The times., 1897-12-11
BIDS OPENED.
Many Firms Want TO Finish the

Many Firms Want TO Finish the
Interior Of Postoffice Building.
The office OF the supervising architect
Of the Treasury was crowded yesterday
at p. m, when the bids We're opened
for the interior finish OF the postoffice
building Tile amount to be expended VIII
be about 100000. The bidders in most
cases qualified by the deposit of certified
checks, and agreed to. complete the work
within eight months. AS he work is 10
be commenced within a few days, the
award of the contract VIII be made as
soon AZ practicable.
The following were the bidders and the
bids:
D. S Hess & Co., New York, S329,90o;
Henry Shenk, Erie, Pa, Sl45,7e1: Miles
K Bradt, Atlanta, Ga, S365,9I5; Jonathan
Clark & Sons Co, Chicago, Sis 600; Rich
ardson K Burgess, Washington, ID. c. S3t5.,-
| 600; William II. Ellis, Cincinnati, S3G4 GOO;
E. r. Goebel, Chicago, S3S5Oo0; William
Miller & Sons, Pittsburg, SIin,61o; l.. l.
| Leach Y Son, Chicago, S353,00o; Joseph
j. Churchyard, Buffalo, n. Y, S354 ,l53i
Hennessry X Cox, st. Paul, Mimi, - S3 200;
The ". T.. Frost Manufacturing Company,
Chicago, S116,T16; d. + Mockabee & CO.,
Washington, ID. c., 1896, ,e97; K. II. Hood,
Washington, ID. G., $464,46i; The h. =.
Jackson Company, Washington, d. c.,
| $42S,737; ". Z. Speir, Washington, u. c.,
$359,567.
Tnere are eight stories to be interlorly
finished. With all this work to be done
the supervising architect believes that 1T
Will all be finished probably BY next
September. The plans for the interior
were detltled on by the Postmaster iIen
eral only few months ago, and tile leds
have been filed promptly. Mr.. kemper, tue
assistant architect, comes ia Tor - are
of the compliment on tile Tapidity ol th'
| arrangements.
The supervising architect, describing the
| proposed interior finish, said:
The elevators and stairCasss for access
| To the upDer stories will be near tie eli
| frances Oh the Eleventh and Twelfth street
| fronts. Tie main entrance Is ON tie fenIi-
| sylvanla avenue front, and the entrances
| on C street will be used entirely by the
| city postuffice.
The general plan OF the interior OF
| the building that of series Of offices
| around an interior court. The entire CEN
| trail portion above the second story -
| an open, light court, 90 by ECO rect III
| dimensions, rooted over with ornamental Al
! iron trusses and covered with glass sk y
| light, around Which is a clerestory or
| moderate height furnished with movable
| sash for ventilation.
/ The office rooms are all wei lighted
| through windows toward the four facades,
| win additional light from the interior open
| certile. The design OF the coftiie II OF
Romanesque architecture and in harmony
with the exterior. artisticallS enriched and
relieved and creating an imposing as Well
| as impressive tout ensemble.
The floors of the corridors are to be OF
marble mosaic tile. of neat design es-
peelaliy AT the stair halls and in front Of
| the elevators The corridors, stair haiis,
and stairs are TO have marble walnseot
generally five feet in height. The stans
| and elevators Enclosures are to be ~ iron
black finish, with ornamental wrought
iron railings and marble treads and plat
forms. The floors of the offices are 10
he of maple, and the doors, windows door
trim, etc, TO be Of white oak Polished
Plaster architrayes OF the Corridors are
| enriched, while the work IN the Offices
is plain. The fifth story is To be the
! executive floor and occupied by the
| Postmaster General and his assistants,
| with their immediate clerks, is to oe
flushed more e1aborately than any other,
as the dignity OF the heads of the various
| ,ss-ts,.it4It.s..us 49, Udiu suggest.
The inner walls VIII be OF terra Gotta
four by six inches thick, and the inner
| roof surfaces are to be furred with steel
wire lath and pIastered with asbestos,
thus rendering the structure absolutely
fire proof