The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1915-07-02

AlltSl.
F. L.. BANTA,
Acting Secretary.
The following petition was present
ed and read:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council of the Town of Flagstaff
Arizona.
Greetings:
We as taxpayers and citizens of
the Town of Flagstaff do hereby re-
spectfully petition your honorable
body to have foot bridge put in over
the River de Flag on Cherry street.
Street sidewalks have been ordered in
on this street and we think it only
right and proper that the city pro
cure proper passage for pedestrians.
Awaiting your favorable reply, we
are,
Respectfully signed
Move and carried that the above pc
tition be ordered referred to the Street
and Alley Committee.
The communication of the Flagstaff
Electric Light Co. relative to poles
that are within the paving district
was ordered filed
The communications relative to fire
truck were ordered filed.
The communications relative to foot
bridges, culverts, etc, were ordered
filed.
The following communication was
presented and read:
"The Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council, Town of Flagstaff, Ari-
IONA.
Gentlemen:
| beg to write you with reference
to the construction work or cut on San
Francisco Street between Dale and
Cherry Avenues. The purpose of this
letter being to ascertain the attitude
relative to the payment to the con-
tractor for the work done, and other
advice. When the notice was given
for the reception of bids by the town
engineer, the notice read that bids
would be received for that certain con-
struction work in the town of Flag
staff, being the opening Of San Fran
cisco Street between Dale and Cherry
avenues and would consist of the NOV
ing of approximately 500 cubic yards
of dirt and rock, estimated to be about
$50 yards cut and $50 yards fill. Re-
lying wholly on this estimate Mr. G.
H. Sleator put in a bid of $475.OO for
the work based on the estimate of the
town engineer, he figured with the
wasting of the dirt in the fill he could
do this work at 95c cubic yard. AS
YOU know his bid was accepted
and he entered into contract with
the town after which the town engi-
neer set grade stakes and the con-
tractor began work.
Mr.. Sleator has worked faithfully on
this work and has removed something
like 1900 cubic yards of dirt and rock
out Of this cut.
Sometime ago he notified some
member of the council that the
work had already run over the town
engineers estimate and that he ex-
pected to be paid for every cubic yard
of dirt and rock removed over the es-
innate made by the town engineer, at
the rate of 95c a cubic yard. Some
three or four weeks ago he notified
the town engineer in person that he
would have to have new grades be-
fore he could complete this work, and
since that time has constantly given
notice to the town engineer, members
of the council and to the mayor, of
the necessity of having new grades
and one was written notice, to all
of which the town engineer has turned
deaf ear and has absolutely failed
to make new grades, on account of
which the contractor has been delay
ed in the completion of this work and
in addition to that has lost many con-
tracts for sidewalks and other work to
his great damage. He feels that this
is unjustifable and the delay wholly
was caused by the negligence of the
town engineer, whether Intentional or
otherwise he does not know. He does
not doubt the sincerity of the mayor
and the town council with respects to
payment but he very much dislikes to
be indefinitely held back in the COM
pletion of this work and begs your
advice in the matter
1t will take something like $4,000
for extra labor in the completion of