Evening journal., 1922-09-08
80 BIDDERS FOR
PORTEQUIPMENT
Harbor Board Gets Offers
on 100000 Marine Term
inal Work
ONE BID TOO LATE;
FINISH JOB FEB.

Thirty-flve bids were received an
opened today by the Board of Har
Dor Commissioners for mechanical
equipment of the new Marine Ter
minal. One bid arrived fifteen min
utes after the hour set and was re
| jected.
The equipment called for Is ex
tensive. and It is estimated will cos
tin the neighborhood of $4,000
Owing to the large number of sepa.
rate items It will require severa
days TO tabulate the offers and still
longer time to compare them and
make selections for awards.
No bids for the work as a whole
were received, the various coinpan-
les submitting offers on various items
in which they deaf specifically.
Owing to the attendance of some
70 representatives OF the various
contracting companies bidding, w.
A. Speakman and Joseph Bancroft,
Of the Harbor Commission, received
the bids in the City Council cham
Der Charles F. Grant, secretary OF
the commission, opened the envelopes
containing the offers, passed them to
Mr.. Bancroft who read the figures.
Mr.. Speakman, as president OF the
commission. made announcements
concerning the procedure.
The mechanical equipment called
for. given in approximate quantities,
was as follows:
1-Railroad Track Scale; 200
tons capacity.
Steam Locomotive Crane; 20
tons capacity; so #. boom.
steam locomotive Crane; 20
tons capacity; 60 IT.. boom.
steam Locomotive Crane; 20
tons capacity; 70 It. boom.
1 and 2-Ldght duty, travelling.
Electric Portal Cranes; "a tons ca
pacity.
4-Porrable Electric Dock Win
ches; 2 tons capacity.
1-Mechancial Cargo Ramp.
6-Electric Tractor Trucks. with
two spare battery equipments.
3-Load Carrying Trucks.
5o-Trailers for Electric Tractors.
Work of reading tho bids began
promptly at IL O'Clock. Daylight saw
ing time. the hour set. and continued
until nearly 1890. There was but
one bid from a Wilmington firm.
this was made by the Bethlehem
shipbuilding Corporation Ltd.
which operates the Harlan plant
here. The entire oomplete list OF
bidders is as followss
Cowan Truck Co., Hollyoke. Mass.
Ohio Locomotive Crane Co., New
York.
Standard Scales and Supply Co,
Philadelphia.
Lakeside Bridge and Steel Co., New
York.
Link Belt Co, Philadelphia.
Heyl & Patterson, Inc. Pittsburgh.
bethlehem shipbuilding Corpora
tion. Ltd. Wilmington.
American Engineering Co., Phil
adelphia.
Strait Scale Co., PHILADELPHIA
Atlas Car Mfg. CO., Phila.
Crescent Truck Co.. Philadelphia. |
Drayo Contracting Co., Philadel-
ohia.
Bartlett Factory Equipment Co.,
Philadelphia.
Clyde Iron Works, Duluth. Minn.
Wellman, Sears & Morgan, Co,
Iew York.
Baker r. G. L. Co. Cleveland, o.
A G. Warner. Philadelphia.
Maine Electrical Co. Portland Me
Natural Hosting Engineering Co..
Iew York.
J. Jacob Shannon Co.. Phila.
Orton and Steinbrower, New York.
Koppel Industrial Car and Equip
nent Co., New York.
Sharon Pressed Steel Co., New
York.
Silent Hosting Co, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lansing Co.. Phiiadetphia.
Lenher Engineering Co., New
York.
Brown Hofsting Machine Co., New
york.
KiIburn and Jacobs Mfg. Co.. Co
umbus. o. i
Geo. Clark Co, Phila.
Mercury Manufacturing Co., Phila.
Fink. Dumont. White, Inc, New Z
-ork. is
Lakewood Engineering Co.. Phila-
elphia-
Brown & Co., New York.
Fairbanks Scale Co, Phila.
Howe Scale Co, Phila. 8
At lib a bid was presented by a !
representative of the Elwell Parker
ompany, New York. It was laid c
side until after reading of the other I
Ids had been completed. Then Mr.. I
peakman announced that the com /
lission was OF the opinion that in
smuch as it was a public body and r
overned by law, It was unable to b
sceive the tardy bid. He asked the /
pinion of representatives Of the Z
.her competing firms present. and s
,veral agreed with the view taken r
' the commission. The Parker bid c
as then rejected. Z
Qualification was expressed by the v