Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — The Street Improvement Bids. [ARTICLE]

The Street Improvement Bids.

The three firms submitting bids Monday night for the various street improvements in Rensselaer were the Brownell Improvement, Company, of Hammond, The Indi-1 ana Macadam and Construction*' Company of Rensselaer and Mo-' non, and Heinzmann Bros, of Noblesville. Below we give the names of each street or part of street which was bid upon seperately, and the bids per lineal foot, for the improvement, complete, including grading and curbing. In each case the first sum given is the bid of the Hammond company, the second of the Rensselaer and Monon company and the third that of Heinzmanns. We also give the approximate length of each part bid upon, and the cost on the basis of the lowest bid. Van Rensselaer street from Washington to Harrison, 400 feet bid per foot, $6,25; $5,60; $5.90. Length 300 feet, cost $1,680. Harrison street, 400 feet including corners, bids, $5.97: $5.60; $5.90. Cost $2,240. Cullen from Harrison to Washington, 300 feet, bids $6. $5.88, $6.40. Cost $1,764. Cullen street, from Washington to Cornelia. 350 feet, bids $2.95, $2.55, $3.18. Cost $892 50. Cullen street from Cornelia to Clark, 1,400 feet, bids $1 60 $1.21 SI.BO. Cost $1,694. Forest St. from Clark to Oak, 1,200 feet, bids $1.65, $1.22, SI.BO Cost 1,464. Vine St, from Forest to Main, 800 feet, bids $1.67, $1.23, $2.00 Cost $984. Cedar St. from Main to Milton, 1,000 feet, bids $2.10 $1.22, $2.30. Cost $1,220. In the last named there are sewers required in the specifications. The two highest bidders are understood to have included the sewers, But the lowest did not include them. The total cost of all the improvements, if made, would, according to the above estimate, be SII,OSSSO. These figures are only estimates however and not official, but they will give pretty close approximation of the total cost, not including the expense to the city of surveys, superintendency, etc.