HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1920-05-10 Regularly adjourned Meeting of The Board of Trustees of the City ef So SanFr~ncisco , held
Nl~nday May 10th. J920. st ZI0 Linden Ave. 8
The meeting wss called to order by Trustee Holsten 2resident of the Board.
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corporate ~ea! to enter into vn a?reement with said-
work.
Roll ce21 found allTrustees present, to-wit:
, ~.~rdy~rE. Scampini & G.W.iiolsten.
F,~..Cunnin~h~.~ A.J.Esche!bach,~ L. ~
Absent, Trustees, None.
~ .... minutes of the previous meshing were read ~'nd upon motion of Trustee Eschelbach
?acer. dad by Trustee Hardy And regu!~rly c~rried were s]~proved ss re~'d.
0n motion of Trustee Cunningham seconded by Trustee H~rdy bids on the new storm-water
~nd s~niZary sewers were ordered opened, this being the dat~ set for the receptio? of such
The fc~lowing bidders accompanied their proposals with certified checks of ~ of the amount
of their bid~ : C.B.Cowden , $25958.15, A'.,,,~t~on, $Z1690.01, T.E.Cl~nch,~29114~ .50,
C.J.Lindgren$3J86t.75., C.B. Coy:den be%ng tbs lowest Bidder the ,foi!owing resoYutioh
of az~srd w~s introduced by Trustee H. Scampin~.
Resolution 0f Award.
Whereas the Board of Trustees 0f the City of 2outh San Frsncisc~,did,ir~ open session,
on She 10th. 4~y of May,1920,pub!ic5y open, exvmine and decleye all proposals or bids for
~ ~ doing the following workin s~:id city, ~to-wit:
Furnishing all labor and materi~l necessary for the constr~tion ~nd ~ompYetion
of a combined ,%,~m- sanitary and storm-water sewer from the Belt Railroad tothe lower end of
storm sewer ~1, also a sanitary sewer from Cedar Ave, along the easterly side of the right
of way of the Southern ~acific Rai!ro~,,d Company t% the property of the Pacific Coast
Steel Company, o%so a sanitary sewer from Cedar Avenue,along the westerly side of the right
of way of the ~o~tbern Pacific RailrosdCompsny to the property of the Pacific C~r and
Equipment Company,and ~!so a storm-water sewer on San Bruno Road from Baden Avenue to Gr~nd
Ave~le.
All material ~-nd all work above mentloned must be in stric~ compliance v;~th the pl~ns
and s}eoific~%ions with sewer ~5 excepted therefrom, adopt~ ed by the said Bosrd of Trustees
of the Clt~ of South Sen Francisco on the FEnd ds~ of April,19E0,and now on file in the
office of the City ~lerk,to which 71aris [nd specifications reference is here%~ made.
Resolved that the Board of Trustees hereby re~eots all ssld pro posals
or b~ds excep~ that ne;:~ hereinafter mentloned~and here%~ awards the contract for doinE said
work to the lowest responsible bidder, to-wit: ~.B. Cowden. s$ the prices named in his bid
to-wit: The unit prices shown on exhibit "A"
hereto annexed snd mede a part of %his re~olu%ton.
The ~residen~ of the Board 0f Cit~ Trustees snd ~he Ci%~ Clerk are horeb~
authorized end direc%ed in ~ho name of the Ci%~ of South San Francisco and under its
0.B.Cowden for do~n~ said
F~hibit "A"
Sewer # - Size Averoge Cut ~ Length Cost Per
#1 "~0x45" Z' 550' ~.75
2 "~0x45 " 3' 504' !~i75
3 " 24x36" 7' 529' 50.'
4 "24XZ6" 5' 387' $7 25
6 "~?~ 6" 4 ' 409 ' ~7. ~5.
7 10" 4' 550' ~1.50.
8 10" 2' 4?0" ~1'50
9 10" 5' ~65" ~1' 50
10 10" 2' 470' ~1.50
11 10" 2' 400' $1.50.
]2 10" 3' 405 $1,50.
23 12" 3' ~23' ~1,75
14 !0" 3 ' 38' $1' 50 ~
Manholes On concrete sewers, complete, 6 more or less,at $90. each...
Manholes on pipe sewers, complete, 5 more or less, at $90. each ....
One catch-basin, complet~,~t $150.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly
introduced and adopted by the Board of Trustees of'the City of South San Fran cisc~ this
10th day of Nay 1920, by the following vote:
Ayes, Trustees F,A,Cunningham, AJ~Esch~t~ch, L.G.Hardy, H. Scampini,G.W.Holston.
Noes Trustees None.
'Absent Trustees None.
On motion of Trustee Scampini seconded by Trustee Hardy bids were ordered opened on the
proposed automatic Fire Alarm aystem.
But one bid was submitted on this proposition, that of the Gamewell Fire
Alarm Telegraph Company of S~n Francisco. The bid was ~ccompsnied by a certified check'of
10% o~ the amount of the bid. and they agreed to inst~ll the system according to plans
and specific~tions as authorized by the Board of Trustees for the sum of $(9947.
Trustee Eschelbach introduced the following resolution to award the contract to the
above bidder .
Whereas the Board of Trustee~ of the City of South San Francisco did. in open.
session, on th · lOth. day of May , i920, publicly open, examine and declare all pro~osal~
or bids fpr doing the following work in said city, to-wit:
l~urnishing all labor and material necessary for the constrution and completion
of an automatic perfect non-interfering fire-alarm signaling system in the City of South
San FranciscO. All material and all ~orkabove mentioned must be in strict compli-
snce with the specifications adopted by the said Bo~rd of Trustees of the City of South
South Francisco on the 22 day o~ April, 1920, and now on file in the offic of the City
Clerk,to which spwcificetions re~erence is hereby made .
Resolved that the Board of Trustees hereby rejects all said proposals or bid~
except that next hereinafter mentioned,and hereby awards t~w contract for Coing said work
to the lowest responsible bidder, to-wit: The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company,
a New York Corporation, at the price named in its bid, to-wit: $9947.
The President of the Board of Trustees and the City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed in the name of the City of South San Francisco and under its corporate seal
to enter into an agreement with said, The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, for doing
said work.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced
and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of South Francisco this 10th. day of May,
1920. by the following vote:
Ayes ,Trustees, F.A.Cunningham, A,J.Eschelbsch, l.G.Hardy Jr. H. Scampini, G.W.Holsto~
==~.~ ~,,= zo~es.~ ~id~er the .f0~ilow{ng ree0i~tion
or award-was-ihtrod~ced~b~- Trustee H. Scampinf.
Resolution 0f Award.
Wh,erea~ the Board of Trustees 0f the City of South San Frsncisc$,did,ir~ open session,
on Dhe IOth. '~'y of ~,~ay,]gS0,publicly open, ex~mine and declg~e all prop~sg:ls or bids for
- doing the following workin ~:id city, ,to-wit:
Furnishing all labor and materi~l necessary for the conslr~ion ~nd ~omplet~on
of a combined .~.~- sanitary and storm-water sewer free the Belt Railroad tothe lower end of
storm sewer ~1, also a sanitary sewer from Cedar Ave, along the easterly side of the right
of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company tb the property of the Pacific Coast
Steel Company, ~]so a sanitary sewer from Ced~r Avenue,along the westerly side of the right
of way of the ~o~thern P~cific RatlrosdCo~p~ny to the property of the P~cific C~r and
Equipment Company,~nd ~so a storm-water sewer on S~n Bruno Ro~d from Baden Avenue to Gr~nd
Avenue.
All materi~l ~-nd ~11 work above mentioned must be in strict compliance w~th the ~l~ns
and s~ecific~tions with sewer ~ e~cepted therefrom, ~dopt ed by the said Board of Trustees
of the City of South Sen Francisco on the 22nd d~y of ~.pril,2920,and now on file in the
office of the City Clerk,to which plans and specifications reference is hereby made.
Resolved that the Board of Trustees hereby rejects all s~id pro posals
or bids except that ne~t hereinafter mentioned.and hereby awards the contract for doing said
work to the Uowest responsible bidder, to-wit: C.B. Cowden. at the prices n~med in his bid
to-wit: The unit prices shown on exhibit "A"
hereto ~nnexed ~nd m~de a part of this r~olutton.
The President of the Bo~rd Of City Trustees and the City Clerk are hereby
authorized ~nd directed in the name of the City of South San Francisco and under its
corporate ~eal to enter into ~n ~reement with said.- Q~B.Cowden for doing said
wor~.
Exhibit "A"
Sewer $ Size Average Cut ~ Length Cost Per FT.
#1 "30x4~ " ~' ~0' $9.7~
2 "ZOx45" 3' 504' *%9.75
~ "24X~6" 7' 5~9' ~7.50~'
4 "24X~6" 5' ~87 ' ~7.25 '
6 "q4~ ~" 4 ' 409 ' ~ 7. ~5,
7 10" 4' 550' ~'1 50.
'
9 10" ~- 65" 1 50,
10 10" 2' 470' ~1. 50
11 lO" 2' 400' ,~1'50,
]2 10" ~' 405 ~1 50,!
13 12" 3' 323' ~I 75
14 !0" 3' 38' 50 ~
Manholes On concrete sewers, complete, 6 more or less,at $90. each...
Manholes on pipe sewers, complete 5 more or less, a~ $90. each ....
One catch-basin, complet~,~t $150~
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution w~s regularly
introduced ~nd adopted by the Board of Trustees of'the City of South S~n Fran cisc~ this
10th d~y of Nay 1920, by the following vote:
Ayes, Trustees F,A,Cunningham, AJiEsch~15~ch, L.G.Hardy, H.Scampini,G.W.Holston.
Noes Trustees None,
Absent Trustees None.
On motion of Trustee Scampini seconded by Trustee Hardy bids were ordered opened on the
proposed automatic Fire Alarm system.
But one bid was submitted on this proposition, that of the Gamewell ~ire
Alarm Telegraph Company of San Francisco. The bid was accompanied by a certified check'of
10% of the amount of the bid. and they agreed to inst~ll the system according to plans
and specifications ss authorized by the Board of Trustees for the sum of $(9947.
Trustee Eschelbach introduced the following resolution to award the contract to the
above bidder .
Whereas the Board of Trustee~ of the City of South San Francisco did. in open.
session, on th e 10th. day of May , i920, publicly open, examine and declare all pronosalF
or bids fpr doing the following work in said city, to-wit:
~urnishtng all labor and material necessary for the constrution and completion
of an automatic perfect non-interfering fire-alarm signaling system in the City of South
San FranciscO. ~11 material and all ~orkabove mentioned must be in strict compli-
snce with the specifications adopted by the said Board of Trustees of the City of South
South Francisco on the 22 day of April, 1920, and now on file in the offic of the City '
Clerk,to which sp~cific~tions reference is hereby made .
Resolved that the Board of Trustees hereby rejects all said proposals or bid~
except that next hereinafter mentioned,and hereby awards t*. contract for Coing said work
to the lowest responsible bidder, to-wit: The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company,
a New York Corporation, at the price named in its bid, to-wit: $9947.
The President of ~he Board of Trustees and the City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed in the name of the City of South San Francisco and under its corporate seal
to enter into an agreement with said, The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, for doing
said work. ~
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced
and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of South Francisco this 10th. day of May,
1920. by the following vote:
Ayes ,Trustees, F.A.Cunningham, A,J.Eschelbzch, L.G.Hardy Jr. H. Scampini, G.W.Holsto~
Noes, Trustees, None.
Absent, Trustees Nome.
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fire alarm bomes at the time that the said system is inet ailed for ONE Hundred Twenty-
five dollars $125.00 ,each,install them upon the polls for ($15.00 each,and place the
~ecessary line wire at the rate of ($100.00 per (1000 feet of double line circutt~
Accordingly the following'resolution was introduced by Trustee Hardy:
Resolved by the Board of Triistees of the City of South San Francisco that
the proposal of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company to construct and install one(l)
ten (10) inch electro-mechinical Turtle Gong in the Water Works planton'Chestnut Avenue
nearCommercial Aue.,to be connected with and be a part of the Fire Alarm ~ignalling
systemss set forth in the specifications adopted by said Board of Trustees of the
City of ~outh Fan Francisco on the 22nd. of April, 1920, be and same~hereby is accepted.
Th. President of said Board cf Trustees and the City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed, in the name of said City of Mouth ~an Francisco and under its corporate
seal,to enter into an agreement with said The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company
for the performance o£ said work.
I hereby certify that the fore~oingresolution was regularily
introduced and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of South S~n Francisco
this 10th da~ of May , 1920,~ by the following vote~:
Ayes Trustees, F.A.Cunningham,A.J.Eschelbach, ~.G. Hardy Jr.,H. Scampini, G.W.
Holston.
Noes ,Trustees none.
Absent ,TrDstems Nome.
The following demands sgaimst the c~ty were presented for payment, the same
having been approved by the finance committee.,
W.F.Gel~ert, Auditing CITY'S books account of Clerk &TreasurerS85.00
Ramsey Oppenheim Co. Inc.~ubscriptiOm to Cal.- Automobile Director~A~l 1920 $30.
Water drinkin~ fountain March' 19~0. . $1.00
P.G.&.E.Co. ~reets and City Hall lights April, $~08.24
F.Church, Labor on City Hall s~te 3 days 15.00
Seagrave & Co. Valves etc. for Fire Truck S3.20
On motion of Trustee Eschelbach seconded byk Total - ~~
Trustee Hardy the bills were ordered paid and-warrsntsdrswnWffor~e various amounts. Carr
B.H. Trusx Fire Chief presented the following ~ggestions
which were acted upon s,s follows :
Clean all weeds and debris two feet from fire hydrants, referred to stree~
committee,All hydrants to be painted v~ite with red tops . R~ferred~ to street committee.
Warning signs and the enforcement of the law regarding parking of autos ,etc. No action,
Two shut off Nozzles ,,E~powered to order one.
Replacing cast iron valves on fire truck with Tungston, valves. One on hand . Instructed
to procure the others. Regrinding of valves, on fire truck, Instructed to have the work
done,
Moved by Trustee Hardy seconded by Trustee Scampini the Board adjourn
to meet again ~ondsy May the 17th. at 3!0 Linden Ave. in regular session.at 8 P.M.
Motion Carried.
Time of Adjournment, 9.45P.M.
Gamewell Fire Alarm-~m Telegraph Company submitted a proposal to furnish addition
Re~pectful!y Submitted, Daniel McSweene~~, City Clerk and ex- officio Clerk of the
Board of Trustees.