The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
THE IRON CONTRACT.
How the County Commissioners
Let Contracts.
For Iron and Other Work on
the Court House.

Chairman YIN. M. jack. BIZ
During the latter part Of Angus
the Board Of Commissioners OF Silver
Bow county ordered the following no
tice to be published in the MINER:
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed bids will be received at t4e Count,
Clerks Office until 10 o'clock T. m Septembel
10th, 1857, tor the furnishing of galvanized and
east Iron work, plpmoins. tin WORK (per squar
house ant jan Suiidine situated on ase arsnias s
an Quartz streets. Bltte City. N: z: Bids ~l.l
be received sepaf 'tely on the different kind,
OF work. Plan. and specifications c n be seen
Ct the o*ce Of J: z. Roberts, euh'tect. No q
with a certiae check to the amount It 500
msde payable to the Board Of County Commits
st0ners, that In case the bidder who may be
awardes ! the contract fail to qualify or accepl
the same the above sum will be forfeited to the
Board OF County ommissi0ners The right ia
reject any and All bid is reserved.
BY order Of the Board Of County c0mmis
aOneEs.
1t will be noticed that all bids were
to be received until 10 o'clock a. m.,
Sept 20, 1883. This should te noted
for the purpose Of learning the pc
culiar methods the Board pursues In
transacting the businaes of the coun-
ty. The Board met Jack and Kess-
Ter present, Downs absent) upon the
day named in special session for the
purpose Of considering the bids. We
now quote from the records. Bids
for tin work were received as follows:
Butte Hardware Company, per square foot.;ss 40
VIM n. Jack :" 800
Z. Dawson 81" s SO
Thomas Long 800
STILL continuing to quote from the
County Clerks records we append
the following:
"The foregoing bids having been
duly considered it was ordered that
the contract for tin work he awarded
to Thomas Long in accordance with
his bid, the said Thomas Long being
the lowest bidder and the saiG bid
being in. words and figures as fol-
lows:
BUTTE. Sept. 20, 1883.
To the Hon. Board of Commissioners:
GENTLEMEN II will agree to rut
on tin roof on new court house and
Jail according to plans and specifica-
lions at the rate Of eight dollars
IS OO) per square. Yours truly
T. LONG,"
This transaction looks fair and
square upon its face and no one
would probably raise question as to
its regularity. But who is this
Thomas Long who was awarded the
contract for the tin work !? A laborer
In the hardware store of
VIM. NJ. Jack. So we have been
creditably informed. Comment up
IN this fact Is unnecessary.
All the bids had now been opened
and their contents noticed. Imme-
iiately over the bid of the. Butte
Hardware Co., for tin work was the
following item:
"For ali galvanized iron.work in
place as shown in specifications,
80 $685."
The contract for this work should
nave been let this day, but it was not.
taking any action upon the
Did of the Butte Hardware Co. the
Board adjourned to meet on Thurs.
lay Sept. q, 1883. So the records
Ihow.
The Board met pursuant to ad-
ournment-all the members present.
The following communication was
hen handed to the Board:
BUTTE, Sept. q, 1894
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners:
GENTLEMEN:-I will furnish all
he galvanized iron work on court
house and Jail, according to plans
md specifications tor the sum of $3,-
;27.58, and will furnish bonde for
1Oing work in q good. substantial
md workmanlike manner.
w. NJ. JACK.
It will be noticed by comparing
iates that Chairman Jacks bid was
made seven days after the Butte
aardwar Co.'s bid had been opened
~ the Board and its figrres known.
It will also be noticed that Chairman
lacks bid was only $lO.42 lower than
he bid of the Butte Hardware Com
,any. It should be stated here that
he bid Of the Butte Hardware Co.
vas accompanied by q certified check
or $500, as required in the IN office to
Neither the records
lor Chairman Jacks bid shows he
to that requirement.
We will now quote from the rec
'rds the transaction at the meeting:
THURSDAY. Sept. q. 1893.
Board met with w. NJ. Jack. Chair
nan. John Downs, II. c. Kessler,
commissioners, and H. s. Clark,
;ountv Clerk. !
Bids for galvanized iron as follows:
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