The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-06
LET BIG CONTRACTS
BOARD OF CONTROL MAKES MANY
AWARDS FOR STATE
SUPPLIES
OVER 400 BIDDERS SCORE
Number of Bidders Much Larger
Than in August-Prices In
Aggregate Are Also
Somewhat Lower.

With the exception of clothing con-
tracts, the board of control had yester-
day. completed it's tabulation of bids and
awards of contracts for supplies for the
state Institutions for the three months
beginning Nov. l.
The number of bidders was somewhat
larger than. when similar contracts were
last awarded, Aug. l, and on the WhoIe
the prices were somewhat lower, the
members of the board say, although as
before they refuse to make public any
figures in connection with the award OF
contracts.
Contracts were awarded to more than
400 different bidders on the various
schedules.
Armour & Co. secured the contracts
for a greater proportion of the beef prod
uets as they will supply the state prls-
on, the Hastings insane asylum, the Fer
gus Falls insane hospital, state training
school at Red Wing and the school for
the blind at F'aribault. Two other firms
secured smaller contracts in this same
class, Charles Macbeth, of Mankato, be-
ing selected to supply the state public
school at OWatonna, and Most q LAM
norman, St. Cloud, the reformatory at
that place.
Contracts for supplying oatmeal at ST.
Cloud were let to Anthony Kelly & Co.,
Minneapolis; Frederick Kemple & Co., of
Red Wing, the state training school, and
Steele, Weneles & Co, Chicago. the
school for feeble minded, Faribault.
Other institutions will be supplied oy
Franklin McVeigh & Co., Chicago.
Hats and Caps-Rochester and St Peter
hospitals, w. H. Thomas & Co., Philadei-
phia; state prison, Schwab, March & Co.,
St. Paul; state public school, J. S.
Schields & Co., New York; training
school, Lamphere, Finch & Skinner st.
Paul; Anoka and Hastings asylums, Pal
ace Clothing company, st. Paul.
Findings-School for feeble-minded,
Powers Dry Goods company, st. Paul,
and, j. V. Farwell, Chicago; Rochester
hospital and state public school,, Wyman,
Partridge 81 Co, Minneapolis; prison, st.
Peter hospital, training school, Fergus
Falls hospital, school tor band and deaf,
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Chicago.
General Contract for Groceries-Insti-
tute for detectives. Faribault, Theopold
MercanSTe company, Faribault; prison,
Minnesota Mercantile company, Still
water; reformatory, st. Cloud Grocery
company; training school, Sprague- War
ner Co.. Chicago. Hastings asylum and
st. Peter and Rochester hospitals, Steele,
Wedeles & Co., Chicago; Anoka asylum
and Fergus Falls hospital, GriggS, Cooper
& Co., ST. Paul.
Flour-Reformatory, training school,
state public school, schools for blind and
predetermined, Wesley, Gutter & Co., St.
Cloud; PRISON, Minnesota Flour Mill COM
pany, saltwater; Anoka asylum, St.
Francis Mill company. St Francis; Hast
ings asylum, C. w. WeSterson, Hastings;
Rochester and st. Peter hospitals Sack
EFT & Fay. st: Peter; Fergus Falls hos
pital, Fergus Falls Milling company.
Pork Products-Reformeto state pub
lie school, st. Peter and Fergus Falls
hospitals Hastings asylum and school
for the deaf Swift & Co., South st. Paul;
Annkl lSVl1n0 Cnhnn1c f6r Lliy,I =
feeble-minded, L. Tuttle, Faribault; state
prison, j. T. McMulien. st. Peter
sugar = Hastings asylum, Frederick
Kemple. Red Wing; all other institutions,
sPFff s9a r,. W Wagner + & Co. Chicago.
ware company, st. Cloud; prison, Hib-
bard, Spencer, Bartlett company, Chica-
e. 20; other institutions, G. w. Hackett
d. ugs-Faribault school for blind,
Churchill Drug company, Burlington
Iowa. all other, institutions, Moves Bros.
& Cutler, st. Paul.
ter and St Peter hospitals. w. S. Mott &
CO.. Minneapolis; .refonmatory and Fergus
Falls hospital, st. Paul Rubber company
Ancka asylum. c. Gotzian & CO.. St
/ Kansas City, training school, Revere
Rubber company Minneapolis.
f. II. Sphinx & Co., St. Paul. secured
most of the contracts for vinegar and
| pickles. and p. J. O. Brien & Co.. Glouces-
ter, Mass. get the. sailed fish trade.
FL. Coate & Co., of. Winona, will supply
the men in all the institutions with sus
peDderS.
Canned goods will be furnished by the
Patterson Mercantile company, Mankato:
Weinberger & Engebrodt of FaribauIt :
Griggs, Cooper & Co., of ST. Paul; Mime:
sofa Mercantile company, Saltwater; ].
o. Holm 6 Co. Saltwater; Steele, Wed
eles q Co., Chicago, and the Beal &
MCGOWAN company, of Fergus Falls.