The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-10
Great Northern Contractor BUYS
Heavily Of Material.
LOCAL MERCHANTS FAVORED.
Contracts to BE Let During the Next
Upwards of xI0o.OOO-Ffve Million
Feet of Lumber Purchased by
s0n-Stone and Hardware Next.

Contracts for material and supplies for
the system OF wharves, docks and eisva-
tors now under construction ny the 'irea,
Northern. and aggregating N value up
wards Of siaaoo, will be let during ne
next few days by Mr.. F. A. Hartgan, the
engineer representing d. A. Robinson, the
contractor. A lumber contract for 5,ey0 600
fee, has been let 10 three mills on Puget
sound Between li.oa1 and 1900 cubic
yards OF stone are to be purchased be-
fore the end OF next week aad a large
contract for hardware and iron Is 10 be
let about the same time
Seattle Will derive the bulk O. the benefit
from the expenditure Of this large sum.
Mr.. Hills policy is TO favor Seattle deal
ers and manufacturers where everything
is equal: in fact. preference all along
the line is 10 be shown TO the mer.nants,
manufacturers ana dealers OF this city on
the work.
Matters are progressing most favo-ahly
with the work now in progress a. Smith
cove. Pile drivers are at work sinking
huge fir sticks. we'll coated with creoscte.
into the sand OF the tide flats. Stone and
ruooie hulkheads and foundations are seon
to be laid for the warehouses and the big
wheat elevator which Is 10 be used in ssor-
ing the great grain crop from the country
tributary TO the lire OF the Gre2: North
eTn.
A forcing process Is being used by Com
tractor Roblnsons agents in forwarding
the work here. Mr.. Hill il impatient, it
is said, to have the warehouses and eie-
vator completed in a very short time. In
deed. 1t Is predicted by these in close touch
,ss.s b hs- -s1h hat \ J.
big Improvements projected viii be finish
ed. AT least, the wareh1 'ses siil be roof
ed over and ready 10 I~ceive whea. by
that time. The elevator is scheduled TO
be ready for bns "ess within the next
eighty days. and If the contractor can dis
count this any he will do it,
Contractor ID. A. Robinson has gone
East. but before he left the city Thurs
day he awarded contracts for lumber and
shingles agsregating 100000 fces. The
St!mson Mill Company. Of Seattle: The Port
Blakeiey Mill Company. of Port Blakeiey.
and the Bell Milling Company of Ever
EFT, were the successful bidders. The ium-
Der to be furnished 10 Mr.. Robinson for
the Great Northern is all heavy stuff. suit
able for the construction % wharycS.
warehouses; etc. Heavy bridging timber
for use in the elevator forms larse part
Of the material required Of ;he mills
The stone contract will aggregate al
mos: s2o,ooo Bids are now being consider
ed by the contractor for tais material.
Builders hardware and iron form ma
terial element in the contracts TO be let
during the next week, aGgresating some
thing over $4,000. The lumber contracts
figure UP between $40 coo and $5Q.0Da
After the stone. lumber and iron will
come contracts for the machinery TO be
used in the elevator. Boilers. engines and
dynamos will constitute the heavy part
Of the machinery. and. as in the other de-
partments, Seattle dealers ana manufac-
turers will be favored.