Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-03-21
AWARDS THE PAVING CONTRACT
TO JOHN w. Viking.
Fire Ordinance Passed. Bridge Matter Con.
Sldered. Goose Run Sewer Extension,
Much Routine Work Done Bills
and Estimates Allowed

The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
Building permits were granted to
Joseph Smith, Greene street; Mrs. j.
NJ. Doan, Maple street. Frank o. Linn,
Third street; c. M. and L. L. Pedding-
haus, Second street.
On motion Of Eveleigh a permit was
granted to J. w. Hughes to move a
house from Putnam street to Front
street, on condition that city wires and
lights be kept free from injury.
The Clerk read petition, signed by
many business men and citizens on
both sides of the Muskingum river,
urging Council to take action toward
securing a pontoon bridge across the
river the same to be operated during
the time the new bridge is being con-
structed. A motion was made and
seconded that the petition be received
and filed. This brought Mr.. Storck to
his feet with the remark that the Pc
tition should not be passed over in
such a manner, but that Council should
take action suggested by the petition
ers. He therefore moved an amend
ment that the Bridge committee and
City Solicitor Richards be instructed
to communicate with the bridge COM
pany and their bon rdsmen, looking to
the establishment of pontoon bridge
by the contractors without invalidat-
ing the bond, securing the faithful
performance OF the contract. This
brought on discussion of the powers
of Council in the matter and the
possibilities OF the ferry and pontoon
projects which ended in the amend
ment carrying by unanimous vote.
Mr.. Wood ruled that the amendment
killed the motion and that no vote
would be required on the latter.
w. p. Mason, engineer in charge of
construction of the Putnam street
bridge, submitted his weekly report.
He made mention of the progress of
the work and stated that the old abut-
ment on the west side would be re-
moved this week to make room for the
new one. The report was accepted
and filed.
E. c. S. Holmboe. engineer of con-
struction of the city's electric build
ing, reported progress and submitted
the third estimate of work done by
Smith & Blake, contractors. The
amount due for work on the building
less 20 per cent, reserved according to
contract, was $77S0i; for extras, such
as boiler foundations, etc. S1,315.50;
making total of S2,093.54. Objections
were raised to paying the full amount
for extras on the ground that the con-
tract allowed the city the right to re-
serve 20 per cent, the same as for the
work specified. On motion Mr.. Holm
boe's report was received and filed
and the estimate was allowed with the
reduction of 20 per cent in the bill for
extras. Curtis and Strain voted
against this motion.
The request of Mr. Holmboe that he
be allowed $50 for services to date was
granted.
Chairman Lambert, of the Paving
Committee, then submitted the tabu-
lated statement of bids on the paving
OF Hart, Sixth, Monroe and Wayne
streets, as prepared by City Engineer
Gates. The bids of John Wilking
were the lowest in each case.
On Monroe street paving Mr.. Wilk-
ing's bid for Cisler brick was rs cents
per square yard and 33 cents for Berea
sandstone curbing. On motion he was
awarded the contract.
A motion prevailed to adopt the
Townsend block for use on the ether
three streets mentioned, Mr.. Vikings
bid being SS cents per square yard and
for Berea curbing the same as in the
Monroe street bids. He was awarded
the contract for paving these three
streets. The total amount of his bid
is $l5,097.6 so. Mr.. Wood remarked that
it was a fact to be noted that at the
time the bids were advertised for last
fall, Mr.. Viking was the only bidder
and the contract was not awarded
owing to the recommendation of the
members from the First Ward, who
claimed that money could be saved by
advertising later in the winter. The
city has saved more than $4,000 by
Councils accepting the recommenda-
don, as the figures will show.
On motion the City Solicitor was
instructed to draw contracts between
the city and Mr.. Wilking.
The Fire committe submitted the
bids received for furnishing the city
with fire horses. They were as fol-
lows:
sell Dye. $50. .-.,... ....... 1885
ID, f. Dufer. .,.... ......... ... $3.50
James Suder... ..... ..... .... 275
On motion the Fire committee and
present driver were instructed to try
the Suder team and II satisfactory to
purchase them.
Bids for furnishing harness were also
as follows:
F. II. Ebinger... .... SIT
hlil O. NeuDeck''''' ..... ,...... SO
i>ouls oHaieT'' '''''' ''''.'' ...'. "a
On motion the Fire committee was