The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-02
RYAN GETS THE STAMDP|PE.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETS
AND OPENS VARIOUS BIDS.
Contract for standpipe Casing Rests
Between Three Competing Firms
-Chenieal Hose Contract Award
ea-sewaxe for Kck.en street.

The board Of public works held a meet
Ing yesterday and took action on several
matters of importance. chief among them
being the opening OF bids for the labor
and material for the city park standpipe
which Is 10 supply water for the residents
Of Renton hill
Only two bids were submitted for the Ia
Dor and naieriai for the concrete foun-
daiion and the stanGpipe casing. T. Ryan
bid at x.22s. 20 and Stirrat & Goetz at
sI14S@. Ryan agrees TO finish the work
within sixty days from the completion Of
the standp:pe proper. Stirrat & GoeIz
asking only forty-five days IN which 10 do
the work The board Will recommend To
council the acceptance OF Ryan's bid. ii
being 81, - " less than his competitors
for the labor and material for the cree
tion OF the standpipe proper seven bids
we're submitted as follows:
Wolf * Zwicker Iron Company. OF Port
Iand Or ss35s. work to be completed by
september !, Nelson 81 Phelps, OF Chicago
sI.sS. rejected because OF the introduction
OF security" clause differing from the
Specified bond clause: the Giliette-Herzog
Manufacturing Company. of Spokane
sotso the Chicago Bridge and Iron Com
Pc ny. OF Chicago. S,6tl: Great Western
boiler Manufacturing Company. OF Seat
pany. OF Seattle. $40. bid being detach-
ed from Specifications was ordered reject
ed by the board
other bids Were rejected because Of the
irregular Insertion OF time clause and OF
security clause differing from the reg
uiar bond clause.
IN letter 10 be written TO the council
by Clerk Of the Board Olson the names
OF the NolT & Zwicker Iron Company
the Gillette Herzog Manufacturing Com
pany and the Chicago Bridge Company
VIII be recommended for choice.
Financially, the erection OF the city park
standpipe is the most important improve
ment to be betrayed In cost by the city
at large since the regarding of Second
avenue was undertaken. This latter cost
the city treasury 81. 90 The standpipe
VIII not foot up to one-third Of that
amount, but from the standpoint OF an
imperative Improvement il almost takes
standing with the other.
When completed the new waterworks
viii stand seventy feet from the base to
the top. which latter will be about SO
feet above the sea level. This altitude is
judged sufficient To create enough power
10 insure to the people OF Renton hill all
the pressure necessary for common needs
Bids were opened for 2oto feet of chemi-
cal hose for use In the fire department as
follows:
ham Rubber Company. 10 and - cents per
foot, Mineraiixed Rubber Company % 81
and ~ cents: Seattle Hardware Company
o. and 20 cents: Chicago Fire Hose Com
pany. ~ cents: Boston Betting Company
10 cents; Goodyear Rubber Company, s.
and Nj cents
The contract was awarded to the Good
year Rubber Company a. 6S cents II be-
ing the only bidder guaranteeing the re-
quirements of the specifications namely.
that the hose bear 400 pounds pressure
and 10 stand this test through four years
of continuous service. The hose will be
accepted subject 10 the test of Fire Chief
Kellogg.
The following bids for sewer construc-
tion on Jackson street, from Twelfth ava-
nue. south TO point sixty feet east of
Tenth avenue south, were opened:
c. j. Erickson, 81 0s65o: T Ryan. in
complete and rejected: Siirrat a. Goetz
sl.06i2o.
The specifca lions call for the use OF
Denny Clay Companys pipe. to be used
throughout the contract. The board will
recommend to the council the awarding of
the contract 10 &. J. Erickson at his bid
or ST, o26 30.
Clerk Ragiey. OF the city comptrolier's
office. was disappointed man when the
office closed last evening. The matter
was merely nothing. but il touched his
pride. Mr.. Bsgiey had set his heart on
having the bike regts ter show total
entry of Sgo licenses before the first day
of July should close All day long he
kept 81 jealous watch. AT ) O'Clock in the
evening the last license entered bore OPP
posfte the number 2 as. and there II stay
ed. That is why the countenance OF Nj
Eayiey was cast down and bore evidence
az displeasure when, having locked away
the refractory book in the deep recesses
of Mr. rarry's safe. he turned on his heel
for home.
Last year the total number OF bicycle
licenses Issued was cess, This year the
number Will probably reach $50.
Dog licenses have been issued since April
/ last 20 the number OF las. about -
ahead of the same time a year ago.
At the meeting If the board II public
works Yesterday afternoon the following
petition from James Msher acting for the
garbage nen Of the city. was granted:
For permission IA remove SMELLS and 9TH
er refuse from restaurants on saturday
evenings from - : o'clock. for permits
sion 80 three days tiEue Tn which 10
move fron. the streets refuse caused hy
the Fourth ~ July decorations. In the
commercial portions ~ the city AZ any
time ~. day for general permission "a re-
move 81 any time when necessary such
refuse rs accumuiates from papertng and
,,ther internal improvements customary
At this :ine ~ the year.