Cañon City record., 1910-01-20

otSi " oiicu' Culel engineer Oh Lue
new pipe line, presented a communi-
cation to the council In which he stat
ed that he had contracted with the
city to do all of the engineering work
relating to the water system for four
per cent of the cost of the construc-
ton on the supposition that the job
would not last longer than eight or
nine months. Five per cent. was his
regular charge in such cases, and as
the undertaking here had been more
tedious and exacting than he had an
tlcipated at the time the agreement
was entered into he intimated that he
ought to be given some additional
compensation. The amount due Mr..
o'Brien under the original contract is
s1635. The matter OF extra pay was
referred to the water committee with
instructions to make recommendation
at the next meeting of council.
Alderman Cooper presented a pro-
test to the council on behalf of certain
dairymen doing business in this city
to the present plan Of allowing the
public health officer to retain the fees
collected by him in the discharge of
his official duties. The complaint was
generally conceded to be a Just one
and the consensus OF opinion among
the councilmen was that the health
oflcer should be compelled to turn
over all fees collected by him to the
city clerk, the same as in the case OF
other employees OF the city. The pro-
test was filed for further considera-
ton.
The bill of Lumsden & Gordon for
the sum of s381.34 for material fur
nished In the construction Of the wa
terworks pipe line. for which they had
not previously been compensated. was
taken up. and aftetr debate, a war
rant was ordered drawn on the water
fund for the purchase of the material
in question. Among the material the
city acquired under the provisions of
the purchase is 300 feet OF 20-inch
water pipe and lot OF bands. shoes,
Cilpb, tli.s dll are tADtCltu
to be valuable TO the city.
]. r. Gordon OF the firm OF Lumsden
& Gordon was present at the meeting
and made a proposition to sell to the
city part, or all OF the slaves pur-
chased for the construction of the pipe
line. but which had been rejected by
the Inspector at the time the conduit
was built There is something like
fifty or sixty thousand feet of these
slaves, according to Mr.. Gordon. and
he stated he would sell as low as S35
per thousand feet. They cost origin
ally considerably more than that On
motion the proposition was left with
the water committee with power to
act.
Alderman Hiatt stated that William
Henley had agreed to give the city a
right of way across his property for
waste water pipe from the reservoir
TO the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
tracks for the sum OF $3.50. The dis
tance is about sixteen hundred feet
and the installation of such drain
age pipe will cost something like six
| ty-five cents a foot. The matter was
| left with the water committee with in
structions TO make a final report at
the next meeting of council.
Application was made by e. NJ.
Nichols and ]. H. Harris for license
to conduct a pool room with five ta-
bles at 429 Main street. The petition
was accompanied by a bond In the
sum of $500 with e. NJ. Nichols and
]. II. Harris as principals and Grant
I Dickinson as surety. On motion the
+ application was granted and the IL
cense ordered issued as provided by
ordinance.
| Petition was also made by ]. 8.
Brown for a renewal of his billiard
and pool license. which was granted.
Mr.. Browns place of business In In
the Harrison block and his bond was