Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-30
p4pIAG AND sRADIxe CONTRACTS.

numerous btdS COnsiuereu Dy INC DlrrCtOrh
Of the Street and Sewer Department.
The directors of the Street and Sewer
Department were chiefly occupied at
the meeting Tuesday evening with the
consideration OF bids.
The following bids were received;
For grading King street from Eleventh
street to the Brandywine. John Logue,
10 cents a square yard Annie Carberry,
10 cents; Evan Ainscow, Is cents;
William Campbell, 1919 cents; James
Mclaughlin, % cents. The contract
was awarded to Logue.
Grading Market street: John Logue,
27 cents a square yard. Logue received
the contract.
Grading Second street: Evan Ain
scow, 1919 cents; William Campbell,
% cents. The contract was awarded
to Ainsc9w. 1..t
Grading Delaware avenue: J. Logue,
16s1 cents; Evan A inscow, "a cents
William Campbell, 30 cents; James
Mclaughlin, 10 cents; Martin Keogh,
2416 conts. The contract was awarded
to Logue. y---i
Bids for paving;
Second street, A. S. Reed q Bro.
Co., AZ cents per square yard; Davis &
Bro, 30 John Jacuby, Ala; Sim
mons e Bro, 81; Daniel Dohl, ~.
The contract was awarded to Simmons
g. Bro.
Bids for paving Market street in the
Ninth ward were the same as on Second
street and the contract was awarded
to Simmons ~ Bro.
Delaware avenue west or Union: A.
S. Reed a Bro. Co., 46 cents; Davis
& Bro, 3934 John Jacoby, 411s; Sim
mons tS Bro, 81; Daniel Dobl, 42. The
contract was awarded TO Simmons g.
Bro.
King street; A. S. Reed &, Bro. CO.,
46 cents: Davis 4 Bro, So; John
Jacoby, 4l1a; Simmons & Bro, 81 ;
Daniel Dohl, 40. Tho contract was
awarded TO Simmons & Bro.
Bids for granite blocks:
For Second street Cape Ann Granite
Co., 81. lSls per square yard; james
Scott, 81. 10; Daniel Dougherty, 81 81 ;
Hermain Island Co., 81. 271s; Brandy
wine Granite Co., Sl.25; Patrick
Fahey, sl.3s. The contract was
awarded to Scott.
For King street; Cape Ann Granite
Co., 81. ls1a; Philip p. Tyre, sl.5l
Michael Donohoe, sl.40; Hermann
Island Co., sl.271a; Brandywine
Granite Co., 81. Patrick E'ahey,
S1.3s. For blocks for Market street
the bids were the same with the excep-
tion of Tyre, who bid Sl.2S instead oil
Sl.3l. -s
For Delaware avenue; Cape Ann
Granite Co., 81. "a; Michael Donohoe,
81. 35; Hermann Granite Co., 81. l.271s
Brandywine Granite Coz 81. "a; Patrick
Fahey, sl.3s. The contract for the
streets named was awarded, to the
Brandywine Granite Co., because it ia
local company, though not the lowest
bidder.
Bids for printing the annual reports
were received rs follows; Homer Barry,
300 copies, Sl.62 per page; 500 copies,
Sl.74 per page; Bowen & Bro, 81 09
and 81. 1915; Mercantile Printing Co.
81. "a and 81, 26; M. A. Costa, 81, 6d
and 81 So. All made additional bids
for halfttone cuts. The contract was
not awarded.
These bids for stone crushers were
received, two sizes being bid for by
most concerns: Aultman Il &C., Phila.
delphia, $3.50; Climax Road Machine
CO., $3.50 and S640; Foster Co., Pitts.
burg, 20 and per cent off list price
A. S. Overworker. $500 and 81, 600
NJ. IIeagland g. Jones Co., 500 and
5000; American Road Machine Co., SJ7S
and 1925. The contract was not awarded.
The balance in bank was reported Il
be 1854, 425 80. Secretary Wiley re
ported collections of s5s2.35 ThC
weekly payroll of s446. "a and th'
monthly pay-rolls of $3.50 and S25t
were ordered paid.