Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-02
Ely & Dunn Awarded Contract
For the New 1000, 900
Gallon Reservoir
NORTH SIDE OF RIVER CHOSEN
contrac. Complete. Including Now
Pumping Well and Laying of Pipe,
Will Aggregate $17,2oo-construction
Will Begin Within Ten Dsy.-Mesd
Favors North Side.

Ely 6 Dunn, of this city. will bull
the new reservoir for the city OF Mar
shalltown, having been awarded tn
contract at the adjourned meeting o
the city council Tuesday evening. TIL
firm also placed the lowest bid for tn
construction OF the new pump well, an.
its contract will aggregate sum o
about $4,000, which includes the lay
ing of all pipe, special castings. ant
the setting Of all valves. The nortl
side of the river was selected for tn,
reservoir, altho bids were placed FOL
the work on either side of the river
The new pump will be constructed ii
connection with the pumping station
concerns placed bids on the work.
The new reservoir will hold 1,o00.-
600 gallons of water and will be cir
cular in form, built largely under
ground. 1t will include the aerating
device. which was recommended by
Consulting Engineer Mead as being one
of the features necessary for good
water. Mr.. Mead is well pleased with
the councils action in selecting the
plans for the north-side reservoir, as
he thinks that reservoir on that Side
of the river is the proper thing for the
city's water supply. The cost Will be
about $4,000 cheaper than We're the
reservoir built on the south side. and
Mr.. Mead thinks that the north side
will be the safest whent it comes to
keeping the water free from any pos
sible contamination. The north side
reservoir was the one recommended by
Mr.. Mead In his first conference with
the council.
The difference in cost In the two pro-
posed reservoirs is due to the character
OF the building. A circular reservoir.
such as Is called for on the north side,
can be built with thinner walls. and
still remain just as substantial Inc
CITY has more room to build on the
north side than on the south, where
circular reservoir would be imprac-
and, in fact impossible 70
Guild, The plans for the south side
called for q square cornored reservoir,
h1ye q. be made=much thicker in order
to prevent possible pressure OF water
when the river was high. Mr.. Mead
thinks the pump we'll should be placed
on the south side, as the contract calls
for. and says that there will be no
danger whatever but that 1t can be
made bottle tight. consequently en-
tirely free from any contamination
whatever.
The bid OF Ely & Dunn for the con-
struction of the storage reservoir, IN
Guiding the aerating device, known In
The plans as "A-1075 L. NJ" on the
north side OF the river. was sl4,3io.
Without the aerating device on the
same side OF the river. the bid was $l3.-
,45. For the construction OF the pump
ng well, complete. shown by the plans
10 be IA 1919 L. X.," their bid was
1880. For the construction OF the
storage reservoir on the north side OF
he river. Ely & Dunn's bid was $23.-
,65. including aerating device and $22.-
$50 without the aerating device. BIDS
we're also asked for the construction Of
he east half of a reservoir, With ano
without aerating device, for which the
irm's bids were $12.s20 and $l2,045.
William funny, OF Gaiesburg. Ill,
vas the next lowest bidder. Mr.. Tun-
" wanted s14.4s7 for building the
,or,h side reservoir. with aerating de-
ice, and s14.267 without aerating de-
ice. For the pumping well his BID
vas 1850. For the south side reser-
,oir, with aerating device, he wanted
25,sla, and without aeratiNg device,
25,26S. His bid on the TWO halves.
nth and without aerating device. were
1918 and $l2,56a.
The Savage Construction Company.
I Chicago. placed bid of $16,s46 on
ne north side reservoir. and $16.72o
,ithout aeratin2 device. For the
jumping well the company asked ST.
81. For the south side reservoir the
,ayage bid was $24,s96. and without
Grating device 324,526. Fourteen
thousand dollars and 1882 were the
ids on the two halves. with and with
ut aerating device.
The Des Moines Bridge and Iron
Works placed the highest bid on all OF
he work. asking $17.460 for the north
ide reservoir with aerating device,
nd $4,000 without aeranon. The
jumping we'll bid was $2,279. For the
outh side reservoir the Des Moines
rms bid was s3o.s5s with aeration,
nd $S0.393 without. The bids on the
wo halves were $4,000 and $4,000.
Aside from the four bids on the
eavier work four others were filed
18th the city clerk for supplies con-
ected with the construction. The
'hapman Valve Manufacturing Com
any, of Indian Orchard, Mass, the
sensslaer Manufacturing Company. of
roy, Ohio, and the Ludlow Valve
Company. also of Troy,
'ere bidders on the valves. The con-
ract was awarded to the Rensselaer,
Company. The United States Cast
ron Pipe and Foundry Company Of
was given the contract for
ne pipes.
Ely & Dunn promise in their con-
ract. which was drawn UP today, to
egin the work within ten days, and
ave 1t completed within ninety days,
the council so orders. The firm pre-
ers, however. not to do any of the
oncrete work during cold weather.
ne firms bid was accompanied by a
ertifled check for $500, which will be
orfeited to the city providing the con-
-act Is not carried out according to
Mr.. C. ". Delo, OF
hicago, formerly chief engineer OF
he b., c. r. & NJ. made the estimates
If the work of Ely & Dunn, and has