The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-17
CITY NEWS.
BIDS ARE OPENED.
Twenty-four Contractors After the
Job Of Erecting New Build
ings at Smelling.
The Government Will Spend About
$4,000 Upon the Improvements
The Gross Figures.

Bids for erecting additional buildings
ut Fort Smelling to cost s25o,Ooo, were
opened yesterday at the army building, st.
Paul, by Captain Schofield. constructing
quartermaster in charge of the Smelling
improvements The proposals came from
twenty -four contractors, chiefly residents
of st. Paul. The lowest bidders cannot
be named until complicated calculations
have been made as to the time limit per-
centages to be deducted etc. But the
gross sums bid upon the several buildings
We're:
Newman & Hoy-one bachelor. officers guar
tiers, $sl,s4o; If constructed Of Kettle River
double barracks IF Of Kette Kyer sone
Of sfas Rysr sone
$l7,903 If OF Bedford stone; one commissary
sterehouse SIS 11s II of Kettle River stone, $ls-
]. NJ. Hennessy-One bachelor officers quar-
tiers. $751; oo5 If OF Kettle River stone; double
termaster's storehouse, SO, 48S and $40: ss2 one
Stable dr sudng
Hoffman ma Riefar,one bachelor officers quar-
GERS quarters. S11,5Oo; two double barracks,
S32, 1904; one quartermaster's storehouse SIS
hay she'd, s4o54; fire apparatus shed, ss,o61;
stable guard building, $3.50 ,
tiers, ss1, 40; two non commissioned officers
quarters, $10,430; two double barracks, 1000;
storehonse hay she'd 4oo are ap
paratus shed, SASH; double stable guard build
f + &. McMillan-Bachelor officers quarters,
s29.s7l; on-eommssioned officers quarters,
two double
house, s17 ,947; hay shed, $4,s2s; fire apparatus
shed, $3.50; double stable guard building,
i. j. Romer--Bachelor officers quarters $50.
s asf If Sa
$11,250 and S11,30O; two double barracks, $780,
900; one quartermaster's storehouse, ST. 30 one
eSmmssasy so storehouse, s1754o and $l77oo; hay
double stable guard building. $500
GERS quarters, s4,s3o for each or $966o for
both; quartermaster's storehouse, s1ssso; sub
George J. Grant-One bachelor officers quar-
tiers s2sse7 sz two @ s oee r
s27 each; quartermaster storehouse, Siesss;
eommissary storehouse,, $16,547 hay shed,
hn Id lie HSss is i 1T
one contract, S172,SS6 ..,
.o Timothy GoS ReardonE officers quarters
each $500; two double BARRACKS rae ST. SEQ each
Paratus building, $1,000; stable guard building,
$2,6oO; If whole contract is let in lump $173,-
f. A. Atkinson--Two double barracks. $1O1,-
BOO; bachelor officers quarters, $50, 400; two sets
commissary
::torehouse s1s;4as; stable guard building,
pS,ioo' nay sneu, Yo3oO, Iotal, Sl3Z,ooi
Major Hearne of the Twenty-first infan-
try will receive a sword to-day at Fort
Smelling, as a gift from the officers and
men of Company e. The major was for
merly captain of this company; he OBJ
tanned his majority two weeks ago.
Lieutenant Colonel S. e. Blount of the
ordnance department yesterday inspected
the armament of the batteries at Smelling
and the work of the mechanics of the
Tenth battery of artillery.
The reestablishment of the army can
teen, under proper restrictions, Is urged
in the annual report of Brigadier General
Frank ID. Baldwin, commanding the de-
partment of Colorado.