The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-09
GOT SQUARE DEAL.
That liz What the State Bidders
Said Today.
Contracts for Supplies for the
State Institutions.
TOPEKA GOT MANY.
MAN Y.
Merchants Well Represented In
the Awards.
Junction City Miller Gets the
Flour Contract.

somewhat remarkable for such an oc-
casion.''
That is the remark made by several
of the bidders at the Copeland hotel
this morning, where the state con-
tracts for supplying the charitable in
situations during the next six months
were being handed out. For the first
time the board of charities adopted a
new system of letting the contracts, in
which all the star chamber work, but
tomb oling, and scheming was dis
penSed with.
"It has usually been the PLAN" said
Henry Allen, ito come up here a week
beforehand, and spend the time hold
ing little meetings up in the rooms to
talk things over. This year we tried
to put every firm strictly on its
merits; we received the bids, tabulated
them and awarded the contracts in
many expressions of satisfaction from
the bidders. They believe they are
getting a square deal, and that is what
we are trying to give them
Topeka received a good share of the
state contracts. as usual.
The bulk Of the flour contract, which
is one of the big things, went to Thos.
e. Hogan Milling company of Junction
City. The price varied on white flour
as follows: Topeka asylum, $2.37; Osa-
watOnnie asylum, $3.50; Parsons asylum,
$2.4S. The Hogan company did not bid
on flour for any of the other state in
situtions. The Arkansas City Milling
company will furnish flour to the Win
field asylum at $2.55, and TanQuary &
Son will supply Olathe asylum at $3.50.
The bid of $3.50 and $2.S5 on other in
stitutions by the Arkansas City Milling
company were rejected Weber. & Co.
of Topeka got the contracts for fur
nishing corn meal at S1.20 for the To-
peka asylum.
The flour prices are much higher than
before. Six months ago the price was
$1.S5.
Weber & Co, bidding for Parkhurst &
Davis OF Topeka, got the graduated
sugar contract at $2.48.
The Chas. Wolff Packing company
will supply the Topeka asylum and re-
form school with meats at the following
prices: Steers, sides, s5.721z hogs, loins,
$7.25; hams, $3.50; bacon. $9:75; pork,
$3.50; lard, SIPS to $3.50. Wolff also got
some of the pork contracts outside of
Topeka
Armour & Co. got the butterine con-
tract at IL cents. This is a big thing.
The butterine must be of a grade equal
Schwartzchild & Sultzberger of Kan
sas City landed the big end of the
beef contracts outside of Topeka,
Swift got most of the lard outside of
the side heifers. dressed at 1874.
Armour, in addition to his butterine
contract, will supply most of the in
situations with pork sausage and NUT
ton.
The meat prices were somewhat
lower than they were six months ago.
Topeka bidders cleaned up all the
drug items. The Gatlin Drug COM
pany got So items, and Rowley & Snow
secured II. c. E. Abraham of Kansas
City and J. J. Pierson of Parsons were
also bidders.
The stationery business was divided
as follows: Hall company of Topeka,
Is items; Topeka Cash Dry Goods
company items; Abe Steinberg, 7
items; ]. ]. Pierson of Parsons and
NJ. B. Cohn of Ottawa. item each.
Probably the closest competition
was on the dry goods items. There
was a long list of bidders, and prices
ruled lower than at any time in the
recent history of the board. Topeka
firms secured good share of the bust
ness. The complete list of bidders fol-
lows: Topeka Wooden mills, B. NJ.
Payne, w. J. Calhoun & Co., A Sam
uels, August Clothing Co., Chas. r.
Sickman, Jones Dry Goods Co. Palace
Clothing Co., Robinson & Marshall, w:
Wichita, A. d. Weaver of Lawrence,
M. B. Cohn of Ottawa, Johnson &
Drummond of Wichita, Mills Dry
Goods Co, Crosby Bros, Topeka Cash
Dry Goods Co., Western Wooden mills.
Topeka firms secured the following
contracts:
Crosby Bros, bed spreads, buttons.
cotton lining. combs, denims. women's
linen, silesia. linen towels, women's
vests.
Mills Dry Goods Co., bed spreads,
brown cotton, bleached cotton, crash,
cotton flannel, handkerchiefs. knitting
Warren M Crosby, blankets,
bleached cotton, brown cotton, cot
tonade, mems and women's slippers.
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drawers, mems shirts, mems shoes,
jumpers, mems caps.
Topeka Wooden mills; gray blankets.
cashmere, mems pants.
August Clothing company; mems
buckle shoes, mems overalls.
Topeka Cash Dry Goods company;
buttons, corsets. knitting cotton, per-
Gales, colored shirts, boys suspenders,
women'S vests.
johnson & Larimer of Wichita and
A D. Weaver of Lawrence secured a
large number of valuable contracts.
The bidders on grocery supplies were
Wood, Wichita; Synns Grocery COM
pany, Atchison; Southwestern Grocery
company, Fort Scott; Weber & Co, To-
pexa; Poehler Mercantile company,
Lawrence; Dolan Mercantile company,
Atchison; Armour Packing company, E.
NJ Sheldon, Ottawa; Lehman-Higgin-
son, Wichita: Otto Kuehne;J. J. Pierson,
Parsons; National Soap company.
H. ID. Lee secured the baking pow
der contract at 1921 cents. Otto
Kuehne will furnish the chow chow at
S4 Lehman-Higginson of Wichita
got the coffee contract. Weber & Co.,
of Topeka, bidding for the Parkhurst-
Davis Mercantile company, will fur
nish the I've, lima beans, sugar at
$5.4S, and pulverized sugar at IS
cent, sal soda and Ivory soap E. NJ.
Sheldon of Ottawa got the laundry
soap contract
Hardware contracts went as follows:
Coughlin Hardware company of To-
peka, IA items; w. A. L. Thompson,
Topeka 9 items; A. ]. Harwi, Atch-
isnn IL items: topeka Cash Dry