Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-22
NEW BIDS SAVE
TEN THOUSAND
PASADENA PLANS EXTENSIVE
STREET WORK
Contracts Aggreeatlng over $45,ooo
Are Awarded by the City Council.
New olina Bids show Marked
Reductions
Pasadena Agency,
l6ik East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.

PASADENA. Aug. H.--The action Of
the city council week ago in rejecting
all bids for the oling Of streets and
advertising for new bids under the
same specifications bore fruit today
when contracts were let for the oiling
of the same streets at nearly $4,000
less than would have been required un-
der the former bids.
The city council let contracts for
street work amounting in the aggre-
gate to $45, 433.05. OF this amount $22,-
472.S7 goes for the oiling Of streets, the
same to be paid for under the pro-
visions of the Vrooman act, by pro rata
assessment upon the owners of prop
erty fronting along the line of the i'm
provement.
For this oiling not a letter was
changed in the specifications and yet
with practically the same bidders as
two weeks ago the rate per square foot
reduced from about 1% cents to 1 10
cents, fact which gives weight to
the claim that the earlier rates were
kept UP through some sort of combl-
nation among bidders.
Under bids submitted by the lowest
bidder two weeks ago the work pro-
jected would have cost $32190. BY the
bids opened today for the same work
the amount stands at $22,960.6S.
Sixteen streets will be oiled accord
ing to the contracts let today and Fife
&White of Los Angeles are the success
full bidders in every case It is hinted
by some of the councilmen that the
White here named is the White of the
firm of Blodgett, White & Baldwin,
which was the lowest bidder two weeks
ago for this work, but which failed of
securing the contracts then because
of the excessively high figures sub
mitted.
Upon six streets there was but one
bidder, L. B. Eaton of this city. Here
the rate went up to 1M cents per square
foot In every such case the bid was
promptly rejected and no contracts let.
The streets thus left out in the cold
are Villa street, a portion of Belle
vue drive, Vernon avenue, Los Robles
avenue. Summit avenue and Ell Molino
avenue.
The following improvements were
also contracted for today: Sewer on
Los Robles avenue, contract to G. e.
Chamberlain, price $5,S47.42; Washing
ton street, grading, curbing and gut
tering. contract to ]. j. Berray, price
$1,99225; Dayton street, asphalt paving,
contract to Andrew Holloway, price
$5,07S71; Penn street, grading, curbing,
guttering and oiling, contract to c. e.
Chamberlain. price $73O2; Glorletta
street. grading, curbng, guttering and
OlllHg,' contract TO MuSnruSn G SpTdBue,
price S2,740.30. The total of these i'm
provements. exclusive of oiling con-
tracts, is $22, ,960.6S
Two petitions were presented to the
council asking for asphalt paving.
North Los Robes avenue property
owners presented the first of these pc
titions, but the issue was so clouded
by counter petitions that it was found
necessary to refer the whole matter to
the committee on streets and alleys for
investigation.
Villa street property owners offered
the second petition for asphalt pave
ment, but as the granting of this petit
tion would require the resembling of
former action looking to the oiling of
that street. a similar reference of the
petition was deemed necessary.
The recently adopted budget for the
coming year was made especially lib
eral as far as the street work is con-
cerned. but the campaign for street
work thus begun is likely to swamp
the budget allowance long before the
year is over if continued at the present
rate.
Coronado never fails in pleasing.