Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-09-21
MEETING Of THE
CITY council
Bids Received for Sewer Work
Matter Of Repairing Paving
Taken Up. ..

The city council met last night in
regular session with all members
excepting Sheldon and Jacobson
present. After the reading of the
minutes, A. J. Peterson, county au-
ditor, and N. H. Bawden, of the
board of supervisors, appeared be-
fore the council to talk over the
matter of the proposed electric light
line to the county farm. c. E. Mikel
presented his estimate of the prob
able cost of the installation of the
line and route that would be taken,
and after discussing the matter with
the men interested, it was on motion
left to the electric light committee
to further investigate and to meet
with the county authorities tonight
at five O'Clock to arrange the terms
suitable to both.
On motion, the bids for the pro-
posed sewers in Wauneta Heights
district were opened and read. The
bidders were the Hawkeye Construc-
ton Company and Zitterell & Sulli-
van of this city, and Anderson &
Empie of MarshaIltown. The Hawk
eye Construction Company bid ST.
47O for the Webster, Broadway and
Wauneta Court sewer; s4,799.10 for
the Cedar, Grove and Sparboe Court
sewer. Anderson & Empie bid ST.
$50 on the Webster, Broadway and
Wauneta Court sewer; $4,000 for
the Cedar, Grove and Sparboe Court
lsewer. Zitterell & Sullivan bid ST.
100 for the Webster, Broadway and
Wauneta Court sewer; $4,000 for
the Cedar, Grove and Sparboe Court
sewer. On account of a technical
point of difference in the presenta-
ton of the certified checks on secur-
lily, which techicality might in
volve point of law, city attorney
J.. w. Lee asked for time in which
to investigate. The acceptance of
the same was therefore deferred I'M
til this evening at eight o'clock
VIXEN an adjourned meeting will be
held.
The paving committee presented
their report in regard to the condi-
ton of the paving laid in Webster
City during the past three years and
recommended that proper repairs
should be made on a portion of SEN
eca between First and Boone streets:
en- Des Moines street between Elm
and Boone; and on Boone street from
Grove to Prospect streets, where the
paving is in bad condition. In puT-
suance of these recommendations, a
motion was made chat the mayor be
directed to serve notice requiring
the contractors to make the neces-
sary repairs for the district set forth.
The committee also reported d
washout under the paving at the in
tcrsection of Des Moines and Walnut
street caused by defect in the in
take and recommended the street
commissioner under the direction of
the city engineer to proceed at once
to repair the defect.
The city clerk certified to the
council that he had checked the
semi-annual report of the Kendall
Young Library and Trust estate for
the six months ending July LIST,
1915, and found everything in good
condition and correct in every detail.
A resolution was passed and
adopted, authorizing the mayor and
city clerk to advertise for bids for
the construction Of number of side
walks which have been previously
ordered in, and not yet constructed
by the property owners.
A few bills were allowed and the
reeting was adjourned until to-
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