The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-27
FOR BRICK PAVEMENT.
Contract Let for the Work OF
Second Street.
FRONT STREET PAVING DELAYED
Bsumgarner Wins Among Eight Bid
ders-How kittinger Lost 1t
Bonds 10 Pay for the Work.

The contract fer paving Second street
from Pike street 10 Yeser avenue with
vitrihed brick was awarded yesterday by
the board Of public works 10 A. ]. Baum
gartner for the contract price Of $40 d6 %.
Mr.. Baumgartner viii have 70 give a bond
TO the city in the sum OF So 900, for the
fGlfliment Of his contract. which, to-
gsther with the bond he viii have 10 give
the state. viii make a total OF sisn. 600.
There were eight bidders for this con-
tract and the Office OF the board OF pub
lie works was crowded with interested
people when the bids were opened. Two
proposals for the work were thrown out by
the board on account OF irregularities.
These were the bids of George Il. Kitfin-
ger and Flynn & Rockmark. and il was
said BY the contractors that Mr.. Kittin-
ger would have secured the prize IL his
bid had been accepted Andothis shows
what a little error may cause man 10
lose a SO. 600 contract. Mr.. Kittinger had
put in figures for the different items, in
Guiding grading. clearing. sewer construc-
ton, paving, buikheading, etc, until he
came down TO the item of oak blocks.
which was blank. This was caused by the
typewriter nearly covering the words
oak blocks" with characters used 10 in
dicate blank lines Mr.. Kittinger took IL
for blank line-and lost the big contract.
Flynn & Rockmark failed TO bid on man
holes. and their bid was consequently
thrown out. The other bidders were:
Cawsey & Bromley ..................s5is 31 81
Rigby & Evans Observation-Disclosures. a, $50 81
T.. II. Gilmore d Charles King. -. $40 So
Spur & NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3.50 IS
c. j. Erickson. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30. 565 90
Work VIII be begun on this contract as
soon as Mr.. Baumgartner's bonds are ac-
cepted. Payment is 10 be made by bonds.
but warrants viii be issued without wait
ing for the sale of Them. The street is
to be paved with vitrifed brick, with
granite curbings, and the contract also
provides for sidewalk repairing. The es-
innate calls for 1880 square yards OF
pavement. extending from the south line
of Pike street to Yesler avenue.
1t was said among the bidders that Mr.
Baumgartner stands very close to the
Denny Clay Company. and that the brick
would probably be furnished BY that COM
pany.
Work on the paving of Front street was
expected to have been begun yesterday
but it cannot go on until the contractors,
Spur & Wilmot, can get an amended con-
tract which will allow them to do il with
out waiting for the sale of the bonds. The
contract they now have provides that
they shall not begin work until the city
has negotiated a sale OF the bonds of the
improvement district in an amount suffi-
cient to pay for IL, and as it might require
some time for the city to do this TO ad-
vantage there would be a vexatious de-
lay in beginning the work which is so
much needed on that street Spur &
Wilmot Will ask the city for an amended
contract, by the provisions of which they
may take the bonds without waiting for
the city to sell them.