Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-01
CONTRACTS FOR ST. EL1zABETHs.
Stme of the Most Important Awards
Made.


The awards for the supplies needed dur
ing the coming year at st. Elizabeth'S Asy-
lum were practically made today, although
they have not yet been approved by the
Secretary of the Interior. There were 124
bidders, most of them merchants doing
business in Washington. The bids covered
the supply of 424 articles, including meats,
groceries, -four cloths, drugs and great
variety of articles used in a great inst-
tuition such as st. Elizabeth's. The bids
were opened by the special board, consist
ing of DR.. Goddng of st. Elizabeth's, W.
H. Anderson, chief of the law and railroad
division of the Interior Department, and
w. B. Acker. chief of the miscellaneous
division, May 9. and the interval has been
spent in diligent and continuous labor upon
the schedules and the samples submitted
Some of the bids were thrown out Among
these was one of 10 IA cents gallon on
10000 gallons of benzine. AS the asylum
paid but 81 cents last year 1t was decided
to buy benzine in the open market. 50, too,
in the matter of twenty dozen ladies nm
en- collars" They will also be purchased IN
the open market in the absence of satisfac-
tory bids. One bidder was summarily
thrown out because he had defaulted on a
previous contract.
Among some of the most important
awards are the following:
100000 pounds of beef, quarters Henry
Powdermaker, at 6S7 cents; 100000 pounds
Of beef, rounds, Henry Powdermaker at
%
Powdermaker, at I.37 cents; 5000 pounds of
veal, G. H. Hammond Co, 80 cents; IoOoo
of corned beef, Thos. o. Varnell. at 3.4
cents; $4,000 pounds of shoulders, Frank
Hume, at 7.49 cents; $4,000 pounds of ham,
Frank Hume, at 1923 cents; 5000 pounds of
Goldfish, Frank Hume, at is cents; 100
barrels of mackerel, Chas F. Mattlager,
s14 per barrel; 1000 pounds of lard, Frank
Hume, 7.23 cents; $500 barrels of -four.
W. NJ. Gait & Co.. at 1874 per barrel; $50
barrels family -four W. M. Gait & Co., at
1872 per barrel; $50 barrels of Graham
flour, w. NJ. Gait Co., at 1924 per barrel;
10 900 bushels of corn meal, w. NJ. Gait q
Co., at 50 cents a bushel; 1900 pounds of
Quaker oats, Frank Hume. at 2.23 cents;
10, 900 pounds of homny, Frank Hume, at
LA cents; 10000 pounds of rice.
j. c. Ergood & Co., at IA cents;
$1,000 pounds of soda crackers at $50 cents
pound, $500 pounds of cream crackers at
4.75 cents a pound, $50 pounds OF Graham
crackers at I cents pound, and lo,oeo
pounds of ginger cakes at $50 cents a
pound, all awarded to F. SwertZ & Co.;
10000 pounds Rio coffee, Frank hume, al
1872 cents a pound; 135,o00 pounds OF gran
ulated sugar, Frank Hume, at Az cents a
pound; "a barrels of whisky, Belle of Mel
son Dstillery. Co., Kentucky, at 40 and ~
cents gallon, duty off; 100 barrels CAN
fornia brand, Cornwell & Co., at sl.5o
gallon; barrels Catawba wine, browning
& Middleton, at 81 cents; 1900 gallons vim
egar Joseph II. Brooks, IA cents gallon;
&C, 600 pounds of laundry soap, Blum Bros
and A. NJ. Rosenbiatt, at S.O GEMS d
pound; 5000 pounds of sand soap, Shoe
maker G. Bush, at 2.60 cents pound; l,ooo
pounds of CASTLE soap. Smith, Kline
& French, at 6.25 cents pound;
25,OO0 pounds of soap stock, Weaver,
Kengla & Co., at 4.S5 cents pound;
1900 pounds of natural leaf tobacco pan
lei Loughran, % 10 cents pound; 2,'o
pounds of tobacco part to S. r. Waters
and part to J. w. Rowe. at p cents a
pound; 5000 pounds of starch, Ergood d
Co, at cents a pound: 5000 pounds of
green tea, Cornwell G. Co., at % cents;
5000 pounds of Oolong tea, Cornwell q Co,
at % cents; 800 pounds of axle grease,
Standard Oil Co., 1 IL cents.