The Springdale news., 1915-03-19
LANE APPOINTS
 A COMMITTEE
 II. INVESTIGATE
Mayor Lane, J. S. EwaIt and c. A.. ownbey Will investigate Prop
 osition Of Various Engineers.

The adjourned meeting of the City Council was held at the Mayors of- flee Friday night. and the question Of an engineer for the water works and sewer system for Springdale was discussed
 Four gentlemen were present re- presenting engineering firms, con- struction companies and bond buyers, Mr. Winters representing the firm of Winters X Dove, engineers Of Fort Smith, Ark, Albert C. Moore re- presenting himself as an engineer from Joplin, Mo, A. Bickle, repre- fsenting the Commercial Construction Company. of Kansas City, and L. c. Nash, representing the McCrary En- ,gineering, Construo tion and Bond buy. ing Company. of Atlanta, Ga. Quite a number of interested citizens were present, and in order to allow the Council and citizens to have an intel ligent understanding of the different propositions of the four gentlemen it was decided to have the gentlemen state their propositions, one speaking at time, while the others were held in waiting
 Mir. Biekle was the first gentleman called, and in few short remarks he briefly outlined the intentions of his company in coming to Springdale, stating that they were not here as engineers, but as constructors, and he further stated that his company was not ready to give any figures on the cost Of =a system. for Springdale until the plans were perfected. Mir. Bickle wants to build the water works and sewerage plant, taking the bond as payment for the work, but he al so expects to build it under the su- pervision of an engineer chosen by the city.
 The next speaker was NIT. Moore of Joplin. Mr Moore has been in Springdale Def re; addre sirg the f'r-t mass meeting held here on the ques- tion of water works since the pres ent agitation, and his proposition has been published in this paper. He made the same proposition as here tofore, and answered several inter- esting questions asked by members Of the Council, and citizens relative to a plant for this place.
 Mr. Nash was next called, and gave a talk relative to the work Of his company in the southern states, and that they had only recently started work in Arkansas His company is able to do the engineering work, the construction work, and to take the bonds, but he made 10 proposition to the city except to do the engineering work for sum of $4oo. plus five per feent Of the amount of money expend- ed. This is s40o higher than the propositions made by the other en- gineers, as both Alr. Winters and Mir. Moore have asked for five per cent only of the money actually ex- pended in erecting the plant. Mir. Winters making his proposition SITS less, in view of the fact that he made Il SUI AtF LII i&it tls s1AAAE eeRAsa .A-C for water works. ard was paid Sl75 for his labors
 Mr. Winters was called, and he has spoken here before. and he offer cd no new proposit' on. except the five per cent less the s175, he has re .caived for work done in the past.
 On motion by Alderman Ewalt. sec onded by Alderman Hunt the mayor was empowered to appoint commit tee, of which he was to be a member to investigate the proposition of the different engineers, and to make report at the regular meeting of the Council in April.
 Mayor Lane appointed J. s. Ewalt and c. A Owbney. with himself as an Investigating Committee, and who will report their findings at the next regular meeting of the Council. when an engineer will be chosen.