Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-01
CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS
Bids Opened for Important Work in This
Direction.
The Boundary Sewer Extension May
Be Postponed for Further
Action by Congress.

| The following bids for the construction
| of sewers have been received by the Dis
trict Commissioners:
East side intercepting sewer between site
| for pumping station at the foot of New Jer-
| sey avenue and 18th street southeast, 4. 1874
! linear feet, more or less, of circular brick
| sewer six feet three inches in diameter, in
| Guiding twelve linear feet of transition sec
| ton. Work must be commenced within
| thirty days after the award of contract and
| must be continuously prosecuted at such rate
| as will insure the completion Of as much Of
| the work as can be paid for with the funds
! now appropriated, S20,0O0 Qess expense of
! engineering and Inspection, by June 80,
| 1900 and the entire work must be COM
| pIeted by June 80 of the fiscal year for
which the funds for the completion of the
work may be appropriated. John Jacoby,
s65, 4s5; T. Wallace Reilly, S77,s20; John
| NJ. Murphy, $TS, $50; B. ]. Coyle, S94, 1876
| East side intercepting sewer between 10Th
street southeast and Dist and streets
northeast, |, $50 linear feet, more or less, of
circular brick sewer six feet three inches in
! diameter; also $685. linear feet, more or
| less, of circular brick sewer six feet in di
ameter. Work must be commenced within
| thirty days after the award of contract and
| must be continuously prosecuted at such
rate of progress will insure the compile
| ton of much of the work can be paid
| for with the funds now appropriated, 81
| coo QeSS the expense of engineering and
| Inspection. by June 30. 1900, and the entire
| work must be completed by June 80 of the
fiscal year for which the funds for the COM
| pletion of the work may be appropriated.
| John Jacoby. S104 100; T. Wallace Reilly,
| S145.;!50: B. ]. Coyle, $142312.5o; I. B. Jones
| & Co. S13G, 423.
Extension of the boundary sewer be-
| tween existing outlet and Dist and A streets
northeast. 1920 linear feet, more or less, of
| brick sewer of twenty-five feel span, inciud-
icybt of sit
| ton and forty-eight linear feet of special
| section.
| Work must be commenced within thirty
| days after the award of contract. and must
| be continuously prosecuted at such rate of
progress will insure the completion of as
much of the work as can be paid for with
| the funds now appropriated. S25.00o Qess
expense of engineering and Inspection. by
| June 30, 1890, and the entire work must be
| completed by June 50 of the fiscal year for
| which the funds for the completion Of the
work may be appropriated. John Jacoby.
! $211 $50; T. Wallace Reilly. sos go; John
| NJ. Murphy. 500, T12; B. ]. Coyle, $244.336
| T. B. Jones 81 Co. S21S,l 1851; the Crawford
| Paving Company, s235 800; Lyon Bros.
52,2To: Andrew Gleason, s25S, 49, John
Miller S2o4, 174.60: the Ferguson Contract
| ing Company, S232,1S0.
In Quincy street between 7th street and
Brightwood avenue: 1.0l0 lneal feet. more
or less. of circular brick sewer three feet
six inches in diameter. Work TO be fully
completed within ninety days after begin
ming WpEh Lyon foToS, SO.I-S, AfUreW
Gleason. s5.SS3.50; E. G. Gummel, S7,445;
Martin Mcnamara & Co., So 26S.30.
In Trinidad street and across lands of
w. s. Clark, between Trinidad street and
Bladensburg road: $40 lineal feet. more or
less, of 3.25x4.S15 egg-shaped brick sewer.
Work to be fully completed within thirty
days after beginning work. Lyon Bros,
81, 1853: Andrew Gleeson, $1,1J0; L. G. Gum
mel. 81, 1873; Martin Mcnamara & Co. 81 ST7.
Intercepting sewer in Geological Park: 80
linear feet, more or less, of 15-inch pipe
| sewer; $50 linear feet, more or less, of H.
inch pipe sewer: 100 linear feet, more or
less. of 10-inch pipe sewer.
In Ontario avenue between Rock creek
and Lanier avenue: 775 linear feet. more or
| less of 2.25-foot by 3375-foot sewer; 80
linear feet. more or less. of 1S-inch pipe
sewer: 30 linear feet, more or less, of 10
inch pipe sewer
In Kansas avenue between Ontario ave-
nue. and Adams Mill road ;}S5 linear feet
more or less, of 24-inch pipe sewer; 425 lin
ear feet, more or less, of 21-inch pipe
sewer.
In Adams Mill road between Kansas ave-
nue. and Lanier avenue: $50 linear feet
more or less, of 1S-inch pipe sewer
In Lanier avenue between Adams Mill
road and Ontario avenue: 420 linear feet
more or less, of 15-inch pipe sewer
Section to be completed within seven
months after beginning the work. If more
than one section of this and two preceding
sewers be included in one contract work
upon the first section must be commenced
within twenty days after award of contract
and work upon the other sections must be
commenced within five days after the com
piet1on Of the section Immediately preceding
II Lyon Bros. SO15.90: Andrew Gleason
y, o6o.oo; e. G. Gummel S. 254 90; Martin
Mcnamara & Co., S. $50
boundary Sewer Extension.
For the extension of the Boundary
sewer Congress appropriated the sum of
$4,000 for commencing the extension. and
authorized the District Commissioners TO
enter into contract for the completion
of the work at cost not to exceed $780,
0o0. The lowest bid received under this
authority to contract for the completion of
the work was s2o4,174.60, just s141746o
above the total cost allowed by Congress
Therefore, as in the case of the several
school houses and truck houses for which
the bids exceeded the amounts available
the Commissioners. 1t is expected will be
forced to reject the bids received for the
extension of the Boundary sewer, and ask
for new ones. One explanation of the ex-
cess of the bids over the total cost allowed
by Congress is that the cost of materials
has greatly advanced during the past sew
eral months.