The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-01-16

.r3 advertisement. published by the Board Of
Public Works, soliciting bids, the whole
7't works we're divided into eight sections.
-..., In making their report the Investigating
cssr COMMITTEES take each section separately,
o. and give the facts relating to il. We
...., shall follow the example Of the Commit
yf., tee.
sRcTtoN NuMDER ONE.
=, J,,t Is The Ohio Canal from Cleveland TO-,
-sila an 4 including the Walbonding acque-
't 'r'a duct and lock, near Roscoe and the Wal.
~. bonding Canal.
,s.,i',, The contract for this section was a.
-s warded to Medbery & Co., at S27, 500 a
s.. year On.this there were the following
a,nt bids, all Of which were lower thar Med
''t berry & Co.'S, viz:
, Myron II. Mills 82t 900
William Miller "a, 800
're Nelson & Young 6,4O0
Peter Dunn $4,000
,i,ts' Samuel Doyle & Co 24,985
".3 Joseph Cooper d Co q6. 800
. i.rt SECTION NUMDER TWo
Is the Ohio Canal from the foot Of tho
5l WalhOndmg lock, near Roscoe, to tie
..,.l..g foot Of the lower lock at Lockye, inclu-
~ ding the Dresden sidecut.
The section was let to Doyle 4 Miller
,r,7 AtSa2,O $50 ayean the other bids, all
lower than this, were made by
z M. H.. hllll5 GEO.OUO
q w. s. v. Prebles tl1 Gi;9OO
So Peter Dunn 29. 600
ssist Cooper, Shaddinger & Co $4,000
'a.5e,l4 SECTION NUMBER THREE.
sfa,a This is tho Ohio CaIa from the foot Of
s.. the lower lock at Lockyille, to the Ohio
los River, which was awarded to Cooper
sss1 Shaddinger & Co., at S37 200. This
was the bid, and this contract the &C m.
,;N mittee approve Of, and recommend that il
% stand.
asslr sECTToN NUMBER FOUR.
," This is the Hooking canal, 1t was let
"n to Dennis McCarty at S0,650 year.
.hiilr. The following lower bids were reject
Henry Miller 7,490
...-y .,, Cooper Shaddinger q Co 5000
ra, SECTION NUMBER FIVE
s,sa This is the Muskingum Improvement,
10 and was let to Ghamb b,rlain and Paul, at
fti $4,000 The committee say that this bid
was %, 000 and was subsequently modi
a" fed, by what authority we know not, nor
by whose suggestion or procurement.--
IN, Or. Paul and Mr.. Gibson both appeared
TO be ignorant on this point, and doubt
~ less are so. 1t cannot be fairly claimed
- that this contract, and that upon section
s''i number four, were awarded upon bids at
all Chamberlain and Paul put in no such
Dlu ~ AOiOOOt uoE AAVOaftJ lhdho duJ
such bid $3.50 on the Hooking Ca
nal
The other bids lower than the one &C
90 eepted andrejected were as follows:
.,,. ,,' E. E. Shedd, $4,000
AIS, M. II. Mills, 23, 900
[ j. J. Richardson, "a 900
This comprises the Northern Division Of
gan the Miami aud Erie Canal, from the lake
20 the Indiana State line.
This section was let TO Samuel M.
Young & Co., at $4,000 year. There
r were four lower bids, which we're reject
ed, as follows:
"a JohnrO, Allen $4,000
80 II II. Forsythe $4,000
], y w. Deckey g Co 24900
s.i, j. Glovd $4,000
The committee invite particular atten-
.toR to the facts in this case, and they are
somewhat peculiar indeed, 1t appears
That ne bid Of aad W. Deckey was
Withdrawn, on the condition that Young
th@ Company pay the Deckeys d Co.,
1000, part Of which sum has been paid.
The other bids put in by the other par
ties name were mere bogus. They We're
& putin by Young s. Oo., themselves, and
were withdrawn after the Deckeys had
been bought Of which, oe course, left
his $1,000 bid standing solitary aad
tplons without a competitor That is
What we call sharp practice
sTnHl sEcrIoN EuAiRER sRvEN.
This composes the Miami and Erie Ca.
nal fnom the Junction TO the Ohio river
aud was awarded to Forror, Burt d Co.
for $4,000 year.
The other bids which were rejected
5wefe all lower. as follows.
Cooper, Shaddinger 4 90 S6iO0l
s ]. w. Deckey 4 Co 99.00l
Petit, Alexander a Co $4,000
Treyitt& Knapp 10000
a The Committees say that the securities
'of Cooper a. Co, were worth at least on'
million Of dollars. But it has been saic
rthRtMt, Cooper would not take this see
tion alone at that price, which the com
mittse say is eontradieted by thu word
words Of his proposition which they quot
ana Nhichisas folloWsi
We she undersigned propose to keep i
Topairallora portion Of the Pabl'e work.