The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

Bids for the construction OF fortinca-
tons at Marrowstone point. across Port
Townsend bay from the port Of entry.
were opened at o'clock yesterday after
noon a the office OF Capt. Harry Taylor.
OF the United States corps OF engineers,
in the Burke building
IL was the first movement subsequent
10 the large appropriations made ey the
government for Improvements IN the
Northwest. the greater number or which
viii oe, tributary 10 this city. and was
also the first practical step beyond the
preparation of the plans toward making
Puget sound the most strongly fortified
position IN the United States.
Marrowstone point is one OF three loca-
tons In the immediate neighborhood Of
Port Townsend chosen for the initial
operations toward modern coast defenses
in the Pacific Northwest. The other two
places are Admiralty head tblds for
which Will be opened July 81 and Point
Wilson. which is the jutting headland OF
the peninsula upon which the city or
Port Townsend is built. The three points
command. with modern guns such as viii
be placed there. a range of twenty-five
miles. and for the greater part of this
distance an enemy's vessel would be un-
der FIRE Of all three OF the fortified points
al one time. making the straits and Adj
miraity inlet extremely doubtful OF pas
sage Should il prove possible 10 pass
the Qualifications at the three points
named. the vessel of an enemy would
ind another warm reception awaiting it
from the guns at the frowning rampaTis
on Magnolia blum, in the interest of
which Gen. agler chief of ordnance of
the United States army. recently visited
Seattle, and for an inspection of which
Quartermaster General Weeks VIII ar
rive in this city tomorrow.
It has been stated that the fortitlca-
tons and the ordnance for Marrowsione
point Admiralty head and Point Wilson
will require an expenditure of 5000 loe,
and il is estimated that the work will re-
quire ten years 20 complete. \ recent ap-
preparation of congress gave 10 harbor I'M
provements at Gray's harbor $3.50 900. and
the appropriations for the Magnolia bluff
Notifications and army post and the Lake
Washington ship canal viii bring the fig
ures of governmental expenditure for ten
years on the Washington coast close TO
so, Geo, 0oG.
The bids.
Fourteen bids were submitted yesterday
for the Marrowstone point work, by CON
tractors from as far East as Chicago and
as far south on the Pacific coast as San
Francisco. The firms which submitted
bis were as follows:
Charles +. Cotton. of Oakland. and VIII
liam II. Healy. of San Francisco Hugh
Fay, Seattle Charles a. Gray and W. u.
Pugh. Salem, Or, Nichols " Crothers. Ia
coma; f. G. Griggs, Tacoma, and ]. J.
Nancy. Everett; Perry fienkle and J. NJ.
Nickum. PORTLAND; Heldman Il New. Chi
cage: II. C. Henry. Seattle, and II. c. Ste
vens. st. Paul: j. g. Day. jr, Portland:
David kerr Portland W. l.. Prather,
Oakland: California Construction Com
pany. San Francisco Pacific Bridge Com
pany, Portland; Z. y. Coyne, Port
Townsend.
The lowest figure put in for the contract
was that OF the Pacific Bridge Company,
of Portland. si6S. i53. 80. the next was that
OF H. c. Henry. of Seattle. and H. c. Ste
vens, of 81. Paul. sl65. 056.50, and the third
was that of p. y. Coyne, of Port Towns
end, Sl61 80
OF the ten bids that were low there was
not a difference between the minimum
and the maximum of s., 900 the bids be-
ing considered remarkably close. The
highest bid submitted was only approx
mated last evening as IL was after reg}i-
lar office hours that the figures were dis
posed of in relation 10 the three low bids
The highest bid. it was believed. would ex-
coed $3.50 900
There We're thiriy-two separate items
in the bids submitted and in the case Of
the Pacific Bridge Company which sub
mitted the lowest figures, they Were as
follows. in relation 70 quantities
Clearing. twenty-eieht acres. 81 4o0; ex-
cavat ton, lis. 4(n cubic yards. Si.sfD. con-
crete No. T. 80 cubic yards Seg75. con-
crete. No . . iDo cubic yards. $li 6l6: con-
crete No ?. II 40 cubic yards s6S 6SS :
eranolithic surfacing. $50 square yards
81 500 withdrawing 400 squares Of I'D
feet 500: broken stone for blind drains
80 cubic yards, $3.50: large rock 10 tons.
81 Si2 50. steel beams etc ij4 Dp0 pounds,
81 $50; cast iron drain pipe. eieht-inch.
]. 80 linear feet $3.50: cast iron drain pipe.
six-inch 40 linear feet. 1901: tile drain
pipe sIx-inch. 800 linear feet. $3.50: gall
vaniRcd wrought iron pipe two and a
han-inCh $50 linear feet. $40, galvanized
wrought iron pipe. two-inch. 400 linear
feet $50, galvanized wrought iron pipe.
one and hatf-inch g. 400 linear feet. $50:
cast iron manholes gratinEs etc. } %
pounds s1io doors steel double leaf six
feet by eight feet six s3e0 doors, steel
double leaf four feet by eight feet, tx
s21o. doors. steel single leaf. four feet by
eight feet. twenty-four. 81 eoS doors. steel
single leaf. three feet by eight feet TWEEN
" 500, cranes. twelve $3.50; lifts. double.
twelve s. 80 trolley track len 90 pounds.
81 troIieys twenty~four sl.Ss0: steel
anchor bolts sfn pounds SJot. cast i~oa
anchor plates $50 pounds slss niscel-
Ianeous iron. ! to rounds So. asphaltiur.
100 square Yards g 200 ri.irr u 30
lireer feet s. 80 lumber 1@o feet z. "
81 o3e: iron. 100 pounds. $3.50. total slf.-
$50
All Of the abstracts and bids will be
forwarded a. once 20 William r Craig
hill chief engineer O. the army. at Wash
tra-or