The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-28
j. w. Gore & Co. of Boston
Awarded Contract Over
Nine Competitors
CITY is TO FURNISH
THE PAVING MATERIAL
North Main Street from
Granite to Blackwell Is
the Designated Strip

The contract for laying LOO lineal
feet OF paving, or approximately $500
square yards, from Granite street to
Blackwell the coming summer was
Iawarded to the j, w Gore Co OF Bos-
ton, Mass, last night at special meet
ing of the city council. which followed
the regular weekly session of the board
of aldermen. The Gore Co. submitted
a bid of s2l ,90760 and received the
award over nine other contracting COM
Epanies. whose bids ranged from S22 900
to as high as $4,000. Soon after 1880
o'clock after the aldermen had finished
| a short session of routine business,
Mayor w. H. Ward called the council
to order and the clerk was instructed
to open the bids. Representatives of
the contracting companies. including
two Barre contractors, were present for
the opening.
After hearing the figures submitted
by the ten competitors, COMMITTEES
consisting of the mayor, the city en-
gineer, the chairman of the street COM
mittee and the city clerk retired to the
latter's Office and considered the bids
in detail. Companies furnishing bids
were asked to estimate on the cost of
b-grading, and the paving for outside
and inside the rails. 1t was stipulated
that the city was to furnish the mate
rial, the successful paving company to
furnish labor, machinery and other in
cidentals.
The committee reporting its findings.
Alderman Patterson Of the aldermanic
street committee moved that the CON
tract be awarded the Gore Co., on tne
basis of the bid submitted His motion
was seconded by Alderman Hoban and
carried unanimously.
Following are the bids in the aggre-
gate as submitted by the ten compan
les; Z. \. Normandeau, Barre, S23,676;
Wood & Gregoire, Barre, s23,3s5; James
f. eastman, Burlington, S24,225; DAN
iel 0'Connell & Sons, Holyoke, Mass,
S22 BOG; j. W. Gore Co., Boston. S2I,
907 80; G. r. Allen, Jr., Co., Albany,
n Y, s22,9l7; r. L. Whipple & Co..
Boston, S3s 800: A. w. Williams & Co.,
Boston, S23 025; hassam Paving Co.,
Worcester, Mass. S25,203; G. w. Do
loft, Boston. S28.600
The strip Of paving in question is
to be a continuation Of the stretch
which now extends from South Main
street to Granite street. Last year the
paving was continued to its present eN
tremity from Depot square and the pro-
posed addition to the paved street is
mid to be longer than any hitherto at
tempted in a single season. Ii is not
80 ..-Ha ka ~ t.,,H ka
gin operations, but it is said to be the
wish of the street committee that opera
tions be started as early as possible.
Lower Fire Insurance Rates Sought
Before its adjournment, the council
was called to consider matter that
nay prove to be distinctly advantageous
10 hundreds Of property holders who
ire now forced to pay what are claimed
o be excessive rates for fire insurance
within the fire limits. A petition signed
~ every member of the aldermanic
,oard. the mayor and the president and
ecretary of the Board of Trade asked
he New England Insurance Exchange
o establish re-rating Of insurance
harges in Barre.
The petition was drawn up by Alder
nan Bancroft and had for its body a
lumber of strong references to the in
reased facilities for fighting fire in
'arre. It was submitted that the rec
rd of fire losses in the last five years,
ogether with the present status of the
re department, amply warranted a re-
uction of the rates. A. s. Martin,
'ho was an onlooker at the council
leetng, commended the ward three
-. uail hat bn
resent fire insurance rates worked an
ljustice ON property owners in the city.
was said by others that Montpelier,
ith fire department which is not con-
dered as adequate as that of Barre,
as receiving the benefit of lower rate.
lderman Bancroft brought the matter
} focus by moving that the council
Ike vote TO forward the petition as
gned to the New England exchange in
oston. The motion was carried unanl-
ously.
Surface Sewer for Addison Street.
On motion by the member from ward
rec an aldermanic street committee re-
,rt referring to several sewer petitions
as taken from the table and after
ort discussion. Alderman Bancroft's
otion to grant the petition relating 10
idison street and to lay the remainder
the report on the table again was
rried with the dissenting vote of Al
rman Brown. The motion to take
c original report from the table opened
argument and the mayor asked for
yea and nav vote. With the eNcep-
IN of Aldermen Brown and keefe,
cry member voted TO take it from the
bic. The petition asked that a sur
-e sewer be constructed on Addison
-eet and the street committee reported
At il would cost in the neighborhood
sl07. the committee basing its re-
rt on an estimate made by the city
yineer. Surface sewers petitioned for
the entire report aggregated pro
sed expenditure Of S3Ss6.
Alderman Keefe was inclined to think
It a petition from the Center street
inity similar 10 that put forward By
idents Of Addison street should have
N favorabiy acted upon when i was
{ presented and il occurred 20 Alder
n Dawson that a good deal Of the