Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-10-31
AWARD. For Army ClothinR.


A statement of the bids and awards for
army clothing made at the Quartermaster.
GeneraI'soffice in Columbus about the l 5th
of Oct. has been published. The awards
of 4,5OO caps and covers was made to Nav
bery d RelIman, Cincinnati at S5 cents,
and 4, 200 to Dodd & Co. Cincinnati also at
IS cents. Lewis q Brother, New York,
bid for the whole 5000 at 73 cents. Ac-
ceptance Of bid would have save IL cents
on each cap, or SlOsO on the lot. Mr.. J :,
Thompson, of Cincinnati, bid for the 5000
at IS cents, ten cents less than those who
got the contracts at total advance of 5000.
The contract for cavalry and artillery
jackets was awarded 10 J. L. Cottes, St.
Louis, at s4,9O, who falling to furnish Sc
curity, neither award was made. The
next lowest hid was by Comstock, Miller d
Smith, Columbus, at 1920.
]. L. Coates st. Louis bid for 5000
infantry trousers, at $3.50. Failed TO fur:
nish security, no other award made. Lane
& Co., Philadelphia, bid for the lot at
1892.
Smith & Comstock, Columbus, were
awarded 5000 lined blouses at 1910. Leo
pold & Goodbart, Cincinnati bid for the
lot at $500 difference OF ten cents, or
$500 on the lot.
]. C. Coates, Sl-Louis, bid for $4,000
shirts at $500 per dozen. Failing to
furnish security, awards was made to
Dwight Stone, Columbus, at $500.
The contract fot $4,000 drawers, was
awarded to J. & T. Miller, Columbus, at
sl3, 80 per dozen, the lowest bid. For 1,
900 cavalry overcoats to Comstock d Mil
Ter, Columbus at SlO,75, also the lowest
bid. No award made for infantry over
coats. The lowest bid Comstock d Smith
5000, a: $3.50. Luther Donaldson, Co.
lumbus, bid for $500 pair blankets at s5
cents per pound. No other bid and no a
ward made. iB m airaf 81
There were six bidders for shoes. ]. F.
Koene & Co., Cincinnati, awarded 5000
at Sl.l24. and Bidelman, Evans & Co.,
Columbus bid for the 1900 at $l,45 and
$4,000 at $3.50. There were twenty five
bids for boots, and 5000 were awarded to
w. f. Koene & Co., Cincinnati at $50.
The lowest bid was Jos. Masury, Cleve-
land, 5000 at 5,2O. Mr.. Masury's bids
numbered fourteen, the highest 5000 at
$500. j. L. Coates, St. Louis. was
awarded $4,000 socks at 25 cents, but no
security was furnished and no contract
MANUFAcTURE OF ARMY CLOTHING.
The amount of army clothing manueac-
tured in Cincinnati is enormous, and the
Times claims for the Queen City the rep
utation of being the first in the list in quan-
tity and quality. Ohio, Indiana, Missouri,
and, Kentucky draw much of their supplies
from Cincinnati. The Times adduces the
figures of six establishments as proof that
as a manufacturing depot for clothing. Gin
cinnati. has not its equal in the United
States, and as matter of industrial inter-
est we present some of them in condens.
ed form. paoa +.
On Third street, large building Of
five stories is entirely devoted to cutting
up the material. The force employed by
the concern which combines three firms,
consists of 8 superintendents, Al cutters,
10 trimmers, 81 book-keepers, clerks,
packers and porters, and about 200 tail.
ors and seamstresses. Their capacities at
the present time, enable them 10 turn odl
from 1000 to 5000 complete suits every
week. Their contracts SO far, have been
for Indiana, $4,000 suits; for Missouri
5000; for Kentucky 5000; for Camp
Dick Robinson 5000; and for Fremont's
especial command 5000 suits. The great
er portion of these have included over
coats. The contracts on hand comprise
$4,000 overcoats, of which abou. 5000
are completed. The shirts and blankets
are furnished from the Eastern manuinc-
;urers or imported by their special order.
Another establishment on Third street
employs forty cutters, and is now delivering
1000 blouses and 1000 pants day. and
5000 overcoats week. A third COM
pany employ about 5000 tailors and seam
stresses. They have already furnished to
the Government about $4,000 suits and
$4,000 overcoats, which have been sent
10 different divisions of the army. This
company has manufactured 10000 suits
complete, with overcoats, in four days.
A fourth establishment employs Is cut
tiers and trmmers and about 1,200 tail
ors and seamstresses. Their manufactures
up to this time have been 10000 suits,
for Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky,
Wisconsin and Ohio. A fifth firm has
manufactured about 16,500 suits and L.
900 overcoats. They now have contract
for $500 suits with the Quartermaster of
the Cincinnati department. They manu-
facture about 5000 suits per week. A
sixth has 1000 tailors and seamstresses at
work on different kinds of clothing for the
army, and has furnished 5000 uniforms
complete for the volunteers. The Times
remarks:
Beside those enumerated, there are a
score, of other establishments, not so ex-
clusively engaged, all of which are, how
ever, devoted to the manufactures ofclo-
thing for the army. In all quarters of
the city the sound of the sewing machine
can be heard until late hour of the
night, and during the day the express
wagons transfer the manufactured ar
ticles from the different quarters of the
city to the establishments of the manu-
factures. The contracts being large, and
but short time being allowedto fill them
establishments combine their forces, and
regiments are equipped almost by magic.