Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-19
WOULD FINISH
OUTFALL SEWER
ENGINEERING COMPANY MAKES
OFFER
E. c, AIsop, Who Designed Big Tunnel,
Submits Three Plans to the
Board of Public
Works

the Stygian darkness that has envel-
oped the board Of public works since it
/ was learned that Stansbury & Powell
had given up their contract on the out
fall sewer and left the city i'm the lurch
when the Alsop Engineering & Con-
structbn company yesterday submit
ted three propositions for doing the
work. All of these propositions pro-
vide that the tunnel especially section
g. where the difficulty has been en-
countered by Stansbury & Powell, be
completed within nine months
! The three plans were proposed to
the board of public works by e. c.
Alsop, president of the construction
| company, yesterday afternoon. The
! first proposition is fiat bid to finish
section for $261. $50. Mr.. Alsop ad-
mitted that this amount represented a
profit to his company of 100 per cent,
but claimed he was entitled to tina
amount by reason of the magnitude Of
the undertaking.
/ IF, however the board believes this
! to be too much of a profit we sub
nit second proposition, which is that
We do the work for the actual cost, plus
% per cent. and if this does not meet
with the approval of the board we have
still a third proposition for your con-
sideration; that is to do the work for
/ t'N NN'NA 'BSN' 1iuS a lilllIl sum VI SJUtuUU.
Was Designer of Sewer
! Nr. Alsop was until August 1, 1905,
a constructing engineer in the employ
of the city engineers department and
was the man who designed the entire
outfall sewer.
Il lived, slept, ate and dreamed with
that outfall sewer for three years."
said Mr.. Alsop. 1T is my child.
know every brick and every spike in
the entire sewer and l am willing to
stake everything I have in this world
that 1 can complete the uncompleted
section in nine months and do it for
the price l have proposed to this board.
Personally l believe the best thing
for this board to do is to complete the
work by hand labor. hiring competent
engineers to take charge of it. This
course would throw my company out
of the job of constructing the sewer,
but l have enough civic pride, and 6
said, that outfall sewer is my pet,
to recommend that this board take
such action. 1t is the safest and the
cheapest method in the end"
Mr.. Alsops proposal in substance
follows:
I'VE hereby submit a bid for the
completion of section of the outfall
sewer under the present plans and
specifications as follows:
Plan
Station 1880 to station 31O-4O, at
5000 per foot .................... $11. 900 90
Station S1O-4O to station 26S-27, at
5000 per foot ................... 1SS,52O 90
Station 263-21 to station 242-50, at
$4,000 per foot ................... g.. 80 90
$61, $50. 90
Plan 2
I'VE will complete the unfinished
n
to station 315-90 for actual cost plus
% per cent-the city to reimburse us
on or before the tenth day of each
month for all expenditures of every
kind, and to hold the 25 per cent until
final completion and acceptance of the
sewer.
Plan
I'VE will complete the unfinished por-
ton of section 3. between the stations
above mentioned, for actual cost plus
fifty thousand dollars ($5OOOO)-the
city to make payments as designated
under plan ..
I'VE are prepared to Immediately
start work on this project; to com
plete it within nine 90 months and
to furnish bond as required by law.
Respectfully submitted,
'ALSOP ENG. & CONS. CO.,
by L. c. ALSOP.
IcSlueuJ ana zen. Manager
Not Officially Notified
A long conference between the mem
bers of the board of public works, the
city attorney and the attorneys for
Stansbury e. Powell was held in City
Attorney Mathews office yesterday
morning, but what conclusions were
reached was not made known. The
results of this conference We're ieal-
ously guarded by all who took part
in it.
The contractors have not yet replied
to City Engineer Staffords letter ask
ing them if they had given up the
contract permanently or We're merely
enjoying a temporary leave of absence
was not answered yesterday and the
contractors have given the board of
public works no official notification vet
that they have abandoned the contrac
1t is known to a moral certainty. how
ever, that such is the case and the
city officials are proceeding on this
moral certainty The amount of time
that must elapse before the contrac-
tors can be legally declared to have
abandoned the work is all that is now
delaying the city's taking some further
steps, and the city attorney claims that
this is a Wbi1a