The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-25
MONEY SAVED BY
NEW LIGHT BIDS
COUNCIL RECEIVES NEW SET OF
INCANDEsCENT PROPOSALS.
The Patterson Street Lighting Com
pany Is Still the Lowest Bidder,
Having Reduced It's Figures to
1925 Lamp Amended Ordi-
nance for Bryn Mawr Yards Passed.

Incandescent lighting figures took a
drop at the council meeting last night,
and saving by rejecting the first
bids was disclosed as soon as the first
bid was opened. If the aldermen give
the contract to the Patterson Street
Lighting company, the city will still
save $3,245, as the company has re-
duced it's bid from $l2.84 lamp to
1925 a lamp. Should the city wish
to own the incandescent lampheads, the
American Street Lamp & Supply COM
pany quotes prices for the direct pur-
chase Of the 1amphead and for a light
| ing contract for a year with the priv
ilege of purchasing the incandescent
attachments at the end Of the contract
period The prices under the latter
proposal are $3.50 lamp without gov
ernor and $3.50 with governor. At the
beginning of the contract period the
lamps will cost $7.S5 and 1915 respec-
lively. 2+
The company also agrees to main
tain 5ovo incandescent lights at $l2.75
for lamps with governor and $ll.75
without governor. This last bid will
receive some attention as it will en-
able the city to save $1,000 and it will
be ascertained if the governor-save that
much The lighting bids were referred
to the committee on gas, which Will
= Bridge Bids Opened.
Fourteen bids on the steel work of
the Washington avenue bridge were
received, ranging from $47 1887 to $83,
345. Even the frst-named bid, which
| was by Bayne &; Hewett Of this city
was reported by the city engineer tt
be fully 100000 too high. It may be
that the committee on roads ant
bridges, to which the various propos
| ais were referred, will recommend {
, rejection of all bids and readvertlse
, ment.
Four bids for bonding the city treas
r urer were received, the lowest demand
loss of 100000. City Treasurer c
S. Hulburt submitted communicated
in which he called attention to the fac
D that the funds Of the city are not sub
0 ject to his personal check. Under tn
: present system there is never to eS
4 check, and for that amount the cit
a is amply protected by the bon
K already accepted, and it would be sim
n ply waste of public money to spen
money on surety bond of doubtfr
value. If the surety could bond tn
!, ! county treasurer for 81 900, when ther
! was as much as $500,000 subject to hi
4 check, the companies should: IN ]ustlc
+ charge only $l00 instead Of $4,000 fo
~ insuring the city treasurer's honesty:
= The lowest bid for a frst-class fir
+ engine was $4,000 and for hook an
y, ladder truck $4,750.
% % A contract was awarded to the Til
70 ius Olsen company, Philadelphia, for
cement testing machine, and to th
p Maryland Casualty company for insu
( ing the boilers at the Camden plac
A pumping station.
10 The amended ordinance granting th
n Great Northern railway company pc:
Il Bryn Mawr was passed without opp
q sition, - -, =
ID An ordinance requiring the Nicoll'
h house to install meters on it's watt
as connections, was introduced by Aide
man F. L. Schoonmaker. By an O.
measure the Nicollet house has f
many years enjoyed the privilege
special and very advantageous rates.