Evening star., 1926-05-04
STONE CONTRACTS
FOR BRIDGE SIGNED
Two Q3arries VIII Furnish
s2.OCO.Cc0 Worth of Gran
ite for Structure.

The Arlington Ncr,"''3l RridG'
Commission toda Y let contracts total
jnc nearly & nnA .ooo f"r supplying
practically all The granite +" he uSen
IN this handsome $l3.nW."t" structure
TO span the Potomac River apd t.
serve a. connecting link between
The Lincoln Memorial and Arlington
National Cemetery. The commission
me, at the White House.
The contract was awarded in two
parts. The larger one, that FOR fur'
nishing the granite for the super
structure of the bridge. was gwen !"
tho North Carolina Granite Corpora
ton Of Mount Airy, y. G., whose md
was 81 .hl5."oo.
The contrart To furnish the matelsal
foi the euhsf frtlrttlTe of the bridge was
awarded to the stone Mountain Gran
lie rorD0ratinn of Stone Mountain,
"a. Its hid WAS So 900. The rNlsloh
fn awarding the contract WAS MADE
because of 4 fear entertained ny lhe
committee thai il one quarry furnlsh-
ed the total amount of granite TO ne
used il would ne oVerhurdeneu.
To Re Filled In Three Years.
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must he completed within three Years
This n,aaiiuc of the commit sSlun was
hold in The cabinet room UG he " hite
IIoiiSs aXerutiVe office and WAS pre-
sjdad over hy President Coolidge, VINO
is chairman 0f the body. 1t WAS the
first meeting Of the commission since
Ma 1a'4 when il decided upon lhe
rerort to he made to Congress relatiNe
70 tho location and the design anu es-
ti,o3ted cost of this memorial hfluse'
In tho interim several changes nave
heen made in the COMMISSION pc,
srurel The only members of the
rreeert commission VINO were mem
hers al the meeting two years ago are
President Coolidge and Senator Fer
nald of Maine, chairman Of the Sen
ale committee on public buildings and
grounds The other members are
Vice President Dawes. Speaker Long
worth. Representative Elliott OF IN
diana. Mai l.. s. Grant, 3d. "fhcer IN
,haree of public buildings and parks,
who is executive officer of the com
mission. and Mai. J. c. MehaHeN. his
assistant. who We're present during
todav's session of the commission.
The granite To he USED In the SUI
,erstr11ct,lre rs white, While that TO
he used in the suhstructure, which is
and ahutments. will he gray. the
white granite was chosen for the su-
reratructure. which includes the
arches. halustrades and copings. be-
~ause il will successfully harmonlze
With the white marble of the Lin
coin Memorial.
Neither of the successful bids were
the lowest received. but were select
cd rrincipally because Of the color
and texture of the material 10 he
furnished
Nine Bids Submitted.
Tbere were nine bids submitted by
seven different compa nies. BY speci-
f,ine that the granite in these con-
tracts IS TO he delivered within three
wears the commission has attempted
70 make the contract Al in with its
annual aprropria lions for the bridge
work Its appropriat tion for the pres
ent YEAR is 81 500. 600. The appro-
nriation for the next year VIII be
The same amount and the year fol
lowing The. appropriation VIII De
g. 600 600
The contracts awarded by the com
mission TODAY are the second and
third ma jor contracts entered into
since the actual work OF construction
of this bridge. which Ia expected to he
one of the handsomest of its KIM IN
he world. Vas started. The hrst hlg
contract was awarded to the n. p.
converse Co. of Boston for the CON
str,lction Of 10 piers and ahutments
at rost approxima ting 81 l,00".o0o.
This work was started more than
month ago.
The commission explained that it
Is using granite for the facing of the
bridge because the material is not
only Of great beauty but Is most en-
during.