The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-07-18
tMail Special to the Advertiser)

WASHINGTON, D. c., July s.-The
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
received today the supplemental bids
of the two contractors in Honolulu
one of them the Hawaiian Dredging
Company were asked to submit
figures covering the revised project
for constructing quarantine wharf in
accordance with the plans of the War
Department for the enlargement and
Improvement of the Harbor. Two
California firms were also asked to
submit revised bids, making four In
all. The Californians were able to
forward their figures here, of course,
earlier than the two honolulu bidders
and the award of the contract mas
been delayed for the arrival of the
Honolulu bids.
Supervising Architect Taylor saio
this afternoon that these revised
figures did not change the relative
standing of the original bidders. The
official award will not be made till
Thursday of this week, as tomorrow is
July and the following day, We'd
nesday. July 5, the Departments VIII
be closed by proclamation of the Pres
ident out of respect for the dead Sec
retary of State, whose funeral will be
held that day in Cleveland. 1t looks
very much as though Cotton Bros. d
Co., of Oakland, California, would be
awarded the contract. Mr.. Taylor, or
course, would not say as much TINS
afternoon. The supplemental figures
were not made public, but it is known
that both the Hawaiian bidders in
creased their figures because of the
revised project, while Cotton Bros. q
Co. reduced their figures. Therefore
the probability that the Oakland firm
will get the contract. When the orlgi-
nal bids were opened some days ago
it was found that there were twelve
bidders as follows:
Deposit-$1, 500, Cotton Bros. s. Co.,
$59s55. Time for construction, 8
months.
Deposit-$1, 400, John Ouderkirk, Ho-
nolulu, 500, 500. Time for construction,
months.
Deposit 800, Hawaiian Dredging
Co. $62, 500. Time for construction,
220 days.
Deposit-$1, $50, Healy-Tibbetts Con
struction Co., San Francisco, $685. 300.
Time for construction, s months.
Deposit-$1, 500, W. II. Hoogs, Homo
lulu, $63,433. Time for construction,
225 days.
Deposit-$l ,4s4.3O, Lord & Belser,
Honolulu, $64,499. Time for construc-
ton, 24O week days.
Deposit 81 600, L. NJ. Whitehouse,
Honolulu, $64,9S5. Time for construc'
ton, 220 days.
Deposit-$i, 900, San Francisco
Bridge Company, $66,25O. Time for
construction, 8 months.
Deposit-$1,625 T. W. Beardslee,
Honolulu, $67,409.5O. Time for con-
struction, s1-2 months.
Deposit 800, Pacific Construction
Company, $69,500. Time for construc-
ton, 6 months.
Deposit-$1,6 75, E. P. Chaplin, Ho-
nolulu, $74,052. Time for construction,
s months.
Deposits ZOO, Langford & Wallen,
SS5,g0O. Time for construction, .
months.
After these bids were opened it was
discovered that they did not include
the figures for the dredging Whether
that item will change the prospective
award can not be stated definitely.
The low bid of the Oakland firm, about
$4,000 below the others, it is expect
ed, will assure it the award.
THE BARRACKS CONTRACT.
The contract, for the construction of
the army barracks at Honolulu, has
been awarded to the Burrell Construc-
ton Company of Oakland, for total
of $25l 500. The only bidder for the
entire work from Honolulu was Will
liam Mulch. His figures were about
81 per cent. higher than those of the
successful bidder, being 1927, 1868. The
contract for constructing the sidewalks
goes to John Walker, of 1923 Piikoi
street, Honolulu, at $763.6s. There
were bids from the Electrical Com
pany Of Honolulu for the electrical
work, but it was deemed best to award
the contract for the entire construction
to one firm. These figures of the Bur-
rell Company's bids were entered on
the contract card in the Quartermaster
General s office, being the only figures
available for publication at the present
time:
Construc- Plumb
ton ing.
single sets captains
quarters .$29,fSf $Z,S5l
single sets n. C. o.
quarters 1915 l,iol
i Hospital. ....... 2o,06S S,46I
1 Guardhouse. ...... 1000 1,427
i Administration Build
ing .... ........ ll,o24 oio
Quartermaster' and
subsistence store
mousse. lib 55i