The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-02
THE HOUSE DRAINAGE BIDS.
CRAWFORD & co. OF BROOKLYx
MAKE THE LOWEST FIGURE,

Only Five Bids on the Work RE-
ceived-SeveraI Probably Kept Out
by the Delayed Mails on the Gen.
traI-Bids Turned over to the City
Engineer Who Will DO Some Fig
uring on Them-COunciI to Take
the Matter Up Mt Next Wednesday
Nights Meeting.
The bids for the construction Of the
remainder of Savannah's house drainage
system, the principal part of the work.
were opened at the city exchange at noon
yesterday.
No action was taken with reference to
the bids. They were simply opened and
turned over to Col. W. j. Winn by the
drainage committee of Council, with the
request that he look after the necessary
figuring and report to the committee on
Saturday. There were five bids in all,
with difference between the highest and
lowest of more than 100000. The bids
were as follows:
Laner, Hagarman, Brayer & Albaugh of
Rochester, N. Y, section A, $264, 93775;
section B, 21sO. and section c, $500. To-
tai, 1853 ,S27.75.
Crawford & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. sec
ton A, sl5o7s21s; section B, $s125O, and
section c, $1.8o0. Total $15S 4946S.
Greenville Construction Company, sec
ton A, Sill ,23O,sO; section B, 81. 1870; section
c, $1,000 Total, $177,020.SO.
James f. McCabe, Baltimore, Md, Sec
ton A, s2O2, 66104; section B, 81, $50; section
c. 80 100; total, S2O6 221 "a
Herbert Tate of New York also put In
a bid. but only the rates on the different
materials to be used were specified. The
totals were not footed up. but it was esti-
mated that his bid ran somewhere from
$4,000 TO $4,000.
Quite number of other bids were ex-
pected and some surprise was expressed
that the number was so small 1t is
learned that Messrs. Miles & Bradt of At
lanta were to have been among the bid
ders, but there was nothing from them
at the city exchange yesterday. The
chances are that their bid was in the
Atlanta mail on the Central Railroad.
which has been so long delayed on ac-
count of The storm Quite a number of
bids were expected from Western firms.
as there have been numerous applications
for the plans and specifications. Per
chance a number of bids suffered the same
fate as likely befell that of Messrs. Miles
& Bradt
Tho different sections, A, B and c. ap-
ply 10 different features of the system,
but, Of course, the greater part of the
work, including all of the brick work and
earthenware pipe, is included under sec
ton A. Section B refers only to 3f5
lineal feet of 16-inch iron sewer pipe, and
section C to 800 lineal feet of 30-inch iron
pipe. Each bid had to be accompanied by
a certified check for 81 1000, made payable
TO Maj. c. S. Hardee, city treasurer
These checks will be returned to the I'M
successful bidders within six days. The
notice to bidders requires that the work
must be begun within two weeks after the
execution of the contract and completed
on or before Dec. 81, 1899. II is stated
also that no excavation of streets will be
allowed within the city limits between
May 81 and Oct. l.
Crawford &, Co. of Brooklyn are beyond
doubt the lowest bidders. according to the
figures presented. Nevertheless, it is
said many mistakes have occurred in the
past in figuring out the totals of bids. II
is for this reason that they have been
submitted to the city engineer. The bids
are on separate items, which are numer-
Gus. They will all be carefully gone over,
and a report win be made to the drain
age committee on Saturday. This com
mittee win then report to Council at its
next regular meeting on Wednesday night.
The award will in all probability be made
at that meeting.
The Council will have to act on the
matter now without delay 1t will soon
be time for the commencement of work
on the system and IT is desirable to let
the contract as soon as possible. 1t stin
remains 10 be seen, however, just what
action Council will take in the matter. No
definite provision has yet been made FOR
the financial part of the scheme. though
Council may come to some determination
at its next meeting. The present pros
pect is that some arrangement win be
made to secure money from Northern cap
italists by selling TO them the city's inter
est in the ground-rent lots.