Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-27
AWARD OF CONTRACTS.
The Bidders for Furnishing
District Supplies.
SCHEDULE COMPLETE
AWAITING ACTION OF CONGRESS
ON APPROPRIATION BILL.
Lowest Proposals by Glasses and Items
List of Successful Com
peting Firms.
SCHEDULE COMPLETE

The work of scheduling the proposals for
furnishing the District with general sup
plies during the fiscal year beginning July
/ has been completed at the District build
ing and the Commissioners are ready to
make official announcement of the award of
contracts as soon as the appropriation bill
is passed. The contracts for the coming
year will be let as usual, by classes and
items. The lowest responsible bidders have
in each instance been singled cut for the
awards. and only in one or two cases has
an entire class been awarded to one bidder
The original proposals for furnishing
school books and saddlery to the District
were thrown out because the prices named
by the competitors were believed to be eX-
orbitant New bids have now been receiv-
ed. and it is believed they will prove salts
factory, thus opening the way for winding
up the work of securing supplies.
In class one. stationery, the Commission
ers will make awards to H. c. Davidson &
Co. for 3 items: c. S. BREASTED. items; Z.
G. Stott & Co, 50 items; ]. NJ. Duiany, rs
items; Z. Morrison Paper Company, ~
items; D. Frank Parker, IA items; X. {.
Ballantyne. 40 items; r. p. Clark & Co, L
item; George F. Muth & Co. item; Wash
irgtou News Company, items.
In class two. blank forms and printing,
the Globe Printing Company is to receive
the contract for items; Judd & Detweiler'
items; Henry E. wilkins Printing Com
Company, IA items
Two Firms in Glass Four.
In class four furniture, W. B. Moses &
Sons will receive contract for 70 Items
and Blum Brothers. a Southeast Washing
ton firm will be awarded 50 items.
In class five. hardware. contracts will be
made with j. B. Lambie for 81 items, with
George F. Muth & Co. for 2 items, with
Jordan & Christie for l item, with Blum
Brothers for 10 items, with Rudolph, west
& Co for 295 items and Barber q Ross 1or
~ items
In class six tfnware Blum Brothers are
to furnish "a items Rudolph, West & Co.
IA items: Barber & Ross 1 item, and Geo.
F. Muth & Co.. items
In class seven. plumbers materials, con-
tracts will be made with l.. Hopfenmaler
for items. with Cuyier & Mohler for Is
items and with Thomas Somervhle & sons
for "A items.
In class eight. groceries the successful
bidders are: Z. II. Sheehy Company, IL
items: Frank Hume, 40 items; j. c. Ersood
Company. Ii items; Blum Brothers, z
items: Somerset R. Waters. II items; g Il.
Lyman. items, and Vim. M Gait & Co, .
items.
In class nine, boots and shoes. ]. & NJ
Strasburger are to furnish 10 items and B.
Rich & Sons. / item.
In class eleven. glass paints and var
nishes. the awards will be as follows:
Blum Brothers. items: Standard OH Com
pany > items: Hugh Reilly, "a items Eeo
F Muth & Co. 81 items, and Chas. Becker,
10 items
"Trust Houses" Unsuccessful.
In class Is. fresh meat and corned beef
the entire contract, covering ten items,
goes TO Hoover & Denham- The big pack
ing houses of the west. commonly termed
trust houses were unsuccessful bidders
in this class
In class IA. castings, the contracts will
be awarded as follows: Fred J. White
eight items: Charles White & Co. one item;
J T. SpringTnan & Co. three items
In class IL. dry goods. Lansburgh & Bro.
will receive contract for twelve items
Blum Bros, forty items; r. z. Clark, six
items
The American Ice Company secures the
entire ice contract and NJ. De Perow is the
sole successful bidder for furnishing electri-
cal supplies.
The proposals in class 10. drugs. were
considered apart from the others, and the
Commissioners have decided to let the con-
tracts follows: Edward Stevens ten
items; Il. d. Gilman. thirty items: Blum
Bros. six items; Mackall Bros. eighty
seven items; G.. G. Mckesson, 1874 items
The contract for coal was divided and let
some time ago Some of the coal will be
bought in the open market IS it was i'm
possible to secure positive bids in some in
stances on account of the strikes at the
mines.