Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-20

,Io,pIUE Of Rld- tor the Sew - urth'r'
Vss,SIday at u o'clock Gen. u. L. Blbcock
opened the proposals for constructing new iTun
bridge across the Potomac river above George
town, and on the site " here the old Chain bridge
stood, Congress having appropriated 100000
for the purpose, or 50 much thereof as may DO
Tho new bridge will 10 erected upon tho piers
and Rbutments which supported the Old one,
and will be about $50 feet long and ~ feet wide.
Six OF the spans will 10 III feet long each, and
Two Of them 100 feet long each
There were seventeen bids received, each ac-
cOmpAnied by tho plans Ol the bridge which tho
bidder proposed to erect. All proposals exceed
Ing slOO, OUO will be thrown out, rs That i the
amolnt appropriated, and Gen. BaOcOck cannot
go beyond II.
baltimore Bridge Company, wrUught.lrun
frame, whiIe-Oak tIUring, win wooden ilJOr
beams, for sgj,2JO; or with wroughtlron hoOr
beams, fyg,l75.
Philtips6urs Manufacturing Company Of New
Jersey, for the sum OF I'll per llncdl IOOI, 10 DO
completed by June !, lsiA
Charles Mcdonald, Vt New York, wrought
iron bridge complete, for either Of the following
sums according 10 weight Of bridge; slO5, $50,
4lOI iB4 SlO3 SO, sos III; cast and wruughtirun
bridge, tD5,OlI.
PhmnixyilIe Bridge Works, ol Pennsylvania,
SDi, oOO, with wooden hour beams aud $4,000
with wood or iron beams, According u weight
Kellogg 4 Maurice, Ut New York, fs7,yvD, with
wooden floor beamsi Or ~ bJD with iron HOur
beams.
Iron Uity Bridge Works, Pitlsburg Pa, tlIg,.
900 or 100000, according TO weight u bTldEoi
So 900 additional for Iron bcams.
5. H. Dickson, OF Now Haven, Conn, SyS,sI5
for tho bridge complete.
A. Is. Burton, OF philadelphia, fyjI2l, with
wooden floor beamsi $4,000 additional for iron
beams
Watson Manufacturing Company OF Patcr-
son, n j., kl225 800 with iron beams Ur Slli 500
with wooden beams.
Columbia Bridge Works, Of Dayton, Ohio,
ElOT 4Os 500 OJO, fO7 Qj2 Ia f02 1854 AMI TlUs,
lOs, with iron boamsi 3, sos On each bid " DO
deducted II wooden beams be used.
u. u. Olmstead, Eureka wrought Iron bridge,
foT Of per lineal loot with wooden beams 1905
additional per llneal foot for iron beams
Canton, Ohio, Wrought lren Bridge Com
pany, $50, 900 with wooden floor beams, $40, 400
with iron floor beams, $4,000 with wooden iDOr
beams, so 500 with iron floor beams.
George r. Ryder, tor the Washington, u; o.,
Bridge Company, ssJ,OOJ or kbl OJJ according
to the weight OF the bridge.
Keystone Bridge Company, Of Philadelphia,
$50 per lineal foot with iron beams or 80 per
hneal loot with wooden beams.
National Bridge and Iron Works, Of Boston,
Mass, ai3OOOO
King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company,
OF Cleveland, Ohio, 100000 with wooden floor
beams or slUOOOJ with iron beams and lighter
bridge.
l.. Soul. Of New York, Sg7, 10 with wooden
beams, SllO,lsS with iron beams.
The latter bid was received by telegram, but
the bidder announced that the papers had been
mailed.
Several Of tho bidders Wero In attendance at
tho opening OF the bids. Tho contract viii be
awarded at an early day, and the work begun as
soon as possible, as tho GENERAL desires " have
II completed by next summer.