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bills payable funds, and the report was

bills payable funds, and the report was
approved.
The mayor and city recorder were au-
thirized to execute contract with A. /.
Daily for collecting garbage during the
coming season.
Chief Donahue reported seven arrests
and ffty-seven dodgers during March.
The board of public works reported
the award of the sprinkling contract to
VIM. Page, who was the only bidder.
The award was approved, as was also the
bond for $1,000, with w. G. Hoerr and
John H. Page as sureties.
City Attorney Daley stated that G.
n. Andrews will take trip to Chicago,
New York and other eastern cities to
take some dispositions in the Barber As
phalt paving case. He would present a
bill for the expense of this trip.
The bids for constructing culvert
across Warren creek on Poplar street
were presented by the board of public
works. President Porter stated that
three bids were opened at the hour ad-
vertised for the opening, and that few
moments after threse bids had been
opened another bid had been brought in,
but it was not opened.
AID. Kleinschmidt stated that the
only fair way will be to consider only
the bids received at the hour for open
ing bids. He moved that the contract
be awarded TO T. R. Coughlana at his
bid, for a stone culvert.
AID. Jorgensen thought that the city
would save $50 or S75 by readvertising
for bids
It developed that Alex Bashaw was
the bidder who came in late, and that his
bid was $75 the lowest.
Aids. Kleinschmidt and Coy thought
the bid of Mr.. Coughlin reasonable, and
it was below the estimate of the city
engineer. Bids should be opened on the
hour advertised, and later bids barred
out
The motion was carried.
President Porter said that the reports
of the city engineer and park superin-
tendent are ready for the printer.
The printing committee was directed
to get the different reports ready by the
next meeting, in order to get bids for
printing them in pamphlet form.
AID. Coy stated that there is complaint
as to the cement walks on Baker avenue
1t is said that there is very little sand
under the cement, and the walks are
spreading. The party putting them in
ought to be responsible, he thought
City Engineer Thompson stated that
some of the walks are badly out of
shape. 1t may be the fault of springs or
of the contractor. The roadway has
heaved up foot. Where the soil was
springy, tile was laid.
Aid. Coy said that portion of the
pay ought to be held back to guarantee
the work, in cement sidewalk build
ing.
Mr.. Thompson said that walks put in
for private individuals are guaranteed
for two years by the companies.
Aid. Jorgensen said that he had OBJ
served that the companies replace poor
walks. He thought that the company
that put down this walk should be mott
fed to rebuild the walk, as it would be
hardship on the property owners to
require them to rebuild.
Engineer Thompson said that about
the only way to fix the walks would be
to tear them out, put in twelve to
eighteen inches of gravel and farm tile,
and place the walks over that
The matter was referred to the street
committee to investigate.
President Porter reported that Peter
sen & Lille have agreed to move their
building from Capitol square within
three weeks. After much trouble, the
scales have been removed from Plum
street, but the hole has not yet been
filled up, but it is expected that it will
soon be filed
G. j. Klein asked permission to erect
an iron clad or brick veneered buggy
shed back of the Clifton House, which
ever the council preferred
Engineer Thompson said that brick
veneered building would be permitted by
the ordinance, whereas an iron clad
building would not comply with the or
dinance.
The bills were allowed, including 5000
expense account for c. n Andrews,
S6O0.72 pay roll, and 1929 to Geo. w.
Monks on the Poplar street contract,
and $50 for rent of the opera house for
the farmers institute.
The council adjourned