Baxter Springs news., 1918-04-26
CAVE MOORE THE
WATER CONTRACT
viii Pay Albert Moore $4,000
for Drawing Up Water
Plans and Engineering
the Job

At the meeting Of the city council
Tuesday, Immediately following the
filing of statement by Albert Moore
that he would not charge the city
more than $7,555.00 for seeing
through the engineering Of the sew
er construction job, the water COM
mittee through councilman Chas'
Wells, made its report and recon-
mended Mr.. Moore for drawing up
of the plans and engineering Of the
water system to be installed by the
city.
Mr.. Wells said he was not able to
tell all that had been done in refer
ence to the water question but that
the committee had arrived at the
point where they were ready to draw
up the plans and specifications for the
new plant to be sent to the state san
itary and health commission for ap-
proval. This will take about seven
weeks.
The hiring of the engineer to do
this work was next in order. Mr..
Wells presented an application from
Mr.. Moore for the job at $4,000 or
31s9o of an $S5,OO0.00 bond issue,
plus $500 to make it even up $4,000
Mr.. Wells said he had some pretty
good recommendations from towns in
which Mr.. Moore had completed work.
Mr.. Moore's bid was three and one
half per cent and a Fort Scott man
whose name was not mentioned Of
fered to do the work for 8 per cent.
The Fort Scott man had written to
Mayor Wright and his letter was re-
ferred to Chas. Wells. Two councilmen
urged that Mr.. Moore was well known
and his work good and S500.00 more
or less was not a drop in the bucket
when it came to getting good worS'
done. ]. o. Treece during this dis
cussion said that Mr.. Moore had Of
fered in the presence Of competition
at another meeting to do the work
for three per cent, urging he could
do it cheap on account of already
having familiarized himself and hav-
ing compiled certain information and
data that he could use. Mr.. Treece
appealed to other members of the
council to bear him out and the May
or said he had hazy recollection OF
Mr.. Moore saying something of the
kind, but couldn't just recall in what
connection. Mr.. Moore denied hav-
ing said it or said if he did say it he
didn't remember it. Mr.. Treece said
he did not feel like it was right to
make a price in the presence OF COM
petition and then hike it when COM
petition seemed to have disappeared
When the vote was taken Wells,
Youse, Skies and Stein voted to give
Moore the contract and TreeCe voted
against it. After his being chosen
Mr.. Moore addressed q few words to
Mr.. Treece deploring that his election
had not been unanimous and saying
tha everyone would have to pull to-
gether to put this thing through. Mr.
Treece seemed to deplore that he was
compelled to take the position he did
single handed. Moore sent a box OF
ten cent cigars to the council and
those present before catching the last
car to Joplin.
A negress having imbibed just
about the right amount Of intoxicants
took possession of the Frisco cafe
Saturday night and made a strong
endeavor to impress upon her aud
ience her own Importance. Esconchec
on a tall stool in the front window
she was reading the riot act with
some force when taken in charge by
I'M. w. Foster. She, sobered and re
morsefully pleaded guilty to disturb
ing the peace Sunday morning. Hel
fun cost her $3.50, and from what tho
folks say who saw and heard her
was probably worth it.