Show GRAITY ii11siIpt I Views Held in Uegard to the 1 Contract WILL MAKE SIDEWALKS I CONSIDERABLE WORK BEING PLANNED S PLAN-NED FOR THIS SEASON Opcnins Ninth South Street Preparing Prepar-ing for High Water Saloous Must Be ClohccJ Today Vacancy in the Board of Public Works Depart j I meat Reports i Th most important matter which will claim the attention of the members mem-bers of the city council on Tuesday j night now that the bond question has I I 5een settled for the present is that of the proposed completion of he gravity i ewer Present indications are that a indicatons i majority of the members will be decidedly I cidedly in favor of the early commencement commence-ment of the work and its completion in I the least possible time I has now been practically decided to allow the question ton of the cancellation of the contract with Messrs Houlahan Griffith Mor risan Hobson and Wilkerson to settle sette itself in the future in order that the I work of the completion of the sewer which is just now so badly neded in view of recent decisions and verdicts may not be delayed Of course there is a decided split in the council regarding regard-ing the matter some of the members holding that the contract should be cancelled even though i has not already al-ready been so dealt with while on the other hand there are others who hold that the city council did not have the power of authority to annul the con tract without the concurrence of the mayor and board of public works This latter opinion is shared by the mayor and board of public works On the hand however i is said that the members O the board of public works would be willing to agree to cancella tion of the contract rather than see the matter litigated and the work on I the sewer system retarded On Tuesday Tues-day night the council will wrestle with the problem The need of better sewer I facilities day becomes more apparent every |