Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-20
BIDS FOR STREET CLEANING.
Surprfsingly Large Number of Con
tractors Enter Into Competition.

Surprisingly Large Number of Com
tractors Enter Into Competitions.
The opening of bids for the sweeping ami
cleaning of the Streets avenues and alleys
of the city took place today at noon at the
Commissioners Office, and developed a sur
prise in the number of competitors. Bids
were received from firms in Omaha, Neb.
Ir diana and Pennsylvania. The liveliest
competition ensued. and not until the last
hid was opened did any one know which
was the lowest.
Proposals were first opened for sweeping
and cleaning the improved streets and ave-
nues of the city. This was considered the
best feature of the bieding. The proposals
Mere invited for the work on basis Of
Tachine cleaning, with laborers to cart 1t
away. and for the entire work to be done
by machines. 1t was generally understood,
however. that the cleaning would be done
by machines, with laborers to sweep the
debris into piles and cart it away. Albert
Daggett, the present contractor, was the
lowest bidder. His proposal was 25S4 cents
per thousand yards for any term Of years
fIcm two to five, and 80 cents per thousand
yards for all hand work. The other COM
petitors, with the exception of one. pro-
posed to do the work entirely by machines.
The bidders were as follows:
L. p. Wright. % cents per thousand yards
for term of two and three years, and IS
cents for term of five years.
The Omaha Building and Construction
Company bid % cents for two years. 2l1s
cents for three years and q cents for five
years. Using machines exclusively.
b. j. Coyle using three separate ma
chimes for doing the work, so that no
sweepings would be hauled separately
through the streets, bid % cents for two
years, 261a cents for three years and 24.1
cents for five wears
George A. Ware of Philadelphia submit
ted one bid of - cents for the five-year
term. using. machines exclusively.
The Capital Street Cleaning Company of
Indianapolis, Ind, bid to do the work by
machines as follows: For two years. 20
cents; for three years, 19% cents, and for
five years. 10 cents
These were all the bids for sweeping i'm
proved streets The present contract is for
24A cents per thousand square yards.
Next came the proposals for sweeping
Pennsylvania avenue and other paved
streets by hand. This requires sixteen men
with four horses, carts and drivers. The
bids were very low.
Lewis Jefferson bid s22.73 per day for
each of the separate terms of years.
James O'Day bid $2195 for the same
thing.
A. D. Holmes bid $3.50 for two years,
$3.50 for three years. and 5000 for five
years.
R. W Rusk bid 500 for the entire term.
Ralph Wormley bid $24.5O for the two
year term. s24 for the three-year term and
$3.50 for the five-year term.
VIM. Ryan bid $24 for the entire term.
The bidders for sweeping and cleaning
the unpaved alleys and streets were as fol-
lows: Horn & Son. s6474 for the entire
term; A. H. Daggett $67. % for all the time.
and r. V. Rusk, $3.50 for the several
terms.
The last bids opened were for cleaning
the paved alleys by hand, the bidders be-
ing George E. Ware of Philadelphia, 40
cents per thousand square yards for a
term of five years: Capital Street Cleaning
Company of Indiana, 30 cents per thous-
and square yards for the same period, and
A. H. Daggett, 30 cents per thousand
square yards for the entire term.