The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-11
ARE READY TO BUY
Board of Control Is Awarding
State Contracts.
Includes Supplies for All the
Charitable Institutions.
COVERS SIX MONTHS.
Prices in Every Department
Have Advanced Materially.
Dry Goods Supplies Are Being
Considered Today.

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| the state board of control for supply
| ing the charitable institutions of the
state with all the commodities needed
for the operation of the institutions
during the six months beginning July
| !.
There is an unusually large list Of
bidders. and competition seems to be
! unusally close. Prices in almost all
departments have advanced materially
| since the letting six months ago, and
| the board will in some cases refrain
from purchasing some of the more ex-
pensive supplies usually bought.
| Up to noon today the following dry
goods contracts had been awarded to
Topeka bidders:
Crosby Bros, bedSpreadS, 9113 cents;
bleached cotton, $14.05.
Mills Dry Goods company, bedspreads,
$1.571A; collar buttons, As cents; sus-
pender buttons, cents.
Warren M. Crosby, bedspreads, $1.13.
Palace Clothing company, mems boots,
s255.
The method of buying supplies for
the state institutions is as follows:
The board of control, several months
before the time for the letting, sends
to the superintendent of each institu-
ton for estimate of the supplies
needed by that institution during the
next six months. The superintendent
must go through his stock carefully.
and with the aid of the heads of his
various departments, estimate the
number of pounds of flour, the number
of cans of corn, the number of sides
of meat, the number an6 quantity of
everything from hams down to thread,
pins and needles, that will be needed
for the next six months. These est1-
mates are sent to the board of control,
and consolidated, to show the total
quantity of the various articles for
which the board is in the market.
Specifications are drawn up setting
forth the terms on which bids are
solicited, the kind of articles wanted,
and other information for bidders, and
these specifications, together with lists
showing exactly what is wanted, are
sent out to all previous bidders, and
the Judgment of the board might care
to bid. The bids are required to be IN
the hands of the board about a week
before the contracts are let. In that
weeks time, the bids are opened, and
carefully tabulated on large sheets OF
paper, so that the comparative prices
on all kinds of articles may be easily
ascertained.
When the board meets, the bidders
must each have a representative on
hand to show the board the samples or
the articles which the bidder proposes
to furnish The board then compares
nrices and examines the samples, and
with the advice and assistance OF the
of the state lnstltu-
tions who nearly all come to Topeka
for the occasion, awards the contracts
to the bidders VINO seem 10 oiAer ehe
best bargain.
The board today has been working
on the dry goods contracts. This is the
big end of the work. Tomorrow the
Contracts will be let for flour, hardware,
stationery queensware and minor sup
plies, and on Wednesday, the big 1op
will be on groceries, meats, butter ana
lard. The amount which these contracts
,a,,raeopt 10 Drobably close to half |
million dollars.
A complete list of the bidders is as
follows:
Mills Dry Goods Co., Topeka; Warren
M. Crosby Dry Goods Co., Topeka;
A D. Weaver & Co., Lawrence; M. T. |
Cohn, ottawa; H. D. Lee, Salina; W: j.
Calhoun. Ft. Scott; Palace Clothing
Co topeka; johnson & Larimer,
wichita; Pearson Bros. Department /
store, Osawatomie; Starkweather Shoe
Co. Lawrence; North Ohio Blanket
Cleveland, O.; Chas; X: Sill
Chetopa; Davenport-Lathrop Dry
Goods Co. ottawa; Emaheizer &
speilman, Topeka; Topeka Woolen
Mills; John L. Bobo C Co.. Chicago;
Meinecke & Co., New York; Gutta
Percha & Rubber Co., Chicago.
Groceries: Kansas Cracker and Con-
fectionery Co., Independence; Steele,
Wedeles Co, Chicago; c. A. Murdoch
Mfg. Co.. kansas Olly, AIHlOuT fdCk-
ing Co. Kansas City; Eagle Lye Works,
Kaw Valley Canning Co.,
Lawrence; Clark & Co., Bedford City,
Va; Berry, Suhling, Tobe Co, Bedford
city. Va; Milwaukee Dustless Brush
Co., Milwaukee; Bear Bros, Chicago;
John H Nikel Winfield; Cudahy
Packing Co., Omaha; Lehmann-Hig-
yinson Co., Wichita; H. D. Lee Mer-
camille Co., Salina; Letts-Spencer Co.,
st. Joseph; Dolan Mercantile Co.,
Atchison; Theo. PoehIer, Lawrence;
svmns Groc. Co., Atchison; Otto
Kuehne, Topeka: J. J. Pearson, Par
sons; Peet Bros. Mfg. Co. Kansas City;
Ridenour Baker Groc. Co., Kansas
Flour: F. L. Williamson & Co., Clay
Center; E. Tanquary & Sons, Beloit;
Arkansas City Milling Co.; Hoke Bros.
Parsons; Hogan Milling Co.. Junction
city; Alexander Milling Co, WINFIELD;
Ellsworth Milling Co., Ellsworth; ]. P.
Baden, Winfield.
Meats, lard and butterine: Armour
Packing Co, Kansas City; Swift Pack
ng Co., Kansas City: Cudahy Packing
20. Omaha; S. & S. Packing Co, Kan
as City; Chas. Wolff Packing Co, To-
,eka; Hammond Packing Co, ST. Joe;
Fowler Packing Co, Kansas City;
Norris Packing Co., Kansas City.
Hardware; A. J. Harwi, Atchison:
<itchel1 & Marburg, Topeka; Cough
in Hdw. Co. Topeka; Lee Hardware
To-, Salina; Crosby Bros. Topeka
Stationery: Hall Stationery Co.. To-
,eka; a. D. weaver, Lawrence; NJ. B.
Sohn, Ottawa.
Queensware. Crosby Bros, Topeka.