The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-07-22
COMMITTEE
> MAKE REPORT
ON THE BRIDGE
Recommend that Campaign be
Made to Raise Kennewick's
Quota of S50,000 49,.
FULL INVESTIGATION is MADE
Huber Offers to Biuld il for $45O, 900
But Company has Right to
O.. Call for Bids

AT Wednesdays Commercial club
luncheon the committee on the Inter-
county bridge submitted the results
Of its investigation in a written report
in which they recommended that the
committee carry forward the work Of
raising Kennewick's quota Of $5O,000
of the bridge. company's capital stock.
The committees report follows:
"After several conferences with C.
Huber, the promoter of the PROPOSE
tion, it was decided to confer with the
directors of the company at Walla
Walla and also the committee at Wal
ia Walla which is raising the funds for
that district and accordingly L. e.
johnson and M. w. Mattecheck went
to Walla Walla accompanied by T. ].
Cooper and r. B. Mcfarland of the
Pasco Chamber of Commerce and in
terviewed the committee above referr-
ed to and Allen Reynolds, director of
the corporation.
"We found the Walla Walla Com
mercial club had gone into the matter
very thoroly and had agreed with Mr..
Huber to allow him promotion con-
sideration of $25,000 and $4,000 for
the plans and specifications of the pro-
posed bridge. This amount, namely
$4,000, is to be paid in stock of the
corporation with the exception of $751;
600 which is to be in cash. They have
also a written proposal from Mr.. Hu-
ber as to the assets he is to assign,
copy Of which was furnished your COM
mittee, and he further agrees to con-
struct the bridge according to the
plans and specifications and under the
supervision of an inspector from the
state highway commission for the sum
of $450,000.
"We found the Walla Walla comit-
tee and Director Reynolds, especially,
favoring the plan of the, company ask
ing for bids before the contract is let,
but their idea in having sthe proposal
from Mr.. Huber was to be assured that
the bridge will not cost more than
$450,00 Mr.. Huber also agrees to
assist and to stand the actual expense
of the raising the subscription for
the capital stock Of the company.
'It is the opinion Of your commit
teemen that the matter has progressed
so far at this time that it would be un-
wise for Kennewick to make any ma
terial change in carrying out the prop
osition and we therefor recommend
that this committee at least attempt
to raise the quota, namely $4,000 as
signed to this district, with the UNDER
standing, however, that the public be
apprised there is $4,000 promotion
and engineering charge going to Mr..
Huber out of the s500,000 stock sub
scription.
GAS to whether it would be pay
ing investment the committee does
not care to venture an opinion. So
far as we are able to investigate the
bridge will be constructed under the
supervision perhaps of the state high
way department and the engineers Sc
lected by them and it is wholly up to
the directors Of the company as to
whom they will let the contract and
at what price.
"The Union Trust Company Of Wal
la Walla is the treasurer of the cor
poration and all the moneys and sub
scriptions will be deposited in that in
stitution and will be handled accord
ing to the terms on the back of the
blanks used in taking stock subscrip-
tions."
The report is signed by F. M. Cros-
BY, L. E. johnson, M. w. Mattecheck,
Chas. Weigand and Geo. Z. Tweedt.
Have you registered?-
JOHN NELSON DIES
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Nelson were
called to Yakima last Friday by the
death of Mr.. Nelson's father, J. A,
Nelson. The father passed away about
two hours before the son arrived. Mr..
Nelson was SO years of age and had
made his home in Yakima since 1907.
rJ;s ,.y,fa d;ad Of fha homo of her. CON