The San Francisco call., 1910-08-11
BIDS RECEIVED FOR
QUAY WALL BUILDING
Twelve Contractors Seek Big
City Contract for Part of
Estuary Wharf

OAKLAND, Aug. 10.-Twelve bids to
: construct the hrst division of the quay
wall between Myrtle and Clay streets
were received by the board of public
works this morning and. were referred
10 the city attorney and city engineer
for examination before the commission
ers act.
-. The city engineer estimated the cost
OF building the first part of the wall
st sS5o.ooo, and in order that bids might
be made as low as possible, again di-
tided the section into four parts, group
ing these two and two. The bids sub
mitted were hence twofoId. contract
p. ors estimating on sections l and ?, and
8 and l.
BID CONSIDERED TOO LOW
The lowest bids were those of the
Carterra contracting company, which
offered TO build sections / and for
Sle9.T5 linear foot and sections , and
4 for sll6-99. City Engineer Turner
: called attention to these bids as being
anuch lower than the estimates of his
once, and explained that this prob
ABLY was due to imperfect knowledge
OF the nature Of the strata to be re-
moved Ia the excavation. He said that
ine NaTterTs company was new on this
coast. and probably did not realize the
mas njtude Of the task il seeks In his
opinion the work could not be done
within the price set forth in the bid.
lie VIII give figures when the board
meets 10 award contracts.
OFFERINGS OF CONTRACTORS
...The bids received were as follows,
Per linear foot:
A,tsed =. Eogt. sections ana ; .-.... .s16S 81
AlIred d. Nost- sections and ...... 1881
NsffeiFa contracting company, sections
Csrterra contracting company. sections
Hyde.. Hsrges a Co. sections 1 and 3 Is0. 90
90 Z! 1! te- harses & Co sections and T.. 10000
= D. Vincent, sectioBs = and - 16S. 90
RICK -Erhart. sections 1 and 5........ 164 80
1lcAou -tnrhalt. sections and ! -.-..-- 1890
and ---.---..- -. 1880
= auQ : 10
Mercer Frazier, sections 1 and 3 go. I76. .O6
alercer-f razler- sections and 4 ..... 1860
Robert e. Storrie. sections ! and 3 I5S 90
Robert e. storrie. sections , and - 10000
racine construction company, sections
Pacific construction company. sections LOW
San Francisco bridge company. sections '''''V
ssa Francisco bridge company. sections
Thompson bridge company. sections i''-VV
Cotton brothers company. sections and 5000
Cotton brothers company. sections > and Ij6.O0
ESTUARY LAND BOUGHT
AS soon as the contracts have been
let the board OF public works will be
ready 10 order ground cleared for the
builders. The second deal Of purchase
OF estuary land was closed yesterday
he
ing. For the estuary work bonds were
voted for over 500 900. of which a
large part was for the acquisition of
land.
The quay wall viii extend from
Myrtle street TO Broadway. although
work viii be commenced this year
emily between Myrtle and Clay streets
Along the wall viii be Waterfront
street, with a belt railroad and ware
houses.
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT
The tedious detail work necessary
70 start the quay wall is over" said
Mayor Mott Receiving bids this
morning put the project far along. Il
marks another milestone in the de-
Velopment Of this city as a port, with
the WharVes to receive ali the com
merce that may and that will come TO
us
The engineers have designed the
wall SO that piers can be added dag
Onally when business requires more
space. yet when the wall itself is done
there viii be ample wharing space in
the estuary. From Myrtle street to
Clay VIII be 1000 feet, and we will
have the money for this work on hand
We have already sold the first block
or bonds for the beginning Of city hall
work. water front work and the con-
struction Of the FIRE alarm building.