Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-04
GELBGRAPHIC.
FOR WAR MATERIAL.
BI3s .or Suppi!Il5 Gul-CaHIo6s.
Hol,lis, $40. and Shell.
MANY BIDDERS FROM 1uE WEST
X,,,I,cs h, Ntr va, the Dtpar,.
mat Hat ~ Extensive u Iro'
gram for Unc iea's work

wAauNoroS, Aug. S.-This was =
,reet 10y Tor tue MANUFACTURER OF war
material, aud many great ffm' aud
corpofstioua were Represented 81 the
war aud usvy departments this alter
r,on whom Dids were opened Tor tilp'
ryiog n large quantity OF gun.c rfi'
sre,, mor,sTs, shot and suell Of VARIOUS
ur.a AID kinds. Probably not tince
IN, ls,e war has tho ordinance bureau
n, the war department been able to lay
out 90 extensive program foT one
yesr,s work "a ls now made poseihlc by
the LIBERAL appropriation made by Con-
gfe.s for the defense Of the sonoonsIl.
Consequently there were many bidders
for su, Flying tho large quantity Of
material, raw aud complete, Included
IN Tho fret call Tor proposals., aud u was
Noticeable fact that In the iitt OF bid.
gers yers the names OF frms, mainly
ffsm the weft, that have never before
had business relations with tho war
Department.
Tie tifat bids opened were for sup.
plying guu.cnrfihgUr. There were
Twelve bidders. lhD American Hoist
and Derrick company VI ~. Paul bid
an, 800 each for tuu carriages or more,
ltliverlea 70 beglu IN ak months anu
continue at the rate Of Onu ovety xix
weeks. The Southwark foundry Of
Philadelphia, while fixing the price Of
one carriage NJ 81, 1900, Offered 10 build
ten on more NJ sll, 900 each ana 90
msko tho iltst douvsfy IN i've monthf,
~ was difficult to decide between
thum.
Forsupplyiug spring return carHagCs
i0F tue tWoiyo.inch mlrtath there were
Twelve bidders. Robert Poole & 5on
Il Baltimore being probably the lowest
Of 90, $50 Uach Tor hily.elN carriagts,
drliysfItu TO begin 10 I0n weeks anu
continue tout poE week.
For Supplying steel foTgiugs for big
suns, the only bidders were tho Beth.
lrhsm aud tho Midvalo Steel com.
panits Of Pruuaylvauin. The foftin.
cations appropriation bill provided
tnat la no case should tho pIice paid
exceed - cents ser pound for these
f0rgIngs, huu the bids gensraily were
jus. within tho limit. Tue Bplnlehcm
company wac the lowest on the lO.inch
anu l6.uuh iofginga ~ 70
GlO cents and - cents per
pound, respectively, whilc tue MID.
vale company was lowest for l2inUh
iltgings, at - 05.lO0o per pounI. Tue
BeIhlentm company explained that
Only for tho sako Of forwarding the dc.
site " tue war department TO make
the oxp,timcni Of building tho big
lBinch gun did they onor TO supply
toe iUIglugs NJ the price liked by Con.
gfttf, which would probably Involve
n ltss 10 themselves.
FoTtupplying sixty sells Of l9.inch
mortar .Ofgiugs, Bethlehem undef0iu
MIdvair, the pTicea asked being ga3
AMI 20 Bloc per pound, respectively.
For flushing hud assembling
these mortar forgiuga there was bat
Que bidutr, tho Bulldors' Iron foundry
oi Providence, II, l., vi prices ranging
from a, 73T 10 50 $50 per mortar, Ec-
C0fiins 10 tue numuvr ordered. They
Stipulated tuat lhcy should DO relieved
from certain penalty pIOvluions IN the
contract. bethlehem was The ouly
Company that offered 10 supply tue
whole mortar, forging aud al, ussvm.
bod complete, ut pIiC,8 ranging nom
uumuug ordered.
Tho American Ordnance company
Of Philadelphia aud ThOmha +. Lhnr,
feprusynling tho haxlm.NsTiCnigl 10
Gun company, were competitors Tor
fuppy Ing bi1.p0und rapid.iire gum.
Tue former HaEeu ,6Bb each TO-
DrggEHchT0eGer guut, plain, anu
1850 tor tho parbpu, mounts, shields,
etc, Acknowledging shell Tor The esmu
was y7i6 puT loo; common theis sd0O,
and canister $40 tor 90. lhs MhNim-