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Show Pipo Line In lliirllioFoiiicws Martindale-lilackett, Contractors Get Bid For Digging Water-Pipe Line; Work Begins Immediately To lie Done In 40 Days Possibility ol construction ol n now municipal pmver unit advanced Unlay with announcement that Lids had been v;mled lor diinii the first section of pipe-line. Bids for the dissi"S' of 10--000 f't of trench for the water plpo line in artholo-nifw's artholo-nifw's Ims ,H'n mvarW t0 Martinilalo aml Blackett Springville Contractors, it. was announowl by city officials Wednesday, following a council coun-cil meeting and opening of bids Tuesday evening. The bid was S'),8'5 r s' 'euts Pr foot. The work is to get underway immediately and is expected to be completed within forty days. The trench is for 16-inch pipe. The 10,000 feet of line is, only the first portion of the distance, the remainder of the work is to be done later, it was pointed out. Several bids for welding of the pipe were submitted to the council at the Tuesday evening meeting but none were accompanied by a test weld. As this is nece?.sary before be-fore a bid is accepted, individuals submitting bids were making preparations pre-parations to submit test welds this, week and announcement of the awarding will be made at a later date. At the regular council meeting meet-ing also, it was decided to pur-cliase pur-cliase additional ground to be added to the Evergreen cemetery. cemet-ery. Property on the north and the west of the cemietcry was being sold and the city officials of-ficials decided now was the time to get the property before be-fore trees were planted and other improvements brought the purchase price higher. Between Be-tween 10 and 12 acres were purchased. A discussion was also held during dur-ing the council meeting on the necessity of a food inspection ordinance ordi-nance to safeguard the health of citizens. It was decided that an ordinance calling for a health board to be composed of five or more individuals to handle and act upon all problems concerning concern-ing health had become a necessity. neces-sity. Further details are to be worked out by the council. |