The San Francisco call., 1899-03-15

lowing proposals were received from Cal
ifornia firms:
The Thomson Bridge Company, San
Francisco, to complete work 80 days after
acceptance of bid, SO, ,493; P. ]. Brennan,
San Francisco, $11 900; Sinnott & Mccain
San Francisco, $10,556: w. B. Anderson,
San Francisco, $13,997; San Francisco
Bridge Company, S11,765. will complete in
Mccarthy, Stockton, 81 900; Williams
Bros. Oakland, $11,540; VIM. H. Healy,
San Francisco. $4,000; VIM: II. Constable,
Oakland, $40 $50; James a. Mcmahon, san
Francisco $I3, 500; John Trotten, Oakland,
S15 900; Alexander l.. Campbell. San
francisco, s1O,sO5; John ]. O'Brien.
San Francisco, S11.7S3. check
should accompany each proposal, in de-
fault of which the bid is ignored. This
was the case with that of John Trotten
of Oakland. The contract will be awarded
to the Thomson Bridge Company.
The supervising architect OF the treas
ury, Mr.. Taylor, Chief Executive officer
of the architects Office held a meeting to-
night to devise plans by which prellm-
mary work toward erection or the new
public buildings may be expedlted, 5a,i mF: ;
that the larger cities would be taken up
first. 1t is probable advertisements Tor
additions to the Stockton and Los An
geles buildings will be among the last 10
be considered. Oakland Will be among
the first, and bids probably will be pub
lished within the next few days.
Inc Navy DepdTIneII Ids IuA lAS1 w
to the treasury the Arctic exploring cra1t
Thetis formerly an old steam Whaler.
She is now lying at the Mare Island yard,
but will be promptly fitted out for Voy-
age to the North Pacific to carry on the
reindeer investigation in which the treas
ury Department has been interested LOT
several years past. She Will proceed 10
Hakodate the most northern point OF the
island of Yesso, where headquarters Will
be established. She will inquire closely
into the conditions surrounding the rem
deer herds of that part of the World-the
supply and demand and the rate OF re-
production and the status Of experiments
that have been tried and are now pelng
prosecuted on the American SIDE OF the
Pacific. The reports that have come 70
the Treasury Department as to the 1ali-
ure of the reindeer importation scheme m
Alaska have been so fragmentary ana
contradictory that it is desired to round
up all the information obtainaple IN IN a
officered and manned by the revenue ma
rine. The Thetis is one of the old Arcuc
being the vessel on which Admiral (then
Captain) Schley sailed north to the relleI
of the Greedy expedition.
Lieutenant E. H. Hartnott, assssistanI
surgeon, and Acting Assistant surgeon
John c. Rolfsnyder have been orderao !; &c
accompany the Sixth United States ArtiI-
II Paeifc If " Coast patents were granted to-
day as follows:
California-John T Davis. San Francisco
artificial fuel; Frank A. Dixon. san Jose
washing ana canning tdnles W iiiIeiiA
Evans Norwalk. nut and washer for vehicle
axles; Frank H. Farmer, San Francisco boot
blacking machine Charles H. Haslam, STOCK
ton, gate; Stephen C., Houghton; San Fran, an
cisco, fare receiver; Peter H. Jackson oan
Francisco. floor sidewalk. vault roof struc-
ture; William Madison. Los Gatos, fruit OF
vegetable cutter; Robert L. Peyton, oaKIahd'
display stand: Carl L. Schalitz San Fran
cisco. non-overfow filing attachment for YES
ees Jennie E. Sturtevant, Gilroy' curtain
Oregon-John G. Schmidt. Portland, device
for trung wheels; Robert Powell, Myrtle
Creek fruit grader.
Washington-Charles A. House, Spokane
smelling stack furnace.
postoffce has been established at Auld.
Riverside County. with George Auld as post
master.
Pensions for Washington. original-charlIes RI
Conrad Miller. Tacoma, s6. Supplemental
I George wilkinson, Fremont. 81 Increase,
Samuel O. Woods Lowell. IS to 8. Original
widows. etc.-Mary E. Wemple. Seattle. sl2
California: Restorations and additionss-Wil-
liam G. Young, dead. Kelseyville 81 10 Sc. In
| crease-Samuel B. Kyle, San Bernardino, So to
$40: Alexander Penrod. Los Angeles, S12 to Si!.
Oregon: Original - Alexander Maxwell.
shedds ss; Mortimer Beals, Joseph. S. In
crease-Hirarn j. Gallap, Myrtle Creek. IS 70
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