The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-27
TWENTY.EIGHT
DRYDOCK FOLK
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eight competitors stood as follows: Ed
Cal, $2,760,l75; Cotton Bros. & Co.,
PAL 4,acon building, Oakland, CAL, ST.
$4,000; Macarthur Brothers Co., IL
Pine street, New York City, $3,46S, 900;
San Francisco Bridge Co., S65 Monad-
mock building, San Francisco, $685.
600; McDermott Contracting Co., ZIG
Pennsylvania building, Philadelphia,
3,4O0,0O0; f. j. Lord Construction
Co, Campbell block, Honolulu, 1885,.
739; Pacific Construction Co., 16 Cali
fornia. street, San Francisco, $2,371,
700; and G. NJ. Leach, care Navy Yard,
Boston, 81, ss6,sS3.
There was inquiry from twenty
eight individuals and firms all told for
copies of the plans and specifications
for the Pearl Harbor drydock, but of
these as already indicated, only eight
firms entered bids. This was signifi-
cant as indicating the difficulties of
the work. For while some of the in
auiries We're probably made without
any particular intention of bidding,
still it is plain that an examination
of the plans and specifications con-
WINGED number of people that the
project was too great or the risk too
great for them to compete for the con-
,struetion. There was undoubtedly no
small difficulty in securing bond from
surety companies for the bids, because
of the hazardous financial character of
such undertakings. Those who in
quired for plans and specifications
were, apart from those who bid, North
American Dredging Co. of Philadel-
phia, z. j. Carlin Construction Co. of
Brooklyn; Healy, Tibbitts Construc-
tion Co. of San Francisco, James Stew
art & Co. of New York City, Arthur
MeMullen of New York City, Sam Tate
of New York City, Eugene Kuhne of
Tompkinsville, N. W 8. Pearson &
Son, inc, and Henry r. Worthington,
both of New York; II. Il. Talbot &
Co. of Brownsville, Pa; Lackawanna
Steel Co., Risdon Iron Works, McGil-
vray Stove Co., Matson Navigation
Co, City Street Improvement Co., r.
A. Perry, all of San Francisco; New
Jersey Foundry and Machine Co. of
Jersey City McDennott Contracting
60, American Dredging Co. and Car.
negie Steel Co. OF Philadelphia, and
several others.
There was big company present at
the opening of the bids. among them
T.. J. Lord, l.. M. Whitehouse and w.
III. Hoogs all of Honolulu. As the
lowest responsible bid, that of the Pa
eifie Construction CO., is for $2,S00,000,
there will be need of an additional au-
fhorization by Congress for the dock.
Admiral Hollyday took this matter up
at once with the Delegate from Ha-
wall. who, with Mr.. Mcclellan, visit.
cd members of the Senate Committee
on Naval Affairs to ascertain whether
there could not be an amendment on
the naval bill now pending there SC
that the contract could be promptly
awarded and its execution enterei
upon. The original authorization fol-
the drydock, it will be remembered
was 100000. The Navy Department
will promptly forward the necessar,
estimate and it is probable that tn,
additional authorization will go int,
the new Navy appropriation law.
The figures quoted for the sever
bonded bidders and the one who wa
not bonded. came under what wa
known in the specifications as "Iter
No. H. 1t is officially described as tn
"net price for the drydock and acce:
SORES complete, in accordance wit
plans and specification. This item cor
templates drydock 1895 feet Ion
over all and 1852 feet from outer ST
TO inside of coping at head. havin
V-shaped4 head and octagonal pun
we'll
Each bidder submitted figures o
eleven other items Several of thes
items covered possible changes in tn
plans of the drydoek. Item No. fo
instance applies to drydock "cor
structea in accordance with the alteI
nate trapezoidal plan of head en-
dock Item No. 4 affected the redu,
ton in price of the bid if the inner