Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-05


ed to notify the company of their &C
tion
Bids for retaining wall for city vaul
were opened and read. Elmer Peter
son put in bid of s25, and Johr
Quinn, $3.50. After discussion Ii
which 1t was pointed out that Mr.
Quinn specified construction of wall
1t was moved that the contract b,
awarded to Mr.. Quinn As the vote
resulted in a tie the question was
laid over TIL next nesting
Alderman Dudley reported that the
city barn was a fine building. The
street supervisor said he had used
some eighteen sacks of cement In re.
pairing the Junction creek bridge
which had washed away more than
! appeared on the surface. The upper
floor of bridge is worn out and should
be repaired soon. Referred to the
pridge committee with power to act
A number of bills were read. AL
derman Morelock made motion that
oiiis be allowed except that of the
Democrat Printing company. Alder.
man Turner then asked why Mr.. More
/ icck made an exception of the Demo.
cfat, saying that he himself had audit.
ed that bill and had found 1t reasona.
Die IN every particular He also asked
ii Mr.. Morelock had looked over the
class OF work received for the fig.
ures bid
Alderman Morelock said he had not
examined the bill, but he was not
making fight on any paper. II the
Herald mad been awarded the contract
under similar conditions as the
Democrat. he would have objected on
The grounds that the council owe a
duty to the people and must obey the
law. He said further, that when the
bids were opened, that The Herald
was the lowest responsible bidder. and
accused the council of incourtesy in
that when the committee reported
on the printing bids his minority re.
port was not given hearing. AS he
objected to the councils action in
not hearing his report, and also in
voting to award the contract for city
printing to the Democrat. whose bid
was higher with the exception of one
item, he naturally objected to paying
bills under an illegal contract, espe.
cially as the Democrat has forfeited
that contract by not filing bond.
Alderman Turner said that II Al
derman Morelock had not examined
the bill and work he was not compe-
tent TO judge whether the bill should
be allowed or no.
The motion was made that all bills
be allowed as read, Alderman More.
lock voting nay. and Alderman Sites
refusing to vote. A heated discussion
followed between Aldermen Morelock,
Sites and Turner and the city attor-
ney, the latter holding that the ac-
ton of the council was not necessarily
to depend on the lowest bidder, but
that other points were involved, such
ti 'uAd'ici, anu
mechanical excellence.
Alderman Morelock spoke OF the a.
nancial and mechanical strength of
The Herald at length Alderman Sites
moved that as the contract with the
Democrat has been annulled that the
printing be awarded to The Herald.
Chairman ruled him out on the
grounds that at the Tine the Democrat
was accepted The Herald bid was re.
jected and there are now no bids
before the council
After speech from Alderman Sites
objecting to being overruled, Alder
man Morelock said In plain words that
the council was crooked" adding.
You are not working for the peo-
pie, but for individuals
The question of paying men for a
few days work, when the job is finish
ed instead of requiring them to wait
for their pay until the end of the
month, was discussed at length.
Alderman Morelock spoke OF the
needed repair of the city sprinkler
and urged immediate attention. A re-
quest to put iron strips on sidewalk
doors was refused on account OF ordi
nance forbidding same
Alderman Turner moved that coun
ell appropriate $50 for stocking the
lakes at the reservoir site with fish
Carried. He also suggested that In
| stead of resolutions OF thanks to Will
liam B. Douglass, the eminent nengi
neer. the city present the gentleman
with gold watch charm engraved
with suitable expressions of thank.
and appreciation
| The case against pool room owners
Allen & Ellis, came up and since Mr.
Allen appealed TO the county court
city attorney was allowed IS docke
fee. Mr.. Ellis suggested that matte
might be dropped. some of the coun
eli agreeing. but no action was taker
Alderman Sites moved that same rt
strictIons should be placed on poe
rooms as on saloons and that tn
mothers Of the town wanted ther
closed on Sunday Messrs Allen an