The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
STATE TO LOOK OVER ALL BIDS
Bid Of Former Alderman Geo. r. Wade
is Declared to be Lower than the Cost
Of the Material to be Used and New
Bids May be Asked for.

Former Alderman george IL. Wdue
cave another exhibition of his ability
to figure for public improvements
on Saturday afternoon when the bids
for the building of the concrete high
ways in the county were opened by
Highway Commissioner Mcclellan and
Engineer j. r. Hirst of the Wisconsin
State Highway commission. The bid
presented by Wade was so far below
any Of the others that the engineer
took no action on awarding the con-
tracts but took all the bids with him
to Madison and will figure them out
and make some announcement later.
The engineer declared that in one case
the bid of Mr.. Wade was as low as the
cost of the material. The general bid
Of Wade was far below that of any
Of the six other contractors who COM
peted in the bidding. In fact his bid
on the three pieces of road including
South Park avenue, the Lake Shore
road and the Sheridan road was fully
forty per cent lower than the next bid
der. Wade's bids on all of the roads
were especially low in connection with
the building of the concrete pavement.
/ His bids for excavation and on the
small amount of culvert work were
pretty close to the estimates made by
the state engineers.
| The bid Of Wade for the concrete on
| the Lake Shore road was 81 cents and
the next lowest bid was an even dollar.
/ He bid 70 cents on the concrete for
South Park avenue and the next lowest
bid was $1.24, while on the Sheridan
road he bid $1.06 and the next bid was
$1.24. Engineer Hirst made no state
ment as to the probable action of the
| state commission on the bids but it is
certain that ali Of the bids with the
exception of those of the former alder
man are considerably above the esti-
mate. His bid is just about as far be-
low the estimate as the others are
above it. The estimated cost of the
concrete pavement was around 80 cents
or a dollar and it is not improbable
that the state commission will refuse
all bids and direct that new bids be
asked for. The tabulated bids Of the
four lowest bidders follow. These show
that outside of Wade the low bidder on
the Lake Shore road was James Cape
& Sons of Racine and on the other two
roads John Brogan Of Green Bay. The
bids follow:
George R. Wade, Kenosha.
Excavation-Lake Shore road, 27c
per ineal foot, Sheridan road 22c, So.
Park avenue 40c
Concrete surface-Lake Shore road
&c square yard; Sheridan road $1.06;
South Park avenue zoe.
Culverts-$10 per cubic yard.
Extra work 10 per cent plus actual
cost.
James Cape & Sons, Racine.
Excavation Lake Shore road CSC,
Sheridan road 35c, South Park avenue
soc.
Concrete surface-Lake Shore road
81; Sheridan road $1.35; South Park
avenue $1.35.
Culverts-$20 per cubic yard; extra
work 20 per cent above actual cost.
John Brogan, Green Bay.
/ Excavation-Lake Shore road 40c;
Sheridan road 25c; South Park avenue
40c.
/ Concrete surface-Lake Shore road
! $1.20; Sheridan road $1.24; South Park
avenue $1.24.
Culverts-$8.50 per cubic yard; ex-
ira work ter per cent above actual
cost.
Petersen Construction Company
| Excavation-Lake Shore road zoe,
Sheridan road Zoe, South Park avenue
! 24c.
Concrete surface-Lake Shore road
$1.24, Sheridan road $1.4o, South Park
avenue $1.37.
Culverts $40 per cubic yard; extra
I'work 16 per cent above actual cost.
The bid of the Western Construction
Company Of Racine was not accepted on
account of the fact that the bidder had
not followed the conditions named in
the call for bids.