The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-15
STREET PAVING CONTRACT
AWARDED.
Fritchey, Of Lancaster, Given
Contract After Tests Were
Made Of Mack Block on
Which He Was Lowest
Bidder.

DANtNtSA'
The bids for paving East Church
street from Chapel alley to Mar
ket street, were opened by the
Mayor and Aldermen on Satur.
day morning last In the presence
of the bidders and citizens inter.
ested in the work. There were
eight bids submitted.
The question of the lowest bid
der needs some qualification. Mr..
Fritchie's bid was for Mack and
Clearfield block, whilst Owen Pat.
terson & Co., of Baltimore, in
cluded bid on Frederick Brick
Works Block that was over 80
cents per square yard cheaper.
The Board adjourned immedi-
ately after opening the bids and
later held an executive session.
Following are the bids submitted:
Simmons Bros, of Wilmington,
Del. Metropolitan block, 1929
per square yard; MontellO block,
$3.50; Porter block, 1921; same,
repressed, 1886; Frederick block,
S2.05; granite curbing, per lineal
foot, S1.54 and S1.39; resetting
curb, 81 cents; repaving, 30 cents;
time, 80 working days.
Charles A. Hook, Baltimore
Frederick block. $3.50; Geise,
Townsend, Mack or any other good
block that is obtainable, SIP:
curbing, $l.15 and 81; reSetting
curb, 20 cents; repaving, 30 cents
This bid was objected to 10y Mr..
Willard c. Keller on the ground
that it did not conform to the
specifications.
Coryell Manufacturing Co., of
WilliamspOrt, Pa.-Fre d rio k
block, S1.75; Porter wire cut brick,
81 Oh; ditto, repressed brick, 50 II;
ditto, repressed block, 81 .0S; Can
ton block, 32.l7; Mack block,
$2.l6; Cleartield block S2.13;
curbing, Sl.10 and 80 cents; re-
setting curbing, % cents; repay
ing, 80 cents; time, 80 working
days.
Crawford Paving Co., of Wash
ington, d. C.-Porter block S2.34;
Mack block. S2.45; cmbing. Sl32
and Sill; resetting curbing, %
cents; repaving, SO cents; no time
given.
Owen, Patterson & Co., Balti-
more-Mack block, 81. 20; Savage
block, 81. %; Geise block, SID;
Frederick block, Sl.65; pipe, lin.
cal foot, Al cents; curbing, 81 80
and S115; resetting curbing, II
cents; repaving, 10 cents; Balti-
more standard curbing, Sl.l0.
j. U. Fritchey, Lancaster, Pa.
Mack block, S197; Cleartield
block, Sl.93; curling, Slip and
S1.02; resetting curbing, 20 cents;
repaving, 10 cents; time, 40 work
ing days.
w. c. Keller, of Frederick
Metropolitan block, $3.50; curb.
ing, S1.55 and $1.35; resetting
curbing. 81 cents; repaving, 30
cents; time, 40 working days.
John L ClarkSon, of Hagers-
town-Mack block, S2.17; Clear.
field block, S2.16; curbing, 81. 10
and Sl.10; resetting curling, 90
cents; repaving, 90 cents; no time
given.
The two prices on curling quot
ed in each bid are, respectively,
for dressed and pointed curbing.
The quotations for "resetting'
are for taking out and replacing
the granite curbing already stand
ing along the street, and ''repav'
ing" is repaving of old rubble
stone paving.
On Wednesday evening at
meeting of the Board the report
of the tests made by I. Chalkey
Hatton, the civil engineer who
has charge of the construction
and who drew up the specifications
for the paving, was submitted, land
from the tests made with the
, twelve samples of block, decided
that the Mack Block was first and
recommended that the bid be
given to j. U. Fitchie, of Ian
caster, whose bid on this block
was the lowest.