Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-06
HUGHES, FOULKR0D
LOWEST BIDDER FOR
TERMINAL PROJECT
Philadelphia Concern Offers to
Build First Unit tor
81. 900.
TO COMPLETE IN A YEAR

TO-DAY by the Harbor Commissioner
They agreed To complete the job ir
is months for si.sii 600.
The contract has not been awarded
An OF tho figures of all the bids wer'
tahniated and they viii he studied be
fore any action is taken. Something
may he decided by the board at the
meeting on Friday.
The bids were opened by the Harbol
Commission, Chairman Willard a
Speakman presiding. and were tabulat-
ed by Secretary Cant as they were
read. As there were many alterna-
tive items. 60 minutes was required
10 read and tahulate some of the bids
In addition 90 the Hsrbor Commits
siouers and secretary. there were
present John Mcigs. consulting en-
xincer. Alexander Crothers. survey ex-
pert. and upwards OF 100 representa-
tlVcs cf the bidders and bonding com
panics,
Though there werc isa inquiries
only ~ bids were received.
They were as follows, those foI
amounts in excess Of Si.ooo.Oo0 heinE
for the entire project and those for
smaller amounts being for portions OF
the work.
Hughes. Foulkrcd & Co.. Philadel'
phia. si.sil zoo; u months 70 com
plete. This was the lowest bid th'
time Il was opened.
central Construction Corporation oi
Harrisburg. Pa. bidding on item No
9. s.sso.ise: time to complete. =
months.
Construction Engineering CO. Of
baltimore. Md. on item No. 2. sl.-
4os geo time 20 complete. Is months
du ront Engineering Co. Whining
ton. si.s5a,lOs. This was the loves
hid read up 20 the me IL had beer
reached. As the company specified nj
time a. compete the work. representa-
tiVes ~ some % the other bidder:
raised a question as 20 whether i
ought 10 he considered. President
Spcakman said the specifications die
rot can for limit ~ time, where
upon the matter was not further
pressed al the time.
subsequently Commissioner Warner
Informed the du Pont 90. that IL would
have 10 specirysa time limit, or its bid
could not be con sidcrrd.
The next bid opened was that OF
the McIane contract-ng~'Co. of Bal
timore. si.475.ooo; time to complete
lk months.
Iohn n. wIgains Co. Inc Phna-
delphia. 81 .35s. SOC: IS months
smith. Houser s Gieser, New York
s.soT .0s5; Il months.
Raymond Concrete Pile Co, New
York, bulkheading only. s307.5o0i
time to complete. seven months.
a n. Buchanan of Philadelphia
submitted bids on a number Of small
items.
Al this juncture the commissioner:
announced that, with the consent O
the bidders. the reading OF the detail.
of the bids would be dispensed with
the details would be tabulated. how.
ever. and all data would be availabl,
a. any time In the Office Of he board
Thereafter the work Of reading tn,
bids was facilitated.
snare 4 Triest Co. New York, 81
az soc: time 10 complete. - months
This was the low bid on the general
oantract at the time r was reached.
The Independence Sprinkler Co. OF
f,niiadeiphia bid on water sprinklers
for the eoastwise sheds; the Wood
neld-Thompson Co. Philadelphia. bid
en- electrical installation: the Empire
heading grading and track work; the
kinnear Manufacturing Co. of Co
lumbus. O.. on various units. as did
also the Electric Co. of Philadelphia
The st. Louis Fire Door Co. of ST
Louis bid on the installation OF fire
doors.
Next unit bids were opened as fol
lows: Elevator Safety Appliance Co.
Philadelphia. on doors; Riggs. Distlel
a Springer, Baltimore. electric appli
ances; Security Fire Door Co, 81
Louis. FIRE doors.
The following unit bids were mex
opsned Post & McCord, New York
shaft installation; William n. Taylol
a Co, Allentown, Pa. electrical equip
ment: W. ID. Pangborn. Philadelphia
Edward Cahill, New York. Tor doors
without bond and merely in lette
form. though IL was read); J. G. VII
son Corporation, Norfolk, Va. doors
,. Edward Ogden Co, New York
various units; Lord Electric Co. New
York. electrical equipment; HatzeI 1
Buehler. Inc. New York, unit bid L
= Downs & Co, Newark, y. j.. erection
work.
An hour and 81 minutes had been re
auired 10 read the % bids opened L
this time.
wliism 4. Speydein Co. Cleveland
Ohio. separate bids on railroad
tracks: George Woodward. Jr.. Phila
delphia. separate items; Mitchell
Hous.worth & Co, Philadelphia
separate items; Geimpe Consuue
ton Co, West Hoboken, y. Y.
separate items; Northeastern Con
structon Co, New York, separat,
items
Thirty-three bids were opened, bu
I3a applications for bids were re
ceived.
The Hughes. Foulkrod Co, which
bid si.sii 600 for l2 months time 4
low on the face Of the tabulatet
estimates.
The deepening OF the channel vii
extend from the intersection Of tn,
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