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that the purchaser of the bonds should name the contractor for the construc- Etion work, and dater developments in ldicated that this was the understanding Ibetween MT. Hoadley and the members of the council At the time the agree
 ment was entered into the citizens finance committee, formed to advise
 with the council, objected to this Iclause in the contract, as unnecessary
 and irrelevant to the main object of
 selling the bonds. MT. Hoadley replied
 that the clause was merely for the pur-
 pose of satisfying the purchaser of the bonds that responsible pauties would do the construction work, and that the money would be properly expended. At the same time he disclaimed any per sonal interest in the letting of the con tract. The citizens finance committee was constituted in R. N. Fredericks, F.
 M Murphy, Morris Goldwater, B. W. Wells and William N. Kelly. The members of the council were B. H. Smith, w. w. Ross and G. A. Bray, with Senior Councilman F. B.. Andrews acting as mayor. Mayor William O'Neill had been killed before Santiago,
 and at a special election John w. Dougherty was elected to fill the unex- pired term, but had not taken his off cial seat at the time the contract with MT. Hoadley was made.
 THE TIME EXTENDED.
 Before the sixty days time specified in the contract had expired, the city council, by resolution, had extended the time to November 1, in which MT. Hoadley might place the bonds. At the expiration of that time no further extension of time had been made by official or recorded action of the city council, and no progress had been re- ported by Mr. Hoadley, other than that the bonds had not been sold. Early in December MT. Hoadley returned from the east, accompanied by l.. 5. Harrison, of the firm of Harrison & Son. contractors, of Newark, New Jer- sey, and with their coming the an- went forth that the bonds mad been soldsto Harrison and that he would do the construction work. The regular monthly meeting of the coun- ell for December had been held before the return of MT. Hoadley, and the next regular meeting would occur on January 3. For the council to take official action before that time a spe- cial meeting was necessary, which was possible only on a call of the mayor. The members of the council made a written request on Mayor Dougherty to call a. special meeting for the pur- pose of hearing MT. Hoadley's report on the sale of the bonds and to take action thereon. The mayor refused to call the meeting, on the grounds that since November 1 no contract existed between Mr. Hoadley and the city, and hence the council could not officially receive or act upon any report MT. HOadley might make concerning the bonds
 Official action being headed off until January 3, the members of the council, the mayor and other citizens met MT. in the office of City Attorney Ling to unoffieialy hear his statement At the outset, Mayor Dougherty an- nounced that the meeting was in no sense a council meeting, but was to give MT. Hoadley the opportunity of making a statement to the individuals present. MT. Hoadley then said he had sold the bonds to Harrison, and that 2 accord with the contract of August }, Harrison had named himself as the contractor for the construction work.
 The mayor inquired if Harrison was prepared tosdeposit the necessary $150,- 100 with the city.
 MT. Hoadley replied that he was not )ut that Harrison, under the agree nent, was the contractor, and he would
 
 truction work according to the plans nd specifications already prepared by Jity Engineer John J. Fisher. These plans fixed the site of the reservoir lam on Potts creek, with a diverting lam on Aspen creek. and estimated he total cost of the work at SPA ,e0e- S9 ,000 for the reservoir and $35, ,0e0 .. or the sewerage system.
 THE ''NIGGER" IN SIGHT.
 The woodpile had exposed it's inhab- tant While the enabling act re- uired the bonds to be sold for $780, %, to be paid to the city in cash, and while the idea universally prevailed with the general Prescott public that he construction wc;k would be con racted by competitive bids, the prop sition of Hoadley indicated plainly hat his contract wILn the city council vas in effect to furnish a contractor rho would build the works on the city ngineer's plans, and take the $150,000 ends as pay, regardless of the actual ost- It was also apparent at the
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