The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-24
IGNORE TIE NEW CHARTER
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS PAYS NO
 HEED TO COlIPTROLLER'S WORDS,

tho Balance Of the Original Approprl"-
 tion-Bids Opened for Street Hardening l
 Curb and Grade for Edgewood Avenue |
 One More Week for Present Board.
 The board of public works last even ing opened the bids and awarded the contract for sprinkling streets for the year beginning July 1, in accordance with the order of the court of common council There were but two bidders the New Haven Street sprinkling com- pany, to whom the work was awarded | last year, and F. Brazos. The contract was awarded to the former company. l Before the bids were opened the board | listened to an appeal from w. F. Herz, representing the New Haven Bicycle union, requesting that a clause be ln- serted in the contract regulating the | size of valves, the dimension of holes in the sprinkler, and requiring that l there should be no leakage when the l cart is being filled. MT. Herz cited the damage done to the street at the corner of Temple and George streets, which has been recently hardened. He said that to his knowledge the street at this point was washed away one-quarter or an inch while a tank was being filled. | At this rate he said a street could not last a great while.
 Commissioner States asked City En- gineer Kelly to bring a copy of the con- tract under which the work is to be done. It was seen that the details asked by the New Haven Bicycle union had been inserted. MT. Herz said that this was perfectly satisfactory to the union.
 The bids for the street sprinkling were as follows:
 New Haven Street Sprinkling com pany-For streets 15 feet wide, $316S0 per mile; 20 feet, $42240; 25 feet, $475.2O; 30 feet, $5SOS0; 35 feet, $633; 40 feet, $6S44O; 45 feet, $792; 50 feet, SS97 7.60 55 feet, $95O; 60 feet, $1,O5O; 65 feet, $1,161
 In addition to this estimate one-sixth of the cost price per mile is added to streets which are required to be wa tered on Sunday. These will include such streets occupied by the railway companies as are designated by the de- partment of public works.
 F. Brazos-For streets 15 feet wide, $500; 20 feet, $4oO; 25 feet, $500; 30 feet : $500; 35 feet, $7O0; 40 feet $500; 45 feet.
 $900; 50 feet, $1,000; 55 feet, SLIGO; 60
 feet, $1 200; 65 feet, $1,3O0; with an ad- ditional cost of 20 per cent. for Sunday !, sprinklng.
 Commissioner McGann moved that the contract be awarded to the lowest 7 bidder.
 City Comptroller Brown called the boards attention to the fact that only about $17 900 of the original appropria- tion for street watering remained, and , that under the new charter there could } be no work contracted for unless there t be an appropriation with which the
 work may be done. Commissioner Kegelmeyer inquired in f what way the new charter affected the 3 present board of public works. He l seconded the motion of Commissioner , | McGann.
 c Commissioner States said that the Q corporation counsel and the mayor 2 could withhold their approval if they e found the contract illegal. 7 It was then voted to award the con- l tract to the lowest bidder. n The city engineers assistants report
 ed that upon the aggregate number of f miles of street the New Haven Street Siprinkling company's bid was about S3, 15O less than that of F. Brazos.
 The award was made to the former S company in executive session. n Bids were opened for hardening Dix
 well avenue, Edwards, Humphrey e Warren and Chestnut street, Blatchley
 and Edgewood avenues. Il The estimates were made in accord a ance with three specifications, the first
 requiring the contractor to furnish al r. the material and to place the street ir
 a condition acceptable to the city en $ gineer. The second specified that tho a city shall furnish stone, and the third
 that in addition to furnishing stone il f shall furnish road roller. II The bids are as follows: II DixWell avenue. h F. Brazos. furnishing all materials if 70 cents per square yard; R. Redfelc
 & Sons, 72A; c. W. Blakeslee, 71; Will Hams & Duherz Co.,, Bridgeport, 76;.
 Edwards Street. Il c. W. Blakeslee K Sons, "A; Conno
 Brothers, S9; F. Brazos, "A Redfeld 6 |, Sons, e9.
 Humphrey Street
 F Brazos 80; J. c. Doolittle & Co., II 7412; c. W. Blakeslee & Son, 79; Como 't Brothers, es.
 
 J. F. Brazos, "A; material to be takel from West Chapel street, 56. J. Blakeslee & Sons, 6912; material to b
 taken from West Chapel street, 50. y Blatchley Avenue. 'C c. W. Blakeslee &5 Sons, 741a, 59, 521a 's Connor Brothers, 73
 T. Warren Street IT Material to be taken from Wooste ol street: c. w. Blakeslee & Sons, 65, 5;
 491a
 Chestnut Street.
 Material to be taken from Wooste S street: c. w. Blakeslee, 65, STE, 5115.
 The board voted to accept the bids - requiring the contractors to furnish a V' materials and to finish the work in l. manner acceptable to the city engineer l. The contract was awarded to the low l. est bidder in each instance. D; City Engineer Kelly was instructe 3e to prepare bids for the curbing an n, grading of Edgewood avenue fror
 Beers street to the West river bridge. l. Commissioner Johnson objected { U; the vote because of it's doubted legality l, Commissioner Kegelmeyer second M
 States motion to advertise for bids. a. Commissioner Kegelmeyer inquired ( a. Contractor Brazos as to the reason wh E. he did not dump the dirt from th