Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-02-17
BIDS RECEIVED
FOR PAVING
Two Bids Before Council for Street
Paving

All members of the city council were
present Thursday evening except Prof
Fulmer, who was absent from the
city. L. R. Miller, appointed to
succeed Councilman Priest, resigned,
was in his seat for the first time.
A resolution setting forth that the
city was unable to properly conduct
it's electric lighting plant under pres
ent conditions, and argeeing to lease
of the plant for term of years to the
Moscow Electric Light and Power Co.
was adopted.
Following this the clerk read the
agreement, lease and ordinance that
had been prepared covering the matter,
and all three documents were laid over
till the next regular meeting.
An ordinance repeating ordinance
No. 16 was read first time and laid
over for final action till the next meet
ing. The ordinance which it is pro-
posed to repeal is the one to prohibit
the maintaining, conducting, operat-
ing, playing or using nickel-in- the
slot machines or other devices of like
character wherein there is an element
of chance. F."
Sealed bids for the paving of por-
tions of Main and Grand streets were
receievd from P. G. Bickford of Pull
man, and O. H. Horton of Colfax.
The council will meet in special
session Saturday evening at z 80
o'clock to consider the bids.
The Bickford bid was as follows ::
Sub grade, $1,50 per foot; drains, so
cents per foot; concrete curb and gut
ter, 500 per yard; catch basins, SO
each.
Mr.. Horton submitted the following
figures: Sub grade, $1.45 per foot i;
10 inch pipe, 40 cents per foot; 8 inch
pipe, 35 cents per foot; inch pipe,
25 cents per foot; macadam, per cubic
yard, $1.75; catch basins and monu-
ment boxes, $40 each; concrete curb
and cutters, $l9 per cubic yard.
1t will take considerable figuring to
bring the two bids down to a common
basis, although one of hessbidders told
the Herald that the Horton bid would
amount to about $24O per lineal foot
for each side Of. the street, while the
Bickford bid would run in the neigh
borhood of $3.50 AS there are some
1900 feet, counting both sides of the
streets to be paved, it will make the
total cost about $4,000, which is as
sessed against hte abutting property.
AS the council wishes to have the
paving completed by May 18th, and
with two months labor required to do
it, work will have to be underway bv
March 18th. Commissioner Ruplv.
who was present at the council meeting.
said that the district crusher and roll
er, now at Albion, could be at the dis
posal of the city by that time.
There is possibility, however,
that the council may turn down both
bids, and do the work by day labor,
employing a superintendent to oversee
the work.
Bills were allowed as follows:
Paul Abendroth, street work, So. 50. |
H. Dunes, same, $3.50.
Ira Bader, same, $3.50.
5. b. Klossner, same, $500.
M. Patterson, same, $7.40.
j. Bader, same, SO. 80.
L. Abendroth, same, $3.50.
j. E. Berg, same, $1.5O.
Tom Christian, same, $3.50.
VIM. Kincaid, same, SIG. i
M. Hubert, same, 81.
Geo. Chiffon, same, 50.
w. A. Slate, same, So.
S. Klossner, $50.
John Brooks, draying, 50. SO. Ia
Roy Maloney, asst. to city enigneer
in preparing street grade plans, S7.75.