The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-04-28


Thos. Bridges n Son. 49,. 73.i76.6o
Asphalt.
Blake Asphalt Maintenance
Co. ................ SCi,lOf.'D
Nashville Roofing q Paw
ing Co. ............. G6,119.45
Barber Asphalt Co...... G7,S21.4i
Southern Paving q Con
structlon co. ........ GG.131.5O
Bltulitbic.
Nashville Roofing & Paw
ing co. .......... .s7s.552.7o
Sidewalks.
Anchor Roofing a Paving
Co. ............. .SS,o9o.VV
Southern Roofing q Paw
ing Co. ........... 3.291.2o
Thos. Bridges & Co... 100000
From the above you will note tina.
Messrs. Thos. bridges & Son, of Wa
bash, Ind, are the lowest and best
bidders for brick construction: the
Blake Asphalt Maintenance Co.. OF
Cincinnati, o.. for asphalt construe-
ton: the Nashville Roofing and Paw
ing Co., of Nashville. Tenn, for btu
lithic construction.
For the brick construction your
board has specified Purington Block
manufactured at Galesburg, ILL.,, as
the basis upon which the contractors
should base their bids, these to cost
s21.s5 per NJ, delivered here. and
all bids were based upon this cost
Your board has, however. reserved
the right to use cheaper brick If It
should be deemed best, and any diff
ference in cost will be deducted from
this estimated contract price. In the
Judgment of the board and city in
gineer the burlington Paving Block
is the best that has been submitted.
and we recommend, that same be
adopted. unless the board and citY
engineer can find block equally as
satisfactory, for less money.
BY using cement in the place of an
asphalt filler. saving can be made
of about $4,000 on the entire work.
and by using a sand filler in the
place of an asphalt filler. a saving OF
about $4,000 on the entire work,
which would be deducted from tho
cost of the brick construction.
Il is the opinion of your board H.
view OF the above facts, that for
Third street the brick construction
is the most desirable and we recon-
mend this. We, therefore, submit to
lyou our report, and ask for your APP
lproval of same, and request that tho
board be instructed to close the con
tract with Messrs. Thos Bridges g.
Son, of Wabash, Ind, for the above
work. Respectfully.
Board of Public Works. by
Il. +. NOBLE, Chairman. ,
S. A. FOWLER. Secretary.
Secretary Fowler said the board
oil works thought IL was recommend
ing the best possible street for the
money. A discussion arose as to the
authority given TO the board of
works to substitute some other
brick for Galesburg brick. President
Noble said that the board desired
only 10 get the best brick for the
money, but would accept no brick In
ferior to Galesbnrg. II II Is found
possible 10 get as good a brick as
Galesburg for less money the board
viii adopt il.
Representatives of the various
contractors addressed the board, af-
ter which a vote was taken and the
contract awarded TO Bridges a. Son.
Alderman Bell moved to adopt bitn-
lithic material instead of brick, and
the vote showed that only four. Al
dermen Davis and Bell, and Council
men Taylor and MoBroom. favored
bituliihic paving The vote carried
with II concurrence In the board of
works report and recommendation
The board OF works made the fol-
1 lowing report on the sidewalks:
! Hon. Mayor and General Council,
City of Paducah.
Gentlemen:--
In compliance with ordinance we
have advertised for bids for the con
struction of sidewalks on Third
street from Kentucky avenue 10 Adj
ans street, which were opened in the
Office of the board ON the afternoon
of April goth. 1905. at o'clock. Bids
were as follows;
Anchor Roofing & Paving compa-
ny, excavation, per cubic yard, &c;
concrete construction, per square
foot ~ he; estimated cost s3.09e.90.
Southern Roofing x Paving compa-
ny, excavation, per cubic yard, lie;