The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
PROPOSALS.


 PLANS and specifications invited for an hos pital building-Clerk S office, Board of Super visors. San Francisco, March F, 1S9S
 In accordance with Resolution No 797 (Fourth Series) Of the Board of Supervisors publce notice Is hereby given to architects that competitive plans and specifications for the erection of an hospital building will be received in open session of the Board of Su- pervisors on MONDAY AFTERNOON, Sep and O clock.
 The proposed building is to be of modern de- sign and to be constructed of stone or brick or of both with all the latest scientific im- provements required to construction and sanitation, equal to, If not superior. to any building designed or contracted for hospital purposes, as are indorsed by medical author ity as being indispensable in the construction of such building.
 The said hospital building to be erected on the lot of land selected and approved by the Board of Health, described as follows:
 Commencing at the most southea sterly cor ner of a tract of land known and desig- mated the official map of the City and County of San Francisco as the ''Almshouse Tract" and running thence due north along the easterly boundary line of said Almshouse Tract seven hundred and siXty-flve (765) feet thence due west five hundred and fifty (550) feet; thence due south seven hundred and sixty five (7e5 feet to the southerly line of the said Almshouse Tract; thence due east along the said southerly line of the Aims house Tract five hundred and fifty (55G) feet to the point of commencement; containing 9.659 acres.
 The said plans and specification to be so prepared that the cost of the building shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of three hundred thousand $500 O00) dollars which sum must cover the entire expense for the erection and completion Of the proposed
 NoTfCE-Architects will prepare and sub- init with their plans and specifications for said hospital building an itemized estimate of the cost of said building, the statute re- quiring eight (S) hours to constitute days work with minimum rate of wages of two (s2) dollars per day, for persons employed on said building, with the distinct understanding that no plans or specifications will be enter tained or considered of buildings the aggre- gate cost of which are estimated to exceed the sum of three hundred thousand $500 0OOl dollars. Also that the architect whose plans and specifications of the building are adopted will be appointed architect and superintend ent of the building at compensation of five l5) per cent of the total cost, and will be re- Quired to give good and satisfactory bond or bonds the case may be, to insure the completion and construction of the said building for the amount of the estimate of the cost as made by the said architect The architects submitting plans and specifications determined by the Board to be second third and fourth in merit or will receive premiums of derstanding that any features of said plans and specifications which may be considered useful or necessary be embodied in the plans adopted may be used without further cost or charge. JNO. A. RUSSELL. Clerk BIDS wanted-Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Directors of the Veterans Home Associa- ton at its office room 13, 32O Sansome st. San Francisco, Cal. up to 10 o'clock a. m., ni., diately thereafter in the presence of bidders for furnishing and delivering quartermaster and commissary supplies for the Veterans Home Napa County, Cal. (railroad station Yountville), for the six months commencing July l. 1898, and ending December 3l 1898 Schedules with information and instructions for submitting bids will be furnished upon application by the undersigned. Bidders will carefully follow the conditions of the schedules. and no bid will be considered un- less it IS in accordanee with m such , , schedules certified check upon some we'll known and re- sponsible banking house for at least 10 per tnff fHa mt 0f hie r7avo hfa ta C. Currier, treasurer. conditioned that the bidder will enter into good and valid con- tract upon notice of acceptance as required by law The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to order any quan- tity over under the amount specified
 Address J. J. SCOVILLE, S. .etary Veter- ans Home Association, room l3, 320 Sansome st., San Francisco. Cal. By order of the '0a'1 - J. J. scovILLE. Secretary