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And It Was Rejected at Special City Session Council Last Night At the adjourned meeting held last night the city council rejected the only bid received on the warehouse, and decided that they would begin all over again after Councilman Brady has visited a number of seaport cities and investigate warehouse condi tions. The entire council was present with Chairman Hefty presiding. As soon as the meeting was called to order Mr. Randolph presented the report of the Isham Randolph Company on the bids received in reply to the advertise ment of the council. The report stat ed that only one bid had been received on the warehouse, that of E. W. Park er, who offered bids on the one, three and five sections both as to galvanize steel siding and asbestos protects siding. There was slight differenc eetween the two materials, and the re port recommended the acceptance of the bid for “ asbestos metal” sidine which was, for one section, S14,02%; three sections $28,602.86; five sections, $43,933.30. On the proposals for flooring, no bids were received for the wood block floor and only one from James R. Little for the concrete floor. The fi ures were, one section, $953.18; three sections, $2,595.60; five sections, 54, 109.70. The report recommended the rejection of this bid. The Northern Engineering Work, of Detroit, filed the only bid for the traveling crane. The figures, $5, 375.00, were in the opinion of the engineers, too high and they recom mended the rejection of the bid by the council. A general discussion of the Ware house proposition followed in which several members of council made it plain that while they approved of the Randolph company as engineers, and the Randolph plan of building, it was not the kind of building they wanted and hence a motion to reject the bids was unanimously carried. Councilman Erfert plead ignorance of any plans for the warehouse and was assured, that such plans had been in the Engineer's office for more than two years. He thought the city was getting more doors than warehouses. Councilmen Romth and Highleyman were agreed on the proposition that there was no need for haste and that no action should be taken until after conditions in other cities had been in vestigated. To this end Mr. Romsh moved that Councilman Brady be sent to a number of cities on the seacoast and after a fu: investigation of con ditions report to the council his find ings. Mr. Brady agreed to make the trip in the near future, and the motion was unanimously carried. The only other business to come be fore council was the reading of or dinance No. 234, placing the salary of the prumbing inspector at $130 a month, effective February 1, 1917. This passed on ths frst reading, after which the meeting adjoured.
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Miami Herald
Miami, Florida, US
Tue, Feb 20, 1917
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