Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-12
Ely Z Dunn GIT
PAVING CONTRACT
Council Receives But Two Bids
For South First Avenue
Work Monday Night
LUMBER BIDS ALSO RECEIVED
Printing Bids Come Up For considera-
ton and Reflector is Awarded the
Contract - sies Objects to the Ac-
tion-Quarterly Reports Filed
Immense Amount of Business.


Immense Amount of Business.
The city council held lengthy ses-
mon Monday night, each member, in
Guiding Mr.. Arnold of the Fifth. who
has been absent for several meetings,
owing to illness, being in his chair. The
session was the regular for July, also
the quarterly meeting. Several i'm
portant measures were considered, and
q volume of lesser matters was dis
posed OF. Eight o'clock was the time
set for opening the paving bids for
South First avenue, and the lumber
bids were also to be received. The
printing contract came UP. thru a re-
port OF the committee. and final action
was taken.
The first matter considered was that
OF the paving. Two bids We're received,
from the Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany and Ely & Dunn. The Barber
people bid s1.Ss for one course OF the
best vitrified represIsed paving brick
over a concrete foundation; IL cents
for curbing. per lineal foot; IS cents for
extra grading, and 1ia cents for extra
hauling. The bid OF Elzy & Dunn was
SIS5 for the paving; Sc cents for curb
ing; 35 cents for extra grading, and 2
cents for extra hauling. After a short
recess Mr.. Webster introduced a res
olution awarding the contract to Elzy
e Dunn. and adopting the Purington
brick as the material to be used. The
paving will be dorle according to the
specifications outlined in these columns
when adopted a few weeks ago, and
City Solicitor Van LAW was authorized
to draw UP the cor tract. and report it
to the council for It's approval.
The lumber bids We're then reported
by the ways. means and supplies COM
nittee Two bids were received. from
Frederick Wasem and A. A. Moore. The
bids were referred on Chairman Psen-
icka's motion to the committee, which
will report back to the council.
Chairman Arnold, of the committee
OF, ordinances and printing. brought
up the contract for city printing, In the
publication of matters required by law.
The bids, filed some time ago, We're so
cents per square by T. +. Bradford. for
the Reflector: so cents per square by
Nv. E. Wildman, for the Herald, with
Is cents for each subsequent inser-
ton; and 4Tls cents by the Charter
Oak Publishing Company, by O. d. FL
lett. At the time the bids We're filed
Mr.. Arnold announced that he would
request the bidders for a statement of
their circulation. He reported on this
Monday night and gave the sworn
statement of Mr.. Bradford, of 9S1 bona
fide subscribers in the city for the Re-
Hector Mr.. Arnold explained that he
had made a request OF the Herald. for
4 statement OF circulation, only Mon
day afternoon, and the Herald had
promised to file statement with the
city clerk in ample time. This had not
been done. Mr.. Arnold recommended
that the bid OF Mr.. Bradford be accept
ed.
Mr.. Sieg took occasion to object to
such action, on account of the CO.
partnership existing between Mr..
Bradford and Mr.. Henry, the latter a
member of the council. Mr.. sieg said
that in his opinion the matter of cir
EQUATION cut no fit.ure. Mr. Abbott In
the light OF a business man buying adj
!vertising. explained what his position
would be, In transaction of this kind.
and said that he would buy advertising
of a paper that had a list. Mr.. Web
ster, while explaining that he had no
choice between the two papers. said
that he considered himself competent
Judge, because of long experience in
the newspaper busdness. He said that
the Herald had refused before to give
its circulation when asked, and cited
the Importance Of such action in the
fact that the law compelled the board
of supervisors to award county print
ing to papers having the largest circu-
.lation. He said that If paper did not
give It's circulation It should not have
the contract. The partnership question.
raised by Mr.. Sieg, he thought to be of
minor Importance for the jndic' AIRY
committee had given it's opinion before.
based on the attorney generals action
and until the supreme court gave a de-
cision he considered that Mr.. Bradford
would be assuming all risk. Mr.. Steg
also raised the point of lower bid, on
the part of the Herald, in stating that
its subsequent insertions would be
published at 25 cents. Mr.. Henry ex-
planned that the law covered this point,
and City Solicitor Van Law verified
Mr.. Henrys statement. On the vote to
award the contract to Mr.. Bradford,
Calhoun, Iseman and Steg voted nay.
Henry was excused from voting.
Immediately altar the awarding OF
the printing contract the months bills
were read, and lir. Sieg moved that
those bills contracted, wherein MEM
bers Of the council were at all inter-
ested, be eliminated. Mr.. Sieg referred
to the matter Of touncilmen being in
terested in contracts, and MIR. Webster
suggested that Nh. Sieg bring his in
junction proceedings If he We're so
greatly interested in the matter, in |
view of the fact that the Judiciary
committee had reported On the
amendment to eliminate, Calhoun, 1se-
man and Sieg voted aye.
The Quarterly Reports.
The reports of officers. for the quar-
ter ending June go 1904, We're present. |
ed and referred to the different COM I
mittees that have supervision of the
various departments
Mayor Jones reported the collection
Of licenses In the sum of $599.91 aside |
from the quarterly mulct tax of $4,000 /
a total of $2.7s9.9l. The larger items
In the license cole ctions are s290.66 for
billiard halls and 800 for violation of /
city ordinances.