Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-08
COUNCIL DECIDES
It DON'T KNOW
WHERE IT'S At
BEWlLDERED ON
SIDEWALK QUESTION
City Attorney Thinks Chairman
of Street Committee Talks
Too Much Vote to Let CON-
tract to Lowest Bidder Is Re-
considered.

II wish. stid tie city attorney. Mr.
IL J. Collins at Tie meeting OF the
city council last night. -tlint some of
these follows who know an about the
city attorneys business would come
around ana give some Or their yaIua-
BILE advice beforehand.
And the city attorney giared with
omin0us significance at Alderman
John S heaven who sat next door 70
him
wei did my talking, began the
alderman.
Yes. you ala your talking. All right.
all right, said the city attorney. nd-
ding several other acid comments
which were indistinguishahle.
This was only one Of many inter
ostine little passages which occurred
az the badly scrambled session Of the
city fathers The meeting was an al
journed one. chiefly to takeup tho.
matter of letting contracts for delin-
quent sidewalks. After a wrannie OF
an hour and q half the council voted
10 let the contract To +. NJ. Morgan
'th0se bid, itemized hv lots, averaged
about nineteen and "a half cents "a foot
After this action the council decilcd
that IL didn't know-after some eigh-
teen months preparation. lust what
sidewalks II wanted built and told the
contractor 50, asking him " It would
he satisfactory. Mr.. Morgan said that
would he an right ana stated THAT ne
wanted some ten months time allow
ance IN which to do the work. This
was agreeable to the council and the
contract Will go state.
Remarkable situation.
The final letting OF the contract
brought up q situation which is to say
THE leist remarkable. After extensive
is advertising for bids on the work,
the council decided last night that This
expense was unnecessary ana it didn't
need 20 have done IT. The city attor-
ncY admitted that. under the sidewalk
ordinance. the council doesn't need Ia
ask Tor bids nt an, the ordinance
merely stating that the council shah
catsr 90 be built the delinquent side
walks
'sWeil. why ala wc monkey around
FOR eighteen months adpertising for
bids II it wnsn't necessary q" asked Al
derman Beaven.
There seemed 10 be no adequate an-
seeer 20 this question As the advertis-
ing cost moro or less money the an-
swer VIII be diligently sought
Developments began briskly when
the council took up the sidewalks mat
ter. Contractor =. w. ficnncsseN. ono
M tho contractors who was present.
asked The eouncii n ne might substi
tute d new bid before the seated en-
vclopes were opened, os he said he dis
covered he had made an error in hls
bid iinNing come here especially Go
hid on these sidewalks and having
spent nino weeks ON the proposition
Ii, said be- thought d. ought Ia haNc
this privilege.
Contractors Exchange Compliments.
o. N. Aloraau another bidder then
AROSE and told the council thui he had
told Mr. Hennessey Ina the afternoon
what his t~Aiorran'sl bid was Mr.
f%lennosseg stated that No. would he
willing "a swear before d notary thht
Morgan had done nothing ot the Kind
st this very interesting psNehoiogi-
eai moment Alderman Wroth abrupt
ly moved that the bids he opened at
once Mir Tennessee with equal abe
ruptncss said he wished to Withdraw
ms bid This lett two bids, Morsan's,
srtcilyinr tho property whore walks
usle to be huiil with the price for
each separate Job. the whole amount
ling rs somethIng like SS.5t5.65s ana
Garcia aud pruiilio. who bid at e price
Of sixteen cents "a square Zoo the bid
however. bring for only part Of thc