The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-30
HIS PLANT PORTABLE
NEW ASPHALT BIDDER APPEARS
BEFORE THE BOARD OF WORKS.
He Is Not Given the Contract for
South Meridian Street-COntrOl-
Ier's Favorable Loan.

A new bidder for asphalt work in this
city has appeared upon the scene. 1t is
the Trinidad Asphalt Refining Company, of
New York, and is represented by Hugo
Reid. Bids were submitted yesterday for
asphalting South Meridian street, from
South to McCarty. The company bid upon
the work before. but it's bid was not con-
sidered, because it had not filed samples
of its material with the city engineer and
had no plant established in this city. Since
that time the company has filed samples
with the city engineer, and Mr.. Reid says
it will have a plant built within thirty days
If it is awarded a contract. President
Cooper, Of the Bermudez Company, says
the new company is bidding simply as a
rival of the Bermudez company. Mr.. Reid
said this was not a fact; that his COM
pany had done work at places where the
Bermudez company had not entered. Mr..
Reid said his company would give bono to
have the work done according to the spec
ifications and would also give bond to have
a plant here within thirty days. The board
wanted him to agree TO give bond to have
the plant here within ten days, but Mr..
Reid said he could not do this. The plant
is a portable one, and is now at Detroit.
Mr.. Reid said his company had the material
with which to begin work. The board took
no action upon the bids, but will listen to
anything the property owners upon the
street may have to say concerning the
award of the contract before letting it.
The property owners will be heard at 10
o'clock this morning.
The bids were as follows:
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Company
Z-Stratihed curb, .$I.7o; P%arkhurst curb,
$7.7S; blue o%olitic, $7.S7; granite curb, $S.0S.
Indiana Bermudez Asphalt Company
Any curb except granite, $6.9S; granite curb.
The Western Paving and Supply Com
pany-Stratified curb, $6.63; Parkhurst curb,
$6.6S; blue oolitic curb. S6.73; granite curb.
The Trinidad Asphalt Refining Company
Stratifed limestone curb, S5.61; blue oolitic
curb, S5.n; ParKhurst curb, $751;.
Bids for the masonry work on the bridge
to be built over Pleasant run at Spruce
street were received, and the contract was
awarded to Koss & Fritz at an estimated
cost on the other bids was as follows:
Fritz & Petrie, $2,S51.45; Moos q Tickling,
The building inspector has made his final
report upon the condemnation Of the build
ings at 50 and 50 Michigan avenue and 55
by the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company. All the buildings have been torn
The city engineer was ordered to prepare
a plat showing the opening of Eighth
street. from Mississippi street to the first
alley west of Mississippi street.
Browder & Shower Were granted an ex-
tension of time till Oct. 1 in which TO COM
plete the lowering of the bed of Pogue's
rum.
Wilding & Derheimer were granted till
Oct. 1 in which to complete the construc-
ton of the Kentucky-avenue main sewer.
Interested property owners filed a re-
monstrance against the vacation of any
portion of Irwin street, from Cornell ave-
STRANGE was filed against the construction
of a sewer in Tecumseh street, to connect
with the Clifford-avenue main sewer. The
contract for plumbing in TomlinSon Hall
waS Let To EnleX RrltherS for S4ll