Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-11

cOmpletO' r. OF the PROPOSE
tion his c>Il I'd made to the
city. He sal% he had been on
the Pacific Goa. and was returning
to Kansas City, when he heard that
Albuquerque wanted a sewer system.
He said that he wanted to close a
contract before the end of the year,
and secured from Mr.. Huling the
privilege of making Albuquerque
special proposition.
Mr.. Bullock originally said that his
company would build the Albuquer-
que sewer system of nineteen miles
according to the plans of Samuel T.
Gray, the sewer expert, for a max
imum of s19S,S66, with 12h per cent
profit on the actual cost Last night
Mr.. Bullock read a telegram from the
president of his company saying that
the work would be done for 10 per
cent above cost.
II the sewer system should cost the
estimated price, this would give the |
construction company a profit of
$40, 900.
"Mr. Huling made this reduction of |
az per cent from the original prop !
osition that We made you as result ,
of a visit here of one of our engin- |
eers," said Mr.. Bullock. in the course |
of his talk I'VE feared at first that |
on account of the water being so near |
the surface and the presence of quick |
sand ii might make the building of
a sewer here as difficult as in New
Orleans, where several construction
companies went broke and left un-
done work that our company was able
| to finish. 1 asked to have a man sent
/ here who had seen service in New
| Orleans. He told me and he told
| Mr.. Huling that the building of a
sewer here would not be difficult. We
have the machinery and tools to do
it. 1 will guarantee to have the
job completed within five months
after We stick pick in the
earth. We will bring a trench
ing machine here that will work
in your sixteen-foot alleys. We
will employ about $50 men and work
might and day. We VIII have expert
enced men do the work and the bills
will be paid through your city coun-
cil The city will have it's own time
keepers, inspectors and its own city
engineer will superintend the work.
1t we can build the system for less
than the estimated price it viii be
to our interest to do so. The repu-
tation of our company depends on
the work we do. If our proposition
is accepted, to give the people con-
| lfdence in our concern, j will take
a committee of citizens to Arizona
cities where we have done work. Mr..
Huling wrote we that we could offer
to take the bonds for par. ,Fhe de-
partment through Which the bonds
will pass is entirely separate from
! the construction departme ent and it
. will not be an exchange of work for
! bonds. We will pay the cash for the
! bonds. We not only guarantee the
! sale of the bonds at par but we
l Will bid for them the same. as any
. one else and may be able to pay a
! premium on the 4 "A that Will bring
! the mdown to Az. BY the city do
] ing the work by our proposition it
] will be able to avail itself Of the in
! terstate commerce provision giving
! states, counties and cities the right
, to accept rebates on material for
! public construction. This Will amount
! to many thousands of dollars in the
) building of sewer for Albuquerque.
) After his address. Mr.. Bullock an
) swered questions put to him by prop
} erty owners. 1fr explained that the
u
, 100000 to guarantee the fulfillment
B of their contract and to protect the
B city against damage suits that may
B result from workmen getting injured
B while doing construction work Mr
B Bullock said that he believed the es-
B innate of samuel T. Gray was a close
B one and that his company could
B guarantee to keep within it. The
B matter Of getting flow for the low
B lands caused some discussion. Mr
D Bullock informed the meeting thai
D the flow depended greatly on the
D size of the sewer A fall of an inch
D in a hundr, d feet would make .
D flow of two feet a second in a large
D pipe and that there was no doubt
that the plans of Mr.. Gray could be
= carried out though, should 1t be
, found that changes from the original
. plans were necessary after the work
. was commenced, the plan of the city
. building the system under his prop
= os-tlon would make changes possible
. He advised that City Engineer Glad
. ding BE- sent II some large sewer
= construction works and oe allowed
. to make observations.
D After some discussion the meeting
, adopted the following resolutions:
1T is the sense OF this meeting
. that the city council be requested t.
y provide plans for an adequate sewer
y system for the city of Albuquerque
= and that it take such steps as may
. be necessary to submit to the voters
y the question OF an issue of bonds for
y the payment of the same"
y H. 1T is the sense Of this meet
y ing that it approves of the plans and
' recommendations of the city c0unci
' along the line and on a similar basi,
as the one submitted by Mr.. Bullard
i preventative of the American Lghr
y and Water company of Kansas city