Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-11
HIcKSVILLE 7REs7LE.
COM LETIoN OF A SIX HUNDRED-FooT
PLAEXED ROADWAY.
Members of the Board of Supervisors
Visit and Inspect Mr.. Berry's
Elongated Bridge.

supervisors Ross, Greer, Bates and
| Black, and Supervisor. elect Miller, went
| out yesterday to inspect the new 600-yard
bridge just constructed along the Hicks
| vile grade, a short distance beyond the
| Costumes river. At Elk Grove they were
| joined by Mr.. Berry, the contractor and
| builder, and while they were at the bridge
| Assemblyman. elect ellis Doty put in an
| appearance. Supervisor Tebbets was to
have been one of the party, but as the start
was made at an early hour and the weather
| very foggy, cold and uninviting, the doc.
tor could not find pair of forceps suffi-
GENTLY strong to pull himself from his
comfortable coach. A RECORD UNION re-
porter went along, to see that the other
Supervisoral youths maintained their off,
cisl dignity when they got out among the
country folks. They ali did very well, ex-
cept Mr.. Bates, who insisted on relating
some OF his eerly-day experiences as a
COW peddler in the vicinity OF Georgetown,
FL Dorado county, and other escepades.
The bridge was found 10 be an excellent
structure, one of the best in The county.
The piles on which II rests are massive aud
are driven eight feet into the ground, and
the joists on which the planking rests are
proportionately heavy and strong. The
bridge is wider than usual, and has sub.
stantial guardrails on either side. 1t is
admittedly cheap piece of work, SO far as
the cost is concerned. the contract price
being 81 1919 for the entire structure.
There seems to be some question, how
ever, SIS to whether the work was done in
accordance with the plans and specifca-
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of the contractors, who were underbid BY
Mr.. Berry, claim that the piers were to
have been ten feet apart, whereas foot
note at the bottom of the sheet on which
the plans were drawn states that the vents
shall not exceed twenty feet in length.
The contract was let at the August SEES
sion of the Board of Supervisors, and the
RECORD UNIONS report of what transpired
when the bids wers considered was as fol-
lows:
Bids for the work were received as follows:
Healy. Tibbitts & Co. of San Francesca IS 375;
if secondclsss Oregon pine be used, 1929 less.
San Francisco Bridge Company So, 2s7.
Darby Laydon of San Francisco, s. ,l7G.
Mckinuon & Tumel;y OF Stockton, $3.50.
Silas earle OF sacramento, So 1877.
B. Mcmahon d Son Of san Francisco, So $50:
if butts be changed twenty feet from center OF
struc ure, $3.50.
California Bridge Company of San Francisco,
IS, 7A.
J. G. Plummer of Sacramento, $3.50.
r. W. Parker OF Sacramento, So, $50.
George B. Dean of Sacramento, S. 81 per
lineal foot with piers ten feet apart; 81 9S with
piers fifteen feet apart, and 81 AZ with piers
twenty feet apart
n. Harvie of Sacramento, So, co.,
E. Z. Berry q Co. of Elk Grove, g, 199,
and 1874 on Improvements submitted by
them.
The same firm submitted plans of their own,
with separate bids.
On motion of Mr. Bates, the bids were referred
to the Committee on Contracts
One of the defeated contractors stated to the
Board that he was satisfied the county was get
ting good work at figure so low that he was
certain there could be no job in it.
Berry & Co. were the lowest bidders
Mr. Berry pointed out instances in which the
specifications were wanting, and advised the
Board to have better WORK done than the plans
and specifications called for:
The matter was taken under advisement by
the committee, which will to-day visit the
locality and determine what class of work
should be done there.
II will be seen that Berry & Co. were the
lowest bidders by a very wide margin
George B. Deans bid was the next lowest,
and that was 81 81 per liueal foot, with 20.
foot spans, while Berrv's amounts to a
fraction of a cent over So SO per lineal foot
for the same style of structure.
1t wo Id appear from the above that
there were bids submitted on the basis of
20-foot spans, and the records of the Board
should show the exact terms of all the
bids The Supervisors awarded the con.
tract, two days after opening the bids, and
after viewing the locality, to Berry & Co,
at s.. 1893
There does not appear 10 be any question
but that the work has been well and
cheaply done, the only issue being as to
whether or not it was according to the ex-
press terms of the contract.