The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-14
j. C. DeBrune Gets Contract
for Excavating and Layins
Cement Foundation
BARRE CONCERN Y
TO FURNISH BIl SKS
City Council Las y Night
Voted to Authorize So.
Main Street Project

one ol HNe Dlds submitted for the
granite paving project ON South Main
street was accepted by the city council
at an adjourned meeting last night and
incidentally another and perhaps a final
chapter is written in the street neqotia.
tions that have been going on ever since
the citizens in special meeting back in
July, 1916, voted to bond for S4s. 500 i'm
order to finance the proposed bridge and
paving project at the south end The
successful contractor among the compe.
tltive bidders is j. c. DeBrune, a former
superintendent of streets, whose bid ON
excsyating, and laying the concrete bed
both for the city and the traction COM
pany, was $1,646.25. Mr.. DeBrune did
not submit a tender on laying the paw
ing, but inasmuch as the uniform price
OF 90 cents per square yard was fixed
by all bidders, his bid is figured on that
basis along with the Others. The Barre
Paving & Contracting Co., which prob
ably would have had the laying of the
paving in any event, was awarded that
| part of the contract
While Mr.. DeBrune did not bid on
laying the paving, the Barre Paving &
Contracting Co. submitted bid of S.
l75 on the contract and a separate bid
of IS cents on the laying of the paving
alone. The remaining three bids were
as follows: f. N. Normandeau, SIS, $3.50;
G. l.. Gregware, S9,057 30; Clarence NJ.
Foley, $500.
With a uniform price of 65 cents for
laying the paving, the various bids in de-
tail were as follows: J. c. DeBrune, ex-
cavating for the city, 97K cents; for
the traction company, Sl.35; laying CON
crete for the city, S3.45; for the trac-
tion company, S3.s2K.
G. L. Gregware, excavating for the
city, 81; for the traction company, 81 20;
laying concrete for the city, 1915; for
the traction company, $425; Barre Paw
ing d. Contracting Co., excavating for
the city 81, for the traction company
sl.25, laying concrete for the city 1915,
for the company $3.50; G. NJ Foley, ex-
cavating for the city 81, for the company
Sl.25. laying concrete for the city SO so,
for the company $3.50; E. n. Norman
deau, excavating for the city 81, for the
company $3.50, laying concrete for the
city $40, for the company 1856.
Mr. DeBrunes bid figures S4 per square
yard, his bid being reckoned at $500 low
er than his nearest competitor, Mr.. Greg
ware, The specifications call for the la
Dor on 1900 square yards of paving be-
fore Nov. l, the city to furnish the ma
terials. The last paving laid in Barre
cost 1926 per square yard and members
of the council expressed surprise that the
increase in prices was no greater. The
paving contract awarded the Barre Paw
ing & Contracting Co amounts to s.,
l40.35. Cement paving considered by the
council a fortnight ago was to have cost
S2.40 per square yard.
According to the figures submitted by
the successful contractor and the esti-
mates made by City Engineer +. o. Lee,
the total cost of the paving will approx
mate S33,3l4.35. OF this total the sum
If SlS,34660 is set aside for materials,
cement, sand, stone and paving blocks.
which the city will furnish. The sum OF
,5, ,l35 represents the cost of laying the
,aving on the basis of the bid on that
,art of the project as submitted by the
Barre Paving & Contracting Co, and
Y .646.25 of the aggregate is Mr.. De-
3rune's bid. making total apart from
he sidewalk construction of S3l.l27.S5.
[ is estimated that the cost of setting
urbing and laying cement sidewalk
N the westerly side of the street will be
2. .Is6. so. which may be done by the city
r by contract.
Evidently the council was bent on
,aking a choice among the five bids and
nding for all time the controversy that
as waxed warm over the south end pro.
,ct for many months Some of the con
ractors were present to hear the bids
,ad and the attendance on the sidelines
lso included citizens who have been ac-
vely interested in granite paving as
yainst cement paving. City Engineer
ee was on hand to figure the bids and
upt. 4. c. Perry of the street depart
ent also was present.
II was Chairman Milne of the street
,mmittee who moved that the bid Of
r. DeBrune on the excavsting and con
citing and that of the Barre Paving &
,ntracting Co. ON laying the paving for
rented The motion was seconded by
derman Alexander. Alderman Rossi
reupon reiterated his protest against
N activity on South Main street this
ar bv citing the $3.50 tax rate already
We'd and stating that the permanent
,rk meant an extra burden Of S5.O00
r year for seven years Alderman
exander's rejoinder was TO the effect
al the citizens had gone into city meet
7 and authorized paving the street and
idging the Jail and that the work
lld not be done cheaper in the next ~
ars. Alderman Rossi replied briefly
At conditions had changed even in the
ef space Of a year since the vote was
Ken. Then the question came 20 a
-e with Alderman Rossi opposing alone
4 the motion was declared carried
A. this juncture Contractors Folcv
1 Normandcau inquired whether th~