The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-07
CONTRACT WAS
NOT AWARDED
LEONARD LOWEST BIDDER.
CITY HALL BIDS WE'RE HIGHER
THAN COMMITTEE EXPECTED.

SIX Bids Were Filed and Three Are
Now Under Consideration MIR.
Leonard VIII Receive Contract if
He Can Convince Building Com
nlittee of His Financial Ability
to Execute 1t - Believed He
VIII Be Able to Do SO-Bids Va
ried From s2O1 900 to $210,OOO.
sidered.
The contract for erecting the new
City Hall was not awarded yester-
day. The bids were opened in public
at noon in the Council chamber and it
was found that Mr.. S. S. Leonard,
the only local bidder, had filed the low
est bid on the three speci-
fications furnished by Architect H. w.
Witcover. Mr.. Leonard, however, fail
ed to accompany his bid with the re-
quired bond.
The next lowest bidders were Grant
Wilkins, of Atlanta, and the General
Supply Company, of New York. I'm
less Mr.. Leonard is unable to satisfy
the Building Committee of his finan-
cial responsibility he will be awarded
the contract.
The Building Committee will not
make any decision in the matter until
tomorrow or Tuesday, and has
not yet decided which plan it will
accept. 1t is probable that specifca-
tion c., which calls for Georgia mar
Bile for the first floor, and limestone
for the remainder of the building, will
be accepted. The lowest bid filed for
this specification was $207, 900, which
was filed by Mr.. Leonard. The next
lowest bidder on this specification was
by Mr.. wilkins, $209900.
There were six bids filed, and all
were much higher than the Build
ing Committee had anticipated. The
bids on specification A. varied from
$2O1, 745 to $219, 900. The bid of Norcross
ceived an hour too late for considera-
ton.
Leonard May Get Contract.
The contract will be award
ed to one of the bidders within a day
or two. The only three bids that are
now under consideration are those of
Mr.. Leonard. Mr.. Wilkins and the
General Supply Company. 1t is be-
lieved that the contract will go to Mr..
Leonard.
Mr.. wilkins filed supplementary
bids in addition to the regular specif-
cations which were submitted by the
architect. The Building Committee no.
titled the bidders that they would be
allowed this privilege, but Mr.. Will
kins was the only bidder who awaited
himself of it. The supplementary bid
was somewhat lower than the bid SUBJ
mitted by Mr.. Leonard.
1t is understood that the Building
Committee does not look with any de-
gree of favor upon the supplementary
bid, and if Mr.. Leonard can satisfy the
members of his financial ability to ex-
ecute the contract, he will be given the
contract. He filed the necessary $5,-
900 certified check during the afternoon
The firm of w. o. & C. G. Burton
of st. Louis had notified Architect Wit
cover of their intention to file q bid, but
they were not heard from.
The Amount of the Bids.
The following bids were offered:
S. S. Leonard of Savannah-Specifi-
cation A, $2O1,745; E, $780, 95; C, $2O7,-
OOO
F'ireproofing Notwithstanding
$3.50; heating, $4,45O; electric work,
$4850.
Grant Wilkins of Atlanta-Specifica-
ton A, $205, 90O B, $22O,9OO; c, $2O9 800.
Fireproofing terra GOTTA plumbing, So
200; heating, $780, electric work, $4,-
700.
General Supply and Construction
Company, New York-Specification A,
$213,577; B. 1920, 5O7; C, $216, 497. Fire
prooting, Boebling-Plumbing $1,000;
heating, $4,000: electric work, $4,S50.
j. H. Mckenzie & Sons, Augusta
Specification A, $214,546 B, 1882, 800; C,
$229,9S0 Fireprooflng, plumbing, $500;
heating system, $4,000, and electric
work, $4S50.
w. T. Hadlow & Co. of Jacksonville
Specification A, $219 900; B, $241, 900;
c, $2S9,70O. Fireproofing, Metropolitan,
plumbing work, $500; heating, $4,000;
electric work. $4,910.
Savannah Contracting Company of
Specification A, $213, 494.O4;
B, 1926, 059.44; C, $3.50, 553.44. Fireproof-
ing, Metropolitan or terra Gotta,
plumbing, $5,24O; heating, SO, $50; cleo
trio work, $4,S5O.
Grant wilkins of Atlanta supple
mentary bids, with other materials, as
follows: Specification A, $2O0,650 and
$199,400; B, $215, $780, C, $2O4,OOO and