Gunnison news-champion., 1906-02-23


parvo~e d opening aad eanl Rnq
b.d~ fer the ss-sall.a,sA II Z aew
cisy light and water woa1a IT,
meetlsse was advertised spa ena
ed by . nnmber et iHtessso1 rIt-
zens
All members ~ere presesA q pere
the city sstoraev aud EaassaGo sd
dars vhe has been empleysA ,he
council - consulting eaSinaagt
Afses th% formalrt,es a q call
and rssdaag the call Sx & rial
assetiAg, the coancll psusss al
once 10 the business of The - kRe
Ordinances. - advertised u - her
column of this issue, we've 1880
for the acceptance of bsAa, 81 the
power 10 issue bonds TO - for
plants when constructed.
Both ordinances we've passs1 Qpon
in sections and rs wholss, - 0oie
being by roll call and in sssA ease
in the Affirmative.
The bids were then oVsoo1 ond
read by Clerk Harper. ssd Aimunsed
in brief by the council. M Inpon
moved vote be taken by IL GoHn-
Gil ON the acceptance Of . ~ ohai
evening, which vote wss cassia1 by
WA ajority of one, Asssss. 0uoDn,
Thompson, Harper and RssaioGlon
voting for it aud Messrs. 49,,
Richardson and Mueller aaaia1 it
The latter gentlemen wished - osit
until Friday in order to inves&Gate
the terms of the proposed coa1Dsct
more fully Councilman Boybss elso
thought it wise to wait becs1so OF
the fact that he considered th1Uo 10
be practically but one bid asA CAat
for the unexpectedly large ssqDs Of
100000. Councilman Richao1na
wished 70 wait . few dsys 20 = ~
70 saks W S.iCk jsA0asas -
Issss, ~ 0a6astov ~ - ID -
tAst tAsy - hssa laieAoslly invsus-
iestiag ~ nsstss Sos s0e yanss -
sew 70 rssso~ 10 As1isso oay othsr
or bettsr bid wosA - naA4.
There were thrss hidasss for ~
contract, Hendrie 4 BoltAoG of Dea-
yer, II. b. Lewis of Gsnnisna, .sA
Geo. H. Sethman of Denver.
Hendrie 4 Bolthof offered to do
the work as specified in the adver-
tisements for bids, for the amount Of
one hundred and eleven thousand
and ninety-six dollars in cash.
r. b. Lewis presented three bids,
the first of which offered the present
plant in good order for fifty thous-
and dollars in city bonds, the Sec
ond offered the old plant with addi-
tons specified by the engineer for
plant to be operated solely by steam
power, for ninety-fve thousand,
eight hundred and sixty dollars and
sixty five cents, or if the city would
accept tanks of stone and cement in
place of steel, for eighty-nine thous-
and five hundred and eighty-three
dollars and thirty-si cents.
The third bid by Mr.. Lewis Was
for one hundred and thirty six
thousand three hundred and thirty
three dollars for the plant as speci-
fed in plans submitted by Engineer
Huddart, which plans Mr. Lewis
says are not practical Mr.. Lewis
stated that he had had expert engi-
neers to investigate the plans and
asked hearing of the council that
he might appear before them with
his engineers and show reasons why
these plans were not practicable.
The plant contemplated derives
power from hydraulic pressure. A
weir will be placed in the Gunnison
Just above the mouth of Ohio creek,
the concrete dam for which will ex-
tend FIVE feet below and FIVE feet
above the river bed. From this
point = covered plank fume 5xS feet
will conduct water to the power
house where it will have gained a
fall Of eight feet. The exact loca-
ton is vet 10 be determined. Water
in the Aume will have velocity Of
four and half feet per second to
prevent freezing.
The power house will have COM
plete equipment of all power ap-
paratus. There will be two pen
stocks for the reception of two tur-
bines which will be of a size not
less than ffty-two and sixty-two
inches, to give ia and leo horse
power.
There will be two generators Of
three phases, sixty cycle revolving
type, to run not faster than 500
revolutions a minute to be of West
inghouse or Crocker-Wheeler manu-
facture. There will also be three
Stage Jsnesville centrifugal pumps
mounted on heavy plates and foun-