The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-05-08
pointments was now made and it pre-
vailed without dissent.
Bids Are Laid Over.

| 0'oS are Ndt0 over.
| Clerk Matheson opened the pro-
posals submitted in response to the
city's advertisement inviting bids for
the construction OF sidewalks, street
crossings, supplying the city with lum-
ber, to do the public printing, and
for furnishing teams for street sprink-
ling and general teaming.
Three proposals were rendered for
sprinkling and team work. They were
Herbert Scovel, $95 month for each
team and driver, provided not fewer
than three teams were employed, or
81 a day for each team and driver:
c. w. English, 500 a month for each
team and driver; Thomas A. Butler
William Berry and Charles O'Neill,
bidding jointly, 5000 month for three
teams and drivers; A. K. Wick, $3.50
a month for each team and driver.
]. o. l.. Burke and Ben Hager were
competitors for building cement cross
walks. The first named offered to
construct all the street crossings the
city might require during the next
year at the rate of $84 for six-foot
crossings and $50 for those eight feet
in width, from curb to curb, the same
to extend down 20 inches on either
side of the crossings, so that the
wheels of passing vehicles would
strike the crossings gradually with
out doing damage to the cement.
hager's bid was for 26 cents per
square foot and for approaches to
cross walks at the rate of 20 cents
per square foot. He offered to allow
the city full market price for all the
cement it has on hand and to take
all the gravel it has at cost.
The Thompson-McGregor Lumber
company offered to supply the city
lumber for the ensuing year at the
rate of $21 per 1000 feet. H. M. Al
len submitted a bid for rough dimen.
sion stuff at 500 per $1,000 feet, and
$21 for Montana surfaced dimension.
M. c. Morris was the only bidder
for the printing. He asked statutory
rates for publishing the ordinances
and the same rate for supplying blank
books blanks and stationery.
Four bids were submitted for the
construction of sidewalks A. K Wick
proposed to build six-foot walks for
39h cents per lineal foot; 12-foot
walks for 95 cents and 14-foot walks
for $1.05, extra to be paid for lum-
ber and labor where trestles are re-
quired; extra lumber, SIS per 1000
feet for surface of sidewalks and $27
per 1000 feet if lumber is used in
constructing trestles. L. o. Jones Of
fered to build six-foot walks at the
rate of 50 cents per lieal foot, 80 cents
to be paid for 12-foot walks and 81 |
for 14-foot walks; extra lumber to
be provided at the rate of $25 per
$1,000 feet. John Powers did not en-
ter into details. His proposal was
for the lump sum of $28 per 1000
feet, all extra work, lumber and nails
included. L.C.Watts asked 80 cents for |
six-foot walks, per lineal foot, and Is
cents for 12-foot walks; extra lumber to
be furnished at $25 per 1000 feet.
On motion it was decided to lay all /
bids over until the next meeting. AS
it is the intention of the mayor, as
announced in his speech accepting the
nomination. of doing as much of the
city work as possible by day work,
it is regarded as very likely that some
of the proposals will not be accepted.
especially those where labor is the
principal ingredient involved.