Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-05
THE BIDS ARE TOO HIGH
They Exceed the Amount of Appropriation
Available.
Another Experience by the District
Commissioners Today in
Proposals.

By the receipt of bids by the District
commissioners today for constructing a
north wing to the aimshouse and for an
additional building for the girls reform
school, the fact was again demonstrated
that Congress in making appropria lions for
these buildings failed 10 provide sufficient
funds for the purpose, the lowest bid re-
eeived for each building exceeding the
amount available for the work. AS has
been heretofore explained in The Star, the
same state of affairs resulted in the case
of the three pubic school buildings pro-
vided for in the appropriation act of last
year. and also in the case of the two truck
houses provided for in the current appro-
priation bill
For the construction of the north wing of
the almshouse the appropriation act pro-
vided the sum of $1,000. and the bids re-
ceived today for erecting the buiiuing were
as follows: Pavarinl d Greer, $1,000, with
S4G0 additional if cement mortar be used;
John Hughes, jr., S16,6s0: Landvoight &
kimmell, S16,9S9. with $500 additional If ce-
ment mortar be used; ID. F. Mockabee,
Sl7,090. and 5000 additional if cement NOR
tar be used, and Gleeson & Humphrey, $1S,-
800, with 500 additional if cement mortar
be used.
The sum of $4,000 was provided for the
additional building for the girls reform
school, and the bids received were as fol-
lows: N. II. Thomas, S41 GOO; Edwin +.
Jones' S41 $40: Pavarini & Greer, SAL 300;
John Hughes, jr., S43, 100; W. e. Spier, $40
700; Landvoight & Kimmell, S4S, 79T, and
D. F. Mockabee. S49607. For supplying the
stoan-heating apparatus for this building
the bids were as follows: Warren F. Biggs
Steam Heating Company, S3,291; Zellers &
Co, So, 4t3; Francis A. Williams, New York,
s3,745; Weaver & Hoffman, Baltimore, s4,-
So f. Rutzler, S4,931, and ellis & Geo.
gheagan, $1,000.
Bids to He Rejected.
From an examination of these bids it will
be observed that for constructing the north
wing to the aimshouse the lowest bid ex-
ceeds the amount appropriated by $780, and
by 81 800 if cement mortar be used. The
lowest bid for constructing the additional
building for the girls reform school. added
TO the lowest bid for supplying the heating
apparatus. amounts to s44.S91, or 1851
more than the appropriation. The bids re-
telved today for these two buildings will
be rejected, it is stated. and new ones in
vtted by the Commissioners. Meantime, it
Is probable that the plans on which the
bids received today were based will be
altered for the purpose of enabling bidders
in the second competition to come within
the amounts, respectively, available for the
purpose. If the Commissioners are not sue
ceSSful in that they will. it is understood
report the matter to Congress and ask for
increased appropriations, as they intend to
Go in the case of the three public schools
provided for in the appropriation act of last
year.
Other bids received by the Commissioners
today We're as follows: For repairing and
changing the plumbing in the Central and
Colored High School buldings-E. J. Han
nan, 1886, and S. S. Shedd & Bro, s., 800
for certain character of material, and Sc or
for another For grading 22d and oath
streets. Observation-Disclosures Myers 81
cents per cubic yard; Martin Mcnamara, 81
cents; E. G. Gummel, 50 cents, and Andrew
Gieeson, 53 cents