New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-06
GRANITE CASTLES IN THE AIR.
FALL OF A CORNER IN PAVING BLOCKS.
MONEY SAVED FOR THE TAx,PAYERs-ooN.

MONEY SAVED FOR THE TAx-PAYERs-coN.
TRACTS LET BY COMMISSIONER GILRoY.
Has the corner in granite rock been smashed and
the combipep which was said TO be manipulating II
for IT'S own especial benefit in connection with the
contracts for paving IN the Public Works Department.
been rudely broken upl That was the report yeSer-
day. although inside facts In relation to the patter
were hard to get at. 1t was said that Matthew Bard
with John G. Smith and William Kelly. all OF this
city, and Charles Hart, OF Brooklyn last spring pur-
chased 100000 granite paving blocks. and this 1t
was expected would prevent other contractors from
bidding successfully for the big jobs Of granite paving
which Commissioner Groy would have TO give out
The stone which these contractors hold is estinateu
to be worth SIS per 1000 but other say tha
there Will be no difficulty about getting plenty OF stone'
They have made their bids accordingly and have sue
ceeded in securing eleven of the Public works street
contracts by undertaking what is termed tho ring"
1t was reported yesterday that the Baird people were
hunting up the successful bidders and Offering 10 seA
them their granite TO buy the contracts.
The contracts alluded to. eleven in number whnh
all for granite blockpsvng on concrete founnatpn'
we're awarded by Commissioner Gilroy on THURSDAY
Seven Of these were secured by Charles Guidet OF NO.
237 Broadway; three by James Pollock and one by
Thomas Gearty. Matthew Baird bid on all OF them'
but got none The aggregate OF Gudets contracts
is S1S4,459; of Gearty's $17S,19O; and POLLOCK s.
S6o.72s 30 total Of contracts awarded S4@o3" 40
The engineers of the Public Works Department es'f
mated the cost of the paving at So 80 per square ya
for pavement, so cents per square foot Tor pnuse
stone for oross-walks, and So per cable yard LOT
concrete Matthew Bards bid on all the downtown
contracts a. 40 for pavement 90 cents for DRUGS
stone and 81 for concrete; in LexingtonaVe 90 10
for pavement so cents for bridgestone ana u Ioi
concrete The concrete alone, engineers say, canHo
be had for "a per cubic yard PollocRs BIDS rahseu
from So So to S3 7o for pavement 90 cents for prds
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10 s3 SO for pavement 40 cents for brdge-stone ana
"a so for concrete. Kelley bid So 50 for pavement
90 cents for bridgestone and 81 for concrete AZ
Thirteenthst, Gearty bid 81 for pavement, % ceh'e
for bridge stone and $S for concrete. For LeXlhg of
ave he bid So rs for pavement, 40 cents for bridge
stone and So for concrete The streets TO be paved
the time in which the contracts must be compieed
and the totals Of the bids In each case are as follows
Cedar-st from Broadway 10 Greenwich-st, ana
from Pearlst. TO Nassau, and Br1dge-st nom BIoao
Ma slSaes Baird. sSoS65 So Patt-st from Pearl
10 William, Cif-st from Ferry TO John and stone-st
IG% $50. 900 so Matthew Baird, $31 JOG 80
Broad-st nom Exchange Place 70 Pearst my daSS
Raid SOS 548 Worth-st from Broadway to Hudson,
~ day a 6niGoT Ba GSds go So ~ TSomS from
Church to Hudson; Howard-sL ron broaawsES 10
Mercer; Greenwichsve from Eighthayei 10 WesS
West Fourth 45 days James Pollock; 5000 o.
Pollock, Ssi ,S67, SO NJ Baird, s8S,527 So Leonard
ade etoV s15 ,269 James Pollock sI6e30 N. Baird
S17 563 Fran1in-st., from West broadway 70 " ASH
Pollock n Baird s2$o5l L Lt5It 5 from
40 .1s5: J. pollock S21 1877; VI. Baild, S22279
Ihrteenh-st from Avenue D. 10 Fifth ave- 80 days
Charles Gudet, $6l,4se; william Kelly, S64,945
Thomas Gearty' S6s. $50 NJ. Baird. S70076. LcXing.
ton-ave, from Thirty fourth-st to Thirty fflhSt ana
from Fifty ninthst TO SXty-sXth-st and from sixty
ninth 10 Ninety seventh-st., 400 days, Thomas
Gearty, Si7s, 400; NJ Baird, S1ol, $50; c. Guidet
Mr. Baird is the present contractor for the paving
OF Hudson and Whitehall sts., and said YESTERDAY that
bs had sufficient contracts 10 take up all his granite
blocks valued at Sc 800 900, but the fact remains
that he offered TO buy out Geartys eGe
tractors in Brooklyn and say that they will have
no dficulty in using up their share of the oonered'