Show GRAVITY SEWER COMPLETION o Question Which 1 Agitating the Minds of the People Now that the matter of bonds is practically settled the council will consider con-sider by force of circumstances crcumstnces the matter of the maHEr completion of the completon gravity grav-ity sewer upon a favorable report from the committee which has 11d repor prob i lem under advisement for some time past The members of the committee after inspecting the work already done and going over the proposed line of the system came to the unanimous con 1A clusion that the sewer would of neces cn ne t Mtv hae to b completed and that no better or more favorable opportunity than now will offer for the commence met of work The estimated cost of the work of completion to the joint city and county building ciy buiding with the neces f1 main laterals and outlet grounds is 267000 A majority outet members of the council are in favor of proceed ing with the construction prceed When asked yesterday whether or not the contractors would if cntractor i given the opportunity proceed with the wprk un der the old contract Mr Wilkerson one of the five gentlemen who took the great load upon their shoulders and afterwards got out from under said sid the contractors had considered the mat ter in all of Its phases and while they whie would again be competitors for the con tract should the council decide to pro ceed with the work they would not take up the contract at the former fig ures We have already lost enough continued the gentleman and do not care to load ourselves up again not withstanding the fact that the condi J tons seem more favorable than they k did when the work was discontinued Had the city carried out its contract with us and paid the estimates in mon ey instead of warrants which we were forced to discount in many Instances fuly 10 per cent the sewer would to day have been completed and the death rate of the city would rte ci have been ma terially reduced We consider that our former contract has been abrogated by rgted the city and our responsibility hag therefore ceased I am aware that the present administration does not b consider con-sider it and will in all probab ty come onto our bondsmen but we feel extremely safe in oiu position and have no fears of the outcome of any suit which may b planted |