The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-28
% FIRMS BID FOR SUBWAY
AL MILLING TO BITLD TRI-
BOROI on WIN TITI'S ClSH.
BRADLEY COHpany's Oner nc sos, 500. 600
for the whole n sections q Higher
Than the Estimate sectional Bid.
derS MAY DO the job for less.


When the Public Service Commission
opened yesterday the bids for huilding
the new triborough subway 10 WAS found
, that Twenty-Five" contractor were will
ing TO do the work With the city's money
They submitted seventy. bids \
week ago when 'be commission met 20
consider propositions for the hrilding
Of the subway with private capital there
was not a single offer
The bids received Yesterday Mere for
the construction ii hose parts Of ne
tnborough rn,It" which include the Broad
way Lexington avenue subway. tho Ianal
street "rOs~toWn section and 'ha Broad
way-l atayett" hoop ~ BROOKLYN The-"
three routes wer" divided into twenty.
one sections sixteen II these sect IONS
were thoS" INTO which tn" Broadway.
Lexington aN"u.!" lin" had BEEN divided
Tia" canal street lIu. was a vided into
two sections and the broadway. Iafav.
elite route int" thr..
" the bids were submitted On what
IL technically knovn ~ tine unit basis.
that Is. on the estimated cost Of aNcaNa-
ton and other wDro rv the cubic yard,
II will tahr At Least a week for the engI.
n"ers of the commission To :abulate the
bids Chairman WILCOX said last night
that Il was lmposslui" even TO guess ~
M" comparison II tlo figures submitted
because they w"r" 80 involved that only
a careful analysis CoJli show which wee
tn" lowest
The only limo IN the vav the bidding
Nas running Vas supplied hv the oilers
mad. 10y tho Bradley Contracting com.
81 a 3 D IN. IL.
lev Who was - u"ru. 80 4 the Bradley
Gafu"v Steers >vnd.cai. ~ this concern
offered ~ tab" rho contracts. for all IN.
tW"nty s''tIuu> u vas prsslnl" - fGure
urH hastily that ~" to'al ~ It, bids was
about sa3 NuuIu T. His hacn estimated
Nv the cu'r,f1i-,lnn that the scot ions which
a." now t. %" contracted for ought not
- cost mora than lir1ut s.. 80 .uup
B4i. - NJ Ml'rpy sad yesterday thu
fast that ~" aggregate h'd - the Bradley
company =. far "Vc""d"d nv" cstima' -
E ~" ,.uIiul-slru~ engineers did not
mean that ia" l.t'd.ug 4 the road would
not reach ~" amount II tho estimates
o. al" uvTh. Bradley ,rtufauv On several
II 'hr sections 1a sad 'h.r.. were offers
far lower than fhr~" Submitted bv IN"
Bradley "umpauv and IN" aCcsptanc" II
ih"~. bId- would ring m" cost u IN"
fuad down - nearly III" sum winch 'hr
tnaTd- 81 Siu""rs had ~ mind
VI WIlicoN - ,pufidDut that when 'ha
uId- submitted YESTERDAY have been
tanulat"d th" sections - the subway
on hlch work - 20 start viii show very
lttl. 'arIatInn from th" estimates which
hav" i'"n mad" ~ th" c,Surui~sru'-
engineers
Tn" sections involved IN Yesterdays
blds comprise thew hol" q the trirpruugh
T"ut" with ~" exception II IL" Jerome
dNeuu" line and IN" southern BouleN ard
and W'.-tcha~tcr av.nu" lines IN The
RronN and m" extensions from FoIti"th
ztr"'t, IN Brooklyn. - Fort Hamilton and
tOusy Island tons IdaratIpns Il the,
construction - these branches - 90 h.. left
until next year
hIds w"r" being Rad that m" Bradley.
ttafuav StssrS syndicate which WIS
formed =" bIIl / ~" new subway with
private capital has i'-.n dissolved ~
secret has ",~- l""n mad" ~ 'hs fact that
m" syndicate represented the New Haven
company, winch - s'"kInE al outlet fpr
- local tram" from Mott Haven tu IN"
lowe Iart II IA" 'ItN tn" railroad COM
pany may rornTei" fnr the operation ~
the new subway
In m" bids ~ WINS uotICelhs hat NhrI..
William Bradley wnr was - N" head ~
IN" -yndI rd'". and Horny Steers tl...
third mTfnr"r. N"r" among IN" bidders
James Ciafn"v did not pur m an of.. for 4
q NluEh' fstilpn ~ aiFF ~Aid Ia-t UlgN' 2
in"r" was no ground FOR a report that
Gafn"y had been frozen out - 'h. syulI- /
cat" n" explained that whom tho -yndI- .
cat" hroA" AZ, because y da.'idssi not -
hld for III" banding ~ 'h. subway with
private capital zach nI"nt,sr of the syn
dlCat" was eft 80 got IA as an Individual .
on IN" cont "tltIon f"r m" municipal con.
tract n h" wished
Apart from N" bradley COMPANY ~" :
contractors Who hId were the Degnon
Z ontractIng Company M"ATthur bros !
the ORuurk" contracting toinIanF. |
= l. trnnfoTd -" Metropolitan Z ontract-
ing Company. Charlie. " PcCkvurth. I
Henry S'saTs BshrTau A Rodgar- the /
Oscar Daniels Company IN" Hugh Nawn
Contracting COMPANY = BD-tou. Arthur
M'Mlullin ~" Goodwin CONSTRUCTION
I ompany Hagg"rty. DrummOnd 60.
Brpdy n Adlsr. = Pearson \ sons Patrick
MrCiovern. Newman \ Carey. smith .
SCOTT. Hannah 4 Hickey of ~ LOUIS. .
! II Holmes NIi'"TH Gahagan. Cr"a'u"r
Crawford \ Donovan and the SuIih Pen.
mock Contracting Company q PhIlad.l-
phIa
Mr. NillcoN sad m % statement
tSurh figures ~ ! hlN" heard IndIrit" .
thar - % Whol" ih" prices Ind ar" vol /
within m" estimates mad" los m" com. 7
MISSION engineers The section. on /
~ hIrh bids wer" rcc"iv"i 10 day "rnhrar"
m" mos, difficult construction on m" |
system These sections "rlhri," thos" .
parts - ~" irihorough which ih. .
engineers "stimat" Will tax" forty 'wn
months and thirty -siN months - compl"f" .
and they cover dbotIt eighteen milo ~ 4
m" most expensive part ~ the system