Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-11
COUNCIL ASKS FUR BIDS ON
 NEW SUBWAY
Within Two of Three Weeks Work on the Much Needed Improvement Is Expected to Be Under Way.

At a meeting of the city council
 authorized to advertise for bids for | the construction of the subway, and the city attorney was instructed to
 draw up an ordinance providing for
 an electrical inspector, the purpose
 of which was to guard against defec- l tive wiring and tn Is lessen the danger of fire
 The matter of the sale of the bonds
 recently voted by the city was also
 discussed, and it was stated that d.
 ready one bid and a large number of inquiries had been received. It IS
 thought that there will be little diff
 culty in disposing of the bonds, and 1 this will be done as soon as the ciry
 ordinance covering the matter has
 been published eight days, and adver- tisements for bids have been made ten days.
 The mayor and all of the members of the council were present at the meeting last night, except Grady The mayor called the meeting to order and stated the purpose-the advertising for bids on the subway. The mayor stated that there had been some dis cussion as to whether the contract sys- tenn should be used, or whether the city should undertake the work. He stated that inasmuch as the route had been changed so that the ! subway would coincide with the E. P & s. ". tracks. and that that company would probably be 8 bidder, it was perhaps best to advertise for bids.
 A motion was then passed authoriz- ing the city clerk to advertise for bids for ten days. The mayor stated that all parties to the contract involving the subway had signed for their part of the expense and that work would begin as soon as the bid had been awarded This means that construc- tion Of the subway will actually begin in at most three weeks, and probabis within two weeks. The specifications. for the new subway are the same as the one proposed over the old route, except that there will be a slignl variation in the grade and in the length The sides and bottom will pe of concrete. and a portion of it, but not all will be covered. The route now occupied by the old subway will be made into street, the old subway to be filled. The property owners Tn signing for their part of the agree ment, agreed to deed to the city the property now occupied by the SUD- way, and that will be made into a first class highway by the city.
 A representative of the Bisbee Flee trical Contracting and Maintenance company addressed the council on the advisability of having the electricaI wiring of the city looked after by an offical inspector, asserting that there was at present much defective wirins and that proper inspection meant the reduction of insurance rates. He also called attention to the fact that many of the most disastrous fires of the country, notably the riquois thea tre fire, had been caused by defective electrical wiring. After some discus sion a motion was passed instructing the city attorney to draw up an ordi- nance covering the point. The action of the council was taken with especiaI reference to the many new buildings now being erected, that danger of fire might be avoided.
 After some discussion of the bond issue recently voted, the council ad journed.