Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-05-23
At VAR OVER W ATER
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New City Council Cuts Out Couple Of
Blocks and Lets Contract for
Extension.
ROOT GETS THE WORK
Hauser Avenue Mains Won't Be Run Any
Further Just Yet While.
Vail Is Vexed.

A little war has been going on for the
past two weeks over the city water works
extensions proposed for this summer.
The committee, whose places have been
no sinecures during the brief time the
new council has been in office, have
finally solved the problem. but not exact
ly as they had it solved at the meeting
Of the council week ago last night. At
that time report was adopted extend
inc the mains as follows: On Haggin
avenue, from Thirteenth to Fourteenth
streets, and on Fourteenth street to Platt
avenue: on Platt, from Fourteenth to
Fifteenth streets: on Haggin avenue,
from Tenth to Twelfth streets: on Platt
avenue, from Ninth to Seventh streets,
crossing Seventh, and on Adams street,
from Thirteenth to Eleventh streets.
4 When 1t became known that Hauser
avenue had been left out Of the report
there was something doing. The pre-
vious council, besides the recommends
tions voted BY the new council as noticed
above, had also reported favorably to
the putting in of two blocks in Hauser
avenue, and some of the residents OF
that section and some others who were
planning to build homes in the lower
end Of the street went high in the air.
B. e. Vail was especially put out about
it. He had set out about hundred
trees in his lots, with the expectation
that water mains would be laid down to
the end of the thoroughfare the coming
season, and he also had plans for the
erection of his new home down there.
He declared after the meeting of the
council that if he couldn't have the
water his trees would die and, what was
more, he wouldn't build any house.
An adjourned meeting of the council
was held last Tuesday evening for the
purpose of letting the contract for the
pipe construction work. At this meet
ing it was decided to shorten up the ex-
tensions voted at the meeting previous
/ and, in accordance with a resolution
passed, Haggin avenue, from Thirteenth
to Fourteenth streets, and block in
Platt avenue, from Fourteenth to Fiji
teenth streets, were cut out.
This leaves seven blocks to be put in
at the present time. The pipe on hand
will be used to lay mains block south
Of the Rocky Fork Coal companys office
| two blocks in Haggin avenue, from Tenth
to Twelfth streets. and two blocks in
Platt avenue.
i The new carload of pipe ordered will
be used first to lay two blocks in Adams
avenue, ordered by the present council
and there will be enough left Of this
pipe to make the block and a half exten
sion desired in Hauser avenue and also
a block in the Italian settlement.
At the meeting Of the council Tuesday
evening bids were received from p. g
Root and M. NJ. Donahue for the con
struction work for the pipe extensions
voted. The two bidders sized up the
work by measurement and the two
blocks stricken out by the council were
eliminated from the bids they submitted
Mr.. Roots bid was found to be the low
est and Mayor Bowlen figured out its
total for putting down the five blocks te
be S9625O. He was awarded the con
tract, conditioned on furnishing a bono
in the sum of 81 600, and is to complete
the work within eight weeks.
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