The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-01-11
.THE BIDS WE'RE OPENED
S. A. Keen, of Chicago, Highest
on the Bonds.
THE CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS
They Will Be Thoroughly Gone
Over TOday-Less than
$15O,OOO Will Get 1t.

All was excitement around THE waite
commissions office yesterday Afternoon
as the hour O'Clock drew near, whei
bids for the construction of the waite
works system, and bids for 5000, 90
worth of bonds for the payment of tn,
same, were Ito be read. A number o
people congregated in the council cham
Der where Dit was announced that tn,
reading would take place, but they
were soon notified THAT the commission
had decided to hold their meeting II
Fishers Hall, THE council chamber be.
ing too small ito accommodate the large
crowd of contractors and others VINO
wished TO be present
The meeting was called ITO order al
2:SO by Chairman Parker, who, in a
few words, stated the object of the
session. The audience had the appear
ance Of a public mass meeting, for the
chairs were all filled, and many people
stood on the floor In the rear of the
hall. A motion from MIR Dement, that
the bond bids he read first, was carried
and the house bedame quiet as Clerk
Van Dusen arose and addressed the
audience. He STATED THAT he had re-
ceived "a letter from s. A. Keen, of Chi
dago, "a few days ago. and not noticing
that 1t contained bid on the bonds.
had opened ut. No one, except him
self knew of its contents, of which fact
he was willing to take oath. No one
made amy objections TO THE bid going
in, SO 1T WAS read first, and the list was
gone Through with, as follows
s. A. Keen, Chicago 100 IA cents and
accrued interest.
w, ]. Hays & Son, Cleveland, par,
less a commission of $9,512.
Seymour, Barto & Co., 95 cents and
accrued interest.
Ditz, Dennison G. Pryor, 1903 cents if
bonds draw per cent.
The bids were referred to lt1hle commits.
sion as "a commAttee of the whole, to
examine.
Commissioner Wright proposed that
the commission settle the bond bids
first, before taSHng dpasfe sbtds ON con-
struotton, but protest came from sew
eral contractors, who thought that 1t |
Was only fair Ito Those who had in bids
thlat they be examined without delay,
30 that those who were not in 1t could
lrop out of line and go home. The
commission Sustained this view and the
Sig stack of envelopes were placed in
losition to be opened. There were 20
n all by the follwing parties:
Paquet & Kilver, Scow Bay Foundry,
3anfeld & Rand, Huber & Riblet, Sa-
em Improvements Co., Burlner s. Riffa,
torey Bros. G. Co., Simon Normile, The
3isdon Iron and L. Works, Wakefield
Jacobsen, Hoffman & Bates The Ba-
-er Engineering Co., Porter Bros, John
J. Howard G. Co., Wolf & zwlcker Iron
Works, Perry Hnkle, Mckenzie &
illnn, Jas. c. Spun & Co., American B.
C. Co.. Pacific Paving Co., d. c. Hen
y, s. w. Aldrlch, Bays, Jeffrey & Co.,
nd Dugan Bros.
The first bids opened were fer ce>
lent alone, there being two proposals
n furnishing 1925 barrels. Taylor,
ioung & Co., bid $2.45 per barrel, and 9
alfour, Guthrie & Co., through Agent J
:. L. Cherry, s2.40 per BARREL
Bids for laying of pipe line were re- :
sived from John Foley and James Gu v
ok, but as they were not accompanied
Y certified check, they were not con-
dered.
ChAas. Ewing bid on the construction Of t
lie tunnel complete, $6,042.50. g
1t was late before the reading OF the /
was finished and the settle 4
ent as ITO who is the lowest bidder r
as deferred until today, when the
fferent bids will again be gone over e
Jrefully AS the matter stands at the p
'esent time, the Pacific Paving Co., 81
Portland, has the lowest bid, their
5ures on the whole work coming con-
derably below $15O,OOO The Risdon
on and Locomotive Works, Of San az
randsco, and the Pacific Bridge Com O
my Of Portland, are known to have w
d pretty close Ito the same figures. o
On special iron work the Scow Bay X
Dundry, Of this city. mad by far the b
west bid, and should the bids be q
gregated. they win undoubtedly catch 50
e plum.
Last evening Clerk VanDusen tele-
sphed S. A. Keen, at Chicago. in
-ucting him 10 have on deposit in this
", within 4S hours, the sum OF 10000
yable 10 H. G. VanDusen, clerk Of the fr
mmission, and his bid on the bonds er
Yuld be accepted. A popularity OF =,
b bid is CLAUSE submitting the
opOsition to his attorney for approv- 30
and a satisfactory financial state. fe
mt M
The committee who are going over
2 bids is composed OF Messrs. VanDu-
!, Dament, Fisher, and Engineer
lams