The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-13
SEWER CONTRACT
IS LET BY CITY
THE BIG JOB WILL BE BEGUN
IMMEDIATELY.
WILL COST TWENTY THOUSAND
The Improvements Will Comprise An
Extension Of the Spring Creek
Sewer and the Building of In
hoff Qualification Tank. #

| kaolosa city council Monday evening
to the Kansas Paving and Construe-
ton Company of Kansas City, Mo The
total of the contractors figures
amounted to $1S,96A34 Time speci-
fed for completion is 1876 working
days from start. 49,.
Five bids were offered on the work
as follows:
Kansas Paving and Construction
Company of Kansas City. $1S,964.34.
w. s. Jackson, Cedar Rapids, $20,.
070.05.
Public Service Construction Com
pany, Omaha, $20,343.S0.
r. C. De La Hunt, Cedar Rapids,
20,99S.65. ~,
l.. Harness., Ottumwa, $21,S1529.
? y The bids in detail include big ar
ray Of figures, as the work is extens-
i've and varied. The city had hoped
to keep the cost down to somewhere
near $15,000.00 and some estimates
were as low as 100000, but this was
when the work was first contemplate
ed Since the plans for the work
were made prices of material and la
Dor have advanced ten per cent or
more and business Is upon an unsat-
isfactory basis. Two years ago the
first estimate of the city might have
been realized, but not at the current
| rates.
Realizing that something must be
done, that cation in definite direc.
ton must be taken, the council con-
cluded to order the work done. The
contract was awarded to the lowest
bidder and the mayor and city clerk
authorized to enter into contract.
City dads were in session several
hours considering the details of the
bids. Reading of each bid was some
thing of stunt in itself. Following
Black, maker of the plans, retired to
plans several bids. This required
! the better part of an hour.
Having received the figures made
up In sum total the council retired to
caucus with engineers for another
hour before the formality of awarding
the contract to the lowest bidder and
the action made of record in the coun-
Gil. A
% A congenial company Of contract
ors, agents, or in several cases, con-
tractors themselves were on the
ground and in council session to care
for interests. E. r. Tibbetts, young
construction engineer, represented the
Kansas City concern obtaining the
contract. He is authority for the
statement that his company will en-
ter into contract with the city of Os-
/ kaloosa within a period of ten days,
and that work will be started as soon
as material can be placed on the
ground. Special engineer or fore
man for the company will be on the
ground Immediately to acquaint him.
self with the local conditions sur
rounding the contract.
In whatever extent possible Oska-
loosa labor and home material will be
employed and local material used in
construction and a considerable OF
the contract price will remain in town
, in the way of compensation for work
and for material used.
Work To Be Done.
Practically $20,00O.0O is a goodly
sum of cash but the job is of goodly
proportions. Penn college sewer and
the East End" sewers are Joined to-
gether at a point lying west of Forest
/ cemetery and extended a distance of
about one mile north and east to the
| property owned by the city and
| known as the "scavenger grounds"
Here will be constructed an "Inhoff
tank" and contact filter beds and fin
| ally the clarified water is turned into
| Spring Creek as the final outlet.
Considerable grading will be re.
CURED and much material used in the
| construction of the disposal plant. A
large force of men will be used.
Successful Bid In Detail.
The bid of the Kansas Paving and
Construction Company in detail is
given below:
Main Sewer
765 it. IL inch d. S. Wit. Sewer at
| 75c foot, $57475.
1893 #. Is inch D. S. Wit. Sewer at
93c foot, $4271. AZ.
72 #. ~ inch c. I. P. Sewer at $3.50
per foot, $4,000.
SO #. IA inch C. /. P. Sewer, $500
per foot, $2SSO0.
IA manholes at $4,000 each, $5SS. 90.
! drop manhole, $4,000.
l diversion manhole, $4,000.
81 GU. yds. concrete abut's and piers
at $1,000 per Gu. yard, $1,053,00.
81 Gu. yds. concrete for pipe enclos-
ures at $1,000 per Gu. yd., $4,000.
1860 Gu. yds. embankment at SOC per
Gu. yd., $4,000.
155 Gu yds. exc. for creek changes,
at SOC per Gu. yd., $77.50.
Disposal Worsk.
$50 yards exc. for Imhoff tank at
Use per yard, $4,000.
G5 yards concrete for Imhoff tank at
$4,000 per yard, $2,275.00.
FOG yards exc. for contact filters at
SOC per yard. $35300.
$50 yards concrete walls for con-
tact filters at $1,000 per yd., $3.50. 90.
55 yards concrete floors for contact
filters at $1,000 per yard, $4,000.
SIS yards filtering material at $500
per yard, $2,625.00.
525 feet IL inch S. p. drains at soc
per foot $157.5O.
60 feet 10 inch vitrified pipe at SOC
per foot. $500.
216 feet s inch yitrihed pipe at CSC
per foot, $500.
As feet inch vitrified pipe at zoe
per foot. 5000.
4 automatic eduip.. $l.5OO.OO. &tss