The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-21
CONTRACT NOT AWARDED.
p1DDFRs ON G. & A. TERMINAL
WORK MUST WAIT FEW DAYS.

MAJ. Johnson, Chief Engineer, Says
several Days viii BE Necessary
for Figuring Before the Dredging
and Pile Driving Contracts Can
Re Awarded-Twenty Firms Sub
mitted Bids-List of Those Who
,N,nt Ia Do the xVorl-TVvO Com
trocts VIII Go for Something Be
tween 100000 and $3.50, OOO-WOrk
uust Be Complete Within Five
uonths From the Time 1t Is Begun.
7,ids for dredging and pile driving in
connection with the establishment of the
extensive terminal system by the Geor-
Ga and Alabama Railroad on Hutchinson 8
island were opened yesterday shortly af-
ter noon at the office Of Maj. johnson,
chief engineer of the construction com
many in charge of the work. The result
Of the bids were not made known, Maj.
Johnson saying several days will be re-
ored for looking over the bids. Several
of the contractors have hit very nearly
anon the same estimates, and the engi-
neer wants to so deeper into the consid-
Grafton of the award than he would be
enabled 10 in a day or so.
Twenty CONTRACTORS or contracting firms
had bids in. Those who made the effort
for the work were WI. Dunaher, New
York; ". f. Patterson & Son, Washing
ton; Grant wilkins, Atlanta; r. P. ].
II. Stats, New York; GUIDE & Walker,
Atlifnta; Hardaway, Jones & Co., Balti-
n n Ham
Hton. Davidson & Co., New York; Alex
ender N Stewart ST. Louis; Sanford &
Brooks. Baltimore; Douglas & Frick, Bal
timore: James +. McCabe, Baltimore; F.
Won Ebersten, Savannah; Ferguson Con-
stTuction Co.. New York; James j. Ryan,
Philadelphia; Magernan & Co, Pitts
burg; Stewart Contracting Gov Savan-
nah; Albert Hussey, New York; and Rit-
tenhouse r. Moore, Jr., Savannah. By
some of these bids were made on both
the dredging and pile driving, while others
bid on either the dredging or the pile
driving alone.
II is said the award of the contract will
he to some bidder whose estimate falls
between 100000 and $4,000. Nothing
could be learned as TO the bids, but it
is thought the man who gets the work
will have chance to do it for something
of establishing the terminal plant will
cost about 100000, an official connected
with the undertaking states.
The contractor who gets the award of
the contract must have 1t completed with
in five months from the time he begins
work, Such will be the terms of the con-
tract. He must also begin work within
thirty days from the time the contract is
awarded.
MIR. F. NJ. Jolly, division passenger agent,
with headquarters at Jacksonville, for the
Plant System, was among the railroad Wis
iors in the city yesterday.
Mr.. J. H. Polhemus, city passenger
agent at Charleston for the Plant System,
was in the city yesterday.
The earnings of the Central of Georgia
Railroad during the first week in February
were Sl2l.177, against S113.584 during the
corresponding week last year. The total
earnings since Jan. to the end of the first
week in February were S62S, $50, against
Eba62S2 during the corresponding period in
1893
Mr. T. ]. Manson has been appointed
auditor of the Chattanooga, Rome and
Southern, with Office at Rome.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works have re-
ceived an order from the Atlantic, Valdos-
ia and Western for one switching loco
motive. The specifications call for cylin-
uers IL by "A inches, driving wheels so
mches in diameter; boiler, Sc inches in di-
emeter; frebox, 1875 inches by 34l4 inches;
tubes, 23S in number, inches in diameter,
IL rect ~ inches long; wheel base, 10 feet
inches.
Messrs. Harvey Edward Fisk, Charles
, Gleed and George H. Robinson, New
York capitalists interested in railroad prop
ertles' are in the city. Mr.. GIeed is a
director of the Atchison, Topeka and
santa Fe The gentlemen are friends Of
-Nr John NJ. Egan, vice president of the
central, by whom they were shown over
me city yesterday The wharf propertv
Oh tne railroad and of the Ocean Steam
snip Company was visited, and the GENTLE
men We're well pleased with what they
saw Ihey will leave to-day for a trim
over the Central Railroad !.
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