The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-16
CONTRACT GIVEN
FOR PAVING MAIN
STREET; $4,000
Main and Side Streets
to be Paved with
Concrete
WATER AND SEWER
S12 600 to be Spent in These
Two improvements this
Summer
WATER AND SEWER

BY the first of September seven
blocks on Main street ana u half
block each side of Main street up to
and including Fifth Avenue Will be
paved With cement. The fact was
determined Friday morning when the
city council, in an adjourned session,
awarded the contract 10 c. II. Atkin-
son, of Brookings and Watertown,
the entire sum TO be spent in the
contract being 4o,o19.o2.
Thursday evening the council met
in adjourned session to open the bids
for the paving of Main and the side
streets, with the following aldermen
present: Messrs. McDougal, Snow,
Michels Wadrath, Sibertz, Winsor
and Mccartney, with Mayor Hitch
cock presiding. There was a large
attendance of bidders for the three
contracts to be awarded and they
took much interest in the matter be-
fore the council
The mayor opened the bids, and
Tread them before the council with
the specific price for the work. There
were seven bidders in the list, none
of whom were from this city. The
lowest bidders were C. II. Atkinson
of Brookings and Tanner Bros. OF
Webster The question was discuss
ed from many angles, and it was
fianally decided to put the matter
over for the morning session. The
Tanner bid amounted to approxi-
mately $40, 600, and the Atkinson
bid $4,000.
AT the morning session the coun-
ell discussed the idea of whether to
use crushed granite or gravel for mix
| ing the cement, and the granite sub
stance won out as finalfty. On this
basis the contract was awarded to c..
| II. Atkinson for the total sum of $40
019.o2. There are 1922 square
yards of paving on Main street at
the cost of $1.47 Ger square yard. On
the side streets, taking in the five
blocks. the total cost of each block
from one side to the other is ST.
l127.2S, bringing the five blocks up to
$l0.63640. The bid of Joe Sampson,
of Sioux Falls, while the lowest at
the rate of $1.29 ~ per square yard,
did not include the price of crush
led rock. The next low. bid was that
from Tanner brothers, which was
$42, ,459.G0.
Mr.. Atkinson, who was hero, stat
ed that it would take about three
months 10 complete tire paving, and
that he would have it done by Sept. l.
The aduitor was instructed 10 adj
vertise for bids for installing curbne
, along the streets to be paved, which
will have TO be done before paving
the street AN be started. City Engln-
Ger Smith was instructed to draw
plans and specifications for install
ing conducts in the cement work fol
installing a lighting system, whicf
i, can be done after the paving if nee
q essary.
The counsil also decided on th'
purchase of garbage wagon, decid
;. ing finally on the Studcbaker make a
o a cost of 1925.
g Water Mains and Sewers.
Thursday evening the bids on th
extension of water mains in the resi-
=, dence district mostly were opened
. in which competition there wer
seven bidders. The extension of tn
mains will cover approximately Z
ls $40 feet. There was close competi
= tion between E. l.. Dimick of Laure
! Neb.. and John Roberts, and it too
e quite good deal of figuring to dc
;, eide which was entitled to the cor
/, tract. Several clerical errors wer
/. made in the bids of those two mel
IN which placed one in the lead an
then the ether The contract was fiji
ally awarded to Mr.. Dimick for til
v total sum OF S9,9S6.07.
r. There were about as many bidder
s. for the sewer contract, This is di
th tributed in four branch districts, V
he X, T., and p, covering the tot
A. linear feet of 4,210, and they al
al located in different parts of the cit
of The contract was awarded to T..
ch Dimick, of Laurel, Neb., for the tot
of sum of s3,125.4O. Mr.. Dimick h;
he done considerable work for the ci
in the way Of sewer work.