National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-07
DISTRICT INVESTIGATION
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BoRdsmen'g 0dths.
State Of PennsglpdRid, County Of PhflddsLphia So
GeGfge Wed being duly STT p 8PIS dsPi
In the State Of Pennsylvania; that he is 49,
Sqd that the value Of his property over ana s00ss
On dsbts and llsbitie! Incurred By MN, S SysE
fSsponsIbIe for he amount Of his obligation In the
foregoing bond BY him executed :. ~ p. Woo,
sworn and subscribed this 18th Day q august,
ASH, before me: J. P: DELANEY, Afdefman'
[AldermAns sealJ
Caleb Il. Malin, being duly swofni dsposes and
saws that he resides in the city OF philadelphia,
ana that the valae Of his property over and above
All debts ane liabilities incurred by him, Is over
ten thousand (SlO OOO) dollars and that he Is fully
foregoing bond by him executed:
sworn and subscribed .nI. sb 5.H Il ADJUST:
ls7l, before me, j. p DRLANBY,
lAldermanS seal. Alderman
The whole Of this matter is explained In
letter to the chief Of engineers, General Hum
phreys, and II you will allow me will submit
that as part of my testimony.
By Mr.. Stewart Q. You reported this to
General Humphreys for sdVicel A. Yes, sir.
The statement is made in this paper, which
contains all the explanations aud details of
both bids-Evans' and Woodland the con-
test between Starr and Wood to get the bid.
@. That Is the document submitted to the
Attorney General upon which he rendered his
opinionl A. Yes, sir. 1t reads as follows:
OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCr,
= WASHINGTON, August IS. 1871.
Brig; Gen. 4; A HTmphTsys; chief Of Engineers,
GENERAL: Under an act Of Congress, approved
by the President July L. 1870, the chief engineer
R35-inch pipe for an increased supply of water to
the District Of Columbia at the expense Of the
cities Of Washington and Georgetown, and by an
bia, approved by the Governor July 20, 1871,
appropriation was made therefor and was au-
thOrEed in connection with The GoysT9 1 S to con
tracts from the two laws referred to.
1t is also expressly agreed that this contract Is
subject to the following extracts from the laws oil
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That when.
over it shall become necessary to lay main pipes
for the supply TO the cities OF Georgetown and
Washington, tho cost Of the same shall be paid by
1.-THE said cities, and the engineer aforesaid is
the same unless approved by the corporations
aforesa ID and expressly stipulated with the con-
tractor or contractors that the payment for the
.sImc is to be made by the said corporations"
Approved by the President March g. 1859.
''Sec l. And be Il further enacted, That the said
engineer officer shall cause to be furnished and
laid from the distributing reservoir of the Wash
ingtOn aqueduct to Capitol Hill, in the city of
Washington, along such route as he shall deter
mime an iron main of thirty-siX inches in dame
ter, connected with the present mains, at such
points as he shall direct, and that the entire cost
thereof shall be borne approximately by the cor
In order to provide for such cost the said corpora
tions hereby empowered and authorized To
increase the present water rates ana water taxes
TO such amount as may by them De deemed
%Sec. S. And be q further enacted, That, for the
purpose of enabling the corporations aforesaid to
carry out the provisions of this act, It shall be
competent for them to borrow, in such proportions
as they may deem necessary sum OF money not
exceeding two hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars for the city of Washington and forty thou
sand dollars for the city Of Georgetown, redeema-
bic within period Of ten years out CT any revenue
to be derived from water rents"
Approved by the President July Il, 1870.
BY tie authority contained in the above, l ad-
yeriised on the oath ultimo for the making, trans
portarion and delivery of 9OOO,UOO pounds of So
Inch pipes and special castings, and bids were
opened on the 18th instant. The lowest bidder,
by SO OCO was Z. D. Wood Co., OF Philadelphia
Pa, but, rs they did not comply in their proposal
with my instructions to bidders, (see oelOW,) the
question has arisen whether, If Ealve the inior,
nlallty and the want of compliance on the part of
Wood & Co. with those instructions to bidders,
the next lowest bidders can legally Interfere to
or have valid grounds on which to have a suit for
Gamages either against the District Of Columbia
or myself
& Co.'S bid are as follows:
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.
No bid will be considered which is not on the
printed form and which does not comply with the
following directions:
Each bidder for pipes and special castings must
fiji in all the blanks in the form Of proposals; he
will alix prices for the straight pipe and special
castings for all Of the divisions, and will state
ROW utcs Of the divisions will be undertaken by
him at the prices stated and the time of the COM
mcncemeat Of delivery. If the bid is for stop
cocks only, the bidder must att1x price for each
sIzc designated in the form OF proposal, and in
Gorse the envelope Proposals for Stop-cOcks."
No bid will be considered unless the annexed
printeI bond in the sum Of IS 900, is filled in and
signed by the bidder and two competent sureties:
and each surety must qualify on the printed form
Where n bidder offers to furnish mines for more
than one division the engineer will have the right
10 assign him all Of the divisions he bids for, or
less number, as may be deemed by the engineer
best for the interest Of the District Of Columbia
The District of Columbia being in urgent need
OF an increased water supply, the time OF com
mencemenI of delivering, to be stated in each bid,
will be considered, as we'll as the prices and secu-
rites.
tested by their official seal. All signatures of
bidders and sureties must have affixed to them
seals Of wax or wafer.
Atwenty-fve-cent internal revenue stamp must
be affixed to the bond, and cancelled by the mi
tiI!S Oi one OF the signers of the bond, with the
date Of signing on the stamp.
cory OF BID BIZ II. D. WOOD & co.
Proposals for pipes and special castings
PHILADELPHIA, Eighth Month, Is. ISL
To Major George II. Elliott, o.. s. A., Chief ERgi-
nssr Of the Washington AIuedHct:
Having carefully examined the annexed specif-
cations and form Of contract and the plans, -
will contract to furnish all the pipes and special
castings of the dimensions in the manner, and on
the Conditions required, for any [aI IGi Tor less
number) Of the divisions mentioned below, that
may be assigned to us upon the following terms,
Ings for each of the -(dl divisions, commencing
on September 5, 1871.
Reserroir Division.
For all the straight 35-inch pipes and special
castings required, rs follows:
35-inch pipe, per pound, III.
Special castings, per pound.
Georgetown division.
For all the straight 3s-ineh pipes and special
casting required, as follows:
35-inch straight pipes, per pound,
Special castings, per pound.
West Washington divfsion.
For all the straight 35-inch pipes and special
castings required, as follows:
S5-inch straight pipes. per pound, two and forty
five hundredthS cents, (245c.)
Special castings, per pound, five cents, (5c.)
East Washington diriSion.
For all the straight pipes and special castings
required, as follows:
33-inch straight pipes, per pound, two and forty
five hundredths cents, case.
Special castings, per pound, FIVE cents.
And - do hereby agree to enter into such
bonds for the faithful performance of the proposed
contract as may be required.
(Signed) RICHARD WooD. TsEAI.l
(Signed) EDWARD II. WooD. fsEAL.1
(Signed) GEOEGE WOOD. lsEAL.1
(Signc,D RANDOLPH WooD. tsEAL.1
(SigncdJ WALTER WooD. fsEAL1
Residing at PHILADELPHIA
Now the inIormality in the bid of Wood & Co.
consists in this: Being required to afiX prices to
ali the amounts Of straight pipe and special cast
ings required for all of the divisions and to state
how many Of the divisions they would undertake,
they first stated that they would undertake all
of the four divisions, Tor such less number as
might deem best for the interest Of the District
of ColumOia,) and they affixed prices to all OF
the divisions, (being the same price for ALL but
through, as they state, q mIsconception OF the
Constructions 10 bidders, in the haste Of making
out their bid at the last moment they crossed out
the prices attached TO the quantities required for
two Of the divisions, leaving the prices
Of the other two They state that 1t was
their intention at the moment Of signing to have
crossed out the prices attached to the third divi-
sion also leaving the prices attached to the fourth
division to Indicate the prices for the four divisions
which they bid for.
will further state that there is but one bid
which complies with all the Constructions TO bid
ders" ard 1t would seem TO me that II Wood s.
Co.'S bid Is not valid neither are the following:
William Smith: no revenue stamp on bonds.
Bryan, Dillingham; Co.: no seals TO signatures
to bid.
A p. Brown, for Harper's Ferry Water-power
and Manufacturing Company: no seal Of incOr-
porated company; residence Of witnesses to bond
not given.
Nc. Morris: residence of witnesses to bond not
given.
would further call attention to the following
extract from my circular TO Pipe Founders, -
inviting proposals for this pipe: