Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-27
THE NEW CAPITOL FENCE.

The Capitol Commissioners yesterday
opened the bids for furnishing stone and
building the new Capitol grounds fence. The
bids were as follows:
l.. E. Knowles & Co., Oakland-Post for
entrance gates, Crystal Lake or Rocklin
granite, sl,65o; Penryn. s1,7Oo Pine.
81, 900. Fender-block, without iron work
Crystal Lake, 1900; Pine and Rocklin,
81. 300; Penryn, S1400 Coping, per foot,
Crystal Lake and Penryn, $l0 Pine and
Rocklin, 50.
Calvin Nutting & Son-Cut and set Fol
som granite posts, each $3.50. Coping, per
foot, $40 %.
VIM. Johnston, San Francisco = Folsom
granite, iron fence and posts, IS As per foot.
Bracket scrolls or tenders, S24 each.
P. S. Morris, cramento-Granite, per
pier, with fender, S795 80; coping per foot,
81 platforms per foot, So.
John r. Sims, San Francisco-Iron fence,
So % per foot.
James Mcclure, Sacramento-Iron fence,
So per foot; scroll and tenders, SIS each.
Pioneer Iron Works, San Francisco-Iron
fence. SO 90 per foot iron scrolls, tenders,
etc.. SIT so each.
Pioneer Iron Works, San Francisco-Iron
railing, 81 65 per foot, painting not in
Guided /; scrolls or tenders SIG each, painting
not included.
c. Zwickel, Sacramento-For the fence,
81 20 per foot.
81, 300; coping, by 2 set, per foot, $40 !;
coping cut outside and top, 50 80 per foot !;
coping cut on top and massive lines, So 80
per foot; stones delivered on the ground !;
posts each 81, 100; coping cut all around,
IS so coping cut outside and top, IS; cop
ing cut top and margin lines, 81 30.
Carlan & Kirk, Sacramento-Granite, all
set, and foundations, each pier, S1,497 :;
coping, according to plans, per foot, So 70 /:
coping, with one quarry face and one fine cut
face, per foot. 81 rs; coping with two quar-
~ faces. per foot. Sc rs: each fender, com
plete 800
Bigelow & Morris, San Francisco-Iron
fence. 81 80 per foot, painted the same in
position, 50 IS; fender scrolls, delivered,
$50 each.
City Iron Works, San Francisco-Iron
fence, per foot, 81 70, but not set in place !;
tenders, IS each.
Phoenix Iron Works, San Francisco-Iron
railing, per foot, SO "a; tenders, each, $50.
bulk, S22, 299 60; piers, delivered, each,
S795; granite, delivered, 81 % per lineal
foot. Delivering iron, per hneal foot, 1919
John Lee, Sacramento-Rocklin granite
piers. with fender blocks and foundation, all
set, S14 90 same without foundation or set
ting, So 90; furnish and set coping with
foundations complete, per foot, S12; same,
without setting or foundation, S11 same,
quarry face set with foundation, IS 80 same,
without setting or foundation, 81 so; fender
blocks complete, each, S25.
A. J. Burnett, Sacramento-Foundatio
and placing of sidewalk back, n cents per
cubic foot; granite copings, dressed on top
and wash on each side, with joints, etc, sc
per foot; gate entrance piers, each 50 60 ;
fender blocks $3.50 each, or ashlar dressed all
around. IS per foot.
William Gutenberger-Iron fence for SO %,
painted and delivered; delivered, but not pat
up, So for each fender, SO 45.
J. G. Devine, Sacramento-Ashlar, per
foot, with concrete foundation, and taking up
sidewalk and sod on the margin and relaying
same, 50 per lneal foot posts for piers, 81. 100
each fender posts, 5000 each; ashlar, dressed
on washes and on top to receive iron railing,
at 81 per foot, including concrete foundation
and sidewalk and relaying sod.
9. n. Krebs Il Co., Sacramento-For paint
ing the fence, % cents per running foot en-
trance scrolls. 81 50 each.
The bids were 50 perplexing in most cases
and so obscure that the Commissioners re-
solved to meet again to-day and enter upon
an analysis of them, and see if it is possible
to ascertain who is the lowest bidder.