Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-19
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
Extensive Improvements to Be Made on
Buildings and Shops.
Bids Received for Work That Will
Cost Nearly 81 Hundred Thou
sand Dollars.

Commodore E. A. Matthews. chief Of the
bureau of yards and docks, has completed
arrangements for a series of improvements
at the Washington navy yard. In his last
annual report he spoke Of the needs of the
yard as follows:
THE roof of the quadrangle building
now rests on wooden trusses, which are
gradually rottinS away, and in the near
future 1t VIII be necessary tc put on new
roof; as this will be expensive, it is con-
sidered that true economy requires the
substitution of steel trusses now and put
ting on new slate roof.
,, I'm order to comply with the needs of
the gun factory the upper floor of the
north end Of the west side of the quad
ringle building should be removed, the
lower floor relaid, foundation for travelling
crane put in. and general repairs made to
this part of the building.
THE commandments Office was built
about sixty-five years ago. The woodwork
Is very rotten and should be renewed.
The eastern boundary wall should be
raised and Il couple of sentry boxes built,
the filing m alongside having in some
places reduced the height of this wall to
about q feet clear.
Dredging along the sea wall to secure
depth OF IL feet is desired.
The paint shop at this yard is Il small
wooden building and source of danger
from fire particularly spontaneous COM
shop at the west end of the yard for this
purpose. in which to store highly infiam-
mabie material. so as to minimize the dan
ger OF this very valuable plant.
Last year an estimate was submitted
Tor new iron roof and repairs to walls Of
foundry, S'3.0OO.' The appropriation act
as II passed March ., 1895. read as follows:
New iron roof for foundry, s3s, ,o0o' Upon
an informal reference to the controller the
bureau was informed that the S2:S, 900 could
only be expended for the roof. but not FOR
repairs to the walls. AS the repairs to the
walls We're needed before putting Oh the
IRON roof, 1t has not been expended. 1t IS
now requested that Congress may he ask
ed to pass joint resolution to enable these
needed repairs to be made"
Congress Made Appropriations.
In consequence of these representations,
Congress. at it's last session. made an an
preparation of ST16,i921 for the Washing
ten navy yard, for the following named
purposes: Roof trusSes and roof for entire
quadrangle building, s5?4I1.77: alterations
of north end of west side quadrangle build
ing, SlJ.G5I.t4 building sentry boxes at
east gate and south end. 300: and building
fCr paint shop. etc, $500 making q total
of s17,GGS2l.
Under authority of this provision of law
proposals were invited for the construction
of an iron roof for the iron foundry and
for roof trusses and roof for the gun car
riage, shors, and the bids were opened in
lle bureau OF yafdS and docks yesterday
afternoon.
Numerous Contractors Compete
The BIDS for iron roof trusses and roof
fer gun carriage shop were as follows: r.
H. Hood of Washington d. c., s.9i5; The
Elicott Machine Company of Baltimore,
Ma. s24, AZ: Boston Bridge Works Bos-
ton Mass. 23.sSS: the Buffalo Bridge and
iron Works, Buffalo, n. Y, s19,295; Brown
ketcham Iron Works, Indianapolis IND,
S2l,GD; Penn Bridge Co, Beaver Falls,
Pa. $1S.lc0. New Jersey Steel and Iron
Company, Trenton, y. j., s20,@0; the Ber-
i'm Iron Bridge Company. East Berlin,
Conn, s2i,100; the L. Sohreber & Sons
Company, Cincinnati, $2l .26S; Benner *
ODdyke. Philadelphia. S24,55S; Edge Moor
Bridge Works. Wilmington, Del. s2,5;. 5;.42o.
The bids received for the iron roof fer iron
foundry We're as follows: Benner & Opdyke
Philadelphia s14,2io; r. H. Hood, Wash
ington, D. c., S11 AS: Boston Bridge Works,
Boston. si1 400: New Jersey Steel and Iron
Company, Trenton, s13 100: the Berlin iron
Bridge Company, East Berlin, Conn, S126O0;
Buffalo Bridge and Iron Works, Buffalo,
S13.3!D.
The contracts will be awarded to the Penn
Bridge Company for the roof for gun car
riage shop and to the Boston Bridge Com
pany for the roof for the iron foundry, they
being the lowest bidders in each case.