Show SEWER PIPE ORDERED BOARD PUBLIC WORKS AWARDS CONTRACT FOR SEVEN CARS Board Wants Bids for 407 Writer j Meters Modification in Contract I Let Green Reeve Company The Board of Public Works met last evening and awarded a contract to the Bambcrger Coal company for seven I I carloads of BlaekmcrPost sewer pipe 7050 feet of 8Inch size at So1 f cents per i foot COO feet of 3JInch size at 17 cents I per foot with the necessary Ts andYs at SJ 1 each I The City Engineer was directed to prepare specifications prior to advertising advertis-ing for bids for Ip7 water meters of which 300 are to bo inch size 30 Ti inch GO 1Inch 13 2Inch and 4 3Inch The Green Reevo company to which was awarded the contract for extending the water mains to the new All Hallows college grounds sent In ft communication stating that It was Impossible Im-possible to get 2lnch pipe which would weigh unlformally 1000 pounds to tho section and asking the board to content to a variation of 1 per cent In the weight City Engineer Kelsey said that pipe weighing 950 or OGO pounds would be strong enough as the water pressure at the place where It was to bt 1 In l id j would not be very great The specifications however called for I 5peclcatom howcver pipe weighing 1000 pounds and If lighter pipe were furnished the city ought to bo credited with the difference In price I On that condition the board agreed to the modification asked for by the contractors I con-tractors On account of some delay in furnishing the grade the Green Reeve company was allowed five days additional addi-tional lime fo finish the laying of the pipe making the time for its completion f comple-tion June 6th |