of the avenue,
but that there is so much dissa usfac-
ton with what the council suggested in
the matter that it seemed best to Eost-
init he
ment of the avenue. and then have it
done properly.
Alderman Coffee said that his position
was the same as that of Mr.. Mix. When
the matter first came up, he thought
that the plan suggested was all right,
but he had since come to think that
the proposed plan was not a good one.
He favored postponng the matter to
next spring. and then to do it as it
should be done.
Alderman Gibson thought it was fool
ish to drop the matter now; that there
is plenty of time to do the work this
fall. Tt is pretty muddy up our end
of town. he said
The aldermen then talked generally
upon the matter, and the mayor finally
said: Mr.. Gibson, the gentlemen
seem to have come around to the plan
that you suggested last spring.
Mr.. Herzog then said that it seemed
strange that the very men to whom Mr..
Gibson and himself had yielded last
spring We're now the ones who wanted
to drop the matter. At Mr. Gibson 3
suggestion, the council took a recess
before considering Mix's motion. After
this second recess, Mix withdrew his
motion, and the council proceeded to
consider the tax levy.
The resolution introduced by the
ways and means committee was read
and on motion of Herzog was adopted
This makes the levy as follows: Gen
eral fund.- I mills; road fund. 11a mills;
sinking fund. l mill; library fund, l
mill.
The street and alley committee re-
ported favorably upon the petition Of
f. w. Schilling and others for the con-
nections of the Cedar street sewer with
the Higgins avenue sewer This was
ordered by the council.
Alderman Coffee then moved that the
Higgins avenue contract be awarded
to T.. Schiendal, provided he file a
81. 900 bond within three days.
Nobody knows who the bidder is, and
unless he puts up his bond the contract
will go to the next lowest bidder. There
are some who think that the bid is a
straw bid" 1t is said that it was
brought to the city clerk by a Higgins
avenue property owner. That question
will be settled within three days. The
next lowest bid is that of NJ Jennings.
After considering minor matters, the
council adjourned