The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-12
BIDS ON new BUILDING
TENDERS FOR MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL PLANTS OPENED.
Louisville Firm Makes the Lowest
Price for the Indianapolis Structure
President Sees a Real Hero.

WASHINGTON. Oct n.-Bids were
opened in the supervising architects Office
to-day for the contract for installing the
mechanical and electrical equipments of
the new Federal building at Indianapolis.
There were ten bidders. the bids ranging
from sl1i.02s to $l49.7oo Joseph McwilIiams
4 Co.. of Louisville. submitted the lowest
bid. Following are the tenders: Charles
B. Kruse Heating Company. Milwaukee.
Sill. .790; j. s. Farrell & Co., Indianapolis.
s13l ,S29. rs; Joseph McWilliams & Co., Louis
vile. 111.02s; Thomas & Smith. Chicago.
$1I5,143; Sandmeyer G. Co., Peoria. $l37, ,09o;
M. H. Crane Estate. Cincinnati, sl20765;
John Pierce. New York. s134. 45s: A. A. San
born, Boston. $114,5O0; j. F. Buchanan &
Co. and s. Faith & Co., both of Philadel-
phia. S149, 200 and $134. 400. respectively. The
week.
The only G. A. r. visitor the President
has received was Captain j. Johnson. of
Pleasantonville, Henry county, Kentucky
He was introduced to the President, with his
wife. this morning by Thomas Mckee. of
Logansport, and had a most interesting
visit. Captain johnson Is the man who
dug the tunnel at Libby Prison. The en-
gineer was Colonel Rose, of Pennsylvania,
but Captain Johnson did the actual bur-
rowing during which he disappeared for
many days. The President said that he
had made 1t rule to receive none of
the veterans. but that he could not resist
seeing one of the real heroes of the war.
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Sir Michael Herbert, the British am
bassador here, called at the State Depart
ment to-day and arranged for his presen-
tation at the temporary White House next
Monday.
The estimates forwarded by Postmaster
General Payne to the treasury for the ex-
penditures of the entire postal service dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80, 1904 ag-
gregated s153,010.52O The postmaster gen.
eral estimates that the Postofice Depart
ment will provide from its own revenues,
which accrue from postage and other
sources, s144. .664, leaving a deficiency of
sS.242, $50 to be provided for out of the gem
eral treasury. The appropriations for the
fiscal year ended June 10, 1903, aggregate
for the following fiscal year. The deficiency
for the fiscal year ended June 30 last was
$2,96 40.
Announcement Is made to-day that Car
roll d. Wright. commissioner of labor, who
has been prominent recently in his efforts
made to settle the anthracite coal strike.
Will retire from office in about two years.
For eighteen years Mr.. Wright has been
the chief of the bureau of labor. He Is
now engaged in some important investiga-
tions. the completion of which will occupy
the two years he expects yet to remain at
the head of the labor bureau. Mr. Wright
a few days ago was installed as president
Of Clark College. Worcester, Mass At the
expiration of his service with the govern
ment he will devote his entire time TO his
college duties.
A report on the manufacture OF bril-
quettes comes to the State Department
from Frank Mason. consul general at Ber-
lin, who feels that the time is ripe, in view
of the great Pennsylvania coal strike and
the consequent scarcity of anthracite, for
Americans to take W the manufacture Of
this substitute fuel Mr.. Mason says there
are no less than eighty-nine manufacturers
OF this fuel in Germany. many OF them pro-
ducing more than 10000 tons annually Mr.
Mason shows that briuuettes may be pro-
duced from brown coal or carbonized peat
with or without a binder, or from the
waste of soft coal. the result being smooth
glistening briquettes of a black or dark
brown color. which are practically smoke
less and leave only reddish brown ash.