New-York tribune., 1884-12-16
BUILDING THE AQUEDUCT.
now THE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED.
SuAr riir CONTRACTORS sAY-cnrERruL VIEWS
or MAYOR EDISON.

WffAr riiE CONTRACTORS sAY-CHhEhtOh WE'VE
or MAYOR EDsoS. l- -.
rho tcsrlt az tho contractors struggle for ING
honor and profit Of building the new alueduct as nss
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NiEN 'lsn 'daYs sftH ths fSSgsipt ~ dei9hfSs
Yi9AgA5l; BAsR NsrS ssft sSt 5Ie estsetaaiedt8
nrodtce bondsnen WAQ haze 10 analliy IS R9G'h
double the amount called Joy 80 seEAl''y Nn,sh df
IL each ease zen per cent q ihe esIhpasSa sesss "
Which is to be filed with the Contgoller ana aHothel
with ihe SECRETARY OF the Agueduct CommssIr1n, I1
The third being retained by the contractors ihe
work must be begun within twenty days.
IL is said for the successful bidders that they are
oil men experienced IN work OF the hlhu noo"' or ~
be unaSrtakGn ree ana sontraats. e john OBren
of OBren and Clark, is at present LARGELY engaged
in railroad construction; ne was nn. Ioro nSmocrscv
affiliations. lie lives at RhlneDeck' ~ L. % a1u Is
regarded as one of tho solid men" OF that village.
Norfbeu Pacific Railroad, and has done some OF
The construction work of the Canaalah racine
Railroad lie is large contractor ana nlliloi-
palre Brown Howard u Co., 70 whom were aWaio-
Ell fhe contracts for building the i've upper secohs
of the aqueduct constructed the NicKei Iato
Railroad and are now engaged IN constructing 'un-
Nayor Tdson Yesterday said to a TRIBUNE re-
porter: "1he awards were made discreetiy III ln my
iudoement We were satisfied that the men 10
;Tbom tbe contracts we've given had great eX-
neucnee i'm building railroads ana III otIcr WoIA
similar TO that which they have now uhueIIanen 1f,'n
and they are we'll backed by responsible bondsmen
,y,,o Va III nrohablv furnish ample security against
any loss TO the city, as far as concerns the posSloly
of any failure on the part OF .ne fe
assured that the bids that were accepted were the
hest TO take At first there was an equal division
An the hoard in regard TO the action tllat III was
nroner to take Some were for delay and some i0f
rrantipr awards substantially as they were hhaIiy
made 1t is matter OF record that Mr. thompson,
Judge Spencer and Mr.. Baldwin last TUESDAY Noteu
AGAINST the awards which were pfactlcaiy
tic same as those made al last. whle Nll
Dowd Controller Grant aud myself, voted IN favor
~ them The frat mentioned Commissioners
wanted DELAY. ] do not wish TO say any lhlhg re- re-
necting on their motives or conduct rs VIC were
finally unanimous IN our action.
SECTIONS Nos and of the work were given 10
O'Brien and Clark. although Brown. Howard " CO.
were the lowest bidders, because they WWeJo coz
fiqnous to the other sections awarded to y bIlrh "
Clark aud the contractors would have been
likely to interfere with , tacn "a am, "thsI other
way. II is not likely that they viii meet win any
great difficulties IN carrying through me WORK.
do not think that they can mako huch nopey o,it II
of The contracts If they execute them according 20
the specifications, and oi course 'ho ehg"'eoiS vi"
Ie able 10 see that they do this
j. H. Farwcl who represented Collins ~ hldcr
Lclore the COMMISSIONERS told the reporter thai
that firms bid for doing the entire work uncond,
fionalV, was nearer To the estimates Oh
the boards engineers than mat ol
snSincers estimate was Sl4,3l7, 900 that of Col
Inns a Rider Sl3.5il46l; that of Ol'rien %
CLARK $l2 O39 ,33 I, and tbat Of Brown, Howard "
Go Sli S337I9. do not see how tho contractors
can make much money on the work thcy have IN
dertaken M such low figures. There u no telling
what difficulties they may cncountef thcI snouu
nnt bc allie to carry Il through without loss the
Legislature might be called upon TO give them
tpcciaI relief