The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-02
yAAL1SsFoRD NEWS.

The selectmen for North Haven
were here Saturday, and with Walling-
for selectmen were in session in the
two office to open the bids and award
the contracts for the new iron bridge
and the abutments thereto over the
Quinnipiac river near Hotchkiss mills,
which is jointly under the supervision
of Wallingford and North Haven, be-
ing the dividing line between the two
towns. The representatives of various
companies that had put in bids We're
present and naturally there was much
interest manifested when the bids were
opened. There was quite a variation in
the figures as announced and after
due consultation the contract for the
bridge was awarded to the Berlin
Bridge company for 1,430 and the ma
son work to C. l.. Tryon & Sons of
Meriden for $1,261. The list of bidders
was as follows: Mason work-F. R.
Long & Co., New York, $2,016.75; j. r.
Campbelle, Wallingford, $3.50; G. L..
Tryon & Son, Meriden, $1,261.75; Ber-
lin Bridge Co., s1,S50; ]. e. Budding
ton, New Haven, $16s3.75; H. Wales
Lines Co., Meriden, $1,Ss4 J. e. Downs
& Fl. ]. Strauss, Wallingford, $1,547;
Horace Botsford, Wallingford, $1,673;
Lawrence O'Brien, New Haven, ST.
35250; Charles w. Blakeslee & Son,
New Haven, $3.50; r. Redfield & Son,
New Haven, $1,761.25. Bridge: F. r..
Long & Co., New York. s1,S9S, $1599 and
$1,4S3, three bids; Vermont Construc-
ton CO., $1504; Youngstown, O., Bridge
Co., $2,251; Wrought Iron Bridge Co.,
Canton, O., $2,21S; New Jersey Steel
and Iron Co., $1,000; Mace, Moulton, ST.
224; Edgemore Bridge works, $2,2S9;
King Bridge Co., $1,370; Groton Bridge
and Manufacturing Co., $1,250 and ST.
450, two bids; Berlin Bridge Co., $1,4oO,
$3.50. 81 ,45O, 100, $3.50, $1,430, six bids
with different designs; J. E. Budding
ton, New Haven $1,361 and $1,311, two
bids; New England Structural Co.,
New York, $2,145; Boston Bridge works,
$1,700; Canton, O., Bridge Co., $3.50.
Each bidder presented with bids GER
titled check of $500. The bridge is to
be one span of ITO feet with a 161s feet
roadway. The plans presented by each
bidder were complete and all were
handsome structures, but the one chos-
en- from the Berlin Bridge company
seemed to give the best satisfaction to
the town officers and when completed
will be the best bridge in town. The
contracts are to be signed within ten
days.
The Wallingfords' new rigs have ar
rived and one was on exhibition at j..
j. Priors on Saturday. The suits are
green with dark brown stockings.
The tramp room is closed for the
summer and Janitor Northrop will not
lodge any more of the travelling gen
try of the road
Business at G. 1. Mix & Co.'S factory
in Yalesville is booming and the hol-
lowware department Is running twelve
and thirteen hours day, six days a
week
There were twenty deaths in town
during the month of April, eighteen of
which were during the first three
weeks
William E. Hall is serving on the jury
on the DR.. Gill case in New Haven.
The total rainfall here during April
was with snow precipitation, 99-100.
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. F. Knapp and child
of Torrington are. the guests of Mrs.
Knapp's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Northrop of Center street.