The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03
CITY'S MONEY WILL
Be SPENT IN EAST
Noble Admits That Atlantic
Concerns Will Profit by
Steel Contract

Patrick Noble. manager of the Pa
cifc rolling mills. admitted yesterday
afternoon that between $4,000 and
$50. 600 of his 100000 contract on the
steel work for the new city.and county
hospital would be expended in the
east and that probably the American
1 bridge company the subsidiary Car
negie concern, would profit by the huge
I city job. OF the contract price, Noble
said that he would spend locally only
/ $685. 900 or so, needed for labor. The
contract has been passed by the works
board.
In contrast to Mobiles admission, Wal
ter Dyer of Dyer Brothers steel works
a local firm. said yesterday that their
bid was S214,0 only $3,340 more than
Mobiles bid, and of that sum they
would have spent. had they secured
the contract ali but about 100000 in
! San Francisco. That 100000 would
have been paid for the raw steel needed
in the construction, which has to be
] secured in the east. The balance of
the contract, or STA. 900, would have
been spent in this city, Dyer said,
against the $4,000 which Noble adj
mitted would be about the limit of his
local expenditures on the city con-
tract
/ POLICY Of THE CII1
THE policy of the city government
has heretofore BEEN" said Dyer, ito
award the contract to local firms when
ever possible Private corporations
here have given us the preference, and
the city has in other cases shown an
inclination to favor local bidders. If
we had an opportunity we would have
/ lowered our bid $1,000 to have met the
Noble bid
1t has been suspected in the city that
the American bridge company, which is
connected with the Carnegie and the
American steel corporations, was be-
hind Noble, and dissatisfaction has been
| expressed among builders over the
award of the contract 10 the Pacific
rolling mills. which is Mobiles concern.
The question was raised at the meet
ing of the board or works at which
the award of the contract to the Pa
cific rolling mills was passed upon.
Walter Dyer took the floor in the
cause of his bid He argued that the
contract should be awarded to To-
cal firm. IF we secure the contract,
he declared, $4,000 will be spent
here"
President Charles A. Day and MEM
bers Of the board turned to Noble and
asked him what portion of the work
would be done here If he was awarded
the contract Wen do as much as we
can. Noble replied vaguely.
MUCH WORK IN EAST
When asked last evening to express
himself more definitely on the amount
of work which would be done locally,
Noble said: I'VE will spend the money
for labor here. That will amount to
about $4,000. We will have to have
some of the work. about $4,000 or
$3.50. 600 worth, done in the east. 1t is
probable that the American bridge
company will do the eastern work for
u.s.
The steel required for a large build
ing comes from the east in two forms.
It either has been fabricated" there,
or comes from the mills in. rawer
form, to be fabricated here. Dyer
Brothers claim to lie the only local
firm equipped to perform the big job of
fabricating the great amount of steel
required for the new city and county
hospital The cost of that fabrication,
done either locally or in the east,
amounts to between $4,000 and $4,000.
Dyer Brothers claim that they could
have done the work here and have
distributed that sum locally; while No
BILE admits that he must spend that
money in the east