Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-20

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Ober and Nickerson
Woolson Co.
90, 900 cubic yards of
grading .......... .$O.4S SO.4U
400 lineal feet Of
wooden curb ...... % 81
$50 lineal feet of Is
inch vitrifed pipe. 2.4O 2.45
800 lineal feet of 1S-
inch vitrifed pipe -. 2.65 2.9O
2,40O cubic yards of
road gravel ,....... PIT 2.20
The unit prices bid by ODER and
Woolson appear in first column of
figures; those submitted by the Cray
thorn-Nickerson Co. are shown in the
second column.
At the unit prices quoted this grad
ing and crawling work, it was an
nounced by the Commissioners, would
cost more than the appropriation on
hand for this purpose amounts to;
hence a motion was made to reject all
bids and at the same time instructed
the city clerk to ~readvertise for bids.
These are made returnable Tuesday,
NAV LIST, when the Commissioners are
hopeful that proposals may be made
low enough to be within the sum
available for the work.
On the proposition for laying sew
ers in certain specified streets, only
one offer was made-by Ober and
WooIson. Specifications called for
1875 lineal feet of S-inch sewer pipe
to be laid, at $1.20.
4 manholes to be built, at $4,000 each.
so 5 K 4 Y's supplied and laid, at $1.75
each.
Ober and Woolson's figures appear
on the right.
This bid was rejected on the ground
that the prices quoted did not bring
the contract within the limit of the
appropriation made for these sanitary
sewers. Bids on this work will be
again advertised for, to be opened
Tuesday, May 1st.
In last weeks Journal the bids on
improvements to the ball park and
recreation center were published. AS
both competitors had bid $4,000 on
the main part of the work the matter
had been referred t othe city solicitor
and the city engineer. 1t was de-
cided that there wasn't any lower
bider in this case, both lump sums
offered being identical, hence acting
on the solicitors advice the bids were
rejected and the city clerk requested
to readvertise for proposals to be
made returnable Tuesday, May 1st.
Attorney Hand stated that the higher
courts have uniformly maintained
that a lump sum bid is always the
dominating factor where a series OF
prices are asked for and always takes
precedence over unit bids. AS there
was a tie in the lump sum bids So
licited in the contract sought to be
placed, there could not, under the law
and the decisions, being any award
made in this instance.
Ordinance No. 161 was passed on
first and second readings. This meas
ure arranges for the erection of a
public comfort building on the board
walk at Lincoln e and provides
for the raising of the money needed
for the station ($S,000) by the floating
of a bond issue.
AS required by law, a supplemental
debt statement must be filed in the
city clerks office by the chief financial
officer of the city, namely, the city
treasurer. The net debt of this NUM-
cipality at the present time, as fur
nished by Robert ]. Kay, is $780,
O52.72. The average assessed valu-
alton for the three preceding years,
1920, 1921 and 1922, was given as
$7,131 ,111.00.
A quit-claim deed was ordered to be
executed in favor of Henry H. Ottens.
I This concerns a matter of twelve lots
on Roberts and Baker avenue, West OF
Mediterranean avenue, not far from
the sounds. The city tax collector had
certified that all claims for taxes
against these lots had been satisfied
amounting to about $500.
Five applications for licenses to
operate taxicabs were laid before the
Commissioners. Under the rules
these applications can not be acted
upon for 80 days. The applicants
were:
Harry Schaffer, "a years, 333 West
Burk avenu
Charles W. Marriott, % years, 236
| West Pine avenue.
Jack COLI, 80 years, 246 East Schel-
lenger avenue.
Rufus B Collins, 43 years, 390S
Pacific avenue.
Waclau K~omorowski, 81 years, 143
| West Taylor emu
There being no further business be-
fore the Commissioners adjournment
was ordered at 3 o'clock Eastern
| Standard Time.
Justices of the Peace