The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-11
BIDS FOR IHE NE|N JA|.
WERE OPENED by COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS YES
TERDAY
TO BE MADE TODAY
One Contractor Discovers Error of
$4,000 In Footing His Fig
ures-Tvvo Others Dis
qualified.

The contracts for the construction of
ana interior fittings for the new county
Jail will be let today.
Inc county commissioners decided upon
TINS last night after carefully going over
the many bids submitted in the after
noon. The board met at o'clock, open
ed the various BIDS and then immedf-
ateiy went into executive session to con-
slider them. This occupied them until near
1y O'Clock, when an adjournment was
made until 7:S0. At the evening session
the plans submitted We're gone over
again, several Of the bidders being called
in to explain details of their tabulated
statements.
Finally it was decided to adjourn and
meet again at o'clock this afternoon,
when the names of the successful tend
ers will be announced
For the construction of the jail eight
bids were received; of these that of
George j. Grant was the lowest by
nearly 1000, but the contractor discoy-
cred a clerical error, whereby the to-
tai was made to appear $10 600 less than
it really was; he had also forgotten to
include an estimate for an elevator and
for these reasons asked to be allowed
to withdraw his bid. His request was
granted. Timothy Reardons bid was
the next lowest, $113,66S.
For the cell work the bid of the Pauly
OH1AI NOAAlpdily was tIlS 1ONSol 9zJ,OSJ.
d. j. Harrington submitted the lowest
bid on the plumbing and gas fittings, his
offer being $7,345. For the heating and
ventilation, the bid of the Roberts, Goss
company was lower than any other, but
as there were no plans or specifications
accompanying the bid, it could not be
considered. The next lowest bid, that
of George r. Martin was also disquali-
fed because the bidder had neglected to
enclose either a certified check or a bid
ders' bond. Of the two remaining Of
fers, the lower is that of the Dwyer
Plumbing and Heating company
For the electrical fittings only two
bids were received: One of s., 1856, SUBJ
mitted by c. F. Mcbride, and the other
of 81, ,4SS by A. w. Zahn.
In detail the bids were as follows:
CONSTRUCTION.
George J. Grant, $97. .7S7 (withdrawn).
j. H Donahue $113,66S.
J.. H. Donohue, $4,000 (granite).
Timothy Reardon, $114,S75
Neuman & Hoy, $I1S.877.
Lauer Bros, $123, 400.
G. r. Norlander, $123, 200.
Butler-Ryan company, $685. $50.
Unless otherwise stated, all the above
are for Kasota stone.
CELL WORK.
Pauly Jail company, $29 $50.
Diebold Safe company, $35, 500.
Roberts company, $4,000
Champion Iron works, $33, 81.
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTINGS.
Holt & Dahlby, $500
J. ]. Dunnigan, 1881.
George Kees, $1,S97.
D. J. Harrington, %,345.
Dwyer Plumbing and Heating company,
50, $50.
j. J. Bailey, $4,000.
HEATING AND VENTILATING.
Roberts-Goss company, 5000.
George r. Martin, S., $50.
Davis Heating company, 1925.
Dwyer Plumbing and Heating company,
| $7,9S0
AS stated above, the two lowest bids in
| this list were disqualified for not COM
| plying with the formalitieS called for In
| the specifications.
In addition to the bids appearing in
| the above list, three were received for
| elevators alone. They were not consid-
cred, as the elevators were included in
! the bids on construction.
Commissioner Lott moved, and it was
! adopted on motion, that the county at
torney insert clauses in all the contracts
stipuiating that as far as possible all Ia
/ Dor, teams and building material be Sc
cured in st. Paul
After the jail matter had been disposed
| of, the board did a little routine work be-
| fore adjourning. The official bond OF
| Thomas r. Kane, county attorney-elecr
was submitted, the American Bonding
and Trust company being his security. 1t
was turned over to the present county at
| torney to be passed upon.
The bond for $4,000 of M. W. Ftzger-
aid, county register of deeds-elect, was
also backed by the same company, and
was accepted.
The secretary of the board of correc-
! tions and charities wrote stating that the
| plans of the new Jail were satisfactory to
| that body.