Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20

and alleys committee to call for bids
TO macndanize Main avenue from
Eighteenth street to Brookside. maxi
mum cost to be $3.50. Carried. Alder.
man Folsom and Mcclellan voting nay
Motion was carried that cement side
walk builders must clean up debri J
within three days or forfeit Iicerse,
A motion authorizing committee TO
purchase $4,000 feet of lumber at
former rate was carried Bonds were
nled by John Quinn for laying cross
walks and by Mccormick and o'Brien
for excavating.
A profile OF the city's streets and
avenues was filed with the city clerk,
The question of lights in the city
parks brought up by Alderman Nc.
Lelian was referred to the committee.
Alderman Casey discussed the ques.
Ion OF reduced rates for electric lights.
He said he had nothing satisfactory
TO report at present, and the placing
OF the three new arc lights was laid
over The location of the new lights
as proposed is Twentieth street and
West Third avenue. Second avenue
and Seventh street, Main and Fif.
teenth. The new lights will be Mt
the present rate of So with rebate
II contract should be entered Into
during the life of this council. for a
lower rate. The light committee were
instructed to look up the matter and
to remove the Bessie Rivers light to
the rear OF block so.
A motion was carried that CITY nur.
chase state directory for 1909 to
cost IS from the Gazetteer Publishing
company.
II. I. Henderson put In a pid for
the installing OF the
new sewer system of $4,000, his est-
mate Of reasonable cost being s4,.
200. 1t was laid over.
A resolution was passed instructing
the city treasurer to transfer $4,000
from the sewer district No. l fund
to the emergency fund.
A bidder on sewer district No. 2
asked that official information on the
subject be furnished according TO the
state law. On motion the clerk was
Instructed to furnish all such informa.
ton and estimate.
Regarding the replacing of all new
pipe for the city pipe line, that was
necessary, the committee reported that
parts OF 1t needed repairing and rec.
that these repairs be made,
but that profiles would be needed,
showing eInvations. atc II r. Hon.
derson offered to do the work for 1925,
the committee being empowered, en-.
gaged him and Will then purchase
the material and as soon as possible
will do the repairing. Chairman Scou.
ten favored sheet steel plate, cut and
rolled here, but 1t is too expensive.
Prices on fir-wood stave pipe are, car.
load lots, +. o. B. Durango, 12 inch
pipe, 50-foot pressure, 59hc, 100-foot
head G4c, etc, made joints average
thirteen feet. finished wood bands and
shoes. etc. Others are for vitrified
sewer pipe at 4c per pound. Twelve.
inch 45c per foot, 15-lnch CSC, 18-inch
97kc, I. o. b. Pueblo. Committee de-
cided on tiling for pipe in their report,
awaiting the engineers profile. The
also reported on the gov
ernment engineers establishing the
lines of the city's reservoir
site. granted to It by the government.
As the corners are located, IL will take
a special act OF congress to establish
these corners. as records, owing to
the extreme roughness OF the country.
1t will be January or later before the
matter will be taken up for ratiflca-
tion at Washington. Chairman Scou.
ten gave the council detailed ac-
count Of this matter.
Council instructed clerk to draw up
a set OF resolutions requesting William
B. Douglas, chief surveyor, to have
lines established and extending a vote
OF thanks for the efforts put forth
in making them.
A committee consisting OF Aldermen
Scouten. Hanno and Naegelin and the
city attorney were appointed to draw
up resolution thanking Mr.. Douglas
for his efficient labor in making sur
vey OF the city reservoir site.
The bill of the light company for
s344 for light during July was ordered
paid.
Adjourned.
(From Wednesdays Daily
Arrangements will he mnde for nm