The San Francisco call., 1898-10-13
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
 OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Californianss Bid for the Construction of the Naval Hospital at
 Mare Island

WASHINGTON, Oct. Extensions have been granted as follows: California: Original-John J. Stewart, Lone Pine. s6; George c. Hay, Los Angeles, s6. Restora- ton and increase-Henry Holmes, Stock ton, $4 to $6. Increase-Peter MangeIs. Soldiers Home, Los Angeles, S6 to SS. Original widows-Bessie Mcclellan. San Francisco, s6.
 Oregon: Reissue and ncrease-George Dreury, Isabel, $S to $50. Original wid- ows, etc, special October EElizabeth Gerard, Dusty, s.
 Neal, Tumwater, SIP; Joseph B. McMiI- Ian, Oakesdale, S8.
 Bids were to-day opened a the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy De- partment for tearing down and removing the present naval hospital building and naval hogggital at the navy yard at Mare clsco1e1D9esnndnis e19 snd Jordan, $S2, 900: J; H; Me B. Mckenzie, $S1 400; Andrew Dahlbery, $7241; c. " Fletcher, $Ss,9S5; John J. Flanagan s $l oOo I seF P M PhlilIps 65o9; say, s7S,Ss1; Henry. Jocks, 4,150; ". W. & McCann. s79 S9O: c. M. Depew & E. L. Brookes, $7S,S15 Andrew Wilkie Jr, ss3,- GOT, and Matthew McGowan. STA, GOO; Theo- dore R. Bassett of Fruitvale, $90 1895; w L; Prather Jr;. Oakland, S59S7; c. c.
 
 Berkeley, s91, IT'S.
 Officials at the department are surprised but pleased at the showing made of Cali fornians in this bidding, from the fact that Congress appropriated Sl00,00 for the work, and that all the bids are well under that amount. The number of bidders twenty-ls notable, as there are few works that have as many as twenty bid ders. The contract will go to John G. Flanagan of San Francisco, as he is the lowest bidder.
 The Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department to-day announced that bids would be opened on November F for the erection of shelter for boats at Mare Island.
 Pay Inspector E. Bellows has been de- tached from the Baltimore and ordered home Lieutenant F. Andrews has been ordered home from the Philadelphia Pay master G. M. Lukeius has been detached from the Monocacy and ordered to join the Baltimore.
 The Secretary of the Interior has or dered patented to the Oregon and Cali fornia Railroad Company 5S93 acres in the Roseburg land district. Seven hun dred and thirty-nine acres have been or fnteToP to the Genre Pece 9f in the Sacramento district of California. By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War the following enlisted men now supposed to be stationed at places desig- mated after their names will be dis charged from the service of the United officers: Private Edward S. Wood, Third Artillery band, Angel Island, Cal; Pri- vate Baldo Luitich Company M, Twenty third Infantry Camp Merriam, Presidio; {; Corporal Granville r. Rose, Company E, First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Ma nila; Private William P. Adams. First Troop. Utah Volunteer Cavalry. Manila: Sergeant Robert G. Fraser. Company A, Manila Private George W. Lucas, Com. pany c, Twentieth Kansas Volunteer h. fantry, Manila Private Bunyan J. Hun ter, Troop M. Fourth Cavalry, Presido.
 Second lieutenant Thomas M. Anderson Jr. Thirteenth United States Infantry, will proceed to Manila and report to Ma jor General Thomas M. Anderson, United States Volunteers, for appointment and dIty as aide-de-camD,