Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1913 — MANY BIDS FOR STREET PAVING [ARTICLE]

MANY BIDS FOR STREET PAVING

Council Will Meet in Special Session On Dec. sth to Decide On Street. Improvement. Quite a number of bids were received by the coqpcil Monday night for the improvement of Washington streets The bids, however, did not confine closely to the specifications, and it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out what is really the best bid. The property owners will have ten days now in which to decide what kind of pavement they wish and a special session of the council will be called on the night of Dec. sth to determine whether any of the bids will be accepted. The bids as opened are as follows: Ness & Seaman, Frankfort, Ind.— If the old stone can be used for base, with sand cushion, brick pavement will be laid at the following rates: Wabash brick, $1.33 per square yard; Poston brick at $1.39; Terre Haute brick $1.38; curbing per lineal foot, 27% cents; on basis of specifications, Wabash brick $1.69; Poston brick $1.75; Terre Haute brick $1.74; Macadam wearing surface $1.17%. John O’Connor & Son, Delphi, Ind. —Asphaltic concrete wearing ing surface, per square yard, $1.27 and 30 cents per lineal foot for curbing.

Trippeer e & Son, Peru, Ind Brick, per square yard: Brazil, $1.65; Wabash $1.68; Ironstone $1.68; curbing *3O cents per lineal foot. E. V. Bergen, Franklin, Ind.— With asphaltic cement wearing surface $1.79; brick wearing surface, Brazil or equal $2.45; curbing 30 cents. E. E. Barnard & Co., Delphi, Ind. Asphaltic macadam, water bound $1.15; curbing 38 cents; dolarway wearing surface $1.45; asphaltic concrete $1.63; if old macadam can be used deduct $750; curbing 38 cents; brick wearing surface, Poston block $1.83; Brazil block $1.85.' Central Paving Co., Hartford City, Ind—Brick, South Webster block, $1.88; Poston alley block $1.76; Poston block $1.92; Wabash block $1.93;. Ironstone $1.95; add 15 cents per square yard for asphalt filler; curbing 45 cents. W. F. Smith & Co., Rensselaer.— No. 1 Poston block or equal, with pitch filler, $2.40; with cement filler $2.38; with asphalt filler, $2.45; wooden block according to attacked Standard specifications, per square yard, $2.45; macadam, plain, water bound, 90 cents per square yard; with glutrin or Ton’s filler, pored, $1.05 per square yard. All members of the city council were present at the' regular meeting of the city fathers Monday evening. A large crowd were present, owing to it being the evening for the opening of bids for the Washington street improvement. Jacob Wagner et al petitioned for a street light. Referred to light committee. On motion of A. G. Catt brick was adopted for the Washington street improvement. Tfie trustee of Weston cemetery reported the sale of certain cemetery lots, and the mayor was authorized to execute deeds for same. The matter of extending the water main on College avenue was referred to the water committee. The council adjourned toVmeet December sth, when the matter of the street improvement will be taken up. The treasurer presented his report for the month of October. It shows 1 * funds on hand and overdrawn as follows: Public park fund, on hand $441.59; library fund, overdrawn, $237.17; road fund, on hand, $1,753.90; electric light fund, on hand, $2,269.62; water fund, on hand, $4,282.41; corporation fund, on hand $1,574.98. The following claims were allowed: Corporation Fund. W. R. Shesler, salary marshals 30.00 Frank Critser, nightwateh.. 30.00 Healey & Clark, ballots and stamped envelopes 39.00 Hamilton & Kellner, w00d... 2.00 Road Fund. Chester Zea, sal city teamster 30.00 Geo. Zea, work on street.:... 22.00 John Albertson, some 7.00 H. F. King, blacksmith wk.. 31.35 Ancil Woodworth, corn 9.82 Healey & Clark, advertising. 16.50 Hamilton & Kellner, sewer... 11.40 Water Fund. Ray D. Thompson, freight... 2.04 T. E. Malone, salary “ 30.00 Ralph Donnelly, rebate water 3.00 Electric Light Fund. C. S. Chamberlin, salary ... 50.00 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same 30.00 Dick Hartman, wk on line .. 25.00 Monon Coal Co., coal 43.70 Jesse Gates, hauling coal ... 38.70 Dearborn Electric Co., sup.. 32.82 Western Electric Co., supplies 2.83 Hamilton & Kellner, coal .... 4.70 C. G. Spitler & Co., insurance 53.55 C. H. Mills, same 53.55 Ray D. Thompson, freight .. 259.71 ■■ ■■■ ——■— v , Mrs. J. C. Thompson came from Fair Oaks this morn ing to substitute as cook on the Sternberg dredge, while her sister, Mr'S. Margaret Keller, visits her son, Claude Keller, and wife, at Jackson, Mich., over Thanksgiving. Phone 273 for wood, feed, and coal.