Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-06
THE DISTRICT SUPPLIES
Sealed Proposals Opened at the District
Building Today.
A Change I'm the Form of Proposals
Causes InfOrmnIitfes-List
of the Bidders.

1 lbT FURNISHING tHe DlStElct Will gem
| eral supplies for the year ending June 30,
| 1859, were opened at the District building
yesterday afternoon. Nearly one hundred
| lids were received, the great majority be-
| ing from local people. A new system was
required this year, dealers being directed
to bid 10y classes, instead of by items, as
was the custom heretofore, it being the ad
vertised purpose of the Commissioners to
award the contracts to those bidding low
est in the aggregate on the respective
twenty classes. Several, however, are said
to have failed to observe that requirement.
and their proposals were marked informal.
Whether the Commissioners will refuse
such bids. in the event they shall be the
lowest, will be a matter for further con-
sideration, although 1t is understood that
the advertised rule will be adhered to. In
such event, it is said, the bidders thus
ruled out will carry the matter into the
courts.
The list of the classes of supplies de-
sired to be furnished is given below. In a
number of instances the bidders neglected
to foot up their aggregate amounts, and
where the AMOUNTS were given the figures
will be subject, of course to the examining
committee. to be appointed by the Commits
sioners. They are, therefore, not vouched
for as being correctly stated.
List of the bidders.
The bids were as follows:
Glass /. Stationery-Easton & Rupp
4.S53.5I: r. C. Ballantyne, s4,s39.9S; W. ].
c. Dulany. Baltimore Nd, s4,213.6O
Class /. b. Stationery-W. ]. C. Duiany
Baltimore, Nd, sS.S479O: r. C. Bailantyne,
SS.S'S-4, c. G. Stott & Geo, SS,41S.45.
Class = A. Blank forms-Norman T. Ell
Oil TT, S2.s0S40: Metropolitan Job Printing
ONCE. New York, amount not stated
lass b. Miscellaneous printing-Hart-
ma, q Cadick. amount not given.
Class !. school books-R. c. Ballantyne
sS.l@,1O W. j. c. Du.any. Baltimore, Nd,
S,z92 16.
Glass (a). furniture-W. B. Moses &
SOILS and Blum Bros. neither giving the
total of their respective bids.
Class (b) furniture-Estate of NJ W.
Beveridge and Chas. K. Edmonston. neither
stating the amount of their respective bids.
Class ta). hardware-W. A. Pate, 50. >
40. Is: Rudolph, West G. Co.. 81, 7646l; F.
p. May & Co.. 81, sos 45: James B. La1nbie,
amount not given.
Glass tb). hardware-W. A Pate ST.
81: Rudolph. West 4 Co., s1,526.95: ,Jor-
dan & Christie, Boston. Mass Blum Eros
Geo. F. Muth. X. r. Rush and James B.
Lambie. amounts not stated.
Glass g. tinware-H. 1. Gregory. S67S 10;
Rudolph, West Co., $644s9; Blum Bros,
amount not stated.
Glass !, plumbing supplies Mitchell &
Reeu, Si6.2;2.34; Thomas Somerville &
Sons, amount not stated.
NldSS - a. STOcSTleS-JameS T.. stake. Sgl,-
951.52; Frank Hume, 81 .36s.91; Thomas
higgins, w. T. Hancock. j. c. Ergood &
Co., S. r. Waters and c. E. Lyman,
amounts not stated.
Glass B. groceries flour etc)-John B.
Daish. SS,21S.S2: W. NJ. Gait & Co.. IS. OO9 10.
Glass 8. shoes-B. Rich & Sons 81 1858 60.
Glass 10. drugs-F. A. Tschiffe!y. So
HAS: Mackall Bros. s4.77912; u. D. Gill
man and Edward Stevens, amounts not
stated.
Glass II. A, glass paints. etc-G F Muth
& Co, Hugh Reilly. W H. Butler and
Class II. b, oil-Standard Oil Company,
W. II. Butler and G. F. Muth. amounts not
stated.
Class -. lumber-Thos. r. Riley. ST.
ssli5; T w. Smith, 81 ,337.1 TO- w. T. CALI
her & Bro, S16,5sSG5; Church & Stephen
son and Geo. A Shehan, amounts not
given.
Glass IL. fresh meats-G. H. Hammond &
Co, SIT .42o: Thos. r. Keane A. Sut!ey. G.
Z. Lynn, H. PowdemGker and C. f. HOP
yer. amounts not stated.
Glass II. castings-Fred. J. White, s5,1IG:
j. I. Sprngman d Bro. and Chas. White &
Co, amounts not stated
Glass 10, fuel-Johrson Bros. S6D,31, %;
Charles Werner, s51,6sl 93; V. Baldwin
Johnson, John b. Daish and Frank Lille,
amounts not stated.
Glass 16. dry goods E. Hurst & Co,
s4.IS9.G3; Larsburgh & Bro. s4,394.6o r. p.
Clark, si,244sS; Blum Bros, amount not
stated
Glass II. ice-IIyg;enic Ice Company,
5000: Independent Ice Company, S2,O40. "a
The Great Falls Ice Company also bid, and
while its amount was not stated, it is sail
1t bid 80 cents per hundred pounds, which is
said to be lower than the other two COM
p;.Iies.
Class Is, telegraph supplies NJ. Duperow
sI,S31.50, ". a. Pate, 81, 122, Royce & Mar
can, amount not stated.
Glass 10. saddlery-W- A. Pate. sT36.9s:
Conrad Becker and LutL X Co, amounts
not stated.
Class ~, forage-H. =. PillsDury, Si?.!!5
w. NJ. Gait q Co.. ST., 1910, S. q. Daish,
SlJ,GlG.2O; j. J. O'Day, amount not stated.