The morning call., 1894-04-01
THE HAMBURGER COMP ANY.
MARKET STREET.
THE BIDS ARE IN.
Cost of the City Halls
New Tower.
A Dome Found to Be Much Less Ex-
pensive Than the Spire, Which
Was Originally Planned.

AT the meeting of the City Hall Com
mission which was held yesterday morn
ing large number of bids were received
for the work on the new dome tower. the
plan for which was accepted several
months ago, and which it is now hoped
will be pushed at once to completion. In
all. thirty-eght bids were received. though
only five of these were for the work in the
aggregate. the others being for the parts
of the tower specified in contracts 80 to &C
inclusive.
OF the bids on the tower complete. that
OF OConnell q Lewis appears to be the
lowest, the amount named by tn IN bein G
S249. 700. with a reduction Of $4,000 in
case the roof of the dome be painted
instead of electroplated. All of the bids
make this specification. some of them offer
Ing reduction of $500 more If The electro
plating is omitted, and from the sen timent
expressed by the members OF the commits
SIGN this may be done, as the extra amount
which it will cost would pay for the paint
ing o. the roof for century TO come.
The bids on the tower complete, with
the exception OF the cement to be used,
are ms follows:
San Francisco Bridge Company. s27o,o00, ii
the dome is electropaied. and S256.OOO if
paint is used; John II. Mckay, S279,30O and
$4,000 less II paint is used; Gladding, Nc
Bean s. Co. S273, $50, and ST 400 less if paint
is u>ed; John q. Adams, S255,ooo, and S16,-
400 less II paint Is us, d O'Connell & Lewis,
$249. 700, and SIC. 900 less il paint is used.
On conir ct SO. delivering 1000 barrels Port
land ment-J. ID. Spreckels, 81 40 per barrel
Henry Cowell s. Co. 81 371a aud 50 121a j.
W. Grace & Co, 81 80; Meyer, Wilson & Co.,
So 40, 81 % ana 81 30 per barrel; San Fran
cisco Bridge Company, $4,000; Gladding, Nc
Bean & Co., 81 20 and 81 40 per barrel; John
q. Adams. 81 3S per barrel; O'Connell &
Lewis, 50 80 per barrel.
Contract co. brick and granite WORLD.
Jordan & Sons. S30,450; A. McElroy, S33,.
$4,000. Ma'Iin Funnel & Sons, S32, 800;
Llebert & Hoffman. $40, 100; San Francisco
Bridge Company, $4,000.
Contract 81, terra Gotta hollow tilework-A.
ST, lger q Sons S97, $40; Gladdlng Mclean &
Co, $4,000; San francisco Bridge Company,
$4,000
Contract 90. steel and iron work-Risdon
Iron Works. 500. SAT SO; e. Nulting e. Son,
sS5.424; T. d. Warwick, S1O4,oO0, and reduc,
ton Ut SIG, 900 IL allowed 10 Use Eastern ma e.
rial; King Bridge Company, 0.000, If allowed
TO use Eastern material; Ralston Iron Works.
S101.5 800; San Francisco Bridge Company,
$4,000.
Contract 63, for cast iron work-Vulcati Iron
Wcrss, s3649; Atlas Iron Works. S334O; F..
a. Williams. S3475; san Francisco Bridge
Company. $500.
Contract ga. for asphalt rockingham Fran
cisco Bridge Company. $500; Richard Flah-
eriy. $500; b. Bonnet, $4,000.
Contract 60, for The STEEL plate roof covering
-Raston Iron Works, sac, 200, TO deduct &c.
400 If cop Ell plating Is lett off and TWO coats OF
paint substituted; san Francisco Bridge Com
paDy, 400, and $40, 400 If paint is u.s. d !;
Calvin Nu ting s. Sons, S44.544, aud will de-
duct $4,000 If RANT Is substituted for The
eectroplating; Risdon Iron Works. SAC, 005 "a
ana $4,000 deducted II paint is substituted
for coppefpiating.
Contract 66. cemeDting the exterior of the
dome and towrr-Char $ Dunlop, $4,000; T..
Minis, S4700; w. c. Watson. 5000; j. X. Nc
Kay. $500; San francisco Bridge Company,
$4,000.
contract 81, for conductor plpes-John +.
Culley, S79S; John p. Cosgroye. 1887 40; s u
Francisco Bridge Company, $500.
Some of the members Of the commissions
commented on the fact that there should