The record-union., 1897-11-16
FIGURES WERE TOO HIGH.
NO CONTRACTS LET FOR THE
NEWTOWN SHOALS.
Board of Public Works Accepts 9
Bid for Dredging on the
San Joaquin.

The Auditing Board to the Commits
sioner of Public Works met in the
Capitol building yesterday, all the
members, Gillis Doty and T.. b. Hall
| of Sacramento, H. j. Corcoran and
| George b. Patterson of San Joaquin,
| and John Markley of Sonoma,
being present. The object of the meet
/ ing was to open bids received and
| award contracts for the construction
of jetties at Newtown shoals near Rio
Vista oil the Sacramento River, and for
dredging the proposed cut-offs in the
San Joaquin River between its mouth
| and Stockton.
| f. E. Leake, Commissioner of Pub
lie Works, explained that Major Heuer,
! President of the United States River
| Commission, had come to the conclu-
sion that he had no right to approve
plans and specifications for river i'm
provement presented by the State En-
gineels, and that they must have the
approval of the Secretary of War be-
! fore the work can be proceeded with.
| Heretofore the engineers composing
the River Commission have asserted
/ their right to approve of any and all
plans or Specifications for such inn
provements.
! Accordingly it was decided in letting
! contracts, to make them subject to
| the approval of the Secretary of War
| Bids received for constructing the
/ jetties at Newtown shoals We're as fol-
lows:
California Bridge Company of San
! Francisco-Piles and driving, $4,000;
sand sacks and brush work, S17,010.
| w. c. Schmidt. Stockton-Piles and
driving, S1O.S62 80; sacks and brush
work, $4,000.
/ j. c. Mcmahon, San Francisco-Piles
and driving, $S,443 10; sack and brush
work, $10,9o0.
Isham & Quenell Isleton-Piles and
driving. $10,72
Healy, Tebbetts & Co., San Francis
co-Piles and driving, S9212; sand,
sacks and brush, $14210.
Lautritzen & Hodapp, Isleton-Sacks
and brush work, $4,000.
! S. Montgomery Woodland-Sacks and
brush work, SOTO.
Clark & Henry, Stockton-Piles and
driving, 81, ,447; sacks and brush work,
$14,S5o.
Darby Layton & Co. San Francisco-
Piles and driving, S19,S47.
Cotton Brothers, Oakland-Piles and
driving, $S,412; sacks and brush work,
! $13,57a.
Two bids made by San Francisco
dredging companies for dredging the
shoal We're opened, but they We're much
| too high to suit the board. One COM
pany offered to do the necessary dredg-
| ing for II, and the other for 1895
cents per cubic yard
After bids had been opened for the
proposed dredging on the San Joaquin,
many of which were below cents per
cubic yard, the board went into exec
utive session, and after remaining be-
hind closed doors for three hours, an
nounced that contracts would be let as
follows:
For piles and driving the same at
Newtovn Shoals-Clark & Henry,
Stockton, S1.447
For sand bags and brush fascnes, to
be used at Newtown Shoals-LautritZen
& Hodapp, Isleton, 50 cents per cubic
yard, or 50 600
For removing 292 900 cubic yards for
cut-offs in San Joaquin River-J c.
Smith, Stockton, Az cents per cubic
! ydlO VI SiO,OIO.
| The opinion prevailed that the San
| Francisco dredging companies had at
| tempted to job the board by run
ming Up the price for dredging the
| Newtown Shoals, and the bids We're not
considered. -Four and one-half cents
| per cubic yard on the San JOAQUIN
River, and over Is cents for the same
amount of work on the Sacramento.
was toe flaring, and the bids were re-
! turned
Attention was called to the fact that
/ the United States Government dredg-
| ing boat IS now tied up at Stockton
and on the assurance of Commissioner
/ Leake that the work can be done for :
cents per cubic yard, or less. the Aud
fting Board authorized him to commu-
nicate with the proper United States
| authorities and if possible secure the
| use of the dredger to do the work on
the shoals.
The board reverted to the fact that
it is ready to put in easements at the
Hershey and Butcher breaks. above
Sacramento the moment the land.
owners shall have raised their leyees
to the point indicated by the State En-
| gineers.