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Show iPUKS liCED B COSTS I Commission Fears Bonds Will Fail to Cover City Program. The city commission considered action ! yesterday morning -which would avert a J handicap of the city's Improvement program, pro-gram, threatened through, the continued costly bids submitted by contractors. Sylvester Q. Cannon, city engineer, was requested to furnish, the estimates compiled com-piled by his office upon nieces of work that have been concracted'and firures at which the contracts were let, with dates of n.akins: the estimates :y;:d of closing the contracts. A growing- disparity between the est:- ; mates of the engineer and the bids sub- ; mitted by the contractors has impressed "j upon the commissioners that tl-.er- is a possibility of closer relationship between the city and the contractors with protection protec-tion for the interests of both as a r'-'suit. I The htch bidding- o; the contractors is j attributed to anxiety cn the part of the bidders to protect thpmsees against los? I through unsettled costs of labr and ma- i terlals. Lettjn.c contra-ts on a baius of 1 costs, plus a remuneration for supervision. is being considered as a possible remedy. I Mayor Ferry said that 'in one instance. ' when the curb and gutter improvements , on the northeast bench were contrai-red. I the lowest bid. that of J. W. MeHem i though lower than tue nex; f.ure i submitted, was yet about i':'000 above 1 the engineer's estimate. "Warning was : given that unless a remedv Is found, the bond Issue will prove insufficient for com- i pletfon of the public improvements for 1 which it was intended. f The commission ordered the construe- j tion of sewer extension n umber ."77, in j Poplar grove, and Instructed the crtv re- 1 corder to publish advertisement fcr bids, i |