The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-26
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Evansville, March 3, 1903.


Evansville. March IS, 1885,
The Council met last evening to
open the bids for bowldering or grad
ing Sycamore and Main Streets. and
to attend to some other business.
Present-His Honor, Mayor Walk
err, and Councilmen Blemker, Steele,
Stockfeth, Sehriber, Reitz and Mes
ker.
Bids for doing the work on Syca-
more Street were received as follows {:
Jacob S. Lowry proposed to grade
and pave with powders from First
to Eighth Street, at 3 40 per square
yard
Haffey & Boyle proposed to grade,
gutter and gravel with Henderson
conglomerate gravel at 3 Is per
front foot on each side, or 50 90 per
lineal foot.
Sebastian Kuhn offered to excavate
and grade at 23c. per cubic yard, and
do the graveling and guttering at
50 80 per lineal foot; and excavate
for bowlderIng at 28c. per cubic yard,
and 81 20 per square yard for bowl
dering.
Bids for doing the work on Main
Street, from the alley between Fourth
and Filths Streets. to Eighth Street,
we're received as follows:
Jacob S. Lowry proposed to grade
and pave with powders at 3 30 per
square yard.
Haffey Il Boyle proposed to take
up the rock and replace them with
powders for $1,000, they to own all
tie rock left.
Sebastian Kuhn proposed to exca-
vate and grade at 28c per cubic yard,
and do the graveling and guttering at
50 60 per foot, running measure,
width of street.
After the bids were opened, Mr..
AFRO Dyer appeared before the Coun-
Gil aud stated that he appeared on
behalf of Mr.. w. r. Davis. Agent of
the patentee of the Nicholson pave
to get the Council to give the Mich OIL
son pavement trial, and "a ked that
a committee be appointed to go to
Louisville to look at the Nicholson
pavement that had been put down
there, and compare it with the other
streets. He said Mr.. Davis would
pay the committees expenses. He said
Mr.. Davis wanted the city to give it
a trial, and would put down his pave
ment on one street at sacrifice as an
inducement to the Council to do so.
Mr.. Davis proposed to put the Nichol-
son pavement down on ten squares or
more at cost of s. per square yard,
on streets where there is no railroad /;
but if on streets occupied by railr Dad ,
80 cents per square yard additional
would be charged.
No action IN regard to Mr.. Davis
proposition was taken by the Council.
On motion, committee of three
was appointed, consisting of Mesker,
Steele and Reitz, to examine the bids
and report next Monday night who
was the lowest bidder.
On motion, Peter Maier and Geo
Miller were appointed to appraise the
value of the ground through which
Fourth Street will run In the pro-
posed extension of that street.
A proposition was made by Mr..
Hagan to furnish lanterns for gas
lamps at s. 30 each.
John A. Reitz said he would fur
uish them at 50 80. The matter was
laid over.
The City Surveyor reported that
some Of the powdered streets needed
repairing.
The First Ward voting precinct
was changed from Barney Rusche's
to Meyers grocery, on the opposite
side Of the street, on account of want
ing more room.
The Second Ward voting precinct
was changed from Gillette's grocery
to r. HI: Habneicht's, on the OPP
posite side of the street, for the same
reason.
Council adjourned.