The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-26
TURN DOWN BIDS
Commissioners Refuse to Let
Brick Paving Contracts.
Asphaltic Concrete and Resur-
facing Jobs Awarded.

The bid of S1.39 a square yard for
building this summers allotment of
asphaltic concrete pavement in To-
peka, made by the Security paving
company of Kansas City, was accept
ed by the city commission this after
noon. The engineers estimate on the
work was S1.51 a square yard. The
total cost of asphalt pavement to be
built in the city this summer, under
the Security company's bid, will be
$107,737.S6. The city engineers es-
innate was s1I2,532.O7.
The kaw Paving company was
awarded the contract for resurfacing
Topeka avenue. Their bid totaled
$37, for the work. The engi-
neer's estimate was $39,379.S1. Fol-
lowing the awarding of the new as
phalt paving contract to the Security
company, a representative of the Kaw
Paving company was on his feet say
ing it would have oeen cheaper for
the city to have let both contracts to
the Topeka concern as the latter has
offered to cut cents a square yard
from all the work if awarded both
contracts. The city engineer differed
with the representative, and after the
contracts were awarded the two went
into the engineers office to settle the
dispute.
| The city commission opened bids
for Sixty-four blocks of new brick and
'
| phaltic concrete resurfacing on To-
| peka avenue this morning. The work
is to be done this summer. Itemized,
| the summers program includes ST.
900 square yards of aSphaltic concrete
resurfacing on Topeka avenue; 500
square yards of new asphaltic >con-
| crete paving and $4,000 square yards
of new brick paving.
Only two firms bid on the brick
paving. Because the commission con-
sidered their prices unreasonably high
er than the city engineers estimate
| their bids were thrown out. New
bids will be advertised for. The city
engineers estimate for brick paving
was sass square yard for class A
brick paving, sails square yard
i for class B paving, s1.9S for class c,
and 40 cents for grading. The two
| firms that submitted bids were Ritch-
ie Bros, of Kansas City and zeigler
Bros, of junction City. They both
! bid $3.50 square yard for class
paving. Richie Bros, bid $3.50 on
class B paving Rnd Zeigler Bros,
$2.22.
One Topeka Firm Bids.
The Kaw Paving company was the
only Topeka firm entering bids for
any kind of work. This firm bid on
the Topeka avenue resurfacing and the
asphaltic paving. They quoted 90
cents square yard for the resurfac-
ing, which was cents less than the
engineers estimate. 1t asked s1.52 for
the asphaltic concrete paving / cent
more than the city estimate of sl51
The bid for grading was 40 cents. or
| 8 cents less than the city estimate The
| Topeka company. provided it is given
the contract for both the resurfacing
and the new paving. offers to cut 2
! cents square yard off all the work
The Security Paving company of
| Kansas City and the A. Jacks Paving
company of Kansas City also bid on
the asphaltic work
The commission spent considerable
| time on the bids. Following the
lengthy consideration the members re-
cessed until o'clock this afternoon
ana instructed the city engineer, in
| the meantime, to go over the bids fig
ure them out, and report them back
at the afternoon meeting, when final
action was scheduled to be taken