The herald., 1898-02-11
CHANCE FOR
CONTRACT
Attracts a Great Crowd of
Contractors
seventeen BIDS SUBMITTED
FOR BUILDING A BREAKWATER
AT SAN PEDRO
Offers Are Well Within the Limit.
The Only Step Left Is the
Appropriation
FOR BUILDING A BREAKWATER
AT SAN PEDRO
Press Special Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1O.-At noon
today the bids for contracts for the
improvement of San Pedro harbor were
opened at the office of Major Davis of
the United States engineer corps in the
Flood building.
The room was crowded with contract
ors who, with note books and pencils in
hand, anxiously recorded the figures
read out by Major Davis and carefully
recorded by his assistants.
In all seventeen bids were presented,
there being represented some Of the
largest and most prominent contract
ing firms in this country. The work to
be done, as called for in the specifica-
tions, is the building of jetty or break
water. The contractors were allowed
the privilege Of furnishing their own
material, procured from any source
they saw fit, or of bidding on rock to be
taken from San Clemente quarry, gov
ernment reservation. Most of the bids
included both propositions, 1t being no.
ticeable that in each instance there was
quite a marked reduction where the rock
was to be taken from the San Clemente
quarry.
One or two of the contractor bid only
on the San Clemente quarry; others pre-
ferred to funish their own material. In
explanation of the bids it may be added
that four classifications were required,
as follows:
The foundation course, the sub-struct-
ure, the superstructure and the concrete
work. Three Of the courses are re-
Quired to be built of rock the only differ
ence being in the dimensions of the
respective strata, the foundation, of
course, being wider than the sub
structure, and the sub-structure, in
turn, being little wider than the super
structure. The concrete is classified
tion by itself.
1t Is generally supposed in this in
stance that, following the usual custom,
the contract will be let to the lowest
bidder. However, the final disposition
of the matter will depend upon the suf-
ficiency of of the bond offered by the
successful bidder.
Major Davis will recommend that the
firm whose bid proves to be the lowest
be awarded the contract. He will deter
mine this point, but the rest will de-
pend upon the decision of the secretary
of war.
The lowest bid was that Of Held
meer & New of Chicago. They offered
to do the work for $1,6S5, 1889; the high
est bid was that Of the National Con-
struction company Of New York, which
offered to do the work for $4,595,115.
THE BIDS MADE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10-The total
amounts of the various details of the
proposed improvements at San Pedro
called for by the specifications were as
follows:
Foundation, 186,026 tons; sub-struc-
ture. 1,933,6O3 tons; superstructure, 221,-
625 tons; concrete. 2370 cubic yards.
The bids in detail were: Knash G. Gill
len, Racine, Wis, foundation, $1.07 per
ton; sub-structure, SLOT; superstructure,
$500; concrete, per cubic yard. $500.
Kingston g. Sylvester. Buffalo, N. Y,
own rock, foundation, 70 cents, SUBJ
structure, 81 cents; superstructure, 100;
concrete, 7.50. With San. Clemente rock:
Foundation, 65 cents; sub-structure, 46
cents; superstructure, $3.50; concrete,
$3.50.
Heldmeier 6 New, Chicago: Our own
rock-Foundation 63 cents; sub-struct-
ure, IS cents; superstructure, $1.66: con-
crete, $3.50. With San Clement rock
Foundation, Al 1-2 cents; sub-structure,
"a 1-2 cents; superstructure, 70 cents;
concrete. $3.50.
Smith & Mallory, Sherrytown, Iowa:
Foundation, 79 cents; sub-structure, 73
cents; superstructure, $1.45; concrete,
$4.0O
Rudolph Axman & Co., San Pedro:
Ga cents; sub-structure, 70
cents; superstructure, SLAB; concrete
$500.
California Construction Company, San
Francisco: Own rock, foundation, 95
cents; sub-structure, 95 cents; super
structure, $295; concrete, $5.65. San
Clemente rock: Foundation, 81 cents;
SIS cents; superstructure,
$3.50; concrete, $565.
National Construction Company, New
York: Own rock, foundation, 81. 90; sub
structure, $500; superstructure, $500.
$500. San Clemente rock.
971s cents; b-structure,
97h cents; superstructure, 971h cents:
concrete, $500.
Griffiths & McDermott, Chicago: Own
rock, foundation, 50 cents; sub-struc-
ture, ~ cents; superstructure, 81. rs; con-
crete, $3.50. San Clementerock, founda-
tion, 7S cents; sub-structure, 70 cents:
$1.70; concrete, $780,
Grafton & Jennings, New York: Own
rock, foundation, 80 cents; substitute
turc. 90 cents; superstructure $500; con-
crete, $500. San Clemente rock, foun-
dation, 80 cents; sub-structure, 90 cents:
$1.75: concrete, $500.
Hale, Abbott, O'Meary & Gamble, st.
Louis: Own rock, foundation, 81 cents:
81 cents; superstructure.
sS.16; concrete, $500. San Clemente rock,
foundation, :8 cents; sub-structure. 7s
cents; superstructure. $2.72; concrete.
$500.
Jacob Friday & Sons, Pittsburg: own
'sck. foundation, s1.1sh; sub-structure, |