Show CANYON sprinkling AWARDED HIRAM CANNON BIDS THE LOWEST AND IS AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE WORK citizens of huntsville protest against the plan to incorporate it as a city and the board is considering the matter the board of county commissioners met this afternoon and the bids for sprinkling the canyon road were opened the following were the bids per month starting the first of june john T williams 75 hiram cannon mrs john marshall 63 clarence jones 80 jj anderson 87 on motion of commissioner wilson the contract was let to hiram cannon the matter of the petition of A T anderson and others asking tor the incorporation of huntsville as a city was taken up As a protest hid been filed with the board it was decided that tho matter and action on it be deferred for on week so the ants could appear before the byird an make known their reasons or for the protest commissioner stanford stated that under the statutes the board had full power to allow their petition to incorporate their town into a city of the third class and elect a mayor and five each member of the board expressed themselves as being heartily in favor af pf the petition but a a protest had boch filed all action will be deferred until next monday at san francisco may 18 attorney W J barnatt who a month ago to interest capitalist sn the building of a proposed western pacific railroad from this city to salt lake has returned in an interview he saidi the building of theroan the road is now an certainty will be rapidly pushed and the road will lie completed from salt lake to the coast as expeditiously as possible the rumor that the western pacific is interested in the construction of the midland pacific from bakersfield to the ocean is a matter I 1 will neither deny nor confirm it has been rumored that george goula is back of the western pacific project but mr babett would not discuss this matter pittsburg may IS the members of the order of Il ailway conductors have about completed their twenty ninth bi renial run at the session today all amendments passed finally Tomorrow hc election of officers will be had and tho choosing of the next meeting alace what will be the most ficht will ho for the next convention this practical ir lies between portland oregon and boston with chances favoring the former |