Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-29
NINE BIDS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STONE
BRIDGE RECEIVED.
The Committee viii Meet This Afternoon at 2
O'Clock, to Look at the Pgures-COuncil
Nay Be Called Tonight.

The Council Committee on. Contract:
met last evening at the Office of City En-
gineer Hoge, at the City Hall, and opened
the bids for the construction of the new
stone bridge across the creek at Main
street. The bids were nine IN number, and
after they had been inspected by the com
mittee, they were referred 10 the City En-
gineer and his assistant, Engineer White
with instructions TO tabulate the bids, as
certain their several aggregate amounts
and report at a session of the committee
| to be held at two o'clock this afternoon. Al
that time, if the work of tabulatiOn shall
have been completed, Council will be called
to meet in special session this evening, fol
the purpose of hearing the report OF the
committee ana awarding the contract, 70
the end that the successful contractor can
get to work without the loss of a single
day Should Council be called, it is of the
greatest Importance that the members re-
spond promptly as the business can prob
ably be transacted in half an hour.
When the committee had been called to
order il was stated that one OF the bids. that
of s. Herald & Campbell, Of Beaver Falls,
had not arrived al the hour of noon, when
the time for the reception of bids expired,
according TO the advertisement asking for
prOpC sails, but a telegram had been receiv-
cd at half-past eleven, stating that the bid
had been mailed before noon, addressed to
the City Clerk, and that ii would arrive
during the day. Last evening one of the
firm brought the bid in person to the City
Hall, stating that when he went TO mail it,
he found that the mail had closed, and he
jumped on the train himself and brought
the papers down.
The committee spent some time in consd
ering whether, in view of all the facts, the
bid ought TO be received, and came TO the
conclusion that as notice Of its being for
warded was received before noon II ought
to be received, and ii was accordingly con-
sidered as being in good standing.
This matter disposed Of the work OF
opening the bids was proceeded with. The
bids were made out upon blanks furnished
by the City Engineer, each blank contain
ing twenty-five items upon each of which
the bidder was to specify his bid per cubic
yard if for grading, excavation, concrete,
masonry, brick work, etc, for each 1000
feet of planking, pound of spikes and steel
beams. lineal foot of vitriied drainage
pipe, square yard of tagging, paving, etc,
and lastly, for each iSulated electric light
lplt ltl ulIlu W w StA up 0l NAt bi AbFN.
The figures submitted by each bidder
were in duplicate, one set being for a
bridge forty-seven feet wide and the other
for a bridge forty-one feet wide, us per di-
rection of the committee. None of the
amounts OF quantities were specified in the
blanks, aud TO ascertain the gross amount
of each bid, good deal of figuring was
necessary. The reporters present were re-
quested not to publish any of the figures
submitted, and with this understanding
they were allowed TO remain in the room
during the examination of the bids.
The first bid opened was that of Miller
Il Co, of Pittsburg The bid was found
to be all right, but the certified check for
81 900, called for in the specifications as
necessary as an evidence of good faith, was
absent, and the committee laid the bid
aside. The second bid opened, that of
Hoag & Petetdidier, of Pittsburg, was in
the same fix, and was likewise laid aside
The remaining bids were those of Simon
fIearuld * Campbell, of Beaver Falls, Pa.
Paige. Carey II Co, d. Il. Harris, Of
Greensburg, Pa; lutte, Stratton Il Foley,
of PttSburg; Jolly Bros, of Pittsburg;
Hallock Bros. and Jerry l.. Duke, Of Cleve-
land, and were found TO be accompanied by
a check for 81 900 in each ease, and were
regular in all respects.
City Solicitor White then submitted to |
the committee draft of resolution, TO |
be submitted TO Council, along with the
bid recommended by the Committee, which,
among other things, designates the mem
bers Of the Committee on Contracts, as a
commission TO look after the construction
Of the bridge, until it was finished, ready
to be turned over to the city, and the paper |
was approved. A draft of contract, to |
be signed by the successful bidder, was |
also submitted
Immediately after the Committee ad- |
journed, Engineers Hoge and White went
to work tabulatlng the bids, and they hope |
to have the figures ready for the Commit
tee this afternoon.