The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-24
VIRGINIA FIRM
GETS CONTRACT
FOR BUILDING MILES OF SIDE
WALKS IN PADUCAH.
Reducing Specifications Lowers Cost
To Less Than Twelve
Cents.
MANY OUT-OF-TOwN BIDDERS

The contract for 100, 900 square
feet of concrete sidewalks was award
ed to A. j Miller & Son. of Lynch
burg, Va, for $31, 2OO.61, last night
by the board of public works. which
met in special session. Competition
was keen for the contract, az there
were sixteen bidders for the work,
and the city got low price IL the
opinion of the contractors. The work
was advertised in municipal journals
and ten foreign firms had in bids.
The contract was one of the largest
ever let by the city for sidewalks,
and when completed will be a great
convenience to the citizens. The
work includes Twelfth street between
Kentucky avenue and Trimble street;
Fountain avenue between Monroe
street and Trimble street, and Clay.
street between Eighth street and
Fountain avenue. The work will
amount to about two and one-half
miles of concrete sidewalks with
curb and cutters.
The bids were: All. Miller e Son,
of Lynchburg, Va, $31 200. 6S;
Sales & Thompson, of Enid, Okla.
$31.561.5 81; w. M. Leftwitch, of
Nashville, $31,9S3.S7; Meacham
Construction company, of Hopkins
vile, s32,3GO.64; George w. Katter-
john, of Paducah, 1872, 3GO.64; ]. d.
MCGEE, of Augusta, Ga. $33,O75.1G;
Bigler Brothers. OF Mobile, Ala, $685.
] 2S5.62; w. Y. Noble, OF Paducah,
$3S. 695.59; Wilcox & Caldwell, of
Paducah. $S3,s15.SO; H. NJ. Welkel,
| of Paducah, s33,95415: George
Gardner, of Paducah, 49,. GO2.64;
Yancey & Johnson, of Paducah, $685.
| 771.25; Charles l.. Robertson, of Pa
ducah, s39,754O5; Clair Butter
worth, of st. Louis, $40.724.45; C.
W. Watson Construction company. of
st. Louis. s9.173 for Fountain ave-
nue.; Ed Monion, of Henderson, $17,-
219.13 for Clay street only.
Miller Gets Contract.
The contract was awarded to A J.
Miller & Son as whole, as the firm
was the lowest on each street. Sales
& Thompson had a low bid. Mr.
Thomas Sales has done work in Pa
ducah, but his bid on the curbing
was too high to permit him to capture
the work. The bid of A. J Miller &
Son was the lowest by sS6O.S9.
The bid of the successful contrac-
tor was: Concrete sidewalks II 40
square feet; driveway, IA cents:
granite curb, 81 cents: gutter, 25
cents; drain pipe, 90 cents: Sales &
Thompson: Concrete sidewalks, 10A
cents square foot; driveway, 14%
cents; curb, SIX cents: gutter, 21$4
cents; drain pipe, 20 cents. Other
bids were: w. NJ. Leftyitch: Side
walks, - 7-1O; driveway, 16ls
cents; curb, S1h; gutter, 24%
drain, 20; Meacham Construction
company; Sidewalks - 10; drive
ways, Is; curb, 81: gutter. 81; drain
IS: George w. Katterjohn: Side
walks, - 2-5; driveway, II; curb.
70 %; gutter. &C. drain, 291A; J.
ID. Niece: Sidewalks, 10 95-1O0 |
driveway, Is; curb, so; gutter, 371s
drain. 80; Bigler Brothers: Side
walks, l2h; driveway, 14A; curb.
rs; gutter, So; drain, so; II. NJ. Wei |
KEEL: Sidewalks. 12h driveway, IS;
curb, So; gutter, 2S; drain, So;
George Gardner: Sidewalks. 1919
driveway. 1914; curb, So; gutter, 27
drain. IS; Yancey & Johnson: Side
walks, 16; driveways, 23; curb, "a;
gutter. %; drain, 20; Charles L.
Robertson: Sidewalks. Is; driveway, |
221z; curb. 90; gutter, Al; drain,
25: Clair Butterworth: Sidewalks. 10
driveway, 20; curb, 81; gutter, SO;
drain. So; c. w Watson Construc-l
ton company: Sidewalks. II: drive
way, so; curbing, "a; gutter, 80;
drain, 40: Ed Manion: Sidewalks. |
liza driveway 1914; curb, SO; gut
ter 29h; drain, 81.
The bids were diversified, but the
board secured a low price and stands |
in contrast with former prices. How
ever. the specifications we're changed
in order that a serviceable sidewalk
might be secured at a lower price. |
Notwithstanding this. contractors
agreed that the city received a low
bid for the work.
The work was awarded to A.
Miller & Son as a whole for the firm
had in the lowest bid for the work on
each street. Sixteen firms had in |
bids, ten being foreign firms. The
bids were opened yesterday afternoon
and a night session was held in order
to give City Engineer L. A. Washing
ton time to figure the bids. Present
at the meeting were: President Rich
ard Rudy. Secretary Louis Kolb and
M Minis Iarlr