The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-05
NO AWARD MADE YET.
Question of Lighting City Hall Still
Unsettled.


The bids for heating and lighting
the court house and county Jail were
considered at a meeting Of commit
tee from the court house commission
last evening. Present were Commits
sioners DAILY. Lindeke, McCarron and
Moritz, and a score of persons inter
ested in the bids.
Chairman DAILY said a proposition
had been submitted by Mr.. Lindahl
from Mr.. McGearey, in addition to the
bid submitted at the recent meeting
If this last bid was to be considered,
other persons having propositions
should be allowed to be heard. The
communication stated that the boiler
and heating plant would be put in
good condition for $3.50, and if he was
given the contract for lighting and
heating the court house and Jail the
extra cost of repairs would not exceed
$500 per year.
Mr.. Cutcheon, on the part of the gas
company, said the proposition of Nc
Geary just read was simply an attempt
to put new bid. McGeary feared
that the gas company bid was much
lower than his, and for this reason put
in the proposition. 1t was not fair and
just to allow new competition to be
opened, and he asked that it be ex-
Guided.
Oscar Hallam, attorney for McGeary.
said the bids did not call for any re,
pairs, but simply for the lighting and
heating of the court house. The differ
ence between McGeary's bid and that
of the gas company involved the put
ting in of lighting plant and repair,
ing the heating plant in the rear of the
Jail. There was no question but that
McGearys bid was the best one. as in
three years it would make a saving OF
&C. 900.
In answer to Mr.. Cutcheon's oues-
tons, Mr.. McGeary SAID he understood
the Ridgeway company had agreed to
put In the engine, masonry, wiring
and switchboards and cables, and all
work of setting up the dynamo and en-
gine.
Mr. MoritZ wanted to know whether,
if the gas company secured the con-
tract, would it charge extra for re-
movals and changes. Mr.. Cutcheon
said the bid covered everything in
the lighting and heating of the court
house.
Mr. Daily said the first thing to be
settled was whether they were going
to put in dynamoS and engine. If they
were, then the city should run the
plant
Mr. Moritz thought if the gas compa-
ny got the contract there would be no
need OF dynamos or engines. Nc
1cdIy . plO, lllCiuullS Tie CITY putting
in Of the dynamos and engine, estimat-
ed at $4,000 for three years, would be
$50, 700, while the bid of the gas COM
pany for the same time was 1913, 700.
This left McGeary's bid $1,000 less than
the gas company.
The bids for the dynamos and en-
gines had not been sent in by the
county auditor, and, after some fur
Their discussion. the committee ad-
journed until tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. The gas companys side
of the case will be presented at the adj
journed meeting.
Mr. DAILY explained that, summed up,
the two bids are something like this
for the three years:
McGeary-Bid for heating and light
ing, $32 700; dynamos and engine, $4,153;
lighting and heating Jail, $1,8004 repairs,
$3.50; keeping plant in repair, $500; to-
tai, $39, 4O3.
Gas Company-Heating and lighting
court house, $3S, 700; heating and light
ing Jail, 5000; total, $39,60O
The gas company now is paid SIS, 700
a year for doing the work they now
offer to do for three years at $3960O