Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-27
Plans Almost Completed for
the Construction of Lin
coin Memorial.
CONTRACT COST PARED
FROM ORIGINAL FIGURES
Fuller Company Agrees to Accept
81, 567, 800 for Work, Exclusive
Of Foundations.

Ground will be broken for the Lincoln
Memorial to be built in Potomac Park
| about December /, according to the pres
| ent expectation Of the contractors, the
George A. Fuller Company, whose bid for
| constructing the building was late yester-
day afternoon approved by the Lincoln
memorial commission.
In accordance with the findings of the
| commission, the Secretary OF War is ex-
| construction company almost immediate
ly. The commission decided that 1t would
be best to build the memorial Of Colorado
Yule marble and passed a formal resolu-
ton to that effect. OF three bidders for
| constructing the memorial of Colorado
Yule marble, the Fuller company was the
lowest at $1,SOO.OOO. the other bidders.
for this material, being Morrow Brothers
Of Baltimore, at $2.O61 600, and John Gill
& Sons Of Washington and Cleveland, at
81 1854, 600
When the commission found that It
would be impossible to build the memorial
of Colorado Yule within the limit Of ST.
100000 set by Congress. and carry out
all the elaborate designs of the archi-
tect Henry Bacon, the latter. who at
tended the sessions of the commission,
recommended the acceptance OF three
alternatives in the bid of the Fuller Com
pany, which the commission did. These
three items saved $325,OOO.
Alternatives Adopted.
They are as follows:
Substituting a cast stone ceiling for
bronze, by which $4,000 is saved.
Substituting limestone for interior con-
struction, instead of marble, by which
$17O, 900 is saved.
Substituting an earth terrace instead Of
granite retaining wall, by which SIS. 600
is saved.
The commission also accepted the bid
OF the contractors of $92.820 for mod
els. carving and miscellaneous items.
After the $325.0O0 saved was deducted
from the $1.s00.O00 bid, making ST.
$4,000. and the sum Of $s2.S20 was
added for models. carving. ETC., the
figure of $1,567,82O was arrived at, &C.
will make a contract with the Fuller
company for the memorial, with the
exception of the foundations.
AS to the foundations. the Underpin.
ping Company Of New York submitted
a bid to do this work for $230,000. US
ing cylindrical reinforced concrete
piers. This system was found by the
army engineer and other advisers OF
1t varies from the form of foundation
construction for which bids were
asked when the advertisements were
placed, and the commission found 1t
sired to do SO. 1t was therefore decided
by the commission to re-advertise Tor
bids for the foundation.
The Fuller Company was asked to
underwrite the bids for the foundation
at $4,000, and to enter into a con-
| tract with the commission to guaran-
tee to foot the loss in case the new
bids for the foundation are more than
$230,0O0. and to turn over to the COM
mission any saving that may be OBJ
tanned in case the bids are less. This
agreement was made
Early Request for New Bids.
It is expected that new bids will be
asked for the foundation within ten
days. The system Of the UNDERMINING
Company Of New York was found to be
$3.50 less than the bid Of any other
foundation bidder, and the specihca-
tions for the new bids probably Will
be revised In accordance with the low
bid received.
Allowing ten days for preparing new
specifications; thirty days, required under
the law to advertise for new foundation
bids, and about two weeks for the COM
mission to meet again and award the
contract for the foundation. 1t Is expect
ed the arrangements will be completed by
december 1. Mr.. Baird. vice president
of the Fuller Company, said today that
winter weather will not interfere with the
work. and that even If the ground Is
frozen by that time 1t will be necessary
to dig only about two feet down to get
below the frozen surface. The contrac-
tors are to have a year from the Tune
they begin work to put In the foundation.
| The constructors of the building are to
have three years from the time the foun-
dalton is turned over to them to complete
the memorial building. 1t is expected.
therefore, that the work will take about
i four years from December l.
Under the arrangement made yesterday
| afternoon by the commission, by which
the Fuller Company is to get $1.56. $40
out of the 100000 set by Congress as
the limit Of cost for the memorial, the
commission sets aside $4,000 for the
| foundation and 1892, $50 for cost Of the
| Lincoln statue and expenses, past and
present, of the commission. leaving In the
treasury of the commission a remaining
contingent sum OF $4,000 for G working
balance, in case some unexpected item
crops up OF the sum Of $102.1SO set
aside for statue and expenses. $4,000 Is
set aside for the cost OF the statue. Inc
sculptor has not been selected.
Same Height as Star Building.
The Lincoln memorial will be about
the same height as The Star building.
It will be the first Colorado marble
building to be built in Washington
There is no building in the city built
Of material approaching Colorado yule
in whiteness. It Is said to be almost
statuary marble in quality (silicate of
lime). It is the same kind Of material
as is being used in the new city hall
| in New York. The Denver post ONCE.
now about three years old. Is the first
public building OF consequence to be
constructed of it.
| The quarry from which the marble is
obtained has been in operation about
Ave years only. Prof. Merrill OF the
geological survey. who is accredited
with being the foremost stone and
marble expert in the United States. has
been for the past ten days at the
quarry from which the marble is to be
obtained, and has been forwarding
telegraphic reports on the material to
| the members Of the Lincoln memorial
commission, highly indOrsing 1t.
Tennessee Legislature to Adjourn.
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