The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-06-23
Aldermen Award Contracts.

Contracts for the work on the inn
provenlents to the water works was
awarded by the Board of Aldermen. at
recent meeting. as follows:
The contract for the pipes and fittings
was awarded TO the United States Cast
Iron and Foundry Company, of Bristol.
"a Their bid for the work was SCI, sal. TO.
{. +. Thompson. of Baltimore. was the
next lowest bidder. The contract for
the gates, valves and hydrants was given
to X. ID. Wood and Company. of Phila-
delphia, Pa, for SIo75. Charles Rov,
OF Johnstown, Pa, was given the con-
tract for the work of laving the pipes
and making the necessary connections
for Soo4I.65. The Ross Valve Man
ulacturing Company, Of Troy. New
York was given the contract TOR a reg
uating valve which will cost $500. The
total cost of the work will amount to
$52,647.75.
Engineer William H. Boardnsau and
his assistant, Mr.. Probasco. tabulated
all of the bids which were received and
reported as the lowest ones TO the board.
City Attorney Smith read an ordi-
nance amending the one giving the
Frederick Railroad Company the right
to run down South Market street. The
amended ordinance gives them the right
to pave inside of the tracks and IS
inches on either side of them with new
vltrihed brick instead of turning the
old brick as the old ordinance provided.
1t also requires them to build three iri-
takes through which to drain off the
water from between the tracks into the
sewer.
Since the city is not able to issue but
$50 600 IN bonds for the Improvement.
ii was decided to do awav with some of
the less pressing plans in the city in
order TO bring the amount of the work
down to S5o. 1000. The line from Bentz
street to Telegraph street on West
South street, 40 feet long, and the
line from Market street to Carroll street.
on East South street, o2o feet long,
VIII not be improved as yet. The con-
tractor on the labor will complete the
work IN 70 days The foundry people
agreed to ship the pipes in lots Of two
cars per day. II is planned TO have the
shipment OF the pipes which go into the
pipe line from the mountains made over
the Western Maryland Railroad SO that
the contractor will be saved any haul.
1t is propable that the pipe will be
shipped from their foundry in. New
Jersey, or the one in Virginia
The board also passed an ordinance
providing for the issuing of $4,000 in
bonds as authorized by the Act of the
General Assembly in January, 1910.
This act provides that the money thus
raised shall be used in increasing the
water supply and facilitating its distribu-
ton throughout the city Hence the
maintenance of the leaking reservoir
does not have to come out of this
amount
The ordinance provides that the bonds
shall be dated July, I, 1911, and shall
bear AZ per cent interest from that
date, payable semi annually. The bonds
will be payable at the end of 20 wears
and can be released at any time after
10 years, at the pleasure of the board.
There will be twenty bonds Of the de-
nomination of $1,000, and 20 of $500.
Advertisements will be inserted in the
papers that sealed proposals will be
received until July 18th, at which time
they will be opened. The bonds cannot
be sold for less than par value. A sink
ing fund will have TO be provided out of
the water rents in order to meet the
bonds when they come due Ii is very
likely that the water rent schedule will
be revised in reference to the factories
and other large consumers.