The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-30
GOES To HIGH BIDDER.
The Award Based a Report of City
Engineer Nelson

The contract for the paving of Ashland
avenue with wooden blocks from Twenty
third TO Twenty-eighth street, was awarded
10 the Hoosier Construction Company, of
Indianapolis. yesterday. The Indianapolis
company's bid Is somewhat higher than
that of the j. X Cooper Company, of Terre
Haute, but creoline oil, submitted by the
latter company is not as good for paving
uses as kreodone oil, according TO the re-
port of City Engineer Nelson And for
that reason the Board of Public Works
awarded the contract to the higher bidder
The HOosier Construction Company's bid is
$552 per lineal front foot Following is the
city engineers report on the tests Of creoline
and kreodone oils. made by City Chemist
Moffatt:
THE specifications require the blocks to
be treated with heavy creosote oil of the
grade 'kreodone creosote paving oil espe-
cially prepared for paving purposes am
disposed to interpret this clause of the
specifications literally; In fact, 1t is my
policy always to recognize the spirit of
specifications for public improvements
rather than the letter thereof, as by so
doing only can the best results be obtained,
and the interests of the public be best sub
served, / take it, then, that the speeifica-
tions In question do not require oil OF a
particular manufacture and name tkreo-
done) but that an effort has been made to
establish a standard.
1.-The grade OF kreOdOne oil, So-called,
by reason of samples having been sub
mitted at different times of creOsOte oil
designated as kreodone oil, and the ex-
tensive use of such oil in connection with
previous improvements in this city, ar
fording frequent opportunity for making
tests thereof, has become reasonably well
established and such oil, applied in the
manner prescribed, lis believed to have
given good results. Any creosote oil equal to
or better in grade than the standard thus
fixed i should consider as fulfilling the re-
quirements of the specifications. nave
compared the analysis OF the oil submitted
at this time as kreodone oil, as well as the
analysis of the other oils submitted. with
the analysis of kreodone oil previously sub
mitted and used. -
':Tests have also been made of the diff
ferent samples of blocks submitted. OF the
four oils submitted i find their relative
merits to be as follows
'.Kreodone oil submitted by the Hoosier
CONSTRUCTION Company, first.
"A oil submitted by Hoosier Construc-
ton Company, second
''B' oil submitted by Hoosier Construc-
tion Company, third
"Creoline oil submitted Dy j. r. Sooper
& Co, fourth.
LOT these the kreodone conforms fully to
specifications. Oil A conforms very nearly
to the specifications The bid based on TINS
oil would be entitled TO serious conSidera-
ton were the difference in the price greater
and We're it not that the bidder, the Hoosier
Construction Company, in connection Win
its bid states that it shall have the rignt
10 have the creOsoting done away from IN
dianapolis, without any explanation as 10
where the work is TO be done.
THE ether oils do not conform sufficient-
~ near to the standard established by the
specifications to cause any doubt that they
are not acceptable.
1.-THE analysis of the oils submitted from
which the above conclusions were deduced
Il were made by Dr. Ansil Moffatt chemist,
assisted by Mr.. Walter Buehler, OF TINS
city"