The Saint Paul globe., 1902-03-04
OPENED MANY BIDS
PAVING TO AMOUNT OF $3.50, 900
BEFORE BOARD OF PUB.
Lie WORKS
PRESENCE OF THE COMBINE
Members Suspect CoI1usiOn, but VIII
Probably Recommend Lowest
Bids to the Board Of
Aldermen.

Bids involving over $250,000 worth Of
asphalt and brick paving were opened by
the board of public works yesterday att
eInoon. Ten contractors participated,
but the stack of sealed proposals they
turned in was sufficient to litter the big
Office table, and keep the members busy
opening them for the greater part of the
afternoon. The Improvements under con-
s:Geration were fourteen in all. and the
lids received were as follows:
Paving with brick, alley in block "a, St.
Paul Proper-Engineer' estimate, S4Io;
Fielding & Shepley, SAB. .43; James Forres-
tai, $57y.
Paving with brick Exchange street.
from Cedar TO Third--Erg4neer's estimate,
$40. 104; Newman & Hoy, $2O,545; Fielding
&. Shepley, $20,U09; James Forrestal. Sl6,-
500.
Paving with asphalt College avenue,
from Third to Observation-Disclosures estl-
$22,5to; b. F. Conway company. s22, go.
Paving with sandstone, Mlnnehaha
street, from Payne avenue to Northern
Pacific bridge-Engineer's estimate, $3,1z1;
Fielding & Shepley, $2,S9l; James Fores1al'
$3,290.
Curbing and boulevarding Grand ave
nue. from Floral to Lawton street-En-
gineer's estimate, $40; Fielding & Shep-
ley, 939; Christ johnson, $S09.92; r II.
Thornton, s795; James Forrestal. 1924.
Grading and curbing of DellWoOd place,
from Gable avenue to Margaret street
Engineers estimate, $2,4l4; Thomas Lin
nan 81 515.58; Christ Johnson, Sl.3I9; ID.
w. Moore 81, ,999; P. H. Thornton, 81, 29l;
P. J. Ryan, Si,64S; James Forrestai, 1914
Paving with asphalt Fort street, from
West Third to Tenth street-Engineer S
estimate, $13500; Barber Paving company,
$1561C.6O; r. +. Conway company, $l5,-
Paving with asphalt South Robert, Great
Western bridge to Concord and Concord
estimate, S4O,6O6; city's part, $24,606 rail
way company's part, $4,000. Barber Paw
ing company, $42,676.6l; city's part $ZI,-
0n6 railway company's part, $l5,6Oo. K
r. Conway company, $43, ,lO2; city part,
$27 ,102; railway cOmpany's part, $4,000.
Paving with asphalt Minnesota street,
from Eighth street to Summit avenue
Engineer's estimate, aad e,o IS $lS.50g; Barber
company, $z0,S19.
Paving with asphalt, Summit avenue,
from Wabasha to Robert-Engineer's es-
innate, 400; Barber Paving company,
SIC, 1881; r. F. Conway company, 10,4S0.
Paving with brick Decatur street, from
Bedford to Beaumont, and Beaumont,
neer's estimate, $1O,74O; Newman & HOY,
$1,572; Fielding & Shepley, $11 ,195; James
Forrestal, $1,000
Paving with sandstone Payne avenue,
$12116; James Forrestal, $12,1O0.
Paving with sandstone Robert street,
from Fourteenth street to University.
acknowledgement estimate, Sc, 800; Field
$780, s7is SnepieS' s'''0'' James f0rreS'ai'
Paving Payne avenue, from Beaumont
to Lawson-Engineer's estimate, $4,000;
city's part. $4,000; city railway COM
pany's part $4,000; Barber Paving COM
pany, $47,321.57; city's part, $S7, ,129.07; rail-
way company's part $10,1925 so; r. F. Con-
way company, $49,OO5; city's part, $751;
205; railway company's part, 81, 800.
Paving with asphalt Robert street,
from Eighth to ourteenth-Engineer'
estimate, 49, 973O; Barber Paving company,
$d.776.O5; r. F. Conway company, $21 $40.
Paving with asphalt Ninth street, rom
Smith avenue to Jackson street-Engi-
neer's estimate. $92, $50; Barber Paving
company. 36,18652; r. F. Conway COM
pany, $95,908.
Evidences OF the Combine.
The presence of the combine both in
respect to brick and asphalt, was con-
sidered so apparent that the board was
at a loss how to proceed and finally ad-
journed after taking the bids under con-
sideration.
The members, however, are desirous of
sending the bids to the board of alder
men this evening, and, it is understood,
will settle the matter by awarding the
contracts to the lowest bidder today. In
the majority of cases the bids were 4
trif1e higher than the engineers esti-
mate.
During the opening Of the bids Peter
Berkley made a strenuous objection to
the letting of a contract for the paving
of Fort street, but his objections were
not considered.