Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-06-22
LET THE CONTRACT
Craven, Gilmartin & zitzman Low
est Bidders on Water Works.
THEIR FIGURES WERE $2o75s.27
The System to be Installed BY October
First Contractors to Give Bond
In Sum Of $4,000.


The city council met in special
session last Saturday night for the
purpose Of reading Ordinance No.
80 the second time and for opening
bids for the construction and fur
-nishing Of pipe and other material
for the city water works.
Bids were submitted as follows:
For furnishing pipe only: Pacific
Coast Pipe Co., Washington Pipe
q Foundry 20. and the Crane Co.
For furnishing pipe, fittings,
valves, etc., and excavatlng, laying
pipe and back filling: Hanley q
Ritchie and Craven, Gilmartin &
Zitzman.
For excavating, laying pipe and
back filling: Wheelwright Con-
structlon Co.
The council went into executive
session to consider the bids, but
finding that it would require several
hours work to arrive at an intelli-
gent conclusion, the bids were re-
ferred to the committee on water
works and the council adjourned to
meet Monday night.
At the meeting of the council
Monday night, the committee sub
mitted the following report:
We. your committee on water work s
to whom was referred the bids for the
installation Of the Montpelier city wa
ter works system, respectfully report as
follows. On the bids for furnishing
pipe only we find the following:
Pacific Coast Pipe Co. proposes
TO furnish machine banded
wood stave pipe for. ....... .$l0O44. 30
Approximately 1880 lbs fittings
AT O4c .....s.. ............... lUz.lO
There was no mention of valves
or hydrants in their bid.
Washington Pipe & Foundry
Go proposes to furnish machine
banded wood stave pipe for. .$l0358. .03
approximately 1850 It's fittings
at 4ac ................. ..... 1906
Valves andihydrants. ..... 800 90
Crane Co. proposes to furnish
kalamine pipe for. ......... $l9903. .86
Fittings, valves and hydrants 308. .65
We find that the bid Of Pacific Coast
Pipe Co., is approximately $287. 90 less
than that of the Washington Pipe &,
Foundry Co. as far as they gan be
compared
We also find thst the difference in cost
of wood pipe, fittings, hydrants, valves
etc., and kalamine pipe, fittings.
hydrants, valves, etc, would be $9472. 49,
Hanley & Ritchie propose to
furnish machine-banded wood
stave pipe and fittings, exca-
vate, lay pipe and hack fill
for...... ............. ....$l7575. %
Furnish pipes and hydrants
for..... ........ ........... 349 .OO
Or they propose 10 lay pipe,
excayate and back fill for. 9I54. 4C
Wheelwright Construction Co.
propose to excavate, lay pipe
and back fill for. .... 1921. 6s
Craven, Gilmartin & Zitzman
propose to furnish machine
banded wood stave pipe, fittings
valves and hydrants and in
stall the same for ......... ll7S4. o.,
Excavate and back fill for. -. 4277. II
Total for pipe and pipes line. .$l6O61 2;
Now by taking the bid for
labor of the Wheelwright Con-
struction Co, and combining it
with the lowest proposal for
pipe and fittings 1t equals ap-
proximately ............... l6l69.6;
AS against the proposal Of
? Craven, Gilmartin q Zitzman
which is .......i......... 1806I Q;
making the latter bid the low
est by. 49,. ........ -. los. a
In reference 70 bids on dam. filtering
etc, we find that no bids were submit
ted at a definite price complete. as spec
ified, but instead bids have been sub
mitted for work BY the yard and piec
as hereinafter ~ forth. We have tn
I..~x~..ow tl.k - 4-A.