The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-26
SPAVINAW BIDS
BELOW ESTIMATE
OF ENGINEERS

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to the engineers on tho project for
compilation.
At midnight tho engineers were
stu busy with the work Of de-
tcrmining the low bidders on the
various units, ana IL may not he un-
til Tuesday before the official fig
ures can bo obtained
The Low bidders.
From unofficial sources, however.
IL seems that the ". T.. Emmous cont
pany OF Niulta. Okla. is low bidder
on contract No. I. which Is Tor the
construction OF GO miles OF telephone
line from Tulsa TO Spayiuaw, its bids
for the work being Sll.6O6.
Tho engineers estimate on this
work was $4,000. Following are
the bids roccivcd u. Il. Emmons,
Sll6O6; Eugene AHhc, Fort Worth,
$40, 6a6. 2li A. B. puggor. Tulsa,
SlB, 7aS.46; Mcrkio Machinery COM
pauy. Kansas city SiS.05O, Electric
Contracting company. Tulsa. AS
600, Dwight-Chapin company. Wich-
ita, tla,l00; Youso Electric COM
pauy. sGz, z,i6d: Clcage A. CO.. S28,-
102.6S, II embraced tho construc-
tion Of 60 milcs OF telephone line.
Walbridge Aldingcr company OF
Detroit, Mich. appear 10 be the low
bidder on contract 80. which pro-
vidcs for clearing the reservoir site
above the Spnvinaw dam. It's price
being S24 an acre on = total OF 900
acres. other bidders were: Byrne
Brothers Chicago, Standard Paving
company, Tulsa.
ON contract No, . the engineers
estimate was s23,50O, Following Is
the compilation OF bids: Standard
Paving company S206O0; Byrne
Bros, S22,5OO; Walbridgo- Aldinger
company, Detroit. S2l,600.
on contract No, 3. the Spavlnaw
dam. the engineers estimate was
SS4O,S65, The following bids were
received; Standard Paving company.
S7S7610; Allied Contractors. Incor'
poratod. SS06,24G, O'Rourke En-
gineoring company, SS19,334; Byrne
Brothers. SS3i,29S; Walhrldgo-Al-
dinger, $S3l,416; Hardway Construc-
tion company, S1,l26,530.
-Four bids were entered for the
contraction OF a 60-inch reinforced
concrete conduit 25 miles long or
known as contract No. 4. Byrne
Brothers seem to have the low hid.
Competitors were the Standard Paw
Ing company, Smith Brothers, Crock
cit, TeXas; Walbridgo- Aldinger com
Ipany. The engineers estimate on the
work was S2,200.S5S. Following is
the compilation: Byrne Brothers.
$1.6G0.266; Smith Brothers OF Dallas,
$2,0i0.bSG; Walbridge- A ldlnFer, S2.-
l36,0S0; Standard Paving company,
S2,5l3.S40.
Byrne Brothers also are indicated
low on contract No. s which provides
FOR the tunnel through which the
conduit passes en- route from Tulsa TO
Spnvinaw. The engineers estimate
was S305,150 The bids. Williame
and {. w Flint. TULSA. $326,2l7;
II yne Brothers. $4,000: standard
Paving company, $347.3o5; wal
bridge -Aldinger company. 1855 };
Lonuane & Mcllyenna, s927750.
The same company apparently en-
tered the low bid on contract No, G
for 64-inch concrete conduit about
1875 miles in length. The engineers
estimate wac sl,762,S53. The bids;
Byrne Bros, $l,29S,so6i Smith Bros
Dallas, ti,6G3,70O. Walbridge-Al-
diugcr, $l7l5,160.
on contract No, 7. construction
/ OF the Mohawk reservoir. the low
/ bidder appears TO bO A. NJ. Davies
| " Sons, Tulsa. For this contract
! the bidding was quite spirited the
other contestants being: a. L.
| Cooke, ottawa, Kan; l.. O. Han
Topeka; Allen x Harrison, Okmul-
gee; standard Paving Co, Tulsa
Walbrldge -AldinRcr.
Two bids were entered on con-
tract No, tor cast iron or steel
pipe by the T. s, Cast Iron Pipe
and Foundry company. and the Ma
| tlOnal Tube company.
y
was the only bidder On contract
No. Q for tbs laying OF cast iron
or steel pipe. IL had also no com
petition.
On contract No. II. the construc-
! ton of high pressure reservoir. tho
/ low bid appears 10 have been enter
ed by the Traylor-D Dewey Co, Allen
town. Pa, the only other bidder bo-
Ing the standard Paving company.
No. 10, contract for valves involv-
ling only a small amount, was the
|only contract for which bids over
| the engineers estimate were pre-
sented.
According to the compilation OF
bids enumerated above the cost In
running about $l,043,s4O under the
estimate OF the engineers.
Canvass Entire Field
/ 4 - HAbRulf Ailf 'NhnH VI ihIlHil b'7
| tlon most adaptable 10 Tulsa's pres.
| ent and future requirements, Tram
/ nell q Holway, engineers on the
| water project, canvasscd thoroughly
| the entire structural and engineer
| Ing field. Best types Of cOnstruc-
| tion for their respective purpose
were adopted and for somo sections
/ OF the work two or more alternate
| types were placed before bidders for
/ alternate estimates.
For the heart OF tho project. the
1 Spavlnaw dam. the Ambursen re'
| iufOrCed concrete type OF structure
and the mass concrete cyclopcar
dam were submitted for estimates
| the bidders faYOring the former ~
| price.
For the conduit line Of about 81
miles, several alternate designs were
considered, bids seeming TO favor tho
so-called Tulsa design. a special pipe
developed by the engineers for this
| project.
bids Remarkably Close.