The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-04
BIDS OPENED FOR SEVER
AND MISSION STREET
Anti-tying Ordinance Again Bobbed Up
and Has Good Chance for Passage
Council Agreed on improvements
for Okanogan Avenue
Bids open for Mission street.

LII OhQIIOS Oil "A
Bids open for Mission street.
Bids open for big sewer.
Ordinance providing for improve
ment of Okanogan avenue.
Defer protests On west end i'm
provements two weeks.
Introduce notifying ordinance.
Regulate speed of autos and of
teams
Serve notice on contractors that
penalties for failure to complete
contracts on time will be imposed.
tiers that came up for consideration
in the city council meeting last
night. The opening of the bids for
the big sewer which the city engin-
eer estimated would cost about
100000 and the Mission street i'm
provement, estimated cost about s70,-
900, were the most important mat
tiers. The bids were opened and
referred to the city engineer and
street committee for investigation
and the contracts will be formally
awarded today. The bids are as fol-
lows:
Sewer Bids.
Coast Contracting COM
pany, Tacoma, clay
pipe 1924, 337.OS
Thorsig & Miley, Ever
EFT. clay pipe ....... 232,311.55
]. B. Snyder, Seattle, clay
pipe 24s,7OO. 90
" c. Murphey Co., Spo-
kane, clay pipe ...... 250,110.2S
Wetsel & Foster, Spo-
kane, clay pipe 1865 227,0S0.32
Coast Contracting COM
pany, cement pipe -. 254, $4,000
Mission Street Bids-Specification A.
Thorsig & Miley, Everett, brick
and macadam, s97,OS5.10; asphalt
and macadam, sS6,271.10; creosoted
wood block macadam, s90,912.9S.
Allen & McNerney, brick and
macadam. sS4,Oes.26; asphalt and
macadam, s7S,145.56; patent pave
ment and macadam, s71,115.46.
Inland Empire Hassen Paving Co..
Spokane, patent pavement and mac
adam. s73,174.30.
NJ. c. Murphey & Co., Spokane,
brick and macadam, SIS, 1886; as
phalt and macadam, SIS, 225.42;
creosoted wood blocks and macadam,
s77,S7190.
Mission Street Bids-Specification b.
Thorsig & Miley, Spokane, brick
and macadam, s96,074.25; asphalt
and macadam, sS5,270.25; creosoted
wood blocks and macadam, $780,
912.13.
Inland Empire Hassen Paving COM
pany, patent pavement, s70,772.26.
Allen & McNerney, brick and mac
adam, $S4,093.26; asphalt macadam,
s7S,14556; patent pavement, ST.
1886.
NJ. c. Murphey & Co., brick and
macadam, $S4,632.96; asphalt mac
adam, sS4,524. So; creosoted block
and macadam, s77.171.30.
Allen e McNerney submitted bids
on three characters of paving, one
on brick, one on asphalt and one on
asphalt macadam. This firms bid
on asphalt macadam was the only
one below Engineer Wards estimate.
This character of paving has been
very generally adopted in California
and is now being introduced in Spo-
kane through the fundamentally of
J. P. Graves, who, after making
thorough investigation in California
recommended this character of paw
ing. 1t consists of three layers of
TOCk, one DIT lHe UdSS 10 VI ldI &c
rock, the middle course of middle
size rock and the top is of screening.
They are both bound together by as
phalt oil and thoroughly rolled, MAX
ing what is considered by Mr.. Graves
a superior paving to asphalt. Ac-
companying the bid was guarantee
from Messrs. Allen & McNerney to
maintain this paving for period of
five years, the same as is guaranteed
by asphalt companies.
Wants Damage for Horse.
DR.. Warren, the veterinary sur
geon, appeared before the council
last night to revive the matter of
securing damages for horse which
was killed some time ago through
being scared by the city road roller.
roller.
Want Sewer Connection.
w. F. Anderson petitioned to be
allowed to connect with the main
sewer on King street. This petition