New-York tribune., 1922-02-08
81 Bids Made
Cor p Million
1nnnelC0ntract
r.umission Allows Addi-
W. ,;onal Week for Thorough
study of Plans for Twin
Tube Nehicular Passage
Firms Ready for " ork
ooss;bilitv of Agreement
|, n Take Advantage OF
Falling Prices Hinted

-. New York and New Jersey We
Tor tunnel commissioners were sur
a3 Yesterday afternoon at the Hall
p.eorcs. a, the advertised time for
- oDening Of bids Tor the s22,ooo,ooo
...ae undcr-rivcr project. not to
=, -. s''I IoFcos were thronGcd with con-
..o-s and engineers eager TO get m
!''19.,or shout the award Of what Is
:, no the largest single contract
y" sdvert.sed either by New ork or
,'s' Iersev. COMMISSIONER +. ".
-, NV ,ngdaie. Of the Sew York com
20, ,s;on' formally announced that the
".s-.,r .s.,nc Of bids had been postponed
81 Wednesday OF next week. Ho
...i' ..d the following motion. which had
s.as sdon,ed unanimously in cNccu-
Pee" Ion BY both the New York and
Wv Jersey commissioner
Ny ape !, resolved by the New York
c...o Rr;dge and Tunnel Commission
So Nas. Jersey Interstate Bridge and
r.,nool Commiss or cotsurring) 1hat
! ."". .,,b,;c interest do sands that the
sue ,inc r~sf of bids on Contracts Nos. 8 and
.ps.d so s~d the same horcby Is deferred.
- u that sealed BIDS and proposals viii
~ e~D recs,vcd s,,, at the Office OF the commits
s'ors Room GIT. Hall of Records, New
v.rg CIV untl Wednesday. the 10th
iv.' ~ ~ February. le22. at 3 o'clock
o', Eastern standard SINE. n which
,:rs ~ or at d later time 70 be fixed toy
.a' ..a commissions the proposals will be
nu5lcly opened
Need More Time TO study Work
When Frank NJ. Williams, state En-
rineer and Surveyor. of the New York
sonrisSion. was asked for an eNpiaNa-
non sbou; the absence OF bids he SAID:
ayarious responsible contracting
rms told Us today that they needed
.,e more time 70 consider what IS m
.oived ln the building of the I"
hbes. Neither the contractors nor the
oonoing companies seem to have real
7sd what big undertaking 1t IS. "
had allowed six weeks FOR advertising,
and this seemed ample. Several con-
.rsc.crs sold Us today that they ex-
cected to bid but that they had not
been able to make proper financial CON
nec.,onS and needed a little more time.
This request seemed reasonable, and
We decided to postpone the. opening
cf bids until February Il, believing
that our action will tend to insure
comnetition Personally. expect that
the bidders VIII be reauy on the 10th.
When Mr Williams was asked if the
commission ran any risk of being
mardamused by an argreived prospec-
tive bidder because Of postponing the
opening Of bids he said:
There were no bios submitted. All
oi the contractors seemed 20 want the
same 'hing-a little more time to check
un on their estimates and to make
financial connections. I think that the
contractors failed TO visualize the un-
usual size Of the job, so 'ha. when thcy
begau to checF up on It they felt iusti-
fed in requesting c little more time
Four Contractors Ready for Work
Mr. Willians said the contractors
kno9n to be ready for the undertaking
Included the Foundation Company
F. L. Cranford & Co, Holbrook. Cabot
Rollins Corporation and the Key
s'one Cons ,ructior Company.
Il there are no bids at the pcs,oonc,
opening next Wednesday it wiz indi
cate eentlemen's agreement among
he big cont tors to take advautag,
o. possible fal'ing market for labor
cas- IRON and other materials entering
Into the construction of the tunnel. il
was SAID yesterday among the cngi
neerS al na Hall nf Records