The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21
City Council Proceedings.


| Council met as per adjournment
of meeting of August 7th, 1913, two
o'clock p. m. 3
The mayor and the following coun-
cilmen were present:
0. w. Foxworthy, mayor, Council
men, c. M. Axes, Morris Gardner,
Win Cash, Stephen Varga.
| Moved and seconded that the sew
eral bids on file for street improve
ment be taken up for further con-
sideration. Motion put and declar-
ed carried by the mayor.
The following report of the COM
! mittee on streets and alleys with ref
| erence to street improvement was
| introduced by the committee:
| REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
STREETS AND ALLEYS.
| TO the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of the City of Leon, Iowa.
Gentlemen
The undersigned, members of the
| committee on streets and alleys,
have publicly opened at the City Hall
at two o'clock p. M, this 18th day OF
August. 1913, the bids of the street
Improvement heretofore ordered on
the following streets and parts OF
streets to-wit: Main street from the
south side OF 18th street, thence
north to the north side of 18th street.
Eighth street from the east line of
Main street to the east line OF Idaho
street. Idaho street from the south
line of Sth street south to the south
line of 9th street. Ninth street from
the west line of Idaho street to the
east line of Main street. Also COM
mencing on the west side of Main
street on 18th street thence west to
the west side of Church street,
thence north on Church street to the
south line of the northeast quarter,
of section 80 and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter OF
section %, township 50, range %,
Decatur county, Iowa. Also COM
mencing on the west side Of White
street on Commercial street, thence
east on Commercial street to the east
side of Mills street, all in the City
Of Leon, Iowa,
Beg leave to report as follows:
Bids in proper form and accom-
panied by certified checks, as speci-
fled in the advertisements for bids,
were received from Dunnegan &
Wright, Shenandoah, Iowa; Ford
Paving Company, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Ely & Carlton, Marshalltown,
Iowa; Des Moines Asphalt and Paw
ing Company, Des Moines, Iowa;
Jas. Horrabin & Co., Des Moines,
Iowa; Dearborn Construction Co.,
Waterloo, Iowa; Grant Construction
Co., Omaha, Nebraska.
The foregoing bids were as fol-
lows: "a
Dunnegan & Wright, Shenandoah,
Iowa:
Brick block pavement, complete
with sand filler at $2.04 per square
yard. Brick block pavement, COM
plete with cement filler at $2.14 per
square yard. Brick block pavement,
complete with asphalt filler at 1924
per square yard. Wood block pave
ment, complete at $2.75 per square
yard. Asphaltic concrete pavement,
complete at $1.15 per square yard.
Concrete curb and gutter at &C per
linear foot Concrete curb at CSC
per linear foot. Header curb at SOC
per linear foot False curb at 32c
per linear foot. Cast iron gutter
plates at p c per pound. Storm wat
er inlets at $4,000 each 2o-inch
storm water sewer at $1.75 per line
ar foot 15-nch storm water sewer
$1.50 per linear foot 12-inch storm
water sewer at S1.00 per linear foot.
Extra grading at 40c per cubic yard.
Ford Paving Company, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa:
Brick block pavement, complete
with sand filler at $500 per square
yard. Brick block pavement, COM
plete with cement filler at S2.07 per
square yard. Brick block pavement,
complete with asphalt filler at $2.14
per square yard. Asphaltic concrete
pavement, complete at $1.75 per
square yard. Concrete curb and gut
ter at zoe per linear foot. Concrete
curb at SIC per linear foot. Header
curbs at 81 Zee per linear foot. False
curbs at 80 Zee per linear foot. Cast
iron gutter plates at 1a c per pound.
Storm water inlets at $1,000 each;
20-inch storm water sewer at STA
sewer at $1.15 per linear foot. ~
inch storm water sewer at 75c per
linear foot. Extra grading at 49c
per cubic yard
Ely & Carlton, Marshalltown,
Iowa:
Brick block pavement, complete
with sand filler at $3.1S per square
yard. Brick block pavement, COM
plete with cement filler at S2.24 per
square yard Brick block pavement,
complete with asphalt filler, at 1888
per square yard. Concrete curb and
gutter at zoe per linear foot. Con-
crete curb at 4Sc per linear foot.
Headers curb at soc per linear foot.
False curb at 3Oc per linear foot.
Cast iron gutter plates at &c per
pounds. Storm water inlets, at $25
each: 20-inch storm water sewer at
$1.75 per linear foot. 15-inch storm
water sewer at $3.50 per linear foot
12-inch storm water sewer at $1.00
per linear foot. Extra grading at
4Sc per cubic yard. ~
Des Moines Asphalt and Paving
Company, Des Moines, Iowa:
Asphaltic concrete pavement, COM
plete at $1.70 per square yard. Con-
crete curb and gutter at Y 1kc. per
linear foot. Concrete curb at SAC
per linear foot. Header curbs at 25c
Der linear foot False curh at 24c