People's voice., 1900-06-21
COUNCIL MEETING.
Public Contracts Let and the Water and
Light Questions Discussed.

The city council met iu adjourned
session Monday for the purpose VI
opening the bids for public printing
and lumber, and to 60 over the water
and nghJ situation. The Long-Bell
Lumber Co., h. A. Amsden and the
Rock Island Lumber ". had In bids
for supplying the city with lumber.
AmSnen's aud the Long. Bell com.
pauy's bids Un The kind OF lumber the
city uses most were about the same,
and Amsdeu moved to award the con-
tract LO the Long Bell people. His
motion received no second, and a
motion was made and carried to
award the lumber contract by ballot
Amsden received six OF the seven
ballots cast all Of the cOuncilmen
voting for him except Amsden him
sell, VINO voted for the Long Bell
company. AmSden'S bid on oak lum-
Der was as follows: 2x4 2x6 and 2xS,
II to Is feet long, S27 per thousand
feet; 2xlO and 2xl2, s27 80 per thous.
and. The LOng-Bel's Did was as
follows: 2x4, 2X6, 2XS, AKA and 2xl2,
1927. % per thousand. The Rock Is
land company'S bid was as follows:
2x4, 2x6, ks, u feet, S24 so; 2x4, 2x6,
ks, IA and Is feet, $3.50; 2xlO and
2xl2, Il feet, S26 80; 2xl2, IA and I6
feet, $29. 80; 3x4, AKA, 6y6 to l2xl2. 10
to II feet, S2S so; 3x4 AKA, 6x6 to
12xl2, IA to Ii feet, S2S5 so; q and 3
plank, 6 to s wide, II, IA and IS feet,
$3.50; q and plank, 10 to II wide,
l., IA aud l6 feet, S29.
The Journal, MonitOr-Press and
Mail had 10 bids for the city printing
and job work. The Journals BID
for the city prluting was 50 per cent
Of legal rates for all legal publications,
city clerks and marshal'S notices TO
90 in free. The Journals bid on
the job work was 10 per cent Of Crane
& Co.'S. prices, provided the contract
for the city printing was awarded the
Journal, otherwise s. per cent. The
MOnitOr-Press'S hid for the city
printing was 30 per cent OF legal
rates for all legal publications except
sidewalk ordinances, which were to 20
in at % per cent, or to do the whole
years business for the lump sum of
$3.50 aud furnish all city job work,
providing the amount Of work did not
run over 10 per cent of last years
work. In case the job work run 10 per
cent over last years business, the
excess to be charged for at 10 per cent
off commercial rates, or 80 per cent of
Crane & Co.'S. prices. The Monitor
Press offered to take the straight Job
contract iOr 50 per cent of Crane &
Co.'S prices and print the ballots for
so per cent Of the legal rates. The
Mails bid for the city printing was "a
per cent OF legal rates, and for job
work, the same rate as for last year,
or 100 per cent Of Crane & Co.'s. prices
Their bid on the city printing was
the lowest, and they were awarded
the contract. The Journals bid for
the job work was per cent above the
Monitor r-PresS'S bid, aud Is per cent
lower than the Mails bid. The. Jour-
nal was unanimously awarded the
contract for the job work, upon mo
tion Of Councilman Pitts.
r B Stichter Of Louisiana, Mo-,
consulting and supervising electrical
engineer, was present at the council
meeting and addressed the council
upon the subject Of municipal light
ing, bow best to 90 about it and how
best to operate the plant. Mr.. Stitch.
ter wants the job Of constructing the
new electric lighting plant.
Councilman Ams1en announced
that the waterworks bonds were here,
and upon motion OF the council, the
mayor and ciry clerk were instructed
to execute and the clerk to register
them with the state auditor.
The finance committee was instruct
ed to prepare blank contracts with
the banks that have agreed to take
the electric light bonds, and submit
them to the council next Monday
night for approval.