The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-19
FOR LAST TIME
WILL OPEN BIDS
FOR THE NEW CITY HALL.
MAYOR MYERS WILL OPEN THE
BIDS AT NOON.

A Special Meeting of Council IL 20
BE Called for This Afternoon Mt 4
O'Clock, When the Contract WIN
Probably BE Awarded-There VIII
Certainly Be Four, and Possibly
More bids, While There Is a
Chance of Even More BEING Filed.
Only Real Contest Is Between
Georgia and winnsboro Granite.
Bids for the new City Hall will be
opened to-day at noon at the City Ex-
change by Mayor Myers. No meeting
of the Building Committee has been
called.
1t has been advertised that the bids
will be publicly opened and Mayor
Myers will open them in the presence
of all bidders, and whoever else that
may care to be present. A special
meeting of City Council will be called
for this afternoon at o'clock. The
contract viii then be awarded
The new City Hall has so far given
more or less trouble, because of the
many delays that have taken place. 1t
is believed, however, that the aldermen
are now in earnest and that any re-
sponsible party who puts in the low
est bid will get the contract for the
building. There is only one point on
which there can be any dispute.
There are only two specifications
that may be bid on. Both Of these
are the same, except that one calls for
Georgia granite and the other for
Winnsboro granite up to the top of the
first story. After it is determined
which of these stones is to be used
there will be little difficulty in deter
mining who is to get the contract. The
lowest bidder will win out.
Georgia Granite Is Cheaper.
The only point on this of any impor-
lance is that the bids on these two
stones may have something to do with
what is agreed upon. 1t is thought that
the same price has been made all the
bidders on the Winnsboro granite and
on the Georgia: that is that all the
bidders have been given the same
price on each of the stones, though of
course, there is a difference between
the two. The Winnsboro granite is
known to be a higher priced material
than the Georgia granite.
There are five firms thinking of sub
hitting bids, though there may be
more. 1t is not known positively that
these five firms will submit bids,
though it is believed that they will.
Those so far mentioned who will prob
ably bid on the building are Grant
Wilkins of Atlanta, Savannah Con-
tracing Company, New York Supply
and Construction Company, Mckenzie
Company of Jacksonville, Burton Bros.
of st. Louis, Miles & Brandt of At
lanta. All of these firms except the
last named are almost certain to put
in bids, and it has been rumored that
Miles & Brandt will.
VIII Depend ON Cost.
The only point on which there is
likely to be any discussion at all will
be the choice of the stone for the lower
floors. Some of the aldermen favor
the Georgia granted and some the
Winnsboro. The price on the two
materials will probably have a great
deal to do with determining which is
to be used.
There is every reason to believe that
the contract will be awarded this aft
ernoon. Mayor Myers said yesterday
that he was going to call a special
meeting of City Council for o'clock.
The bids will have been opened before
then, and the only question will he TO
whom the contract is to be given. This
will be determined in very short
time, it is believed.