The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-12
For Paving Contract For City
Of Barre.
WILL BEGIN IN TWO WEEKS
Lively Session Of Council Last Night,
Ending With Jangle As To Which
Section Of City Was Getting
Most Attention

The M- Langfeld Granite company
presented the lowest bid for paving
section Of North Main street with gram
ite, at the city council meeting last
evening, and it was voted to award
them the contract, after the Barre 4
Montpelier electric railroad has been
consulted
The three bids opened last night
were
NJ Langfeld Granite company, s2.o2
per square yard.
John Z. Burns company, s2.e9 per
square yard.
S. y, Tilton, $40 per square yard.
Tile distance which will be paved
extends from the middle of the Miles
granite block to the King iewelry store,
and including portion Of Depot
Square. The city furnishes blocks, and
about $4,000 win be required for the
work, the cost Of which will be about
S2,145. a rough estimate Of the cost
OF the work is S6,6s5.90.
The Langfeld company was also told
to 90 ahead with the carrying out Of
the contract for cross walk stones and
basin covers, according to the vote Of
the previous meeting. The reason for
the second ordering Of the contract was
the fact that another bid had been made
1 BY the Barre White Granite company
for the same work, (the bid was pub
lished in this papeT) and that in being
presented at the city clerks Office, the
! bid was mislaid SO that the street COM
mittee did not receive it. Having re-
ceiyed only the one bid, that Of the
Langfeld company, the street committee
was authorized Cd award the contract.
City Clerk Aaekay explained how the
Barre White company's bid had be-
come inadvertently mislaid, showing
why it had not been given to the street
committee. The contract was awarded
to the LangfeId company last Monday
night. On the following day the seal
ed bid of the Barre White company was
discovered in another file.
Henry A. Phelps Of the latter COM
pany put up a vigorous protest at the
meeting last evening, and as a result
words flew lively. Mr.. Phelps declared
that his company did not care particu-
lafly for tile contract, but maintained
awarded the Ianefeld company mas.
much as the White bid had been pre-
sentea III time to tie clerks office and
had not been turned over to the street
committee. MIR. Phelps said that the
city clerk or his employees were the
clerk Of the street committee, and that
once in the clerks hands OF his assist
ants hands, the bid was before the
street committee.
Alderman Mckenzie held different
views, and informed Mr.. Phelps that
the postal service was the proper way
to reach the street committee, and that
the expenditure Of two cent stamp
would have secured the safe register
ing Of the White company's bid.
The discussion went much after this
fashion;
aOur bid was in'
SIT was not in
sAfy dear Alphonse, (although that
mellihuous expression was not used)
the bid was in.H
"Why. my dear CASTOR, (again calling
on language not used) the bid was not
in
With pros and cons Of ''in'' and not
in,8 Mr.. Phelps withdrew, firing as a
parting shot
"If YOU fellows want to pay out IL
cents a foot more Of the city's money,
why 20 ahead
But the discussion really had no ef
feet on the councils action, as previous
to the appearance of Mr.. Phelps, the
council had voted not to reconsider the
vote Of the previous meeting, by vote
Of to 2, Milne and Adie voting yes.
4 bill Of Chesser & Bird was order
ed paid. A petition for extension Of
city water ON Perry street was referred
to the water committee. a petition
for er-trough at the corner of No.
Main and Silver streets was put up to
the street committee. Laurel street
residents complained of the unsanitary
condition Of the street, and street com
mittee got another job.
John G. Crowley wanted some mon
ey on his contract for putting up signs
So that he could pay his taxes The
council voted to hold up the collection
Of the taxes until the completion Of the
contract Another contract which
Nj. Crowley has with the
city, the painting Of ten iron
bridges, occupied a large chunk Of the
city's time. The painter didn't like
the paint and couldn't get men to lay
il. lie was asked if lie wanted to
throw up his contract, ana he said
No That left matters tangled up,
as the city had bought SO gallons Of
the paint which Crowley objected to,
and which his men wouldn't lay at
the same wages, Before taking the
contract Crowley had tried little of
the paint, and told tile committee that
he would use the paint furnished. The
matter was finally referred to the street
committee and city engineer for ad
iustment.
+. Fl Kinney viii BE paid $1,000 for
IL