The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-16
Reservation Town, After Nu-
merous Losses, to Have
Fire Protection.
70. IMPROVE STREETS
Concrete Curbings, Grading
and travelling Included
in Program.

Roman, Sept. 15.--(Special.)-At tn
special session Of the town council Of
Monday evening bids were receives
and contracts awarded for the con
Dtfuction Of q complete water system
and also for the proposed street i'm.
provement work in the business sec
ton Of the city. G. II. Kelley Of Kal.
1spell was the successful bidder fol
the water system, while the street i'm.
pr0venent work fell to Markhus &
Covell, local contractors.
=. The bid Of G. II. Kelley on the water
system was s$:1,063, and the system
outlined provides an adequate water
supply for a town of fifteen hundred
anhabitants, both for fire protection
ANA domestic purposes. The source OF
water supply Is Spring creek and will
be pumped from a well. equipped with
an appropriate filtration system and
located Immediately adjacent to the
creek channel. 4 $4,000. gallon ele-
waited tank. ITO feet high, will pro-
vide the necessary pressure. and the
pumping plant carries an auxiliary
engine with capacity of 200 gallons
per minute against total head Of $50
feet. 4, So
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Mr.. Kelley states that work on the
well and elevated, tank will be COM
Inenccd within two weeks. The re-
CURED materials have already been
requisitioncd and 1t Is the contrac-
tors purpose to have the system CONF
plete and in operation within 80 days.
Tho street improvement work COM
prises the grading and graveling Of
streets installation of concrete curb
ing and conduits and the placing of
clectrOliers. The contract price on this
work is $4,000. though it is probab
that the installation of electroliers will
be postponed until the authoCzed
franchise agreement witt, the Northern
Idaho 4 Montana Power company has
been executed. This contract is IN
negotiation and 1t may be expected
that its approval will be secured with
in the, near future. The delay has
been occasioned owing to certain
changes suggested by the town coun-
Gil in the terms of the proposed fran
.ctise. but it Is understood that the
differences between the town and the
power company with reference to the
franchise agreement have been prac-
ucally adjusted. However. until pro-
vision has been made for electricity.
the placing Of electrolicrs will be post
poned. This feature of the street im-
provement work will reduce the con-
tract price $500.
49, Street Work at Once.
Work on. the street improvement
contract will be inaugurated at once,
as both Jobs can be prosecuted con-
currently and this work, as we'll as the
water system, Is expected to Be fin
ished before freezing weather. AS q
result of the action of the town In
these municipal improve
1nents there will be work for a large
Of men and teams here in
Roman for the ensuing three or four
While considerable of the re-
quired material will have to be shipped
In. much of it can be procured locally,
as can most Of the teams necessary to
the work.
The $1S.S00 water bond issue to be
sold on September 10th ELECTED some.
bids, but the council deemed it ad-
tp continue the sale for two
weeks in order to permit interested
bond buyers to satisfy themselves as
to the regularity of the issue before
submitting bids. II Is confidently ex-
pected that the issue can be disposed
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