Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-04
REVISING wArpRwoRKs PLANS
Expert Engineers 60 BE Employed 20
Assist city Engineer.

Assist city Engineer.
The city council last night authorized the
water works committee, Of which Council
man Jensen is chairman, TO employ expert
engineers and draughtsmen TO assist the
city engineer in revising and completing
the plans and specifications for a munich
pal water works system. The council also
decided to take the necessary steps to
negotiate the 100000 bonds voted by the
people at the special election last week for
a water works plant.
That these preliminary steps be taken
was recommended in the following com
munication from Mr.. Jensen's COMMITTEES,
the ecommendations contained therein be-
ing concurred in by the city council:
Your committee OF water works respect
fully represent to your honorable body
that the citizens and electors OF Council
Bluffs did last Tuesday, October e.. again
affirm their adherence to the principle of
municipal ownership of the water works
system in our city. by an Overwhelming
for the construction Of a water plant,
and thus ending the long, useless, tiresome
and expensive controversy, In regard 10 q
the city for years.
AS considerable of the work necessary to
accomplish the task of building a water
/ people, will no doubt fail on this commit
tee, we earnestly solicit the hearty CO.
| ODbIaAipH Ol all Ntt CITY tlllglhl6 IS hNll
as that OF all our citizens, to the end that
a suitable water works 5ystem may be
installed at the earliest possible time.
Your committee on water works would
respectfully recommend that this COM
mittee. in conjunction with the city engi-
neer, be authorized TO secure the necessary
expert engineers and ~draughtsmen to assist
the city engineer in revising and complet-
ing the plans ard specifications for a new
water works system, so that we can adver-
tise for bids for the construction Of a
plant and enable the city to let a contract
for this work at the present low price Of
We would also recon mend that the city
engineer be authorized to secure any add.
tional help iD the general engineering de
partment Of the city that may be neces-
sary to permit the city engineer to give
his personal supervision to the work Of
completing the plans for the water works
system, and that such additional help b.
figured and charged against the cost OF the
water plant.
Your COMMITTEES would also recommend
that the proper committee from this couu.
ell be instructed to negotiate the sale of
the bonds voted by the people last Tues,
day, October q. so that funds may he at
hand Immediately after the letting Of the
contract for the construction Of n water
works system.
The present building occupied by No.
engine company is not to be removed &c
another site and occupied by the flremer
during the construction of the new centra'
fire station over Indian creek at the foo
vi GA1 oAN sNAttNs 4 NV ailu tQulHAilEll
will, It was stated, be divided for the TIM
being, among the other four engine houses
and the old building is to be sold. TIL,
committee on city property was authorized
to advertise for bids for the purchase anC
removal of the old fire station. the bid.
to be in by noon OF next Monday.
Three bids for the construction of thu
sewers recently ordered laid were received
and referred to the city engineer for tabu
lation. Thy were p. Nelson, 6-inch. 4O1
cents per foot; S-inch, 4shc cents; 1O-inch
621s cents; Finch. 73h cents; 15-inch. S1
cents; manholes, $50 each; Ed. Wickham, 6
inch, 40 cents; S-inch, AZ cents; 1O-inch. G
cents; 12-inch, 20 cents; 15-inch, 70 cents
manholes, $S7 eachf G. F. Hughes, 6-incl
40 cents; S-inch, f7Ia cents; 1O-inch. 6Si
cents; 12-inch, 1914 cents; 15-inch. 50 cents
~manholes, S5 each.
on motion Of Councilman Younkermar
chairman of the committee on fire an
light, the Council Bluffs City Water Work
company is to be notified to repair tn
hydrant at Thirteenth avenue and Sixt
street, rental for which is not to be PAL
until repaired.
w. II. Lynchard who edited" the waite
works pamphlet, was allowed $50 for hi
work.
i The council adjourned until next Monda
night,