The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-03
LIGHTS AND LIFTS
OCCUPIED THE ATTENTION OF THE
COURT HOUSE AND CITY HALL.
COMMISSION.
LIGHTING BIDS LAID OVER,
IN ORDER THAT AN EXPERT MAY
FIGURE OUT WHICH Is
LOWEST.
And Acknowledgement Is Ordered
in the Hope of Getting Lower
Figures.

Bids for heating and lighting the
court house and furnishing dynamos
and engines and bids, for, furnishing
and putting in new elevators were
opened by the joint court house and
city hall commission at it's regular
meeting yesterday afternoon. The
bids for heating and lighting were re-
ferred to a committee, but the eic-
vator bids were rejected and the secre-
tary instructed to readvertise for bids.
The st. Paul Gas Light company and
James McGeary were the only bidders
on heating and lighting the cour'.
house. The former submitted four
propositions, two for heating and
lighting the entire building either with
electricity or with the Welsbach gas
lamps. and two for heating and light
ing with electricity or the Welsbach
gas lamp all of the building save that
portion occupied by the public library.
The bids of the st. Paul Gas Light
company are as follows:
For heating and lighting with cleo
tricity the entire building from Jan.
l. 1898, for period Of three years, $12,
900.
For heating and lighting with cleo
tricity for the same period, all por-
lions of the building, but not lighting
the library, $12, 4S0.
For heating and lighting with the
Welsbach gas lamp being the entire
building for the same period, $12,670.
For the same with the exception of
the library. $12,25O.
1t was observed that the highest of
the four bids was lower than the pres
ent contract price of $4,000 a year
which does not include the lighting of
the library, for which the gas light
company receives 5000 a year.
The bid of James McGeary rested
upon different basis. Mr.. McGeary
offers to heat and light the entire
building, the city to furnish it's pres
ent heating plant and also the dyna-
mos and engines necessary to a light
ing plant and to keep the same in good
order for so. 900 year for three years,
beginning Jan. 1, 1898.
Under this bid the contractor is TO
furnish the fuel and labor necessary
to operate the heating and lighting
plant
Three bids for furnishing two dyna-
mos and engines Were also opened
The Northwestern Elevator company
offered to furnish two dynamos and
put them in position for 81 800 each
The Ridgeway Dynamo company offer
ed to supply two dynamos and one
engine for $3.50, and the Fort Wayne
Elevator company offered to deliver
two dynamos f. o. b. for 81 ,075.
The board referred all the bids 70
the joint committee on lighting and
fuel and heating, as it is impossible
to determine, without expert figuring
which is in reality the lowest bid.
Only two bids were received for fur
nishing two new elevators. The Crane
Elevator company offered to furnish
and erect" two electric passenger ela.
vators for $1,000, or two hydraulic pas
senger elevators for $4,000. The cleo
pensive, as the city and county would
be obliged to furnish the motive power.
L. w. Eaton, of Chicago, submitted
a bid of $4,105 for two electric ele-
vators, and $5,723 for two hydraulic ele-
vators
On motion of Mr.. Dix, the four bids
were rejected and the secretary in
structed to readvertise for bids in all
the st. Paul daily papers, the board
believing that more general advertfs-
ing will secure more and lower bids
Three bids were received for the
work of preparing the elevator shaft
for the elevators as follows: Twomey
& Murphy, 1903; A. j. Hoban, 1907. 81,
and the Roberts Architectural and Or.
namental Iron company $S07 These
bids were laid over
ON recommendation of the commit
tee on grounds and building, the use
of district court room No. was grant
ed to the civil branch Of the municipal
court during the vacation of the dis
trict court.
C. A. Anderson was granted fhe eoa,rt