The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-04
DUGOUT BLANKETS
BID FOR BY MANY
Total Covered by Makers Is
334,58O, Thrice Number
Required.

Invitations sent out by the Quarter
master Department for bids on dugout
blankets have met with replies so numer-
Gus that II would appear there will be no
difficulty In procuring the required
number of blankets. The Government
wanted 102,500 blankets. The approx
innate total Of those covered by the bids
Is 334,5s0. The bids were opened yes
terday.
OF the nine bidders only four were
cotton goods houses, namely, Catlin &
CO.. Amory, Browne IL Co, Beacon
Manufacturing Company and Clarence
Whitman & Son.
The bids follow:
Catlin & Co, New York. ofrer for the
fremont and Suffolk Mills OF Lowell.
Mass, dug out blankets, 1884, az pounds
each. as follows: 5000 for October, 5000
provided the Government will take round
up Of warps; IL not. the product in De-
cember will be about 5000 blankets;
price, s3.67h per blanket. net cash at
mill, no freight, final inspection at mill.
Northern Ohio Blanket Mills Cleveland.
Ohio; have In stock ready for delivery in
~ pounds each, $3.50, so per cent wool
filling. cotton warp. dry finish, gray blan-
kets; LOO 1884; same. ass pound; $50
are double weave blankets
Four hundred az pound. I5-si. so per
cent cotton warp, at $3.50 each: 500 4
weave blankets. Have some horse blan-
kets with borders stripes. to cut up II
suitabl and this bid is accepted.
out blankets, az pound, 1884. according
to specifications l27. as follows: 10000 for
October. 1880 for November. 1900 for
SasSaa R % Nss Rsr H. n Same
run for gas defence in continuation OF
present contract
Amory. Browne & Co. offer in addition
$4,000 dug out blankets at 1910 each. net.
T. o. b. Nashua Mill. as follows: $4,000
for October, $4,000 for November and 49,
Rocky Brook Mills Company. Rocky
Brook. n. l.. s+-is, 81 to Az pound. warp
! single g cotton, 2.So4 ends. 4s ends to
inch; films, to be not less than 80 per
cent wool shoddy and 10 per cent. cotton.
so picks to the inch: to be double cloth.
twill weave and neutral shade. also to be
strong and compact fabric. as follows:
5000 for December. 5000 for January,
5000 for February. 5000 for March. 5000
for April and 5000 for May; price TO be
$3.50, Z. o. b. Peacedale.
Beacon Manufacturing Company. New
Bedford, Mass, for 1854. 3is pound blan-
kets: price, s4.55 each; deliver 1000 weekly
| beginning tHe week ending October 10 and
continuing TO January l. 1919.
Lawrence Collins Philadelphia, 10000
dug out blankets, 4s-S4. 3h pounds each.
10
Philadelphia. net cash ten days Delivery
to begin the week ending October 10 and
| run into January !. 1919. about 1000
| weekly.
Sayie & Jenks Manufacturing Company.
Warren. Mass. looms 81 inches wide. but
mill figures on producing IS inch blan-
September at 3i.s5. 10000 more at $500,
| 1000 additional at $500 in addition to
| the flrst 5000. Can ship these at the rate
of 1000 weekly after October ].
Clarence Whitman a Son. Inc. New
York, continue product now running on
| dug out blankets. Weighing 3is pounds
| ending october 10 and same to continue
| to the end OF December or. in other words,
| about ten weeks work. to total $4,000
| blankets. at si55 each.
Pa. submit following: Ssi. 5000 blan-
| kets. an pounds; price to be $I,25 pei
| blanket, or noi.?So for the $4,000.
Few BIDS on Government Work.
In response TO the Governments re-
| quest for bids on 1,6S0,000 yards OF
6S-76s. SO inch. 400 yard three leaf
twills only three replies We're received
They were opened yesterday at the
Quartermaster Department
Doubtless assuming that the price the
Government Is to make in October or
| the 400 yard three leaf twills will be
| considerably higher than any which
| might be named before that time. two
| Of the bids were based on the figures
| the Government is to name. The third
| bidder, while naming 2lh cents ex-
pressed a willingness TO abide by what.
| ever the Government might dictate.
The bids follow
| Haines. Morehouse & woodford Of New
York. as selling agents for the Edna Cot.
! ton Mills. of Reidsville, y. GOO, 0oC
yards of ss-7S. 80 inch, 81 yard. three leai
| twills, double cuts as far practical, nc
! piece to he less than 40 yards, at tho rate
| first week in October and TO be increased
| to about 20, 900 yards early in November
Delivery at mill, no freight. price to be
| the revised price named by the Govern
! ment in October. net cash.
J. P. Stevens & Co; OF New York, 70,
yards ss-5Ss, 80 inch. = yard: three,lea,
each for October November and December
tically a continuation of tho present con
tract which this concern has for ;hi.
construction with the government. The
of 2lh cents for this cloth has beer
named, the concern is willing to accept
| continuation OF the contract to the extent
| of the yardage mentioned above. at what
Harding. Tilton & Co. OF New York
for the Mills Manufacturing Co, Green.
about 4oo,O yards Of 6s-7ss. SO inch, s.
yard, three-leaf twills during October
| November and December. The communi
| cation stated that II had been intimatet
| to the concern that the fixed price on thi,
| construction would be about 81 cents
| Since that time, the considerable advanc,
in cotton. together with other like factors
| II is assumed likely that higher pric,
| than that minated will be placed on tn,
| goods. In view OF this, the bid In cues
ton was made suhjec> to the fixed maxi
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