The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-28
COUNCIL AWARDED
SUBWAY ONTRACT
TO SAVANNAH LUMBER CO..
WORK TO BEGIN SEPT. L AND WILL
BE FINISHED BY JAN. 1.

subway Committee Recommended
the Award of the Contract to the
Lowest Bidder and Council at
once Met in Special Session to
Approve the Award-CORst Line
Will Begin Driving Piles at Once
to support Temporary Trestle,
which viii Have to BE Erected.
Work on Drainage Sewer Will he
started To-day.
The Savannah Lumber Company was
yesterday awarded the contract for the
construction of the Gwinnett street
subway. as was forecast in the Morn
ing News. The special subway COM
mittee met at the office of Mayor Myers
at 1890 O'Clock, and at once decided
to give the contract to the lowest
bidder, the Savannah Lumber Com
pany.
A special meeting Of Council follow
ed and the recommendation of the
committee was ratified. A resolution
was passed adopting the report of the
committee and empowering the Mayor
10 execute a contract with the COM
pany on behalf of the city. All de-
tails have now been arranged, so that
it will not be necessary for the COM
mittee to again apply to Council for
authority. Director of Public Works
Gadsden will supervise the work for
the city.
To BE Completed Jan. 1.
The Council resolution awarding the
pany provides that the work shall be
started on Sept. l. and that it shall
be finished by Jan. 1, 1905. This gives
the company four months in which to
do the work. All the materials can
be placed on the ground ahead of time
however.
The reason for not wanting to begin
work before Sept. 1 is because of the
heavy street car traffic to and from
Thunderbolt during the summer months
AT yesterdays meeting a petition
from the Atlantic Coast Line for per-
mission to drive piles in Gwinnett
street, where the subway is to be
built, was read and referred to the
Committee on Streets and Lanes, with
power TO act. 1t is desired to begin this
work at once, and the committee will
act on the petition to-day or to-
morrow. The railroad already has a
pile. driver on hand and will begin
work as soon as permission is Sc
cured. The piles will be driven to sup
port the temporary trestle that will
have TO be erected until the subway is
finished.
The laying of a sewer to drain the
subway will be started at once. The
pipe is already on hand. The drainage
question was the most serious one that
lad to be contended with The engi-
peers believe it has been satisfactorily
solved, however.
Cost of subway.
The bid of the Savannah Lumber
Company for building the subway was
s20,OS4 AZ. This, however, provides for
only about half the cost. The sup
ports for the Coast Line tracks will
be put in by the road itself. The drain
age Will be done by the city, as will
also the paving, which is to be in
Guided in the subway cost. The total
cost Will probably be between 1000
and $45 600.
The Savannah Lumber Company,
which was awarded the contract, was
represented before the committee by
:. ). Leonard, the contractor who was
nrst awarded the contract for the new
Elty Hail. Mr.. Leonard will superin-
tend the construction. The president
Of the company is Lawrence Mcneil.
There were six bids i'm all received by
the city, but the Savannah Lumber
Companys bid was the lowest The
bid of Whitehead & Oliver was a close
second, their bid being S22,O74.20.
A bond of $1,000 will be required
of the successful bidders. This will
De gwen within a few days.