The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-29
is FIRMS IN
COMPETITION
FOR BUILDING
City Commissioners Express
Satisfaction Over Stiff
Competition in Bids
BEING NSIDERED
Several of Bids Run Under
Estimate of Cost Made by
The City Engineer
BEING CONSIDERED

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building q water works system
are:
Contract No. 1-American
Cast Iron Pipe CO.. Minneapolis.
Contract No. DE Graft
Woff CO., Minneapolis.
! COntra No. j-WOdrich Con-
struction Co.. Minneapolis.
Contract -. 4-Frank
Grambs. Bismarck.
Low bidder on three other
contracts will not he announced
until alternate proposals have
been considered.
The lowest combinations of bids o.
the seven contracts for constructic -
of new water works system in Bi
marck are unoffically S4,491.25 le-
| than the estimated cost of the cor
struction of the plant made by Civ
Engineer T. X. Atkinson.
This was announced by engineers
this afternoon after several hour
work tabulating and calculating Il O.
hundreds of items involved in tle
bidding.
The fact that the bids were SC
close to the estimate of the city en-
gineer, and slightly under 1T, gave .
great deal Of satisfaction to membe
of the city commission.
The combination of lowest bidder
AS calculated by engineers was $685.
! 1881 The estimate was $3.50, $780,
! To this, in the construction of ne
plant, would be added y46,247.65 for
engineering and similar cost, accor
! ing to the estimate.
There were 16 bids submitted &c
the commission last night, the BIZ
I ding feing spirited. The commssio .
ly inform the contractors of the r
suit of the engineers calculations ~.
given above.
Lowest Biis.
The lowest bids, with names ON
ted by request Of engineers pendi
Ii rcchecking and announcement I,
ficially, follow: Contract No. |, ma
and distribution system supple
$250,06l.47; contract No. 2, install
tion of mains and distribution sy
tenn, $173, 150.S0; contract No. 3, cor
plcte filtration plant, $1Os,292.2l
contract No. 4. installation Of hea-
! ing system in filtration plant bull,
ing, $7,292; contract No. 5, install;
| tion of filters, etc, $25,075; contrat
No. 6, installation of pumping ma
chinery, $4,438; contract No. 7. con
, struction two concrete reservoir.
| $4,7931O.
On one contract the bids wer,
slightly higher than the estimate be
cause of an increase in cast iroi
pipe prices since the estimates were
made.
There were 16 bidders, all but oil
of whom had representatives pre-,
ent. A telegram to the Bismarc
Bank gave financial endorsement f..
another bidder, but no bids was pla
sented. Some Of the bidders SOU
three or more of the seven contra
Because the bids were not tofot
ed except in few cases, it was nee
essary for the city engineer and
+. Wolf, consulting engineer to hg
ure out the total of each bid flon
unit prices. They were able I,
determine the low combination o
bids this afternoon.
The Bidders
The bidders were: U. S. Cast lur
Pipe and Foundry CO., Minneapol,r
Rennslaer Valve Co.. Chicago, H.
B. Glow and Son, Chicago; Wat
Gus Fire Engine Co., st. Paul. Mn.
Wodrich Construction Co., Minnea
polls; DeGraff, Wolf and Co., 81
Paul; Haggart Construction Co
Fargo; Phelps Drake Co., Hibbilr
Mimi; F. G. Grambs, Bismarck; "
| C.. Fraser and Son, st. Paul; CAM
| bell Construction Co., Minneapois
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; McFarla Nc
! Engineering Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
Z. J. Hildred Co., Minneapolis; 4
B. Whitaker and Co., St. Paul; L
W. Bachrach, Kansas City, Mo.
Various times of deliveries wer'
| specified by some bidders whil'
| others specified no time. The u
S. Cast Iron, Pipe and Foundry Go.
Minneapolis, in their bids said tha
due to present conditions of Gas
| iron price market, bidding did no
include the penalty clause on de
livery. Shipments of 10 and incl
pipe was promised in July and Aug
ust and 6-inch pipe in September
fhe bid was for cash. 80 days net.
The most spirited bidding was ol
contract No. 2, which included th
laying of a system of mains. Th'
Wodrich Construction Co.. DeGrafi
Wolf & Co., St. Paul; Haggart Con
struction Co., Fargo; Phelps -Drak
Co, Hibbing, Mimi; F. G. Grambs
Bismarck, and w. C. Fraser & Son
st. Paul. all submitted bids on thi
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