The citizen., 1911-09-29
Our City Fathers Meet.

ING with full attendance and passed
the following orders and resolutions.
The United Paving Company received
warrant for street paving done in the
city for $40 5o5.e4, less the amounts
formerly advanced
Engineer Boardman, is his report on
the work done by Contractor Charles
Roy, who is putting down the water
mans. stated that Mr. Roy has $40
feet of the u inch main down, and that
the total cost of this was S3.5oo.os. In
addition to this Mr.. Roy has put down
mains on East, Monocacy. Maple. and
Bentz streets, Park avenue, Park Place.
Elm, East and West Church, East and
West Third and West Second streets.
The total cost of this work up to date
has been $S.oss.47.
MIR. Roy was given a certificate Of
Indebtedness for the amount due him,
less what had been given already. Ten
per cent. of the cost of the work is held
back, and will be paid at the end of
the completion of the work if it is salts
factory. Mr.. Boardman stated that
there has been spent on the water inn
provementS up TO date with credits con-
sidered the sum of $2S, ,oS2.6S. To COM
plete the work will cost about $I,745,
which will bring the cost of the entire
system of improvements, as laid out, up
to $50. 727.SS.
The matter of putting down six inch
mains on Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
streets was then brought up. Mr. Board
man stated that he was in favor of doing
the work, even if the city had to borrow
the money with which to do it. Alder
man Kemp stated that he thought while
the work is being done, the whole sys-
tenn OF improvements should be COM
pleted, and no patching allowed. as this
would always be continual trouble.
Alderman Rice moved that the mains
be laid on Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Water streets. The estimated cost,
exclusive of Water street. is 81, 400. 70.
There will be about 600 feet of main
on Water street and over 5000 on the
other streets. There was some talk of
six inch main on South street, but
action upon this was deferred
City Engineer Crum presented report
OF the paving and sewerage which has
been done in this city this summer
under his supervision. The total cost
OF the paving was sac. o232o The cost
for sewers was S., 3I6. 20. making total
OF S2o,23o.55.
letter was received from the United
Paving Company protesting against the
charging up of time in the matter of
street paving. The company claimed
that time should not have been charged
against 1t on the days that it rained, and
then he cited delays in the matter of
paving caused by the putting down
of conduts by the telephone company;
the gas COMPANY. and the repairing OF
the tracks of the Frederick Railroad, all
OF which work was permitted bv the
city. The company claimed credit for
ga days on which it rained. and he said
that the delay fromEcauses permitted by
the city amounted TO 81 days 1t asked
for full time for the rainy days, and one
half Of the other days, or a total of IS
days. This time is computed at $ro per
day. The board decided to stand by the
estimate given by Engineer Crum, who
refused to allow the time.
ID. F. Mayne who is building num-
Der of houses on Middle Alley, between
Sixth and Seventh streets, asking to
have water in the alley This was con
sidered a service and it was decided
to run two inch pipe down the alley
10 supply the houses
The following bills were passed and
ordered to be paid: