The record-union., 1893-05-30
THE CONTRACT LET.
A Still Lower Bid Received for Paving
K Street.
Bids for Improving Seventh Street De-
clared Off-AIore Awnings and
Sidewalks Condemned.

Trustees yesterday morning a number of
new faces were seen, indicating that con-
siderable interest was taken in the bids
for the improvement of X street and the
action of the board on the subject.
ID. Lambert opened the ball with
statement that when the bids tor the i'm
provement of X street were opened last
week his bid was found to be the lowest,
but was declared to be informal because
it did not state explicitly that he would
do the work according to the speclfica-
tions. He denied that the bid was in
formal on that account, and read from
his letter to the board to prove that he
had engaged to do the work in accord
ance with the specifications. The attorney
for one of the other bidders had quoted
unfairly from his bid, he claimed, by
reading a portion of it and stopping in
tine middle of a sentence, making 1t ap-
pear that he had bid on the paving only.
Mr.. Lambert read the full sentence, which
covered the ground of the bid. lie con-
sidered that his bid was perfectly formal,
and as IL was the lowest, he asked the
board to decline to open the new bids and
to give him the contract on the grounds ne
had stated, as he felt that he was entitled
to it.
The board listened to him attentively,
and when he had concluded Mayor
Steinman announced that the time mad
come for opening the bids for the i'm
provement of X street, and that if there
was no objection the Clerk would pro-
ceed to open them. Hearing none, he di-
rected the Clerk to proceed.
But, there IS an objection made, Mr..
Mayor" said Mr.. Lambert.
II meant any objection within the
board, Mr.. Lambert and there is none, |
believe. Mr.. Clerk, proceed, if you
please" said the Mayor.
A SACRAMENTO BID.
The bids were then opened, and John
ID. Shearer of this city was found to be
the first bidder. Heretofore, the bidding
has been confined to San Francisco con-
tractors, and Mr.. Shearer enjoys the dis
tinction of being the first Sacramento
contractor to enter the field against them.
There were only four bids, the bidders
being John ID. Shearer. The Pacific Paw
ing Company, A. j. Raisch and the San
Francisco City Street Improvement Com
pany.
The City Engineer was instructed to
figure the aggregate amount of expense
Tor Improving the street, under each bid,
and announced it as follows: John d.
Shearer, $50, ,42O 81; Pacific Paving Com
pany. $50. .Sol %; a. j. Raiscb, Sd ,245 55;
City Street Improvement Company, $28,
$50 63.
On motion of Trustee Conklin the con-
tract was awarded to the City Street I'm
provement Company by unanimous
vote.
This is S629 2S lower than the lowest bid
received the first time, the California Pc
troleum and Asphalt Company bidding
at that time S29,6lS 81, and ID. Lambert
bidding SZy, ,003 %, which is Sl3 II more
than the accepted bid.
PROPOSED RAILROAD SWITCH.
Hon. +. C. Hart presented to the board
for their approval an ordinance providing
1Or switch TO be laid from the railroad
track on r street, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth, TO the warehouse which the
Standard Oil Company proposes to erect
on the lots recently purchased by it in the
block between Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth, X and streets.
Trustee Green said that in such mat
ter as this it would be well to let the
property-owners in the neighborhood be
heard from, as there might be some de-
cided objection to the location of the ware
house there
The ordinance was read the first time
and went over one week.
TO ADVERTISE AGAIN.
The bids for the improvement of
Seventh street, between Ii and |. were
opened and it was found that there were
three bidders - d. Lambert, who bid
81, l64 81; p. A. Miller, whose bid was
sI,052 35, and b. Labs, whose bid was
thrown out for informality. This lett
only two bidders Lambert and Miller.
Mr.. Lambert then called the attention
of the board to the fact that Miller's check
was not made to the order of the Mayor,
as the rules provided, but was drawn to
the order of z. a. Miller and indorsed by
Miller.
The Mayor took the same view of the
matter and moved that Miller's bid be
thrown out, which was done.
Trustee Green moved that the bids be
declared of and the work readvertised
for, but he had no second.
the Mayor moved that the contract be
awarded TO Lambert, but the motion was
lost, Green saying that in a similar case
the week before the bids had been de-
clared oil. He then renewed his motion
that the bids be declared of and the work
readvertised for, and it was carried.
HUGHES GETS EIGHTH STREET.
The bids for the improvement of Eighth
street, from d 10 K, were opened, John
hughes ana b. Labs being the only bid
ders, and the bid of Hughes being the
lowest, he was awarded the contract.
THE F-sTREET IMPROVEMENT.
A remonstrance was received from
property against improving f
street, between Eighth and Seventeenth.
by macadamizing.
The Mayor stated that the man who
took around the paper of protest told
many of those signing it that the re-
mainder OF the 100000 voted by the city
was exhausted. and that the city would
have no money to help pay for the inter-
section work. This was untrue, as there
was 900 remaining, and as he wished
the F-street people to get the benefit of il
he hoped they would change their minds.
He did not like to see them deceived in
this matter TO their injury.
w. b. Hamilton stated that the street
was graded from Eleventh to Seven
teenth about two years ago. and num-
Der of the prOperty-owners had not vet
got their assessments paid up, and some
had only finished their payments a short
time ago. They thought it would be
rather hard to be compelled to pay a Sec
ond time, and for macadam at that. The
street for that distance was in pretty good
condition at present, and they could NOT
see any use in digging it up again, now
that il had got hardened.
George kuechler said that he had been
looking around the city and had found a
number OF streets in much worse condi-
ton than + street. He did not know
why the board kicked when the properly
owners wanted to improve it with gravel.
He thought they ought to be allowed to
do so.
Mayor StSAuinau Iepealeu Inat he
wished them TO get the benefit Of the S2I. :
OgO by having the city bear its share of
intersection work; by and by the money
would be gone, and when the six months
prescribed by law had gone 10y and the
board ordered the work TO be done, their
day for protesting would have passed,
the days would be short and only half
davis work could be done. 1t would cost
much more then, and as they would get
no help from the city, he hoped they
would act wisely in the matter.