St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-22
Proceedings Board OF Aldermen

ing of your Board at the Council room
at 2 o'clock b. NJ, for the purpose Of
action relative to purchasing
machinery for the power house, etc,
to take action in the matter of
complaint Of Messrs. JOS. Firnberg
and Eugene Ventre relative to ma
terial used in construction Of side
walks abutting property Of above
parties.
NJ. HALpHEN, Mayor.
Attest: G. n. BAILEY, Clerk.
Received the within notice on the
18th day Of May, 1909, and On the
same day and date I notified Messrs.
Daniel, Healey, Dietlein and Roos in
person; Mr. Lewis being absent from
the city ] left word at bis Office with
Robt. Lacombe. G. Ii. HAYES,
Marshal.
The Board met pursuant to call,
present: Mayor Halphen, presiding;
Aldermen: Roos, Dietlein, Healey and
Daniel. Quorum present.
Moved BY Roos, duly seconded and
carried. That the Mayor notify r. @.
Huston, Contractor, or his represen.
tatives of the complaints being made
BY the various property owners abut.
ting walk now being constructed by
him under his contract with this
city. relative to the material being
used IN the construction Of said walk
and that be give prompt attention to
the same 10 order that the defects
complained Of may be remedied.
Moved by MI. Roos, That the Mayor
and Superintendent be authorized to
purchase material of the kind indicated
III letter of a.. Baldwin and Co.to Armas
Durio. of date May 10, 1909; and
further that they be authorized to
rent an air compressor for the wv. WI.
and B. L. Plant, at the rate of $l2.50
per month for 2 months and Sl2.5G
per month thereafter it not returned,
and it is further moved that che
freight on said compressor shall be
paid BIZ the City and that ii the event
the City purchase said compressor
that the rental price charged for
same shall be deducted from the pur-
chase Drice. Duly seconded and car.
ried.
Motion. duly seconded and carried.
the Board adjourned subject to call
d. HALPHEN, Mayor.
Attest: G +. BAILEY, Clerk.
OpeIoueas, la, Nay II, 1909.
To the Hon. Members of the Board 81
Aldermen
Gentlemen.-There will be- 5 meet.
ing Of your Board At the Council room
at 2 o'clock D. M for The purpose b
taking action relative TO sidewalks
now in course of construction By R
G. Huston, Contractor.
III. HALPHEN, Mayor.
Attest: G. Il. BAILEY, CLERK.
Received The above notice On Che
18th day III Mag. 1909, and On the
same day and date I notified all thu
members of Che Board in person.
G. L. HAYES, Marshal.
The Board met pursuant 10 above
call. Present. nj. Halphen, Mayor
presiding aldermen: Roos, Lewis
Healey. Dietlein and Danel. Quorum
present.
Moved BIZ Roos, duly seconded and
carried, That the communication d
]. ]. Naf, Acting City Engineer, b
received and ordered spread upon the
minutes.
Opelousas, La, May 18th, 1903.
To Hon. Mayor and Members Boari
Board of Aldermen; City b Opel
onsas, Louisiana.
Gentlemen. an inforEaed thai
your body met, and afteE hearing
complaints from property owners
along Market street, adopsed resolu.
tions calling the Contractors atten-
tion to defects IN the construction.
I'd connection with this, / desire "a
make the following report
Mr.. Huston shipped d car of bull
nose brick here to be used in the con
Of these walks. | accepted
same and Che brick was used. He
afterwards called me up over tbs
phone and stated that be could not
me with exactly the same
but that he had expressed me
a sample Of the brick for inspection.
| examined the brick, and found that
they were Of practically Che same
qualify, but Of a different design;
there was nothing il the specifca-
tons that called for any special
iii The brick. sol vas forced
10 accept The bricks were shipped
here, and when ! examined them, /
many broken and other defects,
IL / rejected the whole lot. The con-
tractor asked me to allow him to pick
oyer the entire lot and pick out such
orick as he thought were good and
.or me to then inspect them. This !
I'D. went over the entire territory
they were distributed and saw
10 reason why the brick could not bs
lsed. The contractor asked rs I'll
1liOw him ~ finiah the CONTRACT with