The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-27
BIDS FOR THE CONDUIT.
TIE WATER COMMITTEE OF COUN
GIL LOOKING INTO HEM.

Ten Bids Submitted-The Amendment
the Aldermen-Tbe Trouble Over
the Dolly Company's Bid for the
Pumps Brought up as Precedent
The " ater Committee Wants the
Couu Gil to Award the Bids Without
its commentator.
The bids for the conduit and iron piping
for the new water works were opened by
the city council yesterday afternoon, and
were referred to the water committee to in
vestigste and report back to the council.
The conduit is divide1 into seven sections,
A, B, G, ETC., OF different sizss and styles of
structure, to extend from the various
artesian wells to the pumping station. 1t
will be either entirely masonry structure
or a combination of masonry and timber.
Frank Baldwin of Baltimore bid on sec
tons A, B, c. D, E and F Of a masonry
conduit s35.375 if the brick pile on the
city's property is used, $35,87S if it is not
used, and Sl2 50 per foot for the timber and
masonry conduit combined. On section G
per lineal foot he bids $l8 IS, aud on section
ii for inserted casting 81. Mr.. Baldwin
city furnishes the material, at So 80 per
lineal foot.
Robertson & Weaver of Baltimore bid
S27 800 on a masonry conduit, whether or
not the brick pile is used, and $23, 234 on the
timber and masonry conduit combined. On
section g the firm bids $40 AS per lineal foot
and on section H for inserted oasting SIS.
The Addison Pipe and Steel Company of
Cincinnati offered to furnish a cast iron pipe
sewer at $25 50 per ton Of 1000 pounds and
the curved pipe at 80 cents per pound.
THE LOCAL BIDDERS.
Miles & Bradt Of Atlanta bid S3S.000 for
a masonry conduit and S3l 900 for a timber
and masonry conduit combined.
On section g they bid SIS per lineal foot,
and S. 80 for inserted casting called for by
section II. The firm also Offered to lay pipe
offered by the Addison company at $l2 per
iineal foot.
w. f. Chaplin of Savannah bid $40 ,S31
for masonry conduit, $50 per lineal foot for
section g and $50 for :he inserted casting
called for by section H. Mr.. Chap
lin also offered to furnish an entire 60 inch
iron conduit for S41,9c5, with $40 80 per
foot for section @ and 800 for section Fl.
J. r. Nicely offered bid of $3.50 100 for
the masonry conduit, but withdrew it after
ward because, a. he said, his bid was too far
ahead of the other competitors.
TIE PIPE BIDS.
There were five bids for TIE cast-iron
} pipe. The specifications call for ten lengths
of 16-inch pipe, four lengths of 24-inch
pipe, 252 leugths of 39>inch pipe and 3l7
lengths OF 42-inch pipe and twelve pieces of
special casting.
The Mcneil Pipe and Foundry Company
Of Burlington, N. j., bid $27 per ton for the
, pipe and Pa cents per pound for the special
castings.
The Addison company bid s23 Is per ton
fer the pipe and "a cents per pound for the
casti Is.
X. D. Wood & Co. of Philadelphia bid
1913 so per ton for the pipe and 2. 46 cents
} por pound for the castings.
The Gloucester Iron Works OF Gloucester,
n j., made lump bid for both pipes and
casting at S54 .995 81.
The Howard Harrison Iron Company of
Bessemer, Ala, bid s21 - per ton for the
pipe, and S55 per ton for the special cas-
lngs.
sQUABBLE OVER Mr.. BALDwIN'S BID.
Mr. Baldwin failed to state in his bids the
qualities and tensile strength of the cements
, to be used, and he asked permission to in
, corporate it at the meeting.
> Alderman Harmon objected and wanted
the old rejected, because the bidder had
failed to comply with the specifications. He
, called attention to the fact that the council
: had rejected the Holly bid some time ago
because il was put in after the advertised
hour. In this case the bidder had failed to
; comply with requirements, and therefore
he didn't consider the bid valid, and it as
, too late to bid at council meeting. Alder
man Harmon moved to throw the Bald Twin
bid out. 1t was seconded by Alderman
: Haiues.
, MIR. Baldwin stated in his own behalf that
: although the bid might be irregular. he had
the samples of cement in the committee
; room, and simply wanted to state the test
in the bid.
Alderman MCGUIRE amended the motion
that the test document and samples of Mr..
, Baldwin be referred to the water committee.
q Alderman Harmon called for the yeas ard
, nays, saying that he wanted TO go on record
in the matter. The amendment was lost,
the vote being as follows:
YEAs-Aldermen Myers and MCGUIRE
Z NAYs-Aldermen Harmon, Cam, Haiues and
6 O'Brien
e Alderman Haines, in casting his vote
S against the amendment, stated that he did
r so because only short while ago confirma-
Q ton was refused to the granting of con-
u tract TO the Holly company because the bid
t was late in being put in.
THE BID TO STAND.
e The question then required on Alderman
Z Harmon's motion to reject the Baldwin
d bid. The yeas and nays were again cal lee
for, and this time the vote was a tie, anG
Mayor McDonough voted iii the negative
= which defeated Alderman harmon's mo,
ton. The vote was as follows:
YEAS - Aldermen Harmon, Haines anC
O'Brien
NAYs-Aldermen Cam, Myers and Mcclure
Aldermen Cam and Myers, on voting II
the negative, explained their position.
Alderman Cam said he had voted against
Alderman McGuire's amendment because
he didn't want the entire responsibility of
settling such questions placed upon the
committee On Alderman Hnrmons mo-
ton, however, he voted no. because the mat
ter of specifying the test is something
Of little Importance, as the committee would
easily ind out whether the tests were up tx
= requirements when it Investigated the mat
ter. The alderman didn'1 see how the city's
$ interests would be affected by allowing the
tests to be added to the bid of Mr.. Baldwin,
while on the other hand, if the bid was
thrown out altogether the city's interests
might be considerably affected.
Alderman Myers said he voted no be-
cause the matter Of specifying tests is a
matter Of little or no impori ance, if be un.
derstood Engineer johnson Alright Here's
a man. said Alderman Myers, ''who has
come miles and miles at great expense to
? bid on the city's work, aud think it would
! be great injustice to throw his bid out on
| such small matter"
TO REFER TO THE WATER COMMITTEE.