The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-06

Still another asphalt company throws
its gauntlet into the Scranton arena.
Ii is styled the Columbia Construction
company, its headquarters are in Syra 4
cuse, y. V, and its representative Is
T. f. Quinlan of that city.
The first intimation that was had OF
their presence i'm the fight was when
the bids for paving Mulberry street
were opened in select council last night.
Ii is a $50, 900 job and the greatest in
terest centers in the awarding of the
contract. The lowest bidder among the
companies who had previously tried
for Scranton contracts were the Barber
people who proposed to do the work for
S256 per square yard, two cents less
than their usual price.
Dunn Bros. asked $2.57 and the Met
ropolitan Paving company of New
York. s259 But to the great surprise
of everybody along comes the pro
posal of the Columbia Construction
company, in which they offer to do the
work for $2.2O per square yard. the
smallest price ever asked for asphalt
paving in this city. They specify that
they propose to use the best quality
of Trinidad asphalt from the Dun
donold deposit, which their agent eX-
plains is a pitch lake adjoining the
one controlled by the Trinidad asphalt
company. =,
Whether or not this kind of asphalt
will meet with the specifications. when
call for standard sheet" asphalt VIII
he matter of future determination
and one which will undoubtedly cause
another red hot asphalt war. Dunn
Bros. proposed to use standard sheet
asphalt; the Barber company, named
Trinidad Pitch lake asphalt and the
Metropolitan company specified Ber-
muda asphalt. These latter two are
held by engineers to be the standard
asphalt. The bids in full were az fol-
lows:
THE VARIOUS BIDS.
Columbia Construction company, of Sy-
racuse-Asphalt, 1920 per square yarl'
new curbng, 90 cents per lineal foot, clr-
cu!ar curb 10 cents per lineal foot: reset
ting old curb, u cents per iineal 1901.
Dunn Bros.--Asphalt, $a59; new curD-
ing. IS cents; circular curb, ~ cents; re-
setting old curb, II cents.
Barber Asphalt company-Asphalt. S2a6:
new curb, 81 cents; circular curb, W cents
resetting old curb, l. cents.
Metropolitan Asphalt Paving COMPANY,
New York city-Asphalt, $3.50: brick SIS;
new curb, 50 cents, circular curb, 9S cents,
resetting old curb. Is cents.
The bids were referred to the paving
committee, with instructions to report
a resolution awarding the contract to
the lowest responsible bidder.
Proposals to build the wagon for the
chief of the fire department We're re-
ceived as follows: A. Il. Gould & Son,
$500: Conrad Piel. $175; J. F. McCawlcy
4 Bro. $l65; William +. GilhOol. $l6O.
The bids We're referred to the fire de-
partment committee, with instructions
to award the contract to the best bid
der.
OTHER BIDS RECEIVED.
Only one bid was received for laying
fiagston sidewalks and paved cutters on
Fig street, between Pittston and stone
avenues. 1t was from James McNally
and his prices We're: Sidewalks, Is
cents per square foot; cutters, 80 cents
per square yard.
For the construction of the lateral
sewer on New York street and Penn
avenue the following proposals We're re-
ceived: Peter II. Mulligan, $1.54 per
lneal foot; NJ. j. Gibbons, $1.5S; p. j.
Thornton $l4S: Flanaghan 4 O'Hara.
81 SO; Vincent ii. O'Hara, $3,O95.3l for the
work in bulk.
NJ. j. Gibbons offered to build the
Kellum court sewer for $50 per lineal
foot; Peter II. Mulligan asked $1.44. and
Tony Magmatta bid $l,415 for the work
complete. lnere was Il blu lToill Jtii-
nings and Grier, but ii was not read be-
cause the accompanying check was not
certified. =. j. Thornton also handed
in a bid. but neglected to sign it, All
the proposals We're referred to commit
tee.
Mr.. Clarke introduced an ordinance
providing for an additional permanent
man at the Eagle Engine house. The
ordinance providing for the transfer
of .$11 ,S0O surplus of 1895 appropriations
to the Judgment and incidental fund
was amended by inserting instead of
sl1 800. the sum of S1,05320, which is all
that is now left of the surplus.
A resolution was passed providing
for fire-hyrant on the corner of Sum-
nit avenue and Putnam street, but
was afterwards recOnsidered and re-
ferred to the fire department commit
tee to ascertain whether or not the
erection of the hydrant there would in
vOlve the acceptance on the part of the
city of Summit avenue, which has not
yet been opened.
The ordinance providing for flag
stone sidewalks and cutters on Sixth
ward streets was amended by emitting
from the list of thoroughfares affected
by the measure. the block on Fourth
street, between Broadway and Luzerne
streets.
Ordinances passed on third reading
provided for an electric light on the
corner of Washington and Richmond
avenues, and for sidewalks and curb
ing on Prescott avenue between Vine
and Olive streets.