Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
uoaRD oFPUBLIo WORKS.

Contracts for Various Sewers Award. ed-Inspectors for the Whiting Street Pavement, the Nash Street Cobble Cutters and an Assistant En- gineer Elected-Doings of the Board in Detail.
 All the members of the board of public | works were present last evening as well as 8 large number of interested spectators. Mayor Sargent was present and presided. The first business was the opening of the bids for several new sewers. Before the bids were opened, Anthony Carroll, who was present, announced that if W. H. Blair was awarded any contract, and he was the next lowest bidder, he should en- ter protest on the ground that MT. Blair was step-bfother of the junior member of the firm of c. W. Rlakeslee & Sons and intimately associated with them. When the bids were opened, however, it was as- certained that MT. Blair had not even en- tered single bid.
 The bids for constructing sewer on Hallock street from Congress avenue to the Derby railroad were opened and read, and were as follows:
 Patrick Bowling, $2,22e.4O; Connor Brothers, $2,264; Patrick Maher, $2,248; $2, ,456; Lawrence O'Brien, $2, ,750.
 The contract was awarded to Patrick Maher.
 For the construction of sewer on Charles street, from Lloyd to Ferry streets, the bids were as follows:
 Connor Brothers, $5, ,406.50; Lawrence O'Brien, $4,9O0; Patrick Maher, $4 ,668. 50; A. Brazos & Sons, $4, 743.50. l
 The contract was awarded to Patrick Maher.
 For the sewer on Blatchley avenue, be- tween Chapel street and Saltonstall ave- nue, the following bids were received: CTS, s725; Lawrence O'Brien, $695; Pat rick Maher, $65S; Anthony Carroll, $68O; A Brazos & Sons, $758.
 The contract was awarded to Patrick Maher.
 The bids for the sewer on Portsea street, between Washington and Dewitt streets, were as follows: Patrick Bowling, $S17. 70: Connor Brothers, $753; L. o. O'Brien, S737. 50; Anthony Carroll, $722; Patrick Maher, $712.50; A. Brazos & Sons, SPAS.
 This contract was also awarded to Patrick Maher.
 For the sewer on Whitney avenue, from Hiland street, northerly: Patrick Dowl- Lawrence Law o'Brien, s595; Patrick Maher, s562; Anthony Carroll, $595; A. Brazos & Sons, $640.
 Patrick Maher, being the lowest bidder: was awarded the contract.
 The petition of F. M. Brown & Go. for permission to construct an underground passageway under Gregson street, connect ing their two stores, was granted.
 The petition of citizens for a catch basin at the junction of Water street and the Housatonic tracks was referred to the city engineer with power.
 On motion of Commissioner States the superintendent of streets WAS instructed tc have all broken-stone streets watered under l the supervision of the committee on streets of the board.
 The matter of sidewalks on Edwards street was referred to & committee o1 | three, consisting of Commissioner Brown | the city engineer and the superintendent | of streets.
 1 The superintendent of streets, upon mo 1 tion of Commissioner States, was instruct ed to properly grade Gibbs street as far as | the Consolidated railroad, and that tht l property owners be notified to set curbs etc., when the grading was completed. The proposed layout of Mansfield street l was taken up and the layout ordered to be | fifty feet wide and according to the lines as submitted to the board, which are very 1 nearly those of the present layout. The following bids were received fol laying cobble gutters in Nash street, the | price per square yard being given: w. J Montgomery, 294 cents; John E. Sullivan 29 cents; Philip Cowell, 241 cents; Will liam Grant, 22t cents. The contract wa. f awarded to William Grant, he being the l lowest bidder.
 On motion of Commissioner Atwater thu
 board proceeded to vote for an inspector | of the Whiting street pavement. Two bal lots were taken, no choice resulting, bu l on the third ballot Felix Bradley was elect l ed, four votes being cast. | The board then voted for an inspector 0
 the Nash street cobble gutter and resulte'
 in the election of w. E. Thompson on tn
 second ballot.
 The board then proceeded to ballot fo
 an engineer, and the ballot resulted in tn
 election of MT. w. c. Briggs, he havin
 four votes and w. B. Searles one.