Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-30
CONTRACTS LET
FOR IMPORTANT
JOBS OF PAVING
Second, Fourth and Sixth Ave
nues to Be Improved With
in a Short Time.
MCCARTHY COMPANY WINS
Gets Largest of the improvements
TrenkensChuh to Lay Water
mains in Southwest.

ANeHlIelA stTeelS, one Tor the paving
of Fourth avenue from Sixteenth to
Twentieth street, one for the paving
OF Sixth avenue from Nineteenth to
Twentieth street, and the other for the
laying of water mains in the southeast
district OF the city-were let this morn
ing by the board of local improve
ments.
The Second avenue paving contract,
the largest OF the four, was awarded to
the Mccarthy Improvement company
of Davenport, bidding against the Bar
Der Construction company Of Daven-
port. The approximate difference in
the bids is 500. The same company
was awarded the Sixth avenue paving
without competition.
The Fourth avenue paving contract
was awarded to the Independent Con-
struction company of Davenport
There We're two competitive bids.
P. F. Trenkenschuh. bidding against
Channon & Dufva, for the laying of the
watermains, was successful
READY FOR WORK SOON.
The contracts for the various jobs
will be ready for signing within 10
days, and must be taken up within 10
days in order to be valid. AS soon as
the contracts are signed, the compan-
/ les will be able to order material and
begin the improvement within a short
| time thereafter.
! Second avenue is to be paved with
| asphalt. The estimated cost of the
| improvement is S26927. The approx
mate bid of the Mccarthy company is
! S25,900, which amount does not include
/ court costs, etc. The bids of the COM
panies were itemized as follows:
Barber Gutter, 4S12 cents;
asphalt, per square yard, $2.O7; Pinch
storm drain, 80 cents; 10-inch storm
drain, Us cents; catch basins, S27.50:
hydrants, 50 cents; auxiliary valves,
% cents; connections, So cents; 6-inch
water pipe, 80 cents.
Mccarthy = Gutter, As cents;
asphalt, per square yard, $1.99; r.
inch storm drain, 80 cents; 1O-inch
storm drain, 60 cents; catch basins
$50; hydrants, 80 cents; auxiliary
valves, 80 cents; connections, 40
cents; G-inch water pipe, 81.
The bid of the Independent Con-
struction company for the Fourth ave-
nue. paving is '$1.56 per square yard.
There are $500 square yards, bringing
the total bid TO S12,792. The bid of p.
F. Trenkenschuh for the work is Sl.5S
while that of the Mccarthy company
is one cent less.
ONLY ONE BID.
The Sixth avenue paving. awarded
to the Mccarthy company without
competition, is comparatively small in
comparison with the other jobs, and
other. The avenue is to be paved with
asphalt at $2.lS cents per square yard
and 65 cents for curbing. The total
cost is S2,S03.6O.
p. F. Trenkenschuh's bid on the wa
termains for the district between For
ty-fourth and Forty-sixth streets, and
Sixteenth and Eighteenth avenues, is
| approximately S125 less than that sub
mitted by ChannOn & Dufva. The es-
timated cost is $500. The itemized
bid is as follows:
P. F. Observation-Disclosures water
main, $2.1O; S-inch Waterman, S145;
6inch Waterman, 81; 4-inch water
main, 65 cents; fire hydrants, $i4;
auxiliary valves, s27; 12-.nch valves
$65; S-inch valves, $40; 6-inch valves,
$2S; 4-inch valves, $40; specials, per
pound, cents.
Channon & Dutva-12-inch water
main. $2.15; S-inch Waterman, 150; ;
E6-inch Waterman, 81; 4-inch water
main, So cents; fire hydrants, $50
auxiliary valves. $50; 12-inch valves,
$40; 8-inch valves, $50; 6-inch valves,
$50; 4-inch valves, $25; specials, per
pound, 6 cents.
OTHER BUSINESS OF BOARD.
In addition to awarding contracts,
the board recommended that Tenth
avenue. from Nineteenth to Twenty
first street, be paved with asphalt, and
watermains be constructed from Thir-
ty-first to Thirty-fourth street and be-
tween Fifteenth and Eighteenth ave
nues. May was set as the date for
the hearing on the proposed water
mains for the district between Thirty
eighth and Fortierh streets and Eigh-
teenth avenue, and for a sewer on
Forty-fifth street from railroad avenue
to the river, on railroad avenue from
Forty-fifth to Forty-sixth street. and
On FoTty-sixth street from Railroad to
Seventh avenue. Waterman for the
district has been discussed, but be
cause of the necessity of extensive
rock excavations, it may be impossi-
bic to go ahead with that improve
ment this year. The city must bear
the brunt Of the expense caused by
rock excavations on Waterman i'm
provements. Mayor H. VI. Schriver
stated this morning that the finances
Of the city will not permit the i'm.
proyement this year.
WANT WATER LINE.
Representatives of the Blake Spe
cialty company, housed in a new fac
tory in the manufacturers addition
implored the board TO give pe.mis
sion for a 10-inch Waterman FROM
Eighth street and Eleventh avenue