Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-26
DISTRICT AFFAIRS
Bids for Dispesing of Garbage Re-
oei9sdpnd Opened.
DIVISION gQf The SUBJECT
Liquor Men Protest Against In
creasingsLicense Fees.
OTHER LOCAL NEWS

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Bids We're opened at noon today by the
board Of proposals of the District for in
GENERATING the general refuse CT the city
for period Of four years beginning July
], 1896.
These bids. tt will be recalled, were in
vited by the Commissioners with the object
OF basing an estimate for an appropriation
from Congress. The bids, therefore, have
little Significance, as no deposit guarantee
Ing good faith on the part of the bidder
was required, and the Commissioners in
their specifications Specifically stated that
they We're not authorized to enter into con-
tract, nor to obligate themselves in any
manner in reference thereto.
There were half a dozen bidders this
afternoon upon the proposal which latter
were divided into four separate items. The
first was for incinerating all general refuse
lying north of the mall and the Potomac
river and west of 18th street west and
Brishtwood avenue. The second proposal
was for collecting and fncinerating all
general refuse lying north Of the mall and
East Capitol street and of a line prolonged
eastward in the direction of that street to
the eastern boundary of the District, and
lying west of 18th street west and of Bright
wood avenue. The third embraced the col
lection and Incarceration of all general
refuse south of the mall and East Capitol
street and Of a line prolonged eastward in
the direction of that street to the eastern
boundary of the District, while the fourth
and last proposal embraced the collection
and incarceration Of the refuse of the whole
city.
All of the bidders were represented at
the meeting this morning. The first bid
opened was hat of Mccoy q Co., VINO only
bid under the fourth proposal, agreeing to
collect and incinerate all the refuse of the
city, and incinerate the same in two Mccoy
crematories at such places may be
mutually agreed upon, for the sum of Slo,-
600.
The next bid opened was that of r. H.
Hood Of this city. Mr. Hood was the only
bidder who accompanied his proposal with
a check of 1880. His bid was as follows:
For incinerating, in accordance with the
annexed specifications, all general refuse
collected in the District of Columbia and
delivered at crematorics TO be erected by
the undersigned as follows
1st For the sum OF $500 to incinerate
all general refuse in a furnace best suited
for the purpose. erected south of G street
ard west of 18th street.
I'd. For the sum of s11,995 to incnerate
all general refuse in two crenlatories to be
erected. one above stated. and the other
south OF NJ stcest and west of the navy
yard southeast
Sd. For the sum, of $685., to incinerate
all general refuse AT the places above
named, and another furnace to be erected
in the vicinity of aTrinaad. He undertakes
to ere''t the first furnace in fifty-five days,
and the other twenty-five days later.
Mobray & Baltic of Philadelphia present
cd IL proposal, in (which they agreed to do
the work under the lirst proposal for S.pAt
the furnace 10 be ready within thirty DAYS
For the second proposal, $1,000 was bid: for
tne thifd. s+,'sev and for the last, which in
cluded tie collection and Incarceration of the
o
agreeing to erect as many Nivantas fur
hace' as were, required where the Commits
sloners and they+agreei upon.
Frederick kohl1neyer of New York CITY
also bid FOR ifha work. His bid was $4,000
amer each OF the proposals, and sSlHH for
Complying with me terms CT the fourth
proposal. which contemplate the collection
ana destruction by iEcineraton of the
refuse OF The entire city. He offers to build
fnree RIDER furnaces, and have them ready
within sixty days.
Joshua n. Warfield, the present parhape
contractor. was also bidder. Under the
first proposal he bid 5000 for doing the
work, ard proposes 10 erect Brown plant
or other plant acceptable to the Commas
s!onefS ana located west of 2ist street
northwest. location to be approved by the
CoNpim5scners, the furnace to be erected
within nety Gays.
He does not bid under the fourth proposa}
nut quotes the same figures under the third
proposal, agreeing to erect a Brown plan, at
the foot OF South Capitol street for doing
the work.
Under the fourth PROPOSAL his bid reads
$4,000 for doing the work providing two
c1ematores,th the brown erected ct the foot OF
South Capitol street for one. and the Brown
or system acceptable to the Commissioners
erected west of "ist street, both furnaces
Of sufficient capacity to incinerate all gen
eral refuse. and to be used for the disposal
of garbage and dead animals, within ninety
days.
The last bidder was A. ". CoIwell of New
York. He offered to erect on reservation
No. IL a Colwell crernatory with a capacity
of fifty tons per day, for s1a.001. and with a
capacity of IG3 tons per day for $4,000.
Under the first proposal his bid was $4,000
the crematory to be located Oh street be-
tween 21St and 2ld northwest, or q location
mutually agreed upon. His second bid was
$500, for a crcmatory to he located on
squares I'LL or 1121. His third bid was fol,
crematory to be located on LIST street
south of o street southwest. and his fourth
proposition was to collect and inc:ncrate the
entire refuse of the city for 81, 600 in crema-
tories to be ted al the above named loca-
tons, and on 1st street south of 0 street
southwest He agrees further to sell the
three plants to the District at 70 per cent
at owe cost of erection
OEposed to High License.
A committee from the executive hoard
of the Federation of Liquor Dealers. con-
sisting of Messrs. jordan, Sullivan, Ma
guire and WheIan, waited upon Commits
sioner Ross at the District building in cD-
position to the proposed increase of the
present license fee to $500. They were in
formed that the bill mad not as yet reached
the Commissioners, but were assured that
when it did their reasons for opposing it
would be given due consideration
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