The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-12
Joseph Long & Co. Given
River Changing Contract
BY BARRE CITY COUNCIL
Mr.. Long Announced To-day That He
Would Have His Men in Barre by
Latter Part Of Next Week, to
Begin the Excavation.

The contract to change the bed Of
Stephens branch was awarded to Joseph
Long & Co. Of Leominster, Mass at
the special meeting OF the city council
held last evening to open the bids. Long
I { Co.'s bid was $40 ,2sO, which is just S05
higher than the bid of Z. n. Norman
ieau Of this city. but the council after
a long discussion and consultation with
Mr Normandeau decided TO give the
contract to the former Long & Co.
are the same contractors who built the
Orange brook reservoir for the city.
Seven bids in all were received, but
only five Of them were considered. Two
of the bids did not arrive until after
the first five had been opened, owing to
the lateness Of the mails. One of these
was from Brown & Bailey Of New York,
which was 50 high that It was not
considered at all, and the other bid did
not have the certified check Of $500,
which was required with every bid.
The five bids which were figured were
as follows:--
Rowe Construction Co. Of Boston.
s54795.
Douglass, varnum a Gilfllan, s52,97O.
RH. Newell 4 Co. Of uxbridge, Mass,
s52,7OO.
Joseph Long q Co. of Leominster,
Mass, S43,2sO.
Z. n Normandeau Of Barre, $42,2l5.
The contract stipuIates that the work
must be commenced within IA days aft
er the signing Of the contract and the
new channel completed and the water
turned in before January /, 1911. All Of
tue rest Of the work as called for under
tie contract must be completed before
August |. 1911. The city engineer is
to supervise the work and act as referee
III All cases to determine the quantItv
81 amount Of the work which Is 10 be
paid for under the contract, and to
decide oil questions which may arise
relative to the fulhllment Of the con-
tract on the part Of the contractor. The
new channel is to be walled up with
stone and filed in, the bottom with
loose stones The contractor is to refill
the old channel.
The work is to be done under the
following specifications. as prepared BY
the city engineer George A. Reed: Dig
ing Of the new channel about 600 feet
long and turning stephens branch from
about 400 feet 81 its present course
through the new channel, relilling the
old bed, building roads. culverts, etc,
made neeeyyary by the change. The
approximate estimate of quantities
which were used Is a basis for eempar
ing Of the bids was as follows:
Earth excavations for new channel,
$4,000 en- gds
Rock excavation, 5000 Gu. yds.
Dry rubble wall masonry, $500 cu.
yds.
Bubble wall laid in mortar, 800 Gu.
yds.
Riprap in bottom Of new channel,
800 eli yds.
Culvert, 900 Gu. yds.
Paving, 200 "a. yds.
Laying OF 24in. sewer tile, 400 IT.
Laying Of sin. sewer tile, 800 fl.
Manholes and receivers, Ave in num-
Der
Refilling Old bed. 10000 cn. yds.
The bidders set their price on eacn OF
these separate items, and they were
figured up 10 the totsl amounts ny the
city clerk and the city engineer, after
they had been opened and read to the
council.
aEr Long and Mr. Mckenzie, the sue.
eeasspl contractors, have been in TIN
city sinee shey finished tne work on TIE
They vere seea ths norning.
ard Mr Long steted saas he expected
to haze a;s workmea heYa end evafg
thing sealr To star. srafis he last nsfs
os next week. nh Will barn eXeavaiing
tie new channel s. He Prospect stree
eu5. where there ledge to be blasted
thloaaA aad about s,c0o cubic yards 81
rock taken out.