The Alaska daily empire., 1914-04-25
CONTRACTOR BUSH
 LEASES CRUSHER

| The City or Juneau VIII lehse Iue
 rock crushing plant recently installed
 at the municipal quarry on Gold creek and will therefore not operate 1t un-
 der municipal management as was first
 intended. A contract was authorized
 at last nights special session of the
 council, whereby T. r. Bush is to take
 over the rock crusher and operate 1t
 at his own expense for the purpose of furnishing rock to the contractors
 erecting buildings in Juneau. He is
 to pay the city ten cents per cubic
 yard royalty on all the rock crushed
 during the term of the lease and is
 to advance the sum of $500 which is deemed necessary to place the plant in condition to operate economically, which sum is to be applied as payment on the royalty as it accrues. By the terms of the contract crushed rock is to be furnished to all who apply at al price not to exceed 75 cents per yard at the bunkers unless the city coun, cil shall establish higher price. MT. Bush is to crush not less than 4,OOO yards during the season.
 The action of the council was de- termined upon after a thorough dis cussion of the condition of the crush CT at the present time, the contract made by the former council to furnish the Goldstein Improvement company with rock, and the general demand of contractors in Juneau for rock. It was the general opinion of the councilman ic body that the City of Juneau did not know about a rock crusher or the rock crushing business. It was demonstrate ed that the city could not furnish rock at the price made to the Goldstein I'm. provement company except at loss. A test run had been made and showing 76 cents actual cost per cubic yard. It was admitted, however, that the plant IS not installed to operate eco nomically.
 Mir. Bush who made the test today made proposal to lease the plant from the city saying that with fur ther equipment that rock could be furnished crushed at the bunkers at 75 cents per yard. This proposal fur. nished the basis for the contract that has been authorized.
 1t was a largely attended meeting, | all of the principal contractors and builders in the city being present. Ev- erybody was given an opportunity to speak and most of them did do so. Every member of the council was present and nearly all took active part in the dicussion. Mayor John Beck was strong for locking the machine up or letting some other institution oth- CT than the city operate it. He said, and the council agreed with him, that the city could not manage the plant at this time.
 Charles Goldstein, who was present, said he did not want the city to fur nish rock to him at a loss but he wanted the rock, he had advanced the money required to install the plant and depended on the plant furnishing the rock for the new building. He was satisfied to get his money back, how ever and take the rock from Mir. Bush after the contract agreed to was The plant at present has cost the city approximately S3,OOO in- cluding the expense of installing at it's present site.
 Mir. Bush estimates that there will be demand for 10000 yards of crushed rock for building purposes during the present year and this will give the city a royalty of S1,OOO. Mir. Bush was authorized to speak for Mir. Behr. ends and Mir Zynda who are prepar- ing to erect concrete buildings. 9th CTS interested in building who ad- dressed the meeting included A. w. Quist. Charles Quackenbush, A. c. Craig, c. W. Winstedt, and John ous- by.