Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-20
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Niue psopOsnt. HgeUs1ved--'Ehe Prices
vary Erent sI0.i16.IO TO Si19,0i2.05
"A Bridgeport, N. D., Bidder thc
Lowest.
The Directors of the Street and Sewer
Department held one of the most i'm
poItant meetings Of Its existence Tuesday
evening, and opened bids for the main
stem OF the new Brsndywine intercept
ing sewer. Johu Jacoby OF Bridgeport,
Conn, was the lowest bidder. There
were nine bidders in all, but enc of
which was o resident OF Wilmington.
The city engineers estimated the cost OF
the sewer ut Jacoby's bids be $40, 4i6.40.
A revision If the calculations may make
some slight change OF figures.
The ctice of the depart nent was
crowded with surveyors, engineers,
plumbers and contractors, anxious to
hear the figures bid on the largest sewer
project Wilmington ever attempted.
Director j. NewIin Gawthrop saw the
opening of bids fer building q large
sewer at Easton, Pa, few days ago and
with the ideas there secured arranged q
plan for handling the bids opened last
evening. Two or three tables of blank
table were prepared and on il was written
the bids for each separate kind Of work.
Mr.. Gawthrop took the bids one by one
from tin box and opened them. They
were read by President Carpenter, and
First Assistant Engineer Hatton and
others took down the figures. MIR.
Aattun's blank was then taken to tie
Board of Health Rooms and Cbiet Engi-
nesv Boughman aud Assistan Price aud
Griffith made tbs calculations. Director
Murray took the BIDS after they had
been read and looked carefully over the
figures.
By 10 o'clock the result of the oaleula-
lions were announced, and the board sd-
journed until 9 o'clock .. m. yesterday
The certified checks Tor 81 900 which
were deposited by each bidder as an evil
dence Of good faith, were returned to all hut
the three lowest bidders Their checks
! will bs held until the figures o. their bids
have been carefully verified and the PSF.
| son entitled to tie contract decided upon.
There were 80 items i'll each bid. They
included the price per foot or enhic yard
for two sizes + brick sewer, various sizes
of iron and terra Gotta pips, US for con
neoLinns, manholeB, interneptors at foAr
| points, the exehv stion OF earth, loose and
solid rock, brick and stoae masonry, con-
crete and timber. The Builders aud the
totals calculated by the city engineers
from their figures are as follows:
| Thomas J. McGOycrn. Trenton, ". D. s 2tTO.l
| 4. $. Reed N fro., Wilmington bel. lliGs3,Tg
| John lhcohy, bridgeport, Conan. inilHiG
I EyrfSOn N ltldlo, NOnkers. y. N..... GBnSS.S1
! r. a, Malone II Co.. Lancaster, Pa. 1i,aD.NH
! Kcnncdy,Deehan ~ Co, Philadelphia nI,uil. 81
| Nh mas Craig, Trenton, y. ..s....,.. iig,DI2it
! John Mcfarland, fhilndelphitl,..... EI,alS 81
| Henry Z, Eyre, Chester, Pa........... il,njLIs
A. S. Reed 4 Bro, did not bid on the
terra Gotta pipe portion OF the sewer from
| the upper end of the south long race 10
Crooked run, The sewer will be about q
mile and half long. About S 00G feet
will be of brick, oval in shape; two feet
four inches by three feet six inchaa, and
| two feet two incles by three feet three
inches in size. About l, 100 feet will b.
Of iron pipe, SO and "a inches in diameter
and the remainder, about 800 feet, will
be of terra GOTTA pips from "a inches in
diameter down.
The sewer hos been talked Of for sew.
eral years and the act OF the General
Assembly authorizing loan for the pur,
pose OF raising money to build it was
passed last winter the plans are the
joint production Of Oarrol Pm. Bassest
engineer, OF Newark, N. j., the city en-
gineOrs and the Street and Sewer Depart
nent.