The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-03
THE PUBLIC BUILDING BIDS.
THEY MUST BE WITH THE SUPER
VIsING ARCHITECT By AUG. 23.

I The Plans Received by Superintend-
cnt hewitt Yesterday MOrninE-Ad-
vertfsements Published Calling for
| bids which Are 10 BE Both on a
BASIS of Press Brick and Lime
stone Trimmings, and Of Georgia
sIarbIe-MarbIe VIII Probably BE
Used II the Appropriation is Large
Enough 10 Pay for That Material.
The plans for the supersUucture Of Sa-
vannah's new public building are at last
in the hands Of the superintendent. and
the inspector. and bids for the work have
been called for.
The plans were received from Washing
ton yesterday morning, and are now ready
for inspection by the contractors. They
consist of about thirty-two different de-
signs. showing cross sections through the
building in all directions, the front and
side elevations. and, in fact. every feature
Of the building with which the contractor
viii have to deal in making up his esti-
mates.
Supt. hewitt has four or five sets of the
plans and is ready to furnish them to any
of the local contractors who may desire
TO bid on the work.
only one Savannah contractor, Mr. W.
T. Chaplin, put in a bid on the work of
constructing the basement story, and
foundation There have already been some
inquiries about the new plans on the part
OF the home contractors, and It may be
that they viii put in one or two bids on
this work.
The advertisement states that sealed
bids Will be received al the office of the
supervising architect until o'clock. Aug.
%, and that they will be opened imme-
diately thereafter. The bids must be for
the furnishing Of all the labor. and ma
terials for the stone, brick and terra
Gotta work of the superstructure. the iron
and wood floor, ceiling ana roof construc-
ton, ROOF covering and drain pipes. in ac-
cordance with the specifications and draw
ings which can be secured either from
the office of the supervising architect.
or from the superintendent here Each
bid must be accompanied by a certified
check for sum not less than 2 per cent.
or the amount of the bid, and the govern
ment reserves the right TO reject any
or al BIDS, and to waive any defect ar
lntormality in any bid should it be deem
ca 10 the interest of the government TO do
so.
The advertisement for bids states moth
ing about proposals for constructive the
building of Georgia marble. but tbat is
Iully set forth in the specifications, which
state that each bidder must state that
amount in addition to his bid which will
be charged for facing the building with
the best quality of Georgia marble
throughout in lieu of the limestone nrass
DTlck ~,
Mr. Akin, when in Savannah. was urqad
70 cali Ior bids on basis of Georgia mar
pie ana he has decided to do so. If IT can
pc put up within the appropriation with
Georgia marble, it is very probable that
TINS material will be used. In case. how
ever the marble is not used it is re-
CURED by the specifications that the lime
stone in the building shall be one equal
IN quality to the BEDFORD Buff Indiana
limestone.
Each bidder is required to state the time
IN which he proposes to finish the worl,
winch must not in any case exceed one
year from the date Of approval of the
tary of the Treasury.
zach bidder has to submit to the de-
partment samples of the material which
ne proposes to use, and they must in
| every case come up to certain standards
Whlch are mentioned To do away with
'io u4luculty IN getting the stone to be
USED, out from the quarries, which was ex
| perlehced by the contractors who built the
basement story, the department requires
! this time that the names of the quarries
| which are to furnish the stone must he
gwen, and they must be quarries that are
| FULLY opened and capable of SURVIVING tha
stone within the time named by the bid
| der 0'0
| The specifications cover thirtv-six nagee
| CiOSelX
minute details with regard to the kind OF
material to be used and the standards 10
winch they must conform. The tower
| which will be on the President street side
| OF the building, will go 159 feet above the
| level OF the present story. The signal ser.
| vice office will be located on the fftb
| floor, which is a small room in the tower
| The weather bureau platform will he
| some distance higher up, and the ton of
the tower Will be reached by a winding
| staircase.
The Morning News gave a fun descrin-
ton of the arrangement of the interior ~
| the building at the time its picture was
| published. There have been a few minor
changes consisting mostly of details IN
the interior work, hut the exterior re.
mains unchanged. The building win he
| an ornament to the city, when conDleted
| Inc BIDS have been called for at an arlv
! cate, and II appears that the suDervisin .
architect is endeavoring to carry ont his
| announced intention to have the buildin @
| completed before the end of the present
! democratic administration