The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-24
BIDS OPENED FOR /
BUILDINGS At F0R1
Structures to Cost Approximate
ly S35O,0O0 Are Soon TO
Be Erected.
To BIZ MADE ONE OF
FINEST IN THE C0uNTRl
Contract for improvements, ]
Is Announced. VIII BE
Let Saturday.

Bids for two double barracks, n ban'
barracks and an ordnance slorehous'
for Fort Douglas, 10 cost at least $3.50,
900, were opened Friday. Forty fyt0e
bids were sent in from various partF
Of tho country TO Quartcrmaster Harker 6
who has charge of the letting of ths
contracts With the receipt of the
full list of bids latc Friday aftcrnoor
the consideration of them was begun
and the contracts will bc let today ft
the lowest bidders.
The project, which is planned by thu
government, is by far The largest underul'
taking here The buildings arc to ben
of the very latest pattern throughout
and will he built for all possible com
forts, With the completion Of the
work, Fort Douglas. ii is claimed. viii
| he the best military post in The cornhf
try. so far as costly buildings are COM
ccrncd.
Plans Decided Upon,
The decision of the eovcrnment tc
erect new quarters for the soldiers was
| first reached about six months ago, when
an Inspector found the present quarters
| date Immediately plans We're placedE
IN the hands Of government architeetss.
| and designs of the best possible mili<
lary barracks and storchouses wer$p
| drawn up. The announcement that thci
bids would b" opened Yesterday were
| sent to all prospective bidders of the,
country some time ago, along with de-
| signs OF the structures. The result MAS
the receipt of bids from all theil
prominent contractors of the United.
States.
Tho bids came in from New York
city, Chicago, Kansas CRY. Omaha, Dem
Yer. Los Angeles, San Francisco and'
from Salt Lake City. All were on hand
at clock yesterday afternoon. when
the bids were closed. and the matter Of
| considering the propositions made by
| the contractors was taken up by Capt.
| Harkcr and others at the post.
Work to Begin Soon
\ decision Will be reached and an. 4
nounced today. and the contract will be,
! let Monday. The work VIII be begun
before the close of the present month.e
so Capt, Harker states. The buildings
viii consist of two double barracks, to.
suppIant the present frame buildings
each TO be 80 feet long, running east
and west, and I2O feet wide Both will
be fitted up with sleeping apartmentsf
|
bath rooms lavatorIcs. gun racks and
other necessities, all inside
They Will he erected of rcd pressed
! brick, with sandstone foundations, and
VIII he finished off inside with concrcte,
| floors. They Will contain two floors. the,
upper one for sleeping apartments and;
the lower for the gun racks drill rooms,
and other odds and ends of con-
vcnienccs. To the south Of tho barracks.
Will be Il large brick and stone band,
barracks, which Will be used by the
band as sleeping apartments, drill
rooms, practice rooms and generall
! quarters. This will be two stories in
height and of the very latest architee.5
ture, Near ibis will be the ordnance3
storehouse, which will be used for tho
storage of guns. blankets and other
raraphernalia. it will he under the
supervision of the quartcrmastcr.
Will Be Costly Building.
This building will he somewhatl
smaller than the others. but will not
lac in costlnesS It will be of brick,
and stone. The total cost of these
buildings will be S350.000. according to-
a statement made last night by Capt.
ilarker The bids have not all been
looked over, but they viii all be in close,
proximity 10 that figure. said the cap
/ tain. We have expected that that
was what they would be. and we con.
slider that amount about what the work
! viii be worth We figure on that basis'
in the consideration of the contracts. -
| Later, more buildings viii be erected.
! They are to be Il crematory, an up-to-t
date bowling alley and Il gymnasum.
These structures will cost nearly $10Qa.
0D0. which viii raise the Investment iii.s
improvements in the last two years to-
nearly million dollars. )
According 10 many OF the officers afr
the post who have seen tbc various
posts of the country. Fort Douglas will,
be as good as the bcSi of them. There
will he more costly bindings here, thew.
say. than nj any of the other forts, and
| the general appearance Of the fort will,
excel ANYTHING from the Prcsidio az
San Francisco to the famous posts on
! the Atlantic coast. n.