The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-20
Five Bids Were Received for Street Inn
provements Contemplated.
HIpp KEY ONLY SHEET ASPHALT BIDDERS.
Bids Are Practically Uniform as to the Various
Streets on Which Improvements Are to Be Made.
Other Matters Up for Consideration

Mayor woolford and nine Of the twelve
aldermen of the city Of Houston were pres
ent at the regular meeting Of the city coun-
cit yesterday afternoon. Tho absent alder
men were Messrs L. h. Miller OF the Sec
Cad weird, L. ]. Tunly of the Fourth and
II. A. nalverton of the Sixth ward.
in addition to the aldermen ia attend.
ance OF the meeting, there were about
twenty contractors, including nearly all
the local contractors Of Houston and
number OF outsiders, who were on hand
for the opening Of bids for the street pay
ing contemplated.
tDbulatlon OF the I'VE bids submitted
20 the council will be found appended. The
bids will be referred to tho board Of public
works for recommendation, and on the
Tecoinmt ndatiOns SO made the contracts
Will be awarded
IA consulting the tabulatioH Of bids It
should be borne in nina that tho dgures
varied slightly as to the cost of grading
certain streets of the city, but In the main
the bidders submitted practically the same
figures for all the streets on which i'm
proycmeuts are contemplated,
Messrg. Hipp & Key, who are understood
60 represent the Barber asphalt people,
were tbe only bidders on sheet asphalt.
Their bid, as given IN the table below, was
T'dc for Leland avenue and on other
streets It varied slightly from these zig.
urcs, but for sheet asphalt was the same
for all streets.
The BID Of the Uvalde Asphalt company
was Uniform on an streets.
The bid of A, T. Lucas, given In the
table, was for Preston avenue: 1t varies
slightly for paving In other localities.
Tho bid of Messrs. Humphrevlue * Yea.
der was made for Commerce avenue. IL
yarles slightly on paving outlying streets.
Ihe furnishing OF Ihulber BRICK was in
cluded IN this bid
The bio of L. j Shea was made for Con
gress avenue, from Milan to Caroline
streets, and Ike the others, u varies slight
" IN tho estimate for grading and In other
ABIDE from the opening Of the bids the
conncil did very litte out Of the usual
on the subject OF petition from the
losi fire insurance writer's Of the city sus-
gesHGg certain safeguards that tho city
ought to establish touching the handling
ana consumption Of oil, Mr. e Cochran
addressed the council, calling their atten.
ton to tine importance OF providing re.
strictionS FOR the using OF petroleum, and
suggesting the necessity for the council re-
curing the securing OF permits hy those
who ore seeking to establish oil consuming
plants.
Alderman O'Lcary made speech In IA.
vor of Il resolution introduced by him at a
previous meeting, looking to the employ
nient Of union labor only In the erection of
the new market house. The matter was
dcferl cd TO the city attorney.
The resignation OF Mr., =. NJ. Behrens, ms
81 member OF the board of examiners for
stationary engines, was accepted and
Mayor Woolford nominated Mr.. John ID
Usener for the place. The nomination
received the unanimous ratification OF IND
coUpcli.
Alderman Thomas moved the opening nj
bids for street improvements. After tht
bids hac been read aloud by Secetary Lip
per- they were, 10y motion, referred % Tic
board OF public works The five bids 'e
ccivcd were as follows, with the variations
IN regard 70 the cost Of grading etc, al.
ready mentioned: