Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-06-14
ALBERT ANDERSON To PAVE TWO
MORE STREETS.
ACCEPT CITY HALL PLAN
Bids Win BE Called tor, But Cost of
Construction Must be Under
$4,000.

Albert Anderson was the success
ful bidder again last night for the
stree paving contracts being awarded
by the city council, his bids for the
work to be done on Washington
Boulevard and Evelyn Avenue having
been accepted
Five bidders competed for the work
either IN whole or in part, aud while
the Anderson bid was not low on some
of the features in the aggregate It
was much the best The other bid
ders were NJ. c. Ament for the excaya-
ton and I'LL, Leonard Wiles Co. on
cement and sewer work, Schel &
Schell on macadam and Smith Bros.
on cement work Mr. Anderson bid
on all classes of the work, with a four
per cent discount II the Job entire
was awarded him When this dis
count was figured of. there was no
combination Of bids that was lower.
The Anderson bid for the completed
work on Washington Boulevard was
S6,S3A7O while the lowest combln-
alton of bids against him was S6,-
91lG2 On Evelyn Ayenue the An
derson bid was S4C2741, the next
best combination being S4,O5O,9O.
The committee appointed from
among the property owners affected
on the streets to be improved was
present and considered the bids with
the city engineer recommending the
acceptance Of the Anderson bids,
The property owners along the al
ley in block 80, the contract for paw
ing which was awarded to Smith
Bros at the last session Of the coun-
cil were represented before the coun-
ell last night by Attorney Norton
himself one OF the affected owners
skiing that the contract given Smith
Bros. be annulled and the contract
given to Albert Anderson Mr. Nor
ton stated that the property owners
who would be assessed to make this
improvement we're a unit In asking
that the contract be given Mr. Ander-
son regardless OF the fact that his
was n higher bid, the cancellation OF
the Smith contract being advocated
because the contractors had failed to
sign the contract within the FIVE days
specified by the council Smith
Brothers, who were present, protested
against such summary action on the
nart Of the council, asserting their
ability and responsibility In the mat
ter, and guaranteeing their work TO
be as satisfactory as that OF any other
contractor. The city attorney was ap-
pealed 10. and his opinion 10 the
council was that the contract given
the Smith Brothers was binding, not
withstandlng the fact that the con-
tract was not formally signed within
the time limit, this being minor con-
sideration, and not in his opinion af-
/ fecting the legality OF the Smith
award
Architect w. y. Bowen was present
with the plans for the new city hall
changed to meet the demands OF the
council and come within the $4,000
available for the purpose. The plan
as changed was accepted by the coun-
Icil, contingent upon certain changes
in Specifications, and the city auditor
was authorized 10 advertise for bids
for the building OF the structure as
soon as the changes had been made
I'm the specifications 10 the satisfac'
tion OF the committee In charge No
bid involving the expenditure Of more
than $4,000 will be considered By
the council when the award is made
| Mr.. Bowens estimate Is that the hal
can be built within the sum available
although he says that 1T will make
"a pretty big hole in that 10000"
The accepted plan calls for a build
ling 5OxG0 feet IN size, two stories n
height. the hrst floor with "a foot
Telling and The second with ~ FOOT