The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-11
BIDS OPENED LAST NIGHT FOR
MTTNAS STREET
City Aldermen Have Busy Session.
Street improvements, Rock Crusher,
Fire Apparatus and Hitching Racks
Occupied Attention COMMITTEES to
Report on Fire Apparatus

The city council last night dis
posed of a number of very important
matters. There were present Mayor
Gellatly, Councilmen Russi, Hol-
comb, Thomas. Wells, Ross and Por-
ter.
The most important matter was the
reception of bids for the improvement
of Kittitas street from the depot to
the high school building. There were
three bidders, the Eagle Transfer
company bidding on the entire work,
while L. D. Petit, of Everett, and
Wright & Meredith, of this city, bid
only on the concrete work. The
bid of the Eagle Transfer company
was as follows:
Earth excavation, $6,7S9.
Excavation solid rock, $1,000.
Concrete walks, $5,431.40.
Armoured concrete curb, 1912.
Concrete curb, $547.20.
Wood cross walks, $240.
Wood cutters, $540.
Concrete alley crossings, $3.50.
Graveling, $2,750.
Total, s18,696.9O.
The bid of L. D. Petit was as fol-
lows:
Concrete walk, $5,431.40.
Armoureds concrete, $500.
Concrete curb, $547.20.
Wood cross walks, $240.
Wood cutters, $40.
Concrete alley crossings, $144.45.
Wright & Meredith:
Concrete walk, $5,222.50.
Armoured concrete curb, $820.80.
Concrete curb, $547.20.
Concrete alley crossings, $155.15.
The bids were referred to the
street committee and city engineer
and were to be awarded today.
The bids on the house for the
pumping engineer, five in number,
were referred to the engineer and
water committee and was awarded
today to F. S. Burgoyne. The bids
were as follows:
F. B. Utter, 1925.
NJ. c. Griffith, 1914.
H. M. Noacker, 1925.
C. NJ. Webster, sSS7.50.
T. S. Burgoyne, 1865.
The council went very thoroughly
into the matter of having crushed
rock for the streets. 1t was the
sense Of all of the members of the
council that something other than
gravel should be employed in surfac-
ing the streets which are being i'm
proved and Contractor McNerney ad-
dressed the council, on invitation, as
to the cost of crushed rock and its
adaptibility to the streets Of the city.
He stated that if 1t was the wish of
he council to use crushed rock and
that the city would be in position
to use a sufficient quantity that his
firm would install a rock crushing
plant, to be in readiness for operation
within thirty days.
The matter was referred to the
street committee with instructions to
have a definite report ready at the
next meeting, that speedy action may
be taken. The committee was in
structed to report as to whether it is
the better policy for the city to pur-
chase crushed rock from private par
ties or to install a plant of its own.
1t Is the disposition of the members
of the council to make the streets of
the city as perfect as possible. using
the best mtaerial available for sur
facing.
Another matter that engaged the
attention of the council and which
was of considerable Importance to
the suburban population was that of
hitching racks. During the next few
months 1t is going to be impossible
to use Wenatchee avenue for teams,
owing to the regrade work which
will be in progress all over the street
within a few days. Hitching racks
have been placed on the corner of