The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-27
N. F. Reichert Tells Alder
men He Can Not Build
Trunk Sewer on His Bid
Sees FINANCIAL RUIN IF HELD
Racine Contractor Makes no Sugges-
ton as to Way of the City Out OF the
Middle in Connection With the
Trunk Sewer.

Claiming that the fulfllment of the
contract would mean his financial ruin
N. T. Reichert Of Racine, came to Ke-
nosha on Tuesday afternoon and mott
| fed Mayor Scholey and members of the
common council that he would seek to
| be released from his bid for the build
ing of the trunk sewer. Mr.. Reichert
declared that he feared it would be
| impossible for him to furnish bonds to
insure the completion of the job. go
| insisted that should the council hold
him to his bid it would mean an actual
| financial loss to him of more than
| $4,000! Mr.. Reichert met the mayor,
Aldermen Filben, Werner and Marlatt
at the Office of the mayor on Tuesday
afternoon and while he offered no way
out of the difficulty he declared that it
would be impossible for him to build
the sewer under the bid. cit would
mean the Wiping out of everything Z
have and could get my friends to go
on the bond, which l very much doubt,
! it would mean heavy losses to them.
You know that 1 made a mistake in
bidding on the job. [ figured on a
two ring instead Of four ring brick
sewer and l figured just about half
what [ should have figured had [ made
the careful study of the specifications
that / should have made The fault
of course is nine, but I can not build
the sewer under the bid and [ hope
gthat you boys will see your way clear.
to let me withdraw or TO advertise Tor
new bids. -
Mr.. Reichert has certified check
of $500 deposited with the city and
in case he withdfaws his bid the city
council could claim $4,000 of this
money. The action of Reichert in
withdrawing from the contest, and it
is probable that the members of the
council will permit him to withdraw,
will put the council up against hard
proposition. The next lowest bid for
a brick sewer is made by the Inter
state Construction company of Ham
mond, Ind, and the cost under this
bid would be $122, 200 without the out
let which would cost the city $1,000.
The Interstate company agrees to
build the sewer complete for $4,000.
This is pretty close to the estimated
cost of the sewer as made by City
Engineer Moth and Engineer Alvord
of Chicago. Contractors declare that
this is a low bid for the sewer and if
is more than $4,000 below some of
the other bids presented by well
known contracting firms. The Inter
state company is known under the
firm name Of Shea and o Shea and it
is declared that the company is en-
tircly reliable and can be depended
On to do the work.
With the Reichert bid out Of the
running the council will be forced to
meet the big question of deciding be-
tween brick and concrete. After the
Reichert bid the next lowest bid for
concrete was that of the White Con
struction company of Milwaukee. The
bid of that company for the completed
sewer with concrete construction was
$97 1882 nearly forty thousand dollars
hon hn r.
Construction company for the brick
sewer.
The bid of the Hammond comnanv
for concrete sewer is $4,000. tt
will be noted that in some Of the bids
the contractors showed that tbev CON
sidered the concrete sewer lust as ex
pensive as brick and it is possible that
the council will eventually decide 70
build the big sewer of concrete and
give the contract to the White com
pany. The bid of the White company
for brick is nearly $4,000 above that
of the Interstate Construction Co.
A meeting of the street assessment
committee has been called for Satur-
day afternoon and Contractor Reiehert
as well as the other contractors inter
ested have been invited to be present
at this meeting. 1t is mot thought
probable that the council will elect to
advertise for new bids as it is held
that the bids now in the hands of the
committee are decidedly favorable and
that for this reason it would not be
good business to ask for a new set
of bids. It is expected that the mat
ter will come to the council for some
final action on next Monday evening.