Evening star., 1933-09-13
NEW BIDS LIKELY
ON FEDERAL WORK
Contractors Want More
Money to Carry Out Code
Requirements.
BY the Assc ciated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Many Of the Governments public
buildings projects will have to be put
back on the market because bidders
want more money to carry out N. r. A.
requirements governing wages and hours
Of labor, 1t is predicted by Treasury
officials.
Low bidders on % buildings or exten-
sions were asked whether they would
proceed without additional money.
Only one has replied so far that he
would. Some have baked and others
have not answered.
Department officials said II contrac-
tors refuse to go forward with the con-
tracts at prices named in their original
bids, it would be necessary either to re-
advertise the entire project or ask Tor
supplemental bids. The latter method
was suggested as the most likely, be-
cause it requires less time. Bids must
be advertised 80 days, but supplemental
bids can be called for on 10 days notice.
Contract Executed.
The Stapleton Construction Co. Of
Stapleton, Staten Island, bidder on the
new New York Marine Hospital to be
located on Staten Island, was the one
contractor to agree to proceed at the
amount of its bid-$1 ,957 .426-and the
Treasury already has executed that con-
tract. The work will get under way i'm
mediately. the Treasury said.
The principal reasons for contractors
asking more money, Treasury officials
said, were the wage minimum and 30
hour work week requirements for public
buildings in the recovery act. The act
also specifies that maximum Of hand
labor be used, and Treasury officials
said contractors are pointing to in
creasing costs Of materials, which In
some cases have gone up Is per cent.
Bids Received on Projects.
The projects on which bids have
been received and on which negotiations
are under way with contractors regard
ing the N. r. A. regulations are:
ASbury Park, N. j., Pest Office, ex-
tension and remodeling, s112,5 Cam
bridge, Mass Post Ofice, s363,9l9
Chillicothe. Ohio, Post Office, extension
and remodeling. s31 500; Des Moines,
Iowa, Post Office, extension and re-
modelling, s255,35O; Greenburg, Pa,
Post Office. extension and remodeling,
$4,000; Hazelton, Pa, Pest Office, ex-
tension and remodeling. $4,000: Lam
caster, Ohio, Post Office, extension and
remodeling s76500; Logan, Utah, Post
once, extension and remodeling,
s45,000; Los Angeles Quarantine Sta
tion, $4,000; Malone, N. Y, Post Office,
demolition and new buildings, Sl38,l72;
Memphis, Tenn, Marine Hospital, addi-
tional building. $l57,500; Meriden,
Conn, Post Office. extension and re-
modelling, $4,000.
Monroe. Mich, post Office extension
and remodeling. s67,5O0; New Bern,
N. c., post Office. court house and
customs house, $260,249; New York City,
post office annex. s4,828,OO0; Owens
boro, KY, post Office and court house
extension and remodeling, s49, 500; San
Francisco. Federal Of1ice Building,
$2,689,089; Schenectady. N. Y, post
office extension and remodeling, sl92,-
4Ol; Vernon. Tex, post Office extension
and remodeling, s45oO0; Waltham,
Mass, post Office. 1922, 1872 West Ches-
ter, Pa, post Office extension and re-
modelling. $4,000.
There are % more projects for which
funs have been released by the Public
Works Administration, but they are in
various stages Of progress leading up
to opening Of bids.