The daily sentinel., 1906-07-31

contract with Mitchell, who declined
at first to sign, saying he should not
be called upon to give up full infor-
nation as to survey, plans, speciiica
tions as that would be property of his
company. Later however. he sign.
ed the contract Mr. Coles declared
that these plans and specifications
Were never furnished, that paper
with crooked lines said to be the out
line of tthe survey were placed on
the walls of the council chamber but
had no other meaning than crooked
lines to me-" He claims what was
purported to be plans and specifica-
tion was simply a contract to be sign
ed and he objected yet the bill of the
surveyor was paid, the council be
ing satisfied with the report and
work. He declared that this con-
tract was intended to exclude all
other bidders but Mitchell's company,
penditure of S350,000 when only
100000 in bonds was asked for.
stating that Mr.. Chamberlain has
figured 1t up" what bearing Mr.
Chamberlain or his figures had to do
with the matter is not known. He
believed the people would be tying
their hands to one company if they
voted the bonds.
Then taking up the legal aspect of
the matter the attorney denounced
the election as Illegal, stating that
the ordinance was void in its con
struction and provisions and he made
the startling statement. "nearly every
attorney in the city agrees with me
that the election Will be void" He
did not prove this assertion and could
not. Nearly every attorney in the
city disagrees with him, but the city
attorney is now noted for his wild
statements.
Il have the power to ask for an in
junction If | want to use IL. restrain
ing the council from proceeding to
sell its bonds" he said in a threat
ening manner. Later on he said If
you are not enjoined this one COM
pany will get the contract" An
other threat
He said the city was bound down
to one make and kind of pipe. He
then again declared the whole thing
Illegal because proper and sufficient
publication had not been given the
call for special election. but he failed
to explain why he told the council
on the night of July 5th, that they
could defer passage of the ordinance
till July 18th, and yet have sufficient
time for this action. To all appear
ances he wilfully misinformed the
council and is himself responsible if
there is any illegality in this matter
He concluded by declaring that
there was every possibility for graft
ing to be done and intimated that he
believed there would be grating. He
called upon the people to stop the
whole business at the polls by de
feating the bond issue.
The crowd then demanded to hear
from Chairman O'Boyle of the special
water committee and amid a storm of
applause that gentleman took the
floor. Mr.. O'Boyle declared that the
water committee was there to tell
what IL knew not what II had heard
as the champions of the opposition
were telling. He then turned his at
tention to the city attorney and his
statement that he had not been CON
suited, but an outside attorney en-
ployed 1--WE went to our city at
torney for advice and he said, 81 AM
NOT POSTED ON COLORADO
LAWS. go talk to Mr.. Bucl1lin, my
partner" We went to Mr.. BuclSlin
but he got sick and had to leave town
in a day or two. then if our city at
torney did not know anything about
Colorado laws what else could we do
but go and employ competent at
torney? II was the misfortune of the |
people to elect this man to this posi- |
tion so the council had to do the best |
it could" He couldn't even draw up
a bicycle ordinance that would stick.
then couldn't handle the Anderson
damage suit in a competent manner
and yet he howls because he was not
allowed to have his way in this mat
ter"
Here the chairman objected to Mr..
O'Boyle being personal. Mr.. O'Boyle
declared that he would quit talking.
The crowd wouldn't hear to it and
demanded that he take the floor
Coles made several attempts
to get the attention of the crowd but
every time he raised his voice he was
drowned out and forced to quit Mr..
O'Boyle then continued
He declared Coles had not stated
the truth when he said that the plans
and specifications had not been sub
mitted by the engineer. "They were
there, the outline and plans were on
the wall, nobody expected the city at
torney to understand those lines, he's
not capable. He talks about "crool-
ed lines who ever heard of the out
line of such a survey being simply
StldlSnl lines. Inc outlines ana
plans are there today on the wall of
the council chamber for the people
to see." Mr.. O'Boyle stated that Mr. |
was not employed to make
a permanent line of survey, it could
not be done for the price paid Mitch
ell. Greely paid S17. 900 for a per-
manent line. Mr.. Mitchell aAd his
were recommended by Gov
Alva Adams and other leading men
of the state as capable and respon-
sible people, Mr.. Coles to the con
trary Notwithstanding Mr.. Mitchells
men did their work and did 1t to the
of the council. The con-
tract which Coles declared the people
had to vote on was not drawn up by
the contracting company as Coles as
serted, but by the council
In getting the plant and profile we
got what we asked for and got 1t
cheap"
The declaration of Coles that the
city is bound to one pipe and that
pipe to be furnished by the Mitchell
was denounced as false.
this company does not make piping,
it only excavates to lay the pipe. We