The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-21
STREET CLEANING.
Award of the Contracts This Morning VIII
the Contractors Are.

the Contractors Are.
:, The committee on street cleaning of the Board Of
Health this morning awarded the contracts FOR the
cleansing OF our streets, alleys, and byways for the
awarded read that the are for cleaning and
Keeping thoroughly clean at all times all the paved
streets, alleys courts inlets markethouses, gut
ters, cutters under railroad crossings cutters Of n-
paved Streets and all other public highways, and the
immaculate removal OF ali fifth aud dirt therefrom,
after the same has been collected together also, the
removal OF ashes, and the collection and burial OF
all dead animals embraced within the several dis
lcts named ana described in specifications Of said
districts all to be done under the supervision and to
tne entire satisfaction Of the Board. Contractors
will be required to clean Delaware avenue, Water
street. and Front street, from South street to Vine
street, between sunset and sunrise.
Amongst the list will be found the names Of some
OF te OLD contractors and from the reading OF the
report Of the committee it is fair TO be presumed that
ther past course and extreme cleanliness have fully
met the wishes Of the Board. In the present case
the committee has acted wisely IN at least one
espeCt they have not chosen the lowest as the best
ro, o1s ON % ine SonCraIy y nase ao"eu Ie con
taken to perform. The report submitted 10y the
committee reads as foows-
To the President members Of the Board of Health
en- The T6e Street Cleaning Committee to whom
the year so and dee 20 make the ong ss Igr
with resolutions attached
amount in the aggregate 264 bids varying many in.
cent as viii be- observed il YOU take the aximum and
minimum for al TIE districts showing the highest bids
Sl23 s3 clearly demonstrating that some of these bids
therefore recommended in all lowest bidders as
the best bidders but have endeavored TO select who
is confidently believed will be fulfilled The BoRrd have
seen during the last eight months how difficult il is TO Got
those contractors their duty whose bios we're made
below the cost OF doing the work The committee
mend the following resolution
R,so'red, That contracts be awarded to the following
bidders for the period of two years. from the LIST Of Jsnu
ary, 1870 to the st of January, 1871 payable monthly
The following is the list Of the successful bidders
with the boundaries Of their districts and the price
per year they are to receive for the work proposed
to be performed -
First Dlstric-From the north line of Prime street,
south. all the streets, lanes, alleys, etc, from the
Delaware river TO the east side Of Broad street
Peter Manton, $500.
Second District-From the north line of Prime
street to the north line of South street. and from the
Delaware river to the west line OF Sixth street
James Collins, $1,000.
street to the north line of South street, and from the
west line Of Sixth street to the west line of Broad
Streets. Il, Collins, $1,000.
Fourth Distrlct-From the north line OF South
street. south, and from the west line of Broad street
to the Schuvlkill river all Streets lanes etcJohn
Mcbride, s6500. ..-.
Filth JistrlcC-From the north line OF South street
to the north line of Chestnut street, and from the
Delaware river TO the west line Of Sixth street
James Mcbride, $500.
sixth Distrct-From the north line OF South street
TO the north line of Chestnut street. and from the
west line OF Sixth street To the west line OF Broad
street-James Cullen, $4,000.
Seventh District-FrOm the north line Of South
street 20 the north side OF Chestnut street and from
the west line of Broad street to the Schuylki river
ii. Buckley, $3.50.
ElElJH DlSUTlCI-ETOUl lle uOTlH line OF CneSnut
street to the north line Of Vine street. and from the
Delaware river to the west line of Sixth street.
John Galbrath S11 $780,.
Ninth District-From the north line OF Chesnut
street TO the north line Of Vine street. aud from the
west line of Sixth street to the west line Of Broad
street-D. McNichOl. SlO,500
Tenth Distrct-hrom the north line of Chestnut
street to the north line OF Vine street. and from the
west line of Broad street to the Schuylkill river
II. Buckley, S7650.
Eleventh Dlstrict-From the north line of Vine
street to the north line of Poplar street, aHd from
the Delaware river to the west line OF Sixth street
John Gabraith, $4,000.
Twelfth District-From the north line Of Vine
street TO the north line of Poplar street. and from the
west line OF Sixth street To the west line Of Br5ad
streef-H. Il. Buckley, $500.
fourteenth Bistrict-FroD the north line or Vine
street to the north lie of Poplar street, and from
the west line ol Broad street TO the Schuylkil river
Ii. L. Buckley, SIe5O.
Fourteenth Dstrct--From the north line of Pop.
lar street TO the north line of oxford street. and
from the west line OF Frankford road along the said
Frankford road to the south line of Laurel street.
thence to the Delaware river and from the Delaware
river TO the west line of Sixth street-James
O'Rourke, ss5OO.
Fifteenth Dstrct-Beginning at the Delaware
river on the south line OF Laurel street. along said
street 10 the west line OF Eranford road, along the
west line of Frankford road to the north line OF OK
ford street and from the north line of Oxford street
to the north line OF Norris street and from the Della
ware river to the west line OF Sixth street-James
O'Rourke, $500. =.
street TO the north line of Allegheny avenue and
from the Delaware river to the west line of Sixth
Street-D SJlteS, fo9iV
Seventeenth DstriCt-From the north line OF Pop
lar street to the north line Of Allegheny avenue
and from the west line of Sixth street to the west
line of Broad street-Joseph Johnson, $4,000.
Eighteenth Dstrct-That part Of the city of Phila-
delpha lying west of the Schuykll river, known as
West Philadelphia; to keep all the paved streets
clean, and cutters OF unpaved streets open and
clean together with the removal OF ashes and dead
animals in the but-up portions Of this district-D.
Mclaughlin, $4,000
Nineteenth District-From the north line of Poplar
street to the north line OF Berks street. and from the
west line of Broad street to the Schuylkl river
X. NcCafrey, $4,000. ...,
The committee has not as vet awarded the con-
tracts for the Twentieth and Twenty-hrs districts
With regard to the Twenty-second district, Messrs
Chase and Smith called upon the committee and
stated that the citizens OF the district had taken the
cleaning OF the streets thereof into their own hands,
and therefore did not desire that any contract should
| be awarded.
The following resolutions also accompany the re-
port
withheld the months of January February and March
OF each year, be paid at the close OF each year
ResoIred That the contractors give freehold
| the amount of 50 per cent. OF their contracts.
Resocd That the awards Tor districts 90 81 ~ be de.
| ferred for the present
by the board ,yrUp,, ,,.,,,, 90
JANIS STEELE,
G. s. GROVE
CHARLES Z. BARRETT
Committee on Street Ueaninc
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