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Show Bamberger, 53.76; Jeremy Fuel & Grain, $5.75. Tho Federal Coal company appeared appear-ed as a new bidder entitled to membership mem-bership in the trust, Inasmuch as It offers to furnish coal are Identical with the bids submitted by the other five concerns. Three new concerns came In with bids this time, Rlchara P. Morris' company, com-pany, tho Sugar Houso Coal & Lumber Lum-ber company and the Dunyon Coal company. These bidders materially lower the price, but the bids of the two latter firms wero rejected for the reaoon that they offered to furnish coal only to schools within their immediate im-mediate neighborhood. The Sugar House company offored to supply the Sugar House, Emerson, Waterloo and Hamilton achools with slack at $3.60 a ton, with mine run for $4 75 a ton, a reduction of fifty cents, with a pea for $4 a ton, a reduction of seventy-five seventy-five cents, and with lump for 95.25, a reduction of fifty cents. The Dunyon concern offered to furnish the Waterloo Water-loo and Jefferson with slack for $3.60 a ton, pea at $3.50 a ton, and lump at $5.35. This firm made no bid on mine run. Morris offered to furnish slack for $3.50 a ton. mine run for $5 00 and lump for $3.50, a material reduction over tho offers of the original five bidders. bid-ders. No attempt was made to give a satisfactory explanation of tlie reason for rejecting this bid which included no offer on pea coal. UP AGAINST IT ON COAL BID9. Salt Lage, August 23. Tenders to furnish coal for the city's public schools for tho coming winter were received by the buildings and grounds committee of tho elty school board Monday for the see-ond time- The committee recommended that all the , bids he rejected as too high and that tenders be readtartlsed for. Nine firms submitted bids Monday. Of these, five submitted tenders the first time bids were called for and their bids this time are not only lden tlcal with ono 'another but aro the same as the first time. Here are tho figures: Slack Citizens Coal company. J3 50; Western Fuel company, $3.50; Central Coal & Coke company. $3.50; Bamberger Coal company, $3 50; Jeremy Je-remy Fuel & Grain company, $3.50. Mine run Citizens, $5.25; Western Fuel. $5 25; Central Coal & Coke, $5.25; Bamberger, $5 25; Jeremy Fuel & Grain, 5.2.V Pea Citizens $4.75; Western Fuel, $4 76; Central Coal &. Coke, $1.75; Bamberger. $1.75; Jeremy Fuel & Grain, $4.75. Lump Citizens. $5.75; Western Fuel, $3.75; Central Coal Coke, $5.75; j |
