Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-04
SHIFTED THE BURDEN
Four of the Poor Farm Sites Simply
Recommended to Councils.
THE BOARD MAKES NO SELECTION.
Mayor Gourley Doesn't Think the Inspection
Was Thorough.
QUITE A NUMBER OF BIDS OPENED

The Department of Awards has shifted
the responsibility of the selection of poor
farm from its shoulders to- Councils.
-Four of the farms out of the % inspected
were recommended in the report of the vari-
ous chiefs and the Mayor. Now the final
selection may either be referred to a special
committee in conjunction with the Board OF
Awards, the Committee on Charities, or
simply back to the board itselr
The Department of Awards met at 8
o'clock yesterday with Chief Elliott in the
chair. The report of the investigation
simply stated that all the necessary forms
had been carried out but owing to the linn
tied time the examination of the various
sites offeredI had not been as thorough as it
should have been. Out of the twenty-eight
sites offered the following were recommended
as the most desirable:
The Joseph E. Beale farm of 800 acres, at
Harris station in Harrison township. for
$500 an acre is asked.
Farm of II. w. Alexander, containing
200 acres at 5000 per acre, situated near
Hutton station in Plum township.
The One With Most River Front.
William Glew's farm at Wylie station on
the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston
Railroad, in Jefferson township. 1t con-
tains $50 acres. and the price is $500 per acre.
The board states that this farm has greater
acreage OF river bottom than any of the other
sites offered.
Land of c. A. Dravo, at Buena Vista station,
on the Mckeesport and Youghiogheny Rail-
road, in Elizabeth township This tract con-
tains 2S acres at 1881 per acre.
Mr.. Brown moved the report be referred to
Councils, and the motion was passed unani-
mousy. The meeting was then adjourned.
This action was partially explained by the
Iact that a conference of the board was held in
Ch1et browns office just before the open
session. What transpired could not be learned.
Mayor Gourley says no decision was made be-
cause the members did not want to take the
responsibility after such slight inspection.
The Board of Awards reassembled with
Mayor Gourley in the chair Immediately after
the adjournment and proceeded to open the
bids for remodeling No. patrol station, also
1or wagons, carts. harness, push Drooms,
sweepers. engines, crushers. wedge gates, etc.
On two afhuent and two influent wedge gates
the bids ranged from 81, 74S Is to 1887. -Four
wagons the bids range from sos TO Sl35 apiece
Carts were quoted at from s42 to S63 The
prices of cart harness were from S2S to S3S and
on wagon harness. $50 to S64 rs.
Other Bids That Were Opened.
Bids were opened for 3o-horse power boiler,
2o-horse power engine and a Bremen stone
crusher. The proposals on the engine
and boiler ranged from sSU3 to ST. 174, and on thu,
stone crusher 81. SIS and 81 100. On new brooms
for the Brooklyn street sweepers the lowest
bid was for $40 and for reflling the brooms Sl4
New two-horse street sweepers were offered
tor 1856 and one-horse sweepers $500 A bid of
$3.50 apiece for four street sprinklers was the
only one that was received.
The bids for remodeling the No. l Police
Patrol station were as follows: William Kerr's
Sons. s., ,7S7; Sigmund & Klenke, As75 S6:
Bauersmith. IS, 1863: Magee & Reesmeyer S6S53.
On typewriters there were two bids of $50 and
SlZ5. Oats for the Department of Public
Works was quoted at from 81 cents to 4S cents
per bushel.
At the request Of Chiefs Bigelow and Brown.
the awarding of the contract was held over
for a few days.