Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-08-05
SPOKANE MAN
GETS CONTRACT
CITY COUNCIL OPENS BIDS FOR
PAVING OF MAIN STREET AT
TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING
WILL START WORK AT ONCE
Decide To Sell Paving Bonds at 70
Public Sale

This week the town board of trus-
tees let the contract for the construct
ion of the new paving on Main street,
the successful bidder being James G.
Broad, Spokane contractor. The
contractor told the council that he
would begin work on the paving at
once and it is believed that part OF
his crew will be on the ground this
week or the first of next. The big
work of the contract will be the grad
ing and bringing in of materials such
as gravel and sand. The concrete
will probably be laid the first of next
month and it VIII take about ten days
for this part of the work. After the
concrete is laid il will be 20 to 80
days before the street may be opened
to traffic.
Bids for the paving were opened on
Tuesday night at a special meeting of
the council four bids having been fled
as follows:
c. M. Paine & Co., Spokane,
SOS. 403.32.
w S. Lord Construction Co. Hamil-
ton and Missoula Mont, $27,997.00.
]. A. Gudgel & Co, Kalispel, Mont.
$27,71S.63.
James c. Broad, Spokane, s27, 465.00.
All of the bids were for concrete
only and there were no bids for btu
mass, bituminous concrete or bitulith-
ic pavement, the contractors all ex-
planning that there was not enough
yardage in the local paving project
to warrant bringing in the equipment
that would be necessary and that any
of the different pavements would cost
about $4,000 more than concrete and
that they could not put It in and
have their bids under the engineers
estimate.
The bid of James c. Broad being the
lowest, the council voted unanimously
to accept It providing his references.
as to ability and responsibility were
sufficient On Friday night a report
was made by the Acting Clerk, Mac
namara, and the board entered into a
formal contract with Mr.. Broad.
The reviewing of the bids and the
discussion following was done in an
executive session which was attended
by the city engineer and attorney and
newspaper representatives. The trus-
tees Intercepted each of the contract
ors separately, as to the best kind OF
pavement and the duality of sand and
gravel available near here. All OF
the contractors stated that they had
experience with various kinds OF
paving and each one strongly recon-
mended concrete for the Boomers Fer
ry improvement district and said that
the gravel and sand here was first
class City Engineer Cave also adj
vised the council that the one-course
concrete was perhaps the best paw
ing at the price that could be obtained
and advised against calling for new
bids.
At the Tuesday night meeting the
council heard the proposal of two
representatives of bonding houses to
purchase the paving bonds at private
sale but the council decided that the
; bonds should be sold at a public sale
and that the bond sale should be adj
: verused at once. Attorney o. G.
: Wilson is preparing the notice of the
bond sale.
; At the Friday night meeting the
council discussed plans for new
street lighting system with Franz
Berger, of the Bonner Water e. Ligh
Co. II is planned to install orna
mental light posts at intervals alonl
I Main street, the wiring to be under
\ ground. Mr.. Berger is getting prices
on the new lighting system which
will be submitted to the council at thu
regular meeting tonight. BY putting
q in the new system it is proposed to d.
n away with all poles on Main stree
g as the Interstate Utilities Co. ha
a agreed to remove its poles to the al
z legs. The Bonner Water & Light &C
n has also been asked to remove it
4 water main from Main street to tn
q alleys so that it will not be necessar
II at any future time to dig up the con
n crete paving to repair water mains o
n make new connections
n The paving of Main street and tn
IS other accompanying improvements
II the way of new concrete sidewalks o
Main street and the graveling of par
of intersecting streets, is one OF u
greatest Improvements ever attempte
+, in Boomers Ferry and is one that hs
= been demanded for many years.
Il The present board of trustees. 4
al gether with Engineer Cave and Alto
I'd ney Wilson, have spent a great de
= of time in consideration OF the be
m paving for the city and everything DO
no sible has been done to secure for Il
no taxpayers the full worth of the mons
to be spent. There is every reasc
70 to believe that when completed q
% new improvement viii be one that wi
n give universal satisfaction and that Il
81 way will be prepared for further in
~ provements which Will tend to NAL
Bonners Ferry one of the model up-t
date cities of the northwest.