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Santa Aha, City Hall, July 18th, 1918, 7;P.m. Board met! in special called session. The meeting! was called for the purpose of considering the construction of piers of the proposed bridge on North Main St. and for the purpose of taking any necessary action relative to said North Main St. bridge. 5am Jernigan,City Marshal filed a certificate certifying that he h~d served notice cn Trustees ~.A.Greenleaf, Geo. McPhee,O.H.Maryatt, and J.W.Tubbs, at least three hours previous ~o this meeting, and that he had made investigation for the purpose of serving notice on'President A J~Vleel and found that he was absent from the 8tats by consent of the Board:. The meeting was called to order by the Clerk, those present being, Trustees Tubbs,MoPhes, Greenleaf!and Maryatt, Absent, President Vieel. On motion, of Trustee Tubbs,duly seconded by MoPhee,Trustee Maryatt was a~pointed President pro tem. The following communication from E.T.Flaherty, In Re Matters pSrtalnlng to N.Main Sa.bridge Consulting Engineer and Inspector for building North Main St. bridge, was read: "To the Hon.Board of Trustees City of Santa Aha, Calif. Gentlemen:- Contractor MoNelll has finished the excavation of Pier No.1 on the North Main St.brldg to the required elevation Of 69.0 as shown on the plane. ~fter reaching this required elevation the writer had a test pit sunk a distance of ten feet further and found five feet more of moist cla and five feet of sand, gravel and large rock,in lizee, ranging from small pebbles to one man stone making it impraotlca~eto drive concrete piles. In my opinion this last erratum of gravel and boulders will make an excellent foundation f=r the bridge and I recommend that the piling in this pier be omitted and the foundation be continued down to elevation 6].0 and that I be given instruc ions to carry out the provisions of the epeoifica- tlonl as contained in paragraph ], page 9 of the General Provisions of the specifications. The balance of the piers and abutments be treated as separate problems. Tov. r early attention in this matter is requested. Yourl Respectfully, EDWARD T. FLA~ERT¥" The above report and recommendation of changes wa approved by Mr.~lank, Supervisor of Construction of the P.E.Ry.Co. and on motion of Trustee MoPhee, duly seconded by Trustee Tubbs and carried, Engines Flaherty was authorized to have changes made as pr vided for in his report. A motion to adjourn by Trustee Greenleaf, was Approved: 11