The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-01-06
7 BLACK & CO.
Get CONTRACTS
Minneapolis Firm Which Did
MuskOgee Work.
! COUNCIL UNANIMOUS.
' Work to Begin in ten Days and
Five Months Allowed for
y Completion Of Both
Water Works and
Sewera ge.
COUNCIL UNANIMOUS.

II Tile city hall was crowded last night
Il long before the hour for opening the
session Of the council by throng Of
II EAbidders for the wateworks and sewer
ige contract, together with a large
II number Of Vinita men anxious TO see
Il I ehe result Of the opening Of the seal
II ed bids Every member Of the coun-
NJ .cll was present, and when the hour Of
sS o'clock arrived there were p fat Ell
III velnpcs Oh the recorders desk, making
II atotal Of II complete bids for the
II s'onstruction Of system Of water
II works and sewerage according to plans
II ana Specifications furnished by Nc
II Donald a Blair, the City engineers.
Ii gThe bids were accompanied by the re-
Il 4ulfed certified checks, and were ctit
open ard read by Mayor payerSori.
Il They ran from S73, 455, the successful
one. to above ssO,O0o The consraSi
N was unanimously awarded Allen hlAck
& Co.. OF Minneapolis.
The successful bidders were repre-
sented al tile letting Of the contract
IN 81 j. spriggs, secretary of the con-
iraeilig company
Mr Springs is q practical man at
'w0rk 81 this character, and has been
engaged IN such employment since he
as IS years Of age For year and a
ilf he has been spending much Of his
Time az MuSkogee, and put in the wa
terw0rks at that place.
II, Is expected that in a week or ten
days the material win begin 10 arrive.
1t Is probable .the first will be the
sewer thing. which viii be obtained
somewhere in this southwestern sec
tion perhaps Kansas City Or, possibly,
pittsburg. Kansas
The construction Of the sewers need
not wait on the water service and pipe
laying may begin amy time, the sewer
being in tile center OF the streets Or
alleys ard the water pipes on the north
and west sides.
The water piping win be Of cast iron
and viii be procured, probably, ia Ala
\ hama Of Tennessee, sit is all stand
Il ara sizes, and as most Of the engines,
q boilers and pumps are standard, there
5 4 no reason to anticipate any delay,
and All the work is likely to be carried
forward together.
The water mains are TO be laid a
standard depth Of two and one-half
feet. while the sewer pipe may. in
places, be eight feet from the surface,
depending for its discharge power up
on grayitation.
Probably three foremen win be
brought here by the contractors, and
BEYOND thar moot Of the work will be
common labor and win give employ
uent to l50 men, perhaps for four
months.
1t will thus be seen that the cash /
disbursements for labor and other local /
supplies and expenses will reach s25,
silor $4,000 between now and the 18th
y June, as the work is TO be completed |
within five months.
Two artesian wells are provided for
ani these win probably be drilled by
Alr. Sherer. who has put down all that
have been drilled in Vinita recently.
Both wells win be on the North park.
By combining the bids Of two firms,
possibly Black & Co.. was one Of
them a small saving could have been
Effected, but after considering the sub
ject until after midnight the council
reached the conclusion that the
chance to avoid confusion and
misunderstanding between the two
outfits outweighed the difference. As
IL is the successful firm assumes the
eonstruction Of the tank at the lowest
price bid
One other bid looked on its face to
be lower than the one which got the
contractbut it did not conform to the
Specifications and the council looked
nnon the interlined clauses with a de-
Kfee Of suspicion akin to that which
man experiences when he reads a long