Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-28
ONLY TWO GOOD BIDS
Received by Chief Elliot for the New
Poor Farm Buildings.
TWO BIDDERS PRESENT no BONDS.
c. 4. Balph and the Economic Society's
Proposals Are Regular.
THE CONTRACT is NOT YET AWARDED

Only two proper proposals were presented
yesterday for the erection of the new Poor
Farm buildings One was from the Econo.
mite Society, as THE DISPATCH exclusively
announced yesterday, and the other from G
A. Balph, of this city. j. P. Leach and
w. E. Mccarthy each presented bids. but
their papers were unaccompanied by bonds,
as required by the advertisement These
were ruled out by Chief Elliot and City At
torney Moreland, who conducted the OPEN
ing of the bids Both were higher than the
regular bidders
The specifications for the work were
classified into four separate propositions
The Economic Society's bid was made in
the name of B. F. Grow. Trustees Duss
and Henrici were the bondsmen for the
$500, 900 guarantee required. They bid
S537, 1892 on the No specifications, $685.
537 on No. 2, $4s7, ,467 on No. 8 and $780,
TAI on No. L C. A Balph's bid was S5O2, :
600 OH No. l, Sc, 800 off that figure for No. 2,
$34, 900 off for No. 8 and $10S, 400 off for No.
4 A local trust company is on Balph's
bond for $500, 200.
1t will be seen Balph is considerably
specifications. but they are the lowest on
the fourth. The second specification differs
from the first in that the buildings are
smaller in every respect, the rooms being 6
inches smaller each way.
Cutting Down the Cost.
The third specification provides for 9-inch
walls instead of 13-inch as under the first,
r{osn nf ha hns1 ha
foundations lighter and number of other
points are given where saving can be
made. Specification No is the same as
No. 2, except that steam heating and cleo
trio lighting apparatus are not included.
Chief Elliot announced that he would
take day or two to have the bids tabulated
and the bonds examined before letting the
contract He said he was sorry there were
not more bidders The figures we're higher
than he expected, and before closing con-
tract he will scale down in several features
to reduce the cost. Some time ago he stated
that the total improvement of the new farm
would cost about $425, 900. If he sticks to
this the buildings will cost less than S400,-
600, as there are number of other improve
ments to be made.
Trustee Duss, of the Economic Society,
was among the audience of bidders and
spectators who filed tho room while the
comments to make on the figures
'If we get this contract" said he, Eve
will be able to carry it out with satisfaction
to the city. Our society is in position to
do this kind of work and we propose to fol-
low it up as stated by The DISPATCH this
We have a big tract of timber
land and two good sawmills in Warren
county, a planning mill, a stone quarry,
q brickyard and good stock of bricks on
hand at Economy.
willing to Use Their Advantages.
eve have also, right along the railroad
at Economy, a bank of the finest quality of
sand to be found in this part of the State.
Why should we not endeavor to make use
of all these advantages?"
"Would you employ the men of your So
ciety on the work?"
'"To large extent, yes We have 200
men whom we could use, though, unless
to by strike or the ridiculously
short time in which this work is to be done,
we would only employ portion of them
It will be almost q work of magic to put up
these buildings within the specified time"
''Do you intend to follow up this kind of
work?"
Certainly. We are developing a spirit
of improvement at Economy. II we get
this contract we will not seek any more -un-
til it has been completed. If we can't get
it we will look around for others at once.
We will not, of course, 60 after contract
for stone buildings such as the Carnegie
library is to be, but wherever there is
brick and frame structure where We can con-
use the materials at our disposal |
we will 60 after the work.
'The time was when the people for many
miles around our community, who had an old |
horse or COW or anything else that had |
served its usefulness, would take it to
and sell it. Things have changed |
now. Yon can't impose on the Economics
With such old bats now. We want the |
best We have the money to pay for the |
pest, and We intend to have 1t, even six |
;oed chickens, if we like them