Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-07

A telegram vas received yesterday by City Clerk Hicks from the Cobra do sewer building firm which several weeks age volunteered to send an en- gineer here to make estimates on the cost of construction of a sewerage system in the city. In the telegram of yesterday the firm stated that their man would be along in the course of the next ten days.
 The engineer. according to previ- ous arrangements, was to have reach ed the city between the 2Sth of June and the first of July. According to the telegram of yesterday he has been delayed in making his start by req son of court business detaining him in Colorado. His failure to arrive at the time first expected in the city gave rise to the impression here that the Colorado contractors had abandoned their plans. ard councilmen were be ginning tc cast around for a new plan of making progress in the sewer mat ter.
 All steps in the direction O. sewer age system were put to one side by the city council at the time invitation was extended to the Colorado engin- eer to cone in This for the reason that it was determined that until specifications couid be secured for a sewer and a cost price put upuu IL that the council could nave assurance would be within the bid of at least one concern. there was no use in at tempting further headway. What the sewer win cost and whether the enterprise is feasible arc the points the council must now be informed Upon before it can do anything defi- nite in the way of taking ine steps necessary to raise the amount of mon ey tha; the sewer construction will re quire.
 On the arrival Of tke Colorado en- gineer. which is now promised within ten days. he will take the field and spend two days in carrying on exami- tation Of the local situation. which will include the availability of an out let for the sewer. the availability of water supply for flushing purposes and a general examination of the route the sewer will build over. which exauina- tion will determine the character of pipe that may be used and give a ba- sis upon which cost of construction of the system may be estimated.
 Following his examination of the ground and the making of his estl- mates the engineer will ask an imme- cis--e meeting with the city council. al which time he will present his finding. The council will then take acuon. If it is advised that a sewer system can be built within it's means. 1t Will at once, according to the present pro gram submit q bond issue to the tax payers of the city for their adoption or rejection. According to the esti- mate of the Los Angeles engineer who went over the ground early in the year the sewer system desired may be installed for about S75.O00 If the Colorado engineer finds anywhere be- tween that figure and s100.0O0 it can be stated with certainty that the Coun- cil will at once submit bond issue in the amount estimated as cost of the sewerage system by the latter engin- ,-eer and give the taxpayers immediate opportunity to vote on the question. At the present time there does noL ap- pear to be the least doubt that bonds for sewerage system purposes would pass by an almost unanimous vote The interviews which the Review has printed in the last month with tax payers taken al random in the city af- ford excellent ground for this belief, there having been in the number but two men who expressed themselves as against a bond issue for the purpose of securing money with which to build