The Washington times., 1903-06-19
CONTRACTS AWARDED
FOR DISTRICT SUPPLIES
Commissioners Action APP
proved at Treasury.
COVERS FISCAL YEAR 19O3-'4
Bids on Wood and Kindling Rejected
Reading Company and Two Local
Firms to Furnish Coal.

The District Commissioners have an
nounced the award of contracts for gen
eral supplies for the fiscal year 1904.
Proposals we're submitted and acted UDon
by the Commissioners in May. The pro-
posais were then sent TO the Treasury
| Department where the action of the Com
missioners was approved by the Govern
ment board on proposals. Awards were
made as follows:
StatiOnery-R. c. Ballantyne. 30 items,
4 c. G. StOtt & Co. IA items: ID. Frank
Parker. 10 items; z. Morrison Paper
Company, SO items; j. NJ. Dulany. / item;
r. F. Clarke & Co., 3 items; the Cusn-
ing Company. 5 items; w. F. Stockett &
Co., 10 items; c. S. BREASTED, 1 item.
Furniture-W. B. Moses & Sons. &c
items; Blum Bros. 80 items
Hardware-Rudolph. West & Co.. 256
items; Blum Bros. Is items: George +.
Muth & Co.. 10 items; T. Jenkins K Son.
item: Jordan & Christie. item; James
p. Lambie Company. Limited. 40 items.
Plumbers Materials.
Plumbers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. & Mohler,
% items: Thomas SomerviHe & Sons,
Glass, paints and varnish-Francis
Miller, items: George F. Muth &
Co, 81 items; Hugh Reilly. % items
Warren & Dyer. 5 items; J. w Masury
& Son, Is items; Standard Oil Company,
3 items; Blum Brothers, Items
Lumber-T. r. Riley. IS items; Church
& Stephenson, 20 items; T. W. Smith
As items; w. T. Galliher & Bro, s
items
Ice-American Ice Company It.
Blank forms and printing-Norman T.
Elliott Printing Company. fifteen items;
Judd & Detweiler. nine items "A. -. Hay
worth. three items; Washington Mono
type Company. eight items; Globe Print
ing Company, one item.
School books-R. c. Baliantyne, thir-
teen items; J. NJ. Dulany. 16 items: E.
Cushing Company, twenty seven items.
Tinware-RudoIph West & Co., IL
items; J. D. Lambie Company, three
items; Blum Bros. % items; George +.
Muth & Co, items.
Groceries-Frank Hume, 45 items;
]. C. Ergood Company. II items; S. R.
Waters. % items; William NJ. Gait &
Co, 2 items; c. R. Lyman, 3 items;
Blum Bros, items.
Miscellaneous Castings. T. SPRING
man. ir.. & Bro. items; F. J. White,
3 items; Charles White & Co., 9 items.
Dry Goods-R- p. Clarke Company. 7
items; Blum Bros. 30 items; Lansburgh
& Bro. items.
Several Kinds of Coal.
The Reading Coal Company. v Bald
win Johnson and J. Edward Chapman.
have been awarded contracts for sup
fiscal wear 1904.
J. Edward Chapman will supply he
District with bituminous coal mine run,
at $3.50 per ton. The amount OF this
fuel required is estimated to be 5000
| tons. White ash furnace coal will be
Isupplied to the District by V. Baldwin
johnson, at S6.47 per ton. The required
amount Of this is estimated to be 5000
tons. Nine thousand tons of white ash
egg will be supplied by " Baldwin John
son at 1872 per ton.
The following bids were accepted on
kinds OF fuel of which only small guam
titles are used:
V. Baldwin Johnson-Red ash stove.
s6.97 per tom; white ash stove, 1872
per ton; Lykens Valley stove, 1892 per
ton
Reading Coal Comparisons bitumi-
nous. $435 per ton; white ash chest
nut S6.42 per ton; oak wood. sawed and
split. $40 per cord.
All bids on wood and kindling were
rejected as they are considered excess
s.ye