Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-02
THIRD AVENUE PAVING SOUGHT
BY LONE CONTRACTOR.
HOLDER OF PATENTS.
COMES DOWN q CENTS, TO
$1.e4, UNDER FORMER BID
After Bidding Bome Company Says
Can Not Comply With Specifications,
Because Bond For Seven Years is
Not lable-Pavins Likely to Go
Over Until Next Year.

1t is all but certain that there will be
no street paving done this season, and
the city council, at its adjourned meet
ing Monday night, all but laid over
the block of concrete paving on South
Third avenue until another season.
The only bid received was S1.94 per
square yard. by the Rudolph S Blome
Company holders of the patents on
granitoid paving This same companys
bid on June IS was sl.9S, and on this
date r. A. Ely. OF this city, entered
a bid of s165.s
The principal reason was that the
council could not let the contract last
night because its specifications call for
a seven year maintenance bond. The
only bidder, R. S. Blome & Co. OF Chi
cage, could only furnish bond for
five years. Some members OF the coun-
eli thought il was getting rather la.e
in the season 10 attempt TO pave, and
William NJ PindeI. attorney for the
Blome company. said his company was
not especially anxious TO lay the paw
ing at this time of year, altho it could
do Tile paving question was re-
ferred to the streets and alleys COM
mittee to report at the next meeting.
City Out Cost of Advertising.
1t is more than likely that this COM
mittee VIII report that no further at
tempt be made TO lay this piece of paw
ing until next season. If ii is as Mr..
Pindell said, that the leading surety
bonding companies will no longer is
sue paving maintenance bonds for a
period TO exceed FIVE years it will be
necessary for the city council to change
it's speci fications, start all over again,
and readvertise. Ii this is necessary
the procedure can not. by any possible
means. be brought to the point of let
ting the contract before midwinter.
Blome company's Bid.
The bid OF the Blome company was
for s1.94 a square yard for granitoid
concrete paving. II bid so cents a
lneal foot for the. curbing; SO cents a
cubic yard for the extra excavating.
and cents extra per cubic yard for
hauling over 1.40o feet. The Blome
company presented a check OF s45l
with its bid.
Mr.. Pindell said that the leading
/ that they would not furnish bond;
for paving for a longer period than fivt
years. and for that reason the Blomf
company was unable to comply with
that requirement of the specification
City Solicitor Northup suggested thai
there We're certainly some good bond
ing companies Which would furnish {
bond for the required seven years, bu
Mr. pi>7Sal1 lid nor think
Sings the Praise Of Granitod.
When given the opportunity TO ex-
plain 70 the city council why the Blom'
company was unable to comply with
the Specifications regarding the period
of time the maintenance bond Should
run. he took time to advance the in
terests of his company by singing IN.
praise of granitoid.
He declared granitoid paving coult
not be laid for less than SIS and tina
no city in the country was getting
paving that vas worth anything 70
$40 a ward. also that advice to Ia.
s1.40 paving was poor advice.