Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-17
CITY COUNCIL IN SPECIAL
 SESSION
Several Matters of Importance Are Taken Up and Disposed 0f-Bid for Construction of Retaining Wall Accepted,


 The city council met in special ses- sion last evening for the purpose of transacting certain matters of busi- ness in which the city is interested, including the construction of a re- taining wall along Opera Drive, and the building of new pest house.
 The meeting was called to order promptly at o'clock by Mayor Caven, and Councilmen Shattuck, Hogan, Morris. Allen and Hughes answered to the roll call.
 The first matter taken up was that of opening the bids on the construc- tion of the retaining wall along Opera Drive. On this proposition there were three bids, the lowest of which was submitted by B. Devote, being for $S per cubic yard on cement work, S1 per cubic yard for excavating. This being the lowest bid the contract was awarded to Devote, ana ae was in structed that he would have to sign a contract and furnish a bond for the performance of the conditions laid down.
 City Engineer McNeish was then in structed to make all necessary sur veys in connection with the subway, determining just what will be neces- sary to establish a uniform grade, and put 1t in such condition that the city council will agree to take it over and ,, maintain it in the future. McNeish will make his report at a special meet ing of the council to be held in the near future.
 Alfred Paul. then appeared before the council and asked that the street committee examine the road adjoining property which he owns on one of the hills, and determine wheth- CT the city will stand a part of the expense of constructing a retaining wall. The street committee will ex- i anime the place today.
 Mayor Caven made a statement to the council in regard to the condition | in which he had found the pest house on a trip of inspection several days J ago. He enumerated the defects, which were many, and finished by stating that the place was utterly un. | fit for use.
 l He recommended that a new struc- ture be erected at a point more con- yenient to the city, and that this be done within a short time. The coun- cib was unanimous in endorsing the recommendation of the mayor, and the matter of building a pest house joint ly with the county will be taken up at | the meeting of the board of super. visors- Deferring to Mayor Caven' s judgment as a physician a motion em. towering him to have a set of plans drawn up according to his own ideas h.z
 The condition of the roads surround ing the city next engaged the atten. tion of the council, and especially that of Naco road. Several of the council. men felt that the City of Bisbee and the town of Lowell are entitled to con. sideration from the county, and inas. much as Naco road comes under the | supervision Of the county after the city limits are reached, suggested that the matter be brought to the atten- tion of the board of supervisors, and endeavor to have the county make an appropriation for the betterment oi conditions now existing. The sug l gestion was accepted favorably, and a committee of the council, consisting of Councilmen Shattuck and Allen and Mayor Caven will bring the matter to
 the attention of the supervisors at
 their next meeting.
 When the city advertised for bids
 to furnish the city feed for stock sev
 eral weeks ago, the only bid received
 was that of the Independent Fuel and Feed Company The advertisement called for bids on the basis of a year
 but when the bid was read. the coun.
 cil agreed that if the dealers would enter into a contract at the prices bid
 for six months, the same would be ac. Iceptahle, and if not the bid would be lrejected. The feed company refused Ito do this. so the city will buy in the open market until the price of feed becomes lower