The daily sentinel., 1906-11-30
THE BIDS
ARE OPENED
BY THE COUNCIL
All Bids Away Above Esti-
mates of the Engineers
Spirited Discussion---New
Developments Expected.


That mountain water question is
the topic uppermost in the minds of
the public was demonstrated by the
great crowd that assembled in the
council chamber on wednesday night,
to witness the opening of the bids for
the construction of the mountain
water plant.
Every seat in the council chamber
vas occupied and there were present
the representatives of pipe lines, steel
work. contracting firms and num-
ber of citizens.
1t was only very few minutes af-
ter eight o'clock when Mayor uBnt-
ing took his seat and called the clerk
to call the roll of councilmen present.
There were present all save Alderman
Alkire.
1he minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved and a
rapid run through the regular order
OF business taken. until the call for
new business. when the matter of the
investigation and opsning of the bids
was called for.
Alderman Smith moved that the
council defer the opening of the
bids for one week. There was no Sec
ond to the motion. Upon request sew
eral of the representatives of con-
tractmg firms were permitted to
L mi n
test against deferring the opening
of same. Moyor Bunting took tho
position. as did several of the council
men that, as the bids had been called
for and that ample time had been Civ
on contractors to file same that there
was moral obligation upon the
part of the city to open the bids.
Upon motion of Alderman Platt,
seconded by Alderman Lutes council
proceeded to open the bids. There
were seven bids upon the table of the
clerk. These were opened as the clerk
came to them,
They are as follows:
C. NJ. Bonnell. Kansas City
Wire Wove wooden pipe s27S.154.
Continuous Stave pipe
Reservoirs ........... $4,000
Total ..........-.... $5'5'lo4
Hauley G Richie. Topeka. Kansas
Wire Wove wooden pipe $271,00o
Continuous Stave pipe -.
Reservoirs ............,... $1,000
| Total ......r......... $352.OOo
p. p. Ford, Denyer-Wire Wove
wooden pipe .............$3 .$339.SS1
Continuous stave pipe .....
Total ..............$SS9,S31
Doyle & Schwartz. Colorado
Springs Wire wove Wooden pipe
S269,O00
Continuous staye pipe 100000
Reservoirs ............ 1000
John j. Lumsden. ]. A. Gordon,
Grand Junction-Wire Wove Wood
en- stave pipe .......... $2SO,O74
Continuous stave pipe. ...915,164
Reservoirs .,............. BIOS
Tiersway & Hamilton. Denver
Wire wove wooden staves265,Oss.71
Continuous stave pipe 2Go,Oo0.00
Reservoirs ..... ....... 64,O55.l o
Givens. Hughes & dramer-Wire
wove wooden stave. S272.591
Continuous stave pipe ...
Reservoirs ,.,... ......
Immediately upon the completion
of the reading of the bids. Mr.. Doyle
of Colorado Springs protested agains.
receiving the bid of Tiersway & Ham
ilton, of Denver, because that bid had
been passed 10 the clerk n few min
utes after the time of eight O'Clock.
which was the time called for in the
advertisements for the bids to be
handed into council.
There was quite n spirited discus
sion. but the chair finally ruled that
as MT. Doyle had not made complaint
at the time that the bid was handed
in to council and that none of the
bids had been opened it was proper
tn receive same He was upheld in
this position by City Attorney Coles
No further action was taken upon
the matter of the bids that night and
an adjournment was taken until to-
night at eight o'clock.
There was much disappointment II
J the character of the bids. all of them
being way above the estimate of th'
. engineers for the construction of tn,
t work and there were many rumori
e about combinations of pipe men anc
r others floating around.
= The public of Grand Junction ma.
G rest assured that no snap decision
!. will be taken in the matter of tn