Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-09-29

with a bid OF II cents q cubic yard
which was considerable lower than it's
nearest corl9c itor he Tacoma Dredr-
ing company Of Tacoma. was awarded
the contract for clearing and making
the tide land fl. at 4 meeting of the
city council last nieht. The contract
for draining was let to G.. r. Hau-
keli and John Headale Of Aberdeen.
who together made bid for that
work.
The entire list Of bidders together
with their estimates was as follows:
Puoet Sound Rridce & Dredning
Co.. clearing, S125 per acre. removing
saWdust 30 cents ner cubic yard; !;
tilliNg, 1A.S5 cents a cubic ward if the
city paid in cash and 1855. if bonds
Were given; "a inch drain pipe $2.75
per lineal foot; 12 plch Diue, 90 cents
per foot; * inch pipe, 81 80 per foot i:
manhOles, $50 each; building man
holes to grade level. $20 each.
Tacoma Dredging company, clear
ing, $50 per acre: removing s2Wdust,
% cents per cubic yard; filing. Il
cents per cu. yd.; "a in. pipe, S1.90
IL in. pipe. 81; IS in. pipe. $1.45
manholes, $45 each; building man
holes to grade level. $14.
North American DREDGING company
of Nevada. Filling: 16.4 cents per
Gu. yd.
Standard American Dredging com
pany. Filling: 1919 cents.
G. r. Haullcli and John Hecdale.
Clearing: $2449 Oump sum- re-
moving sawdust. 80 cents per cr. yd.
iii loaded in wagons 80 cents): "a
in. pire, $1,91 FER f.; IL in. pine. -
cents per it.; IS in. pine. $t.36 per
IT,; manholes, $40 each: building man
holes to grade level, $3.50 each.
Contract for the planking Of three
blocks Of West boulevard was award
ed to C. Il. Sauers who bid so cents
per lineal foot against bid of $1.O7
per foot by John A. Nordgren.
Contract for redeclling Of Curtis
street was awarded TO r. NJ. Howard
who bid $13.93 per foot. John Nord-
gren bid $3.50 per foot and John
Hegdale $15 per foot.
Repairs to the alley in block SO,
WeatherwaX & Benns addition was
awarded to August Wallin as was
the repair work in the alley in block
81 same addition.
After considerable discussion J. B.
Dabney and w. B. Mack were award
ed their franchise (Ordnance No.
963) giving them the right to erect
heating plant for the purpose of
selling heat in blocks AZ, as and 46,
original plat Of Aberdeen. This mat
ter had been laid over from last week
and was granted with the restrictions
that per cent of the gross amount
collected for furnishing and selling
heat to any residence or building for
any purpose, should go to the city,
such payments to be made January
5 and July of each year.
Two car loads of oats at $31 a ton
We're ordered from the Chehals Pro
duce company.
Upon motion by Ouackenbush. the
City Clerk was authorized to call for
bids on sanitary street flusher.
The committee appointed to con-
slider the petition that only man
who was an experienced plumber be
appointed plumbing inspector. report
ed against the petition, stating that
it would cost the city at least 500
additional a mOnh in salary
Petition of property owners for an
arc light at the corner of Tenth and
X streets was referred to commit
tee although an effort was made to
have the council allow the improve
ment at once.
J. S. Baron and NJ Kaufman were
granted renewals of their liquor IL
cenSeS.
Resolution for the Improvement of
Cushing street, South Aberdeen from
the plank roadway on Clark street
to the street railway track on Deca-
tor,
calls for a l6 foot plank roadway esti-
mated to cost $4,000. Protests must
be made by October 70.
Resolution for the improvement of
+ street from the South side of Rv-
er street to the North side of Third
street and for Third street from the
West side of + street to the East side
of G street. was passed. The improve
ment calls for clearing, grubbing. fill
ing and grading and the estimated
cost is $4,000. Protests must be
made before October 70.
Bills to the amount of $249.40 were
allowed.
Motion by Hits that the city en-
gineer be instructed to draw up spec-
fications for wooden bridge across
the Wishkah river into North Aber-
deem to cost not more than $4,000
was lost.
j. II. Hood of the park board, ap-
pearing before the council, asked that
a sum in the neghborhood of $15
month be placed in the hands of the
Civic Improvement association to be
used for the employment of a man to
keep the small parks about the city in
repair. Mr.. Hood stated that the park
hoard aDneared nOWerleSS to act and
that the women of the association
had been spending their own funds
to maintain the parks. which in his
poinion should be cared for by the
city. The matter was referred to COM
mittee.