Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-25
HOLMES, CRANE
& bARTL|MC To
GET CONTRACT
ALMA CONTRACTORS HAD LOW
EST BID FOR PAVING ON
THREE CITY STREETS.
Detroit Trust to
Get AIma's Bonds

1t is believed that more firms made
bids for the paving work on North
Woodworth avenue, West End street,
and Downie street Tuesday evening
than have ever sought city paving
contracts in the past, and out of the
total number of bidders the firm of
Holmes Crane & Bartling of this
city was the low bidder, with total
of $2l ,40580 for the work, the bid
being approximately $4,000 under
the bid of their nearest competitor.
As result motion was made
that the bid of the Alma firm for
this work be accepted and Mayor
Murphy and City Clerk Blanck be
authorized TO enter into contract
with Holmes, Crane & Bartling, sub
ject to the sale of the bonds.
Commissioner Creaser offered an
amendment to the motion TO the eff
feet that the contract should not be
signed until the bonds were sold and
the money in the banks in Alma.
Mayor Murphy made it clear that
until the sale of the bonds was made,
as it would not then matter if the
money was in Detroit or in Alma. He
further pointed out that if the bid
was accepted and the authorization
made for the contract the firm of
Holmes, Crane 4 Bartling could go
ahead and secure it's bonds, and thus
avoid holding up the work for two or
three weeks after the bonds were
sold.
AS result there was no support
to Commissioner Creaser's amend
ment to the motion.
On the vote on the original motion
Commissioners Archer, Glass and
Chick, and Mayor Murphy voted to
accept the bid and give the authori
zation to the mayor and clerk to
sign the contract when the bonds are
sold, at which time it will be a GER
tainty that the money will be forth
coming for the work even though
it might be an outside agency that
purchased them. Commissioner
Creaser voted against the moton in
sisting that the money should be in
an Alma bank before the contract
was signed.
Bids for the bonds for the paving
work were then opened, the bid of
the Detroit Trust company was found
to be the most acceptable to the city.
A motion was made that this bid be
accepted, and it was carried by
unanimous vote of the commission.
A resolution still remains to be pass
ed which will make the bonds the
general obligation of the city before
the bonds can be sold to the Detroit
Trust Company. This resolution
will be passed at the meeting of the
torney for the Detroit Trust company
has already examined the transcript
of all proceedings to date and has
found them to be legal in every way,
so the sale Of the bonds is certain
following the passage Of the next
resolution, and there will be little de-
lay in getting the work under way.
There was one other thing note
worthy in the bid of Holmes, Crane
& Bartling in addition to the fact
that it was so low. The Alma firm
called attention 10 the fact that inso-
far as possible Alma labor would be
employed.
North Woodwork is to be paved
from Superior street north the entire
length Of the street. Part of the
first block will have paving so feet
wide and the balance will be 80 feet
wide. The paving on West End
street will be from State street west
for two blocks and will be 80 feet
wide. On Downie, paving will be
laid from State to Park avenue, 30
feet wide.