Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-14
LOW BIDS FOR
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
John II. Parker Co. Submits Bottom
Figure for Construction Work on
Interior Building.
supervising Architect Will Deter
mine If All Requirements
Are Fulfilled.

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struction work. mechanical equipment
ana elevator equipment of the proposed
new building for the Department of the
Interior. to be erected on the entire
square bounded by 18th, 18th. E and F
streets northwest the following were
found to be the lowest bidders when the
hgures were opened and compared. yes
terday. in the Office of the supervising
architect of the Treasury Department.
Construction work-The John H. Park
er Company. New York. s1.622.4s7.
Mechanical equipment-William Cor
don Corporation, New York. $237.21s.
Elevator equipment-The Otis Ele-
vator Company. Washington. $3.50.
Two Washington concerns bid on the
construction specifications-the Boyle
Robertson Construction Company and P.
+. Gormley Company. W. G. Cornell
Company the second lowest bidder; the
standard Engineering Company and Isa-
dor r. Freund Company were the WASH
ington competitors for the contract for
mechanical equipment.
Within the Funds Available.
Most of the bids come within the
funds available under appropriations
OF Congress aggregating $2.5ss.o0o
One bidder proposes the completion of
the construction work by August /.
1916: another by September /: the
greater number agreeing to complete
the work by December 1. and the other
limit
This is the biggest federal building
operation in sight on the books of the
supervising architect, and is to cost
more than $2,500,00O. The construction
Is to be completed by December. 1916.
and is to be model Office building for
public service.
The Importance of the job brought
together representatives of some of the
most prominent building contractors
and subcontractors in the United States
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
hour at which the bids were opened
A Wetmore. There were twenty-seven
bids for the work. some including both
construction and equipment, others for
one or the other. and still further bids
for some part of the specification.
Whether or not the low bidders will
receive the contracts will be deter
mined as soon as possible. Acting
Supervising Architect Wetmore will
proceed at once to comparison of the
figures and specifications with a view
are fulfilled.
The Bids Submitted.
The bids and those making them are
as follows: Construction-Conner Bros.
& Co.. New York, $1,s04.524; Irwin &
Leighton, Philadelphia, Pa, $1,6s4.0o0;
Boyle-Robertson Construction Com
pany. Washington. D. c., s1,6so.o0o; A.
L. Guidone Sons, New York, $1,733,313;
P. F. Gormeley Company. Washington.
d. c.. $1,676,970; John Griffth's Sons
Company Chicago, $1,s13.00o; John w.
Brady Company. New York. $1.6s0.ooo:
John H. Parker Company, New York.
s1.622.4s7; Thompson starrett Com
pany, New York, $1.s75.oo0: Bing &
Bing Construction Company, New York.
$l.sS8. 100: George A. Fuller Company,
New York. $1,s45,o0o; Cramp & Co.
Philadelphia. $1,732,655: John Gill Sons
Co, Cleveland, S1.s4s,00o: William
Mechanical equipment-L. K. Com
stock Company. New York, s2s4,3o4;
John w. Danforth Company, Buffalo, N
Y. 100000: Thompson Starrett Com
pany. $2So.oo0: William Gordon Corpo-
nell Company: Washington, D. c., s247.-
1a9; Standard Engineering Company,
Washington. D. c.. $249.S50: Walker q
Chambers Company. New York. $685.
$50; Fitzpatrick & Hoepfner. Columbus
,nston. .. G. s2ss.4se: q. A. KEGS Do
nestle Engineering Company, st. Paul,
Mimi, $31S,746; Lord Electric Com.
pany. New York, $24s.s42: S: Faith
Company, Philadelphia. $2so.771: Han
pany. Chicago: s27s.ooo: krupp- Kriea
Irwin Plumbing and Heating Com.
pany. Denver. Col. $5ss.6o0.