Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-04-08
OPEN BIDS ON WATER RESERVOIR:
GROUSE SECOND TO SNARE 6 TRlEST
Snare & Triest Bid Complete
S1,095,560; That of Grouse
$4,000 Higher.

Bids for the const ruction OF
4O.0OO.OOO gallon Water reservoir in
this city were received by the Board
OF Water Commissioners last night.
that OF Snare q Triest being low.
Ira II. Grouse, of this city. was only
$4,000 higher than the figures sub
mittcd by the big construction con
cern. Two other bids were received.
they being $4,000 and 100000
higher than Snare Il Triest's esti-
mate.
The bid Of Snare & Triest. COM
plete. was Si,o95.550 and that Of
Grouse 81, 1,i25,O ,O12.50. The other bid
ders were John Lewis Lee. s1.f52.735.
and Joseph l.. SigrettO & Company.
81, 200, 1850. Although Grouse was
low on about thirty-seven OF the
forty-Que items bidded upon. his fig
ures for concrete and earthwork
were so high that the out-of town
concern succeeded in undertaking
him on the proposition as a whole.
The concrete work will be tho
most expensive part of the cunstruc-
tion work on the reservoir, repre-
scnting between 100000 and $780,
600 or almost onc-half OF the total
amount OF the contract. 1t is esti-
mated that 2O.400 cubic yards OF
concrete will be needed in completing
the bottom, walls. supporting coll
umns and top. The bid of the Snare
x Triest Company per cubic yard for
concrete was $3.50 while that "f
Grouse was S25, Il difference of $500.
On this one item alone Grouse w'ts
$106.0S0 higher than Snare x Triest.
The other two bidders were lower i'll
their estimates on concrete per cube
yard than either Grouse or Snare 4
Triest, Sgretto being low with an es-
innate of SIS, while Lees bid Of
s16.1o was low compared with the
other figures. Sigretto and Lee. how
ever were both considerably higher
than either Grouse Or Snare n Tricst
in the remainder Of the bidding. es-
pecially on the pumping station aud
boathouse, valves. fencing and seed
ing.
Crouse's bid on the earthwork was
SO, 600 higher than that Of Snare. Trlest
his bid per cubic yard being ten cents
higher than that of the large construc-
.tion company. Crouse's bid per yard for
earthwork was 81 and that of Snare
q Triest $3.50. The estimated guam
tity of earthwork necessary IS 10000
cubic yards. the total cost being in
the neighborhood of $1S0,O0O.
The bid of Grouse for cement was
$17, $50 lower than that of Snare 4
lTriest. his figures being sixty-five cents
bag as compared with eighty cents
bag. offered by his closest com neti-
tor 1t is estimated that 117,o0V pags
of Portland cement VIII be needed
to complete the construction work.
Crouse's bid was lower than that of
Snare & Triest on practically all OF
the pipe. valves drains. water proof
ing, brick gutter paving. fence. ium-
Der and seeding.
The boat-house complete according
to Snare q Trest's bid would cost
$4,000. Crouse's bid on this part OF
the work was S3.033. The pumping
station, complete will mean an expen-
diture of $4,000, according 10 Snare
& Triest's figures. Crouse's bid for
fthis work was $3,523
! TIE time necessary for completion
! OF the work is fourteen months fiOnl
| the day the contract is signed, ac-
| cordng to Snare e Triest's bid. The
| Sigretto ana Lee bids called for COM
pletion in twelve months and that OF
Grouse for fifteen months. The bids
of Snare & Triest Grouse and Lee
were accompanied by certified checks
for $4,000, while the Sigretto COM
pany made q deposit OF S3o,oeo IN
cash-three $4,000 bills.
All bids were referred to the engi-
neers for tabuation. The board adj
! iourned to meet again tomorrow
night when the contract VIII most
! likely be awarded.
! George A. Johnson, the consulting
| engineer and Morgan +. Larson, res
| ident engineer. were both present at
| the meeting and assisted in tabulat-
/ ing the bids.