The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-07
GRANT WAS NOT PRESENT
ORGANIZATION AFFECTED IN THE
 BOARD OF PUBLIC FORKS.

1 Johnson Elected President anu All SoAN l mittees Selected-Maley Voted on A l Questions Contracts Awarded for Yearly l Suppiies--Lengthy Executive Session.
 The board of public works met last
 evening and formally organized for the year, despite the fact of Commissioner
 George M. Grants absence. All the
 other members of the board were pres
 ent, as was also Commissioner Maley,
 and the latter took part in all the bus1-
 ness of the evening.
 After the meeting had been called to order by Mayor Hendrick the committee
 on nominations, consisting of Commis-
 sioners Johnson and States, reported
 the following, which was unanimously adopted:
 President of the board-Lyman H.
 Johnson.
 Streets, roadroller and crusher-John-
 son, States and Hoyt
 Parks, trees and poles-Bishop, Me Gam, Johnson.
 Sewers-Hoyt, Grant, Bishop. Contracts-Grant, Bishop, McGanp.
 Sidewalks and curbs-Johnson, States,
 Hoyt
 Bridges-McGann, Johnson, Bishop.
 Supplies-States, Hoyt, Johnson.
 Finance--Bishop, McGann, Hoyt.
 After the report of the committee on nominations had been read and &C., cepted the question of purchasing new stone crusher came up and excited some discussion. Although nearly all the members of the board favored pur- chasing the new crusher, the entire mat ter was referred to the committee on road roller and stone crusher with pow CT to act
 The committee appointed at the last meeting to examine the stone crusher reported that the crusher at present owned by the city did not crush fine stone and consequently the city was obliged to purchase such quality of stone from outside parties. The report of the committee was unanimously ac- cepted, but no action taken on the mat ter
 Clerk Bassett was instructed to fur nlsh the board of finance with a list of the laborers employed by the city during the past year. This action was taken in consequence of the receipt of letter from the board of finance asking why the previous request of the board to the same effect had been tabled.
 At the request of Commissioner Bish- op the hearing on the extension of Els worth avenue from Goffe street to the city line, which was to have taken place last night, was continued until March IS
 The contractors for supplying the de- partment of public works with ma terials to be used during the present year were also awarded last night. In each case the bids were opened and the contracts awarded to the lowest bidders. For furnishing best Cumber- land bituminous coal at the stone crusher and supply house the bidders were: McCusker & Schroeder, H. Konold and Levi c. Gilbert. H. Konold was the lowest bidder and the contract was awarded to him at $S.44 per ton delivered at the crusher and $S.7 at the supply house.
 E. Cunningham was awarded the | contract. for furnishing cobble stones at twenty-eight cents per square yard, | the only other bidder being c. w. Blakeslee X Sons, whose bid was | twenty-eight and one-half cents. For furnishing Belgian blocks c. w. Blakes- lee & Sons were the only bidders and | were awarded the contract at $1.05 per square yard
 For furnishing granite basin heads H. & D. Toomie were the successful bidders, their figures being $28.4S a set, as against $31 bid by J. Lazari and sS3 by John Beatty. The Sessions company secured the con- tract for furnishing sewer castings at S1 .24 per pound, their only competitors, Pratt, Cady & Go, of Hartford, whose bid was $1.95.
 For furnishing vitrified sewer pipes there were three bidders and the con tract was awarded to H. D. Clark & Co.,. whose figures were $603.10. The other bidders and their figures were w. J. Atwater $650,30 and E. A. Chatfield e, Go. $657 90. For furnishing blue stone ,urbtngs, etc, there wer two bidders, Fl. D. Clark & Co.,, who secured theI contract at $1 05950, and E. A. Chatfleld O.. whose bid was $1073,50
 After these contracts had been award d, on motion of Commissioner States, he members of the board decided to lold an executive session. For nearly tn hour the members remained behind losed and locked doors and at its Jose the members stated that nothing lad been done, the time having been in formally discussing the wei are of the department, reduced appro- ,,,;o pfN l