Show THE heeling biem by ahe canal board the board of directors of the bothwell canal company held a meeting latt evening at 7 30 to further anaid er the bids for the contract of antti ig in a distributive system in sir james I 1 schuyler consulting engineer engi nerr alio reached here yesterday from san diego attended the meeting to give buch information to the board as they needed A full board was present with the exception of mr li ichards who vas ek and dr was up the c antry and had been there tor a few days it wag considered that in liew of alie fact that alie city mil lit at boino future time purchase the a committee be appointed to meet with the water committee of the city and lay before them the bids on tins matter any contract was awarded this was done in with ane following section of the contract bs taden the both well company and the acty ahat in view of tha contemplated by ahe city alie may exercise the right to examine bids and bills rendered against slid jolin U bothwell and assigns and if deemed esce eive or uncalled fur should state the fame and such objection shall be presented and maintained in pursuance with lie above a committee coulsting of L B adalis J C armstrong aad jolin K rothwell were appointed to wait en the city water committee and holds meeting with them for the of esain ing the bids on this matler before awarding the contract it is hoped that a meeting may be held today to day and that some conclusion might be reached n this and the contract awad d iu a day or to mr both ell showed a reporter of tun si M RI last evening the elaborate plans of the steel bridge across Bearr her its ton would be the axt contract let aft r that of alie distributive system bridge will cost an enormous sum and it is estimated that it will carry a greater than any other bridee on this continent this bridge will carry the aarow bear river at a point where it is several hundred feet wide it has already been in these columns tha work on the bear lake dam is progressing nicely an engineer is oat here from he east in the interest of a coro which prop yes to do the excavating by steam if a practicable test can be made which will demonstrate to alie canal corn piny that the work can be done cheaper than it is now being done in all likelihood one of the machines will be purchased in the meantime the work will continue aa begun |