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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM - Meeting Minutes - 115 - 5-11-1949 - COMMISSIONERY20 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIs E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, CommissIONERS _ )Notion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the Tax Claim Bureau and the County Treasurer be authorized to abate the interest on 1927 and 1928 County Tax amounting to $25.03 on the property of M. B. Armstrong, 62 nest Beau Street, Washington, Pa., whose property is assessed in East Bethlehem Township and described as One (1) Frame House. This action was taken in conjunction with similar action taken by the East Bethlehem Township School District and the East Bethlehem Township Commissioners. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the Tax Claim Bureau and the County Treasurer be authorized to abate the interest on 1925 County Tax amounting to $8.78 on the property of Peter Ranolla Estate, c/o Mary Ranolla, 135 Murdock Street, Canonsburg, Pa., whose property is assessed in the Borough of Canonsburg, 2nd Ward, and described as House and Lot. This ac was taken being that the tax in question was filed February, 1929, with the last Suggestion and Averment, May 1, 1939, which makes the lien void. Motion carried. Motion duly made and seconded that the Resolutions pertaining to private sale of property for unpaid County, School and Road Taxes, be adopted. (See Resolution Numbers 4, 5, 6, 79 81 9 and 10, of the Tax Claim Bureau Minutes.) Motion carried. There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meeting adjourned. THE FOREGOING MINUTE READ AND APPROVED: May 13, M49 ATTEST: NO. 115 Chief Clerk Office of the County Commissioners Washington, Pa., May ll, 19.49 A special joint meeting of the Westmoreland and Washington County Commissioners was held at 2t00 p.m., EDST, in the Office of the County Commissioners at the Court House, Washington, Pa., on May 11, 1949, for the propose of opening bids on the Donora-Webster Bridge. The following were present at the meeting: Commissioners Francis E. Pettit, Deputy County Controller Gilbert Dentel, Chief Engineer H. B. Crumrine and Solicitor David H. Weiner, all of Washington County; Commissioner J. Calvin TOrner, Solicitor Vincent Williams and Chief Engineer Hebrank, all of Westmoreland County, our Consulting Engineer Carl J. Jacobs and the following Representatives from the Companies submitting bids: L. A. Idle, Pittsburgh - Des Moines Steel Company; Dean Freeman, Ferguson & Edmondson Company; and H. C. Forbes, Eichle Corporation, all of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After a reading of the official advertisement from the Washington and Westmore- W E LJI 1 land County newspapers, the following bids were opened in accordance with the advertisement for the repairing, replacing and rehabilitation of the Donora-Webster Bridge: MINUTE LOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHIN13TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCis E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS 121 1 PITTSBURGH-DES MOINES STEEL COMPANY By: L. A. Idle Neville Island Pittsburgh, Pa. DATE ----------------- May 9, 1949 Gentlemen: We certify that we have examined and studied the plans, specifications and stipulations of the contract and we are familiar with the site of the proposed work and fully understand and appreciate the extent and character of the work to be dohs under the contract. Having made this examination and study and having made a careful estimate of the cost of the work, we hereby offer and propose, at our own cost and expense, to furnish all materials, except as hereinafter noted in the specifications, labor, superintendence, equipment; tools, transportation, all means of construction, insurance, pap all fees and incidental expenses and execute, construct and furnish in an expeditious, workmanlike and substantial manner, to the satisfaction of the Counties of Washington and Westmoreland, the Re -habilitation and Repairs to the Webster-Donora Bridge over the Monongahela River between Webster, in West- moreland County and Donora, in Washington County, in accordance with the plans and specifica- tions hereto attached for the following lump sum and unit prices: to QuAntiItems and Unit Unit Prices Totalg No. Prices Bid 1 Lump Sum New 5" l-Beam Lok Open Floor Thirty-one thousand dollars. Lump Sum $31,000.00 2 31,000 pounds Cover Plates on Stringers Fifteen cents per lb. $ .15 $ 4,650.00 3 8,500 pounds Structural Steel Expansion & Fixed Dams Forty cents per lb. $ .40 $ 3,400.00 4 8,000 pounds Miscellaneous Steel Repairs to Spans H, I, J, g and L Twenty-five cents per lb. $ .25 $ 2,000.00 5 2,500 pounds Miscellaneous Steel Repairs to Fence on Spans H, I, J, P and L and Approaches and to Stairs at East End of Span H Thirty cents per 1b. $ .30 $ 750.00 6 Lump Sum Straightening Fence, Altering Two Panels of Fence and Re -setting Newel Posts Four hundred dollars. Lump Sim $ 400.00 7 15 Cubic Yds. Class "A" Concrete One Hundred Seventy dollars per cu. yd. $ 170.00 $ 29550.00 8 2,000 Lineal 1/4" Continuous Fillet Weld Feet Two dollars per lin. ft. $ 2.00 $ 4,OOO.00 9 200 Lin. Ft. 5/16" Continuous Fillet Weld Two dollars and twenty-five cents per lb. $ 2.25 $ 450.00 10 300 Lineal Ft. 3/8" Continuous Fillet Weld Two dollars & fifty cents per lin. ft. $ 2.50 $ 750.00 11. 200 Lineal Ft. 1/8" Continuous Seal Weld One dollar per lin. ft. $ 1.00 $ 200.00 12 50 Each Drilling 13/16" Diameter Holes One dollar per each. $ 1.00 $ 50.00 13 150 Each Removing and Replacing Rivets or Bolts Two dollars per each. $ 2.00 $ 300.00 14 10 Each Tightening and adjusting Non -Adjustable Tension Members as Ordered Eighty dollars per each. $ 80.00 $ 800.00 15. 10 Each Tightening and Adjusting Adjustable Tension Members Fifteen dollars per each. $ 15.00 $ 150.00 16 Lump Sum Roller Nests Five thousand dollars. Lump Sum $ 5,000.00 17 Lump Sum Jacking Up, Supporting and Lowering Expan- sion Ends of the Trusses of the Bridge Four thousand -Five Hundred Dollars. Lump Sum $ 4,500.00 Lump Sum Cleaning and Painting Thirteen thousand Five Hundred dollars. Lump Sum $13000.00 �� MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS item sgantitr Lou Unit Prigeg Totals 19 35 Square Yds. Bituminous bearing Surface Four dollars and Fifty cents per sq. yd. 4.50 $ 157.50 TOTAL AMOUNT OF BID -------------- $74,607.50 If awarded the contract, we hereby agree to complete the entire work within sixty (60) consecutive calendar days from and including the date specified by the Engineer in wii.ting to commence work. We agree to pay to the Counties as liquidated damages the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars per day for each and everyday which may elapse between the appointed and actual time of completion. The above prices include the cost of all incidental work not specifically itemized on the plans and specifications but which are necessary for the completion of the work in accordance with the true intent thereof. Enclosed is depositor's check, certified by Farmers Deposit National Bank, in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars, as a guaranty that if awarded the work, we will enter into written contract as required in the specifications. EICHLEAY CORPORATION By: P. M. Barnes, Vice Pres. 33 South 19th Street Pittsburgh 3, Pa. DATE -------------- May 11, 1949 Gentlemen: We certify that we have examined and studied the plans, specifications and stipulations of the contract and are familiar with the site of the proposed work and fully understand and appreciate the extent and character of the work to be done under the contract. Having made this examination and study and having made a careful estimate of the cost of the work, we hereby offer and propose, at our own cost and expense, to furnish all materials, except as hereinafter noted in the specifications, labor, superintendence, equipment tools, transportation, all means of construction, insurance, pay all fees and incidental expenses and execute, construct and furnish in an expeditious, workmanlike and substantial manner, to the satisfaction of the Counties of Washington and Westmoreland, the Re -habilitation and Repairs to the Webster-Donora Bridge over the Monongahela River between Webster, in West- moreland County and Donora, in Washington County, in accordance with the plans and specificatio hereto attached for the following lump sum and unit prices: to Quantity I&ems and 'Unit Unit Prices Totall Aga. Prices Bid 1 Lump Sum New 5" I -Beam Lok Open Floor Fifty -Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy - Nine Dollars. Lump Sum $59,429.+ 2 31,000 pounds Cover Plates on Stringers Eighteen cents per Ib. $ .18 $ 5080.+ 3 8,500 lbs. Structural Steel Expansion and Fixed Dams Twenty-one cents per lb. $ .21 $ 1,785.1 4 8,000 lbs. Miscellaneous Steel Repairs to Spans H. I, J, K and L Twenty-four cents per lb. $ .24 $ 1,920.1 5 2,500 lbs. Miscellaneous Steel Repairs to Fence on Spans H, I, J, K and L and Approaches and to Stairs at East End of Span H Fifty cents per lb. $ .50 $ 1,250.1 6 Lump Sum Straightening Fence, Altering Two Panels of Fence and Re -setting Newel Posts Nine Hundred Dollars. Lump Sum $ 900.1 7 15 Cu. Yds. Class "A" Concrete Two Hundred Forty dollars per cu. yd. $ 240.00 $ 3,600.1 8 2,000 lin.ft. 1/4" Continuous Fillet Weld One dollar and twenty cents per lin. ft. $ 1.20 $ 2,400.1 9 200 tin. ft. 5/16" Continuous Fillet Weld One dollar and fifty cents per tin, ft. $ 1.50 $ 300.1 J MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIQNERS 123 1 1 Item Quantity Items and Unit Unit Prices Totals ft— Prices Bid 10 300 Lineal Feet 3/8" Continuous Fillet Weld Two dollars per lin'. ft. $ 2.00 $ 600.01 11 200 Lineal Feet 1/8" Continuous Seal held Seventy-five cents per lin. ft. $ .75 $ 150.04 12 50 Each Drilling 13/16" Diameter Holes Five dollars per each $ 5.00 $ 250,01 13 150 Each Rgmoving and Replacing Rivets or Bolts _Sic Dollars per each $ 6.00 $ 900.Ot 14 10 Each Tightening and Adjusting Non -Adjustable Tension Members as Ordered Ninety dollars per each. $ 90.00 $ 900.0( 15 10 Each Tightening and Adjusting Adjustable Tension Members One Hundred Seventy-five dollars. $ 175.00 $ 1,750.0( 16 Lump Sum Roller Nests Ten thousand eight hundred dollars. Lump Sum $1O,800.O( 17 Lump Sum Jacking Up, Supporting and Lowering Expan- sion Ends of the Trusses of the Bridge Ten thousand two hundred dollars. Lump Sum $10,200.0( 18 Lump Sum Cleaning and Painting Twenty-one thousand five Hundred Dollars Lump Sum $21,500.O( 19 35 Sq. Yards Bituminous Wearing Surface Four dollars per sq. yd. $ 1,.00 $ 340.0 TOTAL AMOUNT OF BID ---------------- $I24#354.0 If awarded the contract, we hereby agree to complete the entire work within sixty (60) consecutive calendar days from and including the date specified by the Engineer in writing to commence work. We agree to pay to the Counties as liquidated damages the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars per day for each and every day which may elapse between the appointed and actual time of completion. The'above prices include the cost of all incidental work not specifically itemized on the plans and specifications but which are necessary for the completion of the work in accordance with the true intent thereof. Enclosed is depositor's check, certified by Mellon National Bank and Trust Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., in the amount of Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, as a guaranty that if awarded the work, we will enter into written contract as required in the specifications. FERGUSON & EDMOMSON COMPANY BI-: Howard H. McCauley, President 1+06 Keystone Building Pittsburgh 22, Pennsylvania DATE--- -----May 10, 191+9 Gentlemen: We certify that we have examined and studied the plans, specifications and stipulations of the contract and are familiar with the site of the proposed work and fully understand and appreciate the extent and character of the work to be done under the contract. Having made this examination and study and having made a careful estimate of the cost of the work, we hereby offer and propose, at our own cost and expense, to furnish all materials, except as hereinafter noted in the specifications, labor, superintendence, equipment tools, transportation, all means of construction, insurance, pay all fees and incidental expenses and execute, construct and furnish in an expeditious, workmanlike and substantial manner, to the satisfaction of the Counties of Washington and Westmoreland, the Re -habilitation and Repairs to the Webster-Donora Bridge over the Monongahela River between Webster, in West- moreland County and Donora, in Washington County, in'aecordance with the plans and specificatio hereto attached for the following lump sum and unit prices: Item QNanti• -T Items and Unit Unit Prices Total Has Prices mid, 1 Lump Sum New 5" I -Beam Lok Open Floor Thirty six thousand dollars. Lump Sum $36,QOO,OC 2 31,000 pounds Cover Plates on Stringers Eight and one-half cents per lb. $ .085 $ 29635.00 4 MINUTE BOOK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FRANCIS E. PETTIT, W. J. LANE, HENRY J. LOWSTUTER, COMMISSIONERS Items Quantit Items and Unit Zit Prices Totals o , Prices Bid 3 8,500 pounds Structural Steel Expansion and Fixed Dams Thirty-five cents per lb. $ .35 $ 2t975.00 4 8,000 pounds Miscellaneous Steel Repairs to Spans H, I, J, K, and L Fifteen cents per lb. $ .15 1.9200.00 5 2,500 pounds Miscellaneous Steel Repairs to Fence on Spans H, I, J, K and L and Approaches and to Stairs at East End of Span H Fifteen cents per 1b. $ .15 $ 375.00 6 Lump Sum Straightening Fence and Altering Two Panels of Fence and Re -setting Newel Posts Four Hundred fifty dollars. Lump Sum 450. 7 15 Cubic Ids. Class "A" Concrete One hundred dollars per cu. yd. $ 100.00 $ 11,500. 8 2,000 Lin. Ft. 1/4" Continuous Fillet Held One dollar and seventy-five cents per lin.ft. $ 1.75 $ 31,500. 9- 200 Lin. ft. 5/16" Continuous Fillet Weld Two dollars per lin. ft. 2.00 $ 4OO.00 10 300 Lin. Ft. 3/ 8" Continuous Fillet meld Two dollars and fifty cents per lin. ft. 2.50 750.00 11 200 Lin. Ft, 1/8" Continuous Seal Weld One dollar and fifty cents per lin. ft. $ 1.50 $ 300. 12 50 Each Drilling 13/16" Diameter Holes Two dollars per each. $ 2,00 $ 100. 13 150 Each Removing and Replacing Rivets or Bolts Three dollars per each. $ 3.00 450.0 14 10 Each Tightening and Adjusting Non -Adjustable Tension Members as Ordered Sixty dollars per each. $ 60.00 $ 600.0 15 10 Each Tightening and Adjusting Adjustable I Tension Members Ten dollars per each. $ 10,00 $ lOO.O 6 Lump Sum Roller Nests Thirty four hundred dollars. Lump Sum $ 3..1*00.00 ,7 Lump Sum Jacking Up, Supporting and Lowering Expan- sion Ends of the Trusses of the Bridge Forty-five Hundred Dollars. Lump Sum $ A+p5OO.00 8 Lump Sum Cleaning and Painting Sixteen thousand dollars. Lump Sum $l6vOOO.00 9 35 Sq. Yds. Bituminous Rearing Surface k Two dollars per sq. yd. $ 2.00 $ 70.0 TOTAL AMOUNT OF BID ---------- $759305 If awarded the contract, we hereby agree to complete the entire work within ixty (60) consecutive calendar days from and including the date specified by the Engineer in writing to commence work. We agree to pay to the Counties as liquidated damages the sum of Twenty-five ($25,00) Dollars per day for each and every day which may elapse between the appointed and actual time of completion. The above prices include the cost of all incidental work not specifically itemized on the plans and specifications but which are necessary for the completion of the work in accordance with the true intent thereof. Enclosed is depositor's check, certified by Mellon National Bank & Trust Co., in the amount of Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty ($2,250,00) Dollars, as a guaranty that if awarded the work, and will enter into written contract as required in they specifications. The bid of the High -Welding Company of Lancaster, Pa., was opened and read but was not considered a qualified bid because the bidder failed to comply with the official advertisement and specifications. 1