Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
RECORD BIDS DUE
FOR STREET WORK
Proposals Asked for Clean.
ing Contracts to Be Re-
ceived November 13
OTHER ESTIMATES Tip

Proposals for street cleaning in 1919 -
asked today and will be received ana ,o were
uled on November 13 by Director Hatsl rSuso'
man, OF the Department of Public Vos..
That the estimate prices will he raonHs
breaking is considered certain, IN w.
the demand Of the Penn Reduction r,.o Vi
pany fer garbage collections. N0'n'
The cost to the city for street c,son,.
garbage collection and removal OF ashns'
three kinds Of municipal work considaH.s,
as class and handled exclusiveI,, h' I,l
new Street Cleaning Bureau, has r,o,,-.ns .us
by leaps and bounds under the Srni,S w
ministration until the astonishing tota, gu.
S3,125 790 has been reached. with oI
high level In sight for 1918, as corora"'s
to S2.100,116 IN 1915. pSreo
The specifications call for machines,
equipment and for changes in the cIoantass
system In some sections and heavy oa,.as
IN estimates are foreshadowed by exnIane'
tory statements relative to the Cos, -
labor, etc, such as accompanied tho d.r..ss
OF the Penn Reduction Company for ssns
OOO for the same work being done this vs..
ior S4SZ.oV0. II the same ratio of incresss
IS adopted by Senator Edwin NJ. Ware 80
his fellow street-cleaning contractors eha ,Sa
cost OF the street cleaning ash removal ana
garbage collections will be nearer a. oOn on1
than SS'OOO,o0o during the next tUelv.
months '"eNe
FINES HAVE DwINDLED
While Chief William Connell was 4,
charge OF the old Bureau of HIrhw.S.
contractor Ware and others were reneatsdi,
nned many thousands Of dollars for dereiJc,
tions OF duty and in this way a part ~
the grand total of estimates was saved "a
the city and the contractors forced to llvs
up 10 specihcations During the first faw
months OF this year former Chief Conr.,,
imposed fines exceeding $4,000, but sincs
his retirement fines have dwindled earn
month until they are now not healthv
fraction OF the penalties formerly imposed
The figures for 1916, when contracts wsrs
let under the Blankenburg Administration
for the first year of the Smith AdnInistya-
tion and for 1917 the first year the com.
tracts were let under the present regina
best tell the story Of mounting prices
They are:
street cleaning. S1,233,s47 S1,9s3,soo
Ash removal. ...... 534,6S1 700 500
Garbage collection
and disposal..... s2s,5ss Iss.oOO
S2.1OO.11s Ss.125,7sO
This increase of s1,o25,674 was a record.
breaking jump. but IL contractual demands
can be foreshadowed by the one estimate
already received by the Penn Reduction
Company it will be beaten in 1918.
WARE LEADING STREET CLEANER
The most important of the street-cIean.
ing contractors is Senator Edwin H Ware,
who for years has received the contract for
cleaning and ash removal in the central
and southern sections of the city just now
he holds contract with the city for filling
in low lands at League Island Park al
contract price Of S413.13697. Under II he
is paid forty to fifty cents cubic yard for
dirt, ashes and top soil fill.
League Island, because Of its location,
forms a most convenient dumping place.
and Senator Ware so far has never had
any trouble in landing all the League Island
filling contracts and all the street cleaning
contracts in the sections referred to- This
year he need fear no competition, as he
has the equipment necessary and the or
ganization that enables him to underbd
any one