The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-24


The street and sewer directors were kept
busy last night in opening and considering
bids. 1t was the annual bid night and no
less than twenty-six different firms sent in
their proposals. Secretary Wiley called at
tention to the fact that many of the bids
had been delivered In ordinary envelopes
without any mark to indicate that they con-
tuined bids.
The advertisement for proposals says
plainly that the envelopes must be marked
proposals" Many of the bids are delivered
to the secretary In the regular mail, and
when they are not marked the chances are
that they will be opened.
The bids last night were for all kinds of
supplies that are used by the department,
and also for paving both CUTTERS sidewalks
and street beds. The hardware bids were
long and elaborate. The Diamond State Iron
Company and the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company bid on iron work of various
kinds. The other bidders were:
George II. Mccall Company, Atlas Port
land cement, S243 per barrel; Condor, 1851;
Brooklyn bridge Rosendale cement, Sl.13;
triple washed and screened bar sand 30
cents for $500 pounds: beach and schooner
lots, 19 cents for 2500 pounds; schooner lots,
79 cents; bar sand, barge lots, so cents a
yard alongside of wharf. on wharf 60 cents;
bituminous coal. s3.47.
Charles Warner Company, cement. Hoff-
man, New York. s1.O3; Improved Shields,
si.33; Shields Pennsylvania Rosendale. 81
cents; Alsen's. $2.3S; Dragon. $221; Para
gon, S2,01; Monarch, SITS; delivered in such
quantities and such places as directed; btu
minous coal, Jackson mine, Georges Creek,
Cumberland, $3.l5; best quality standard
Myersdale Cumberland, 50; No. colliery,
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9S cents; bar sand 40 cents cubic yard;
J beach sand. s101 per cubic yard.
George w. Bush and Sons Company, soft
coal, $3.50. Joseph II, Gooding. soft coal
without extra cost for lump, $3.1O.
Paying--John T. Simmons side cutters,
% cents; crossing, 23 cents per square yard;
setting and resetting curb, ~ cents per
lineal foot: No. l specifications, 16 cents
per lineal foot; No. 2 specification, 80 cents
per lneal foot; rubble stone paving, 16
cents per square foot.
Simmons a. Bro. side CUTTERS. 23ia cents;
crossings. 32 cents per square yard; cross
cutters, 90 cents square yard; set curb. IL
cents per lineal foot resettng curb. 15h
cents; rubble stone, pavement IA cents per
square yard and will also furnish sand and
brick for sidewalk north side of Delaware
avenue between Union street and Grant
dNenut lbi lue sum VI 20 teHls per
yard.
Davis & Bro, side cutters, 23A cents
square yard; crossings, 49A reset curb, IA
cents the lneal foot and 10 cents additional
II gravel is used and l3 cents additional IL
broken stone is used; cobbe paving, 14is
cents per square yard
Curry G. Evans bid 60 cents yard for
paving at Delaware avenue and Union
street; James c. Adams, for same work, bid
75 cents yard ]. Harry Pierson bid for
bank sand.
The bidders fer stone were John Maxwell
& Sons, Philadelphia, gutter stones, IL
cents per lineal foot Brandywlne Granite
Company, granite curb, 40 cents per lineal
foot; center stones. S3.25 each: James Scott,
curb stone, 40 cents; flag stone, So cents:
gutter stone, II cents; centre stones, $3.75.
Peter Tyre. curb stone so cents per foot;
crossings, 35 cents gutter stones, 20 cents
for eastern side north of Brandywine. CEN
tire stones. $3.50 for stone anywhere in the
city. M Donohue, curb stone, SO cents;
flag stone. 80 cents; centre stones. 81.
Delaware Terra Gotta Company were the
only bidders for pipe. ....... ....
Other bidders were Capelle Hardware
Company; Sigler & Woodward; Diamond
State Iron Company; Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company; Delaware Terra Gotta
Company; Duncan Bros; Fell & Peoples;
Delaware Hardware Company.
The weekly payroll passed was sI7215;
secretary's collections, $29629; city treas
urer's balances, s11 .3553s; street improve
ment. s2,797.44; tree fund. s4S24i. The
application of John Ries for sewer on
Fifth street between King and Market was
referred to the plumbing inspector, and that
Of T. II. Messenger was referred to Engineer
Hatton.
Sewer permits were granted to Mrs, Ellen
Mitchell Edward Rogers. Samuel Murphey,
Jr., Anna Semple. Charles e. Wright, Mrs.
Ella Mitchell, Robert Blain Margaret Ten
Wegos f. Blumenthal and Company,
Charles Warner Company Benjamin Nields.
Hannah Tatum, The application for sewers
on Harrison street to relieve No. 1911 West
Seventh street was referred to the engineer
In charge.
Dr. John P, Wales. from the Board OF
Health, asked that sewer would be built
on Ninth street west OF Adams. Joseph Jen-
kins and John Hare also spoke in favor of
the sewer They We're told that the matter
would be taken up as soon as possible