Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-04-24
OPENED The BIDS
City Council Held Special Session
and Opened Standpipe
- Bids.
-Four Firms Bid on the Contract
and Representatives we're
Present.
Council Went Into Executive Ses-
sion for Consideration Of
Bids.

Bids.
The City council met in special ses.
sion Monday at 2p. m. to consider bids
for the construction of Standpipe
laying pipe to connect with the city
mains and pump.
All members of the council were
present. Representatives of the bid
ders were present as was also Prof.
Flather of the University Of MINES
pta, who prepared the plans and speci-
1tcations and will superintend the con
struction work. The bids were as
follows:
Y Horace e. Horton, Chicago, material
labor and construction OF standpipe
above foundation $780, Construction
work on foundation and material
$1,225.
Fargo Bridge & Iron Co., standpipe
and labor without foundation $3, $50.
Furnishing material only for stand
pipe $3.50.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., furnishing
standpipe and pump, including every
thing, ss,993.
6 Allen Black Co, furnishing every
thing needed, including pump ard al
Dor, S9,4S3.
The council went into executive
session with Prof. Flather for the con-
c;doro+;op of tho hi6S
Horton & Co., were awarded the
contract for the standpipe and Fair
banks, Morse & Co., the contract for
the piping.
Latter bid S2,615.
The firm whose bid was presented
by Horace E. Horton of Chicago, Chi
e cago Bridge and Iron company, tcle-
graphed Monday evening that 1T
would take them four to five months
ITO complete the standpipe including
foundations. The telegram was for
warded to Prof. Flather at Minnea.
polls to urge the firm, to make the
time shorter if possible. The improve
ments to be made to the city water
system will cost the city s7,l4O. In
addition it will be necessary to buy a
new pump which will probably cost
about $1,000.
The city council met in regular ad-
I journed session Monday evening.
There were present Mayor Severn
Aldermen Chapman, Kurtz, Klaus
Chenery, Past, Allen and Canham.
Absent Crum.
Alderman Kurtz introduced a pro-
posed ordinance of the Hughes Electric
Light company giving them the pri-
vilege Of using the streets and alleys
of the city. In return the company
proposed to give the city free lighting
in the council rooms, fire house and
police station and to. furnish lights
and heat for citizens at reasonable
rates.
In introducing ihe ordinance Alder
man Kurtz stated that it was similar
5 to the one introduced last year. Mr..
Kurtz said that he had always been in
favor of municipal ownership but was
willing to take the next best thing. 1t
was for this reason that he introduced
the measure.
Alexander Hughes, Of the Hughes
Electric Light company, was accorded
! the privilege of the floor and said that
( he wished but a few minutes time to
explain why the company had sub
mitted proposition to the council a
year ago and why it was doing it
again. A year ago, said Mr.. Hughes,
the Wisconsin Trust company was
represented in Jamestown by it's Sec
retary and strong promises were made
as to improvements that were to be
made ii the Hughes ordinance was de-
feated. 1t will be noticed, said the
speaker, that nothing has been done.
II jamestown has poor service it is
simply because the Wisconsin Trust
company took the old plant at three
: times it's value. jamestown should
have an up-to-date plant. Within a
short time, the speaker stated, the
Hughes company had been requested
to submit proposition. The com.
pany simply asks permission to engage
in business in Jamestown-tO invest
money in light and heating plant.
$ The city and citizens will be under no
obligations to use the plant. The
company 8 franchise is the same as
that used in Fargo, Bismarck, Dickin-
son and Glendive. The interests of
the city were carefully guarded. II
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