Evening star., 1896-06-22
CONTRACTS FOR SUPPLIES
The Awards Made by the Board Convened
at the Treasury Department
They Cover All That is Required for
the Executive Departments and
the District Government.

An important meeting of the national
board Of awards was held at the Treasury
Department today fer the consideration of
proposals for general supplies for all the
executive departments Gncluding the Dis
trict governmenD for the next fiscal year.
There were present Assistant Secretary Cur
tbs of the Treasury Department, Assistant
Secretary Sims Of the Interior Department
and Gen. Craig of the Post Office Depart
made as follows:
Ice-Hygienic Ice Company, State Depart
ment, at 25h cents per 100 pounds: govern
ment printing Office, "a $40 cents; Smith
sonian Institution, 25 cents. and Zoologidu
Park, 30 cents. f. w. Willis-Post office at
% cents; Agricultural Department. 271.
cents. Great Falls Ice Company, War De-
partment, 25 cents; Interior Department,
% cents; District government, 30 cents.
National Capital Ice Co., fish commission
at 3OA cents. Independent Ice Company,
Navy Department, 22k cents; Treasury
Department, 1912 cents.
Forage: w. NJ. Gait, Treasury Depart
ment and government printing Office
w. w. Danenhower all for post office,
and, with VIM. NJ. Calf, the Agricultural
Department.
L. Mangsn, State Department, with ex-
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to w. NJ Gait.
w NJ Gait, J. B. Daish and J. J. o'Day
div;dS the supplies 70 for War Department
schmid, F. H. Tschifely, jr., and Smith,
Kline & French get the Smithsonian
The contracts for forage for the Dis
trict government are awarded as follows:
Oats. VIM. NJ Gait; cornmeal, j. B. Daish
hay. H. p Pillsbury, w. NJ. Calf and ]. ].
ODay; straw, J. J. O'Day; bran, w. W.
Danenhower and j. B. Daish; corn, J. b.
Daish; middlings, J. B. Daish; shorts, W.
NJ. Gait
Coal-Allegheny Coal Company will sup
ply Cumberland coal to the Agricultural
Department at s2.75 and spnnt coal to the
supply Cumberland coal to the Agricultural
Department at $2.75; white ash furnace
coal to the War Department at SAL, to the
Smithsonian at $4.39, to the superintendent
at s4.30; white ash stove coal to same at
$4.93; red ash egg coal to War Department
proper, 500; red ash stove coal to same,
$500; chestnut coal to same, $4.75.
J. 3. Daish furnishes Cumberland coal to
War Department at $3.50, and to fish com
mission at $4.9S; white ash furnace coal to
photographic office at s4.S4; white ash nut
coal to Agricultural Department at $3.50:
white ash stove to Interior Department at
$517; to Agricultural Department, $5.15.
Charles Werner-Cumberland coal to Post
Office Department at s2.79 and Smithson-
ian 81. 80; white ash furnace to Post Office
Department, $4.34; white ash stove, same,
$3.50.
V. Baldwin Johnson-Cumberland coal to
District government at $274 and public
printer at $2.55 white ash furnace to Treas
ury Department. $40; to District govern
ment 81 30; white ash nut to Treasury De-
partment, $40; to District government,
$47O; white ash stove to War Department,
$3.50; to Treasury Department, $4.95; to
District government, s495; white ash egg
to Treasury Department, $4.s5; to District
government, $3.50; red ash stove to Dis
trct government at $5.10.
Johnson Bros. and Mayfeld & Heiston
divide the contract for Cumberland coal
fer Treasury Department at $2.6S
VIM. H. Baum, white ash furnace, to In
terror De partment, at $4.54; to Agricultural,
at $4.33.
Geo. r. Sheriff, white ash stove coal to
fish commission, at s4.99; white ash egg
coal to War Department. at SAT-: latter to
Interior Department, at $46s, and to fish
commission, at $4.sS.
J. P. Agnew, splint coal to the District
government. at s5.25; white ash egg to
public printer, at $4.62.
Contracts for wood were awarded to
Johnson Bros. Chas. Werner, ]. E. Chap
man, Frank Lille, j. B. Daish, V. Bald
win Johnson and w. H. Baum. For the
District government the successful bidders
were Johnson Bros, yellow piEe, at $3.5S;
Frank Lille, yellow pine, $3.96 and s3.ss;
V. Baldwin johnson. oak. at 81 and $3.50.
All the proposals for miscellaneous sup
plies, with the exception OF stationery, were
awarded in accordance with the recon-
mendations of the heads of the various de-
partments. The board of awards has not
yet acted in the matter of stationery
The board also decided that drugs and
medicines being articles not common to all
the departments, do not come within the
jurisdiction Of the board of awards, and all
the proposals for such materials received
by the District Commissioners were re-
ferred back to the Commissioners for such
action as they may deem proper under tho
circumstances. In reaching its conclusion
on the subject of drugs, the board was
governed by an opinion Of the Attorney
General. The award Of contracts for drugs
will accordingly rest with the District
Commissioners.