The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-30
PLANS
FOR NEW ARM0RY
All Other Bids Are Rejected by
Grounds and Buildings
Committee.
WISE GRANITE co. IS LOWEST
Cost Will BE SI3o,o9I.4o, Add
ditional Appropriation OF
$e5,OoI. 40 Being Needed.

on the ground tina, the city of Rich
mond should not enter into any tenn
porary or cheap construction in the
erection Of public buildings, the Coun-
ell Committee on Grounds and Build
ines last night recommended - the
Council adoption Of the bid of the WISE
Granite Company for erection OF the
new First Regiment ArInory a. cost
Of sl20473 Including heating plant
and architects fees. the whole cost Is
estimated at sl30,69i.4o.
Some time ago the Councll authof-
ized the committee TO secure plans ana
bids for Il building. the cost not IL
exceed slu5 200 Including architects
fees and extras. The plans OF Carheai
a. Johnston were accepted, and DIGS
invited but when opened last week an
bids were found to exceed the Original
estimates Bids had been secured on
both freproof and nonfreprooi con
struction. with the ADVICE ~ the
Building Inspector. ana under super
vision Of subcommittee, the archi-
tects made certain changes in the plans
and invited new proposals. which were
onen.d by the committee last night In
VI. arenroof building recommended
the chief change is to make the struc-
ture Withdrawing. instead of carried
on a steel frame throughout. wooden
window frames were substituted on
,ha street sides for the freproof frames
recuired by the underwriters assoc
citation. and terra Gotta trimmings were
substituted for concrete stone.
Plans Modified.
7, tho nontireproof building num-
her of other changes were maze IN
Guiding omission of many OF the IN,
terror fittings regarded as esseht!ai
nv Major I. T Price. commanding the
First Battalion.
AZ before, the Wise Granite com
many was the lowest bidder on potn
classes of buildings 1t onered last
nigh, to cree, tn" building on the re-
yised nonfireproof plans for s''''''
which with all extras. would bring IL
within the appropriation: or VI" 'n'
f,reproof plans for s12o.4'a.
other bids on the revised plans were
1amss rox e. sons. freproof sl31.29o'
ro,fir.proof s1o5,1eo1f: J. T. Nuckols'
tireproof s1s4.S2i. nonireproof s1o6'224
w 4. Chesterman. hfeprooi sif''"'f'
nontreproof $126.314.
THE lowest bid for the heating plant
was 1895. and when per cent mas
heen added as architects ices thS
Who'll. cost Of the freproof building
w
WAS brough, up to sl3o.ss1-4o which
.xceeds the appropriation by S25,6'l.4o.
Members of the committee We're OF
oninion that only hreproof nulioihs
should be considered. although II was
true that on the revised plans non
treproof bid had been secured "ithlh
the appropriation from the same CON
,rac,nr II was recommended TO the
Council therefore. that the bid OF the
wise Granite Company. at sl50.i15. 10Y,
erection of tn. building on hreprooi
MANS be accepted, and that supple
nen,ary appropriation of s25.6sl.io De
mad. in addition to the sum already
available.
since members Of the Finance Com
,oi,t.e are known to favor fireprooi con-
s,ruction in such buildings. cHorts VIII
no made in the Council on Monday
night to nave the contract approved
and the additional appropriation mace
&c. susp.nsion of the rules and
without reference to the Committee on
Finance.