The daily sentinel., 1906-12-13
The City Fathers Will Not Stand For Ex-
Orbitant Bids.
LIGHT COMPANY AWARDED
The Extension of FranchiseGeorge Smith Gets Exen-
sion of Railway Franchise---hinisters Want
PurcelIs Saloon License Revoked---A
Large Number of Citizens At
tend Important Session.

son is just ahead and not much can
be done in such a matter at that sea-
son. Alderman Platt accepted this
amendment after some discussion
and the 80 day extension was granted
by vote of 6 to 2. o'Boyle and Dav-
les voting may"
Bids Are Opened.
Then came the most important
business of the evening, the opening
of the new bids for the construction
work on the mountain water system.
Seven bids and one proposal had been
filed with the city clerk and these
were opened in the order received.
In the council chamber We're the
contractors who had made bids or
their representatives.
Each bid had to be filed before
p. m. last evening and each had
10 be accompanied by certified
check for $4,000.
The first bid opened was that of
George II. Stethman. Denver, Colo
rado, which had been filed at one o.
clock yesterday. City Clerk Conley
stated that no check was included
and Mayor Bunting ordered that the
bid be laid over and not read. How
ever later in the evening Attorney
Stethman stated that the clerk would
find big bond for $4,000. equivalent
to n certified check, accompanying
the bid. This was found to be true
and the bid was then allowed to be
read.
The bids We're then read in the fol
lowing order:
No. George II. Stehman. Den
yer, Colorado.
Furnish all labor and material for
spiral riveted steel pipe. 100000.
The contractor not to do any
trenching of back filling,
No bid was made on the reservoir
A second proposition stated that
he would construct a pipe line with
n 100000 gallon "a hour capacity
reservoir for $4,000.
No. 2-American Light G Water
company, Kansas City, Mo, filed at
7:35 p. m.
No bid on wire woven stave pipe.
Continuous wooden stave pipe line
complete. material and construction.
s33G,OOO.
Distributing reservoir. $4,000.
Total amount for construction
.S41S,0OO.
Construction completed Jan.
1908.
No. 3.-Hanley & Richie. Topeka.
Kansas, Filed at 7:4O p. m.
No bid on wire woven pipe.
Continuous wooden stave pope line
material and construction. complete,
$334.5OO.
Distributing reservoirs, complete,
$4,000.
Total bid for continuous wooden
stave pipe and reservoir, $I15,5O0.
Contract to be completed January
n. 1905.
No. doyle and Swartz. Colo
rado Springs. Filed at 7:IO p. m.
No bid on wire woven pipe.
Continuous wooden stave pipe line
material and construction, complete
$325, 900.
Distributing reservoir complete,
$4,000.
Total bid, $4,000.
Complete January /. 1908.
The contracts stated that If Red
wood pipe was used the line would
cost 335. 900.
No. ST. J. Tiersway. Denver,
Colo. Filed at 7:43 p. m.
No bid on wire woven pipe line.
No bid on continuous wooden stave
pipe line.
VIII furnish all material and labor
and construct pipe line of Taylor's
Riveted spiral steel pipe, $264,9S5.
Reservoirs complete, $64,5OO.
Total bid, S329,4S5.
To be completed January 1, 1908.
No. Gibbons Hughes and Cra-
mer. Filed at 7:4G pm.
Pipe line of wire woven stave, COM
plete, $29S,79O.
Continuous ypopIar, rnm-
plete, 339,570.
Distributing reservoirs. $1,000.
To be completed Nov /, 1907.
No. IL. ]. Lumsden and J. X.
Gordon, Filed at 1853 p. m.
No bid on woven wire pipe.
Continuous wooden stave pipe line
second grade humber, $3.50, ,1O5.
Wooden stave woven wire,
$325.216.
If steel riveted pipe Is used these
contractors viii erect the line for
I$45.195 less than the first proposal
in their bid.
No bid on the reservoirs.
A communication was received
from the Excelsior Wooden Stave pipe
company, regarding their class on
pipe.
Every one of these bids were from
100000 to $4,000 higher than the
| bids received at the meeting two
weeks ago and it was plainly to be
seen that the council had no intention
of tolerating such bids.
Higher than Before.
Mayor Bunting stated that all the
bids received, in accordance with th'
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