Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-12-29

ing how much new material he
would have to furnish, and being en-
tirely at the mercy Of the engineer,
could not safely bid unless he figured
on the basis OF furnishing new ma
terial throughout. '7..:' \ ~
Mr.. Rhodes suggested that, the
depth necessary for the wall Of the
extension IF the wings OF the abut.
ment be ascertained and included in
the specifications and that the speci-
fications 20 read that a bidder could
figure on the basis Of furnishing no
new iron or floor plank, and II the
engineer required any new material
in these two articles that the con-
tractor be allowed 80 much per
pound for the new iron and 30 much
per loot for the new lumber fur
nished. Or that the bidder be al
lowed to figure on. furnishing all
new material, and that all old ma
terial used under the direction of the
engineer be charged to the contrac-
tor and deducted from his bid. 10
+ Aid. Martin took issue with Mr..
Rhodes on the question OF the indef-
initness of the specifications, and
argued that they We're as definite as
they could he under existing condi-
tions. For some reason Martin did
not seem to want the specifications
changed and the argument between
him and Attorney Rhodes became
quite heated. Aid. Mecusker asked
Mr.. Rhodes II it was pr ssible that he
did not know that the specifications
for the repairs on the bridge were
got out in their present form for the
benefit OF two individuals, and for
the exact purpose of making it so
that nobody bnt the sperson who
knew who was to be the engineer in
charge, and what he would require
would be able to bid on the work.
Attorney Rhodes admitted his ig-
norance on that point but said that
he thought II the specifications were
got up with that end in view they
were admirably suited to the pur-
pose.7 ,... -,
Mr.. Lars M. Anderson, who retires
from the firm of Anderson Bros. the
first Of the year, was present. He
told the council that he was the man
that Mr.. Rhodes referred to as the
would-be bidder who would like to
do the work, but could not very
well put in bid under the specifica-
lions. He asked the council II it
would consider a bid for the repair
ing of the bridge piece by piece with
out tearing it down, provided it
could be shown that the work could
be done better and much cheaper IN
this manner. Mr.. Anderson ex-
planned why it would be much
better to have the bridge replaced
piece by piece instead OF all being
torn down at once. He said that
some of the irons had been so
stretched by use that it would he al
most impossible to find them OF the
same lengths and If the bridge was
all torn down it would be impossible
to get them back in proper place, so
that each pie"e would be sustaining
it's share of the weight upon the
bridge. II taken out piece by. piece
they could all be replaced without
disturbing the adjustment OF all
parts of the bridge. Mr.. Anderson
also sta ted that he had called at the
office OF the Pine Tree Lumber conf
pany and requested permission 10
look over the bill of lumber ordered
by the council for the bridge repairs
but was not allowed to see it.
A motion was made and carried
that the city clerk get u bill from the
Pine Tree Lumber company for the
lumber ordered, and keep it In his
office for anyone who desired to bid
on the work to look over. A motion
was also made that the city engineer
be instructed TO furnish specifica'
lions on the extensions OF wings Of
the abutment, and attach them to
the specifications already furnished
for the bridge work.
{; Council adjourned until this even
Ing.
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