The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-04-14
Have Failed to Full
| fill their Contract
With the City.
THE BOARD HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING.
An Eight-Inch Main Ordered
Along School Street Over
Water Company's
Protest.

The Boa1d of Mayor and Aldermen
held an interesting meeting Thursday
night with Mayor Brownlow, Alder.
men Cameron, Borum. Grimes,
Nichols, Harlan and the regular officers
in attendance. 4.
Chairman Nichols CT the Street Com
mittee, reported that he had made q
trade with the Vaughan Manufacture
ing Co. whereby that company is to
construct sidewalk on the east side
of South Garden street from E. W.
CANDLES to Ninth street. That he
had also made trade with Mr.. r. l..
Mckinney. whereby Mr.. Mckinney
is to construct sidewalk In front OF
his property on West Seventh street
and the work is now IN progress. He
reported the sale of strip OF land, the
property of the city, to W. j. Dale.
for $l50. The sale was concurred in
by the Board and deed ordered made
out. Mr.. Nichols stated that he had
agreed to construct sewer for certain
property holders along West Sixth
street provided they would pay 1925. OU
OF the cost OF construction. InaC these
citizens had up the money and he
would construct the sewer this month.
sHe was instructed to do the work
and draw on the street fund for the
city 8 snare of the cost.
City Health Officer, DR.. o. j. Porter,
reported the city entiIley free from
small pox, and the work OF vaccination
almost finished. but stated he would
continue the vaccination as long as
heIe was an unvaccinated citizen.
Dr.. Porter 8 salary as agreed on by
a Board Committee was allowed, and
all other salaries and accounts we're
allowed.
City Marshal WeDb reported sos. 25
collected in fines and costs for March,
The Recorders report showed collec-
tions for March So. 343, expenditures
IS, 631. co. balance cash in banks W, :
191. 90, warrants outstanding s., 461. IL.
Chairman Dale of the Light Com.
mittee, spoke foIciDly and with some
feeling regarding MI. Bigelow's failure
to CARY out his light contract with
the city. In August 1904, MI. BIgelow
made contract for liehts in which
he agreed to put In duplicate plant
and TO furnish the city with the best
standard street lamps. The city had
been using So street lamps and had
been paying $85 year tor each of
them, but undeI the new contract the
city was to use 80 lamps at SIS. The
81 Water q Light Co. was given SIX
months in which to make the i'm
81 provements agreed upon and the con-
tract, which was not of the Water q
Light Co.'S. seeking, was to take effect
January lst Nine months have
s passed, hut absolutely nothing has
been done.
Mr.. Dale said his committee had no
fault to find with Messrs. DobbIns and
Robinson, local managers of the Light
Company. for they believed these
gentlemen had done all In their power
to have Mr.. Bigelow carry out his con-
tract with the city, but they did feel
that MI. Blgelow had treated the city
anS the citizens here neglIgently, and
in an unDusiness-llke manner. That
the improvements agreed on had been
delayed from time to time on one
excuse or another, but that the COM
m1ttee had been assured that the lights
had Teen shipped and would be in.
stalled at once. As tor the engine they
were told Mr.. Blgeiow would have
bought 1t within the past nine months.
but ne wanted TO get u special make OF
engine Ia make tnat must be rather
scarce from the time taken to find III.
but that he was just about to buy il.
The trouble with MI. Blgelow IS that
he is just about to do things but does
not uU them.
At tine conclusion of Mr. Dale's
talk resolution was passed expressing
the olaspproval of the Board at the
slow progress Mr.. Bigelow had made
ana his neglect TO caIIy out his con-
tract, ana instructing Mr.. Dale TO
notify Mr.. Bigelow that the city insists
fhof 70 mr. a 0Omnlv with
his contract.
Chairman Harlan presented a re-
quest from the Pump Factory that the
city take charge OF the two nre by
Grants ON their property and allow
them TO pay the city rental on them
instead of paying the Water q Light
Co,EaIso unaI the water main along
Cemetery avenue be extended and ad-
ditional MIGRANTS be put in. The
matter was passed over.
Mr. Harlan then took up the matter
OF d new S-inco water main along
school street from West Seventh to
Eleventh street thence to South High,
where nc would join with a 0-lnch
main Mr.. harlan said he had made
thorough investigation or the matter
and thought the interests OF property
holueIs, not only along the route OF
the main, but all over the southern
water system demanded the improve
ment That he mad recently tested the
pressure of the file hyurants near the
City Grain and Feed 20. and had
found the rropection practically nom
exlstant. Thar at one hyrdant water
could not BE- thIown fifteen feet and
at another 1t was little Uetter. A com
petent engineer MAD surveyed the route
of the proposed main and mad given II
as his opinion Jnat an S-lncn pipe