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Show AWARDS CONTRACTS FOB HOSPITAL WORK Building of Mess Hall and Barracks at Fort to Begin Be-gin Monday. Contracts for about JCOOO worth of materials for use in connection with the now general hospital at Fort "Douglas were awarded to local firms yesterday by the constructing- quartermaster at Fort Douglas. The contrails cover timber for piers of the now buiirltngs to be constructor, paint- and oalpoinine t finish tho nurses' ipjarlrrs nnd barracks and plumbing equipment. The e.ontnict for 10. lint) feet of six by six timbers for- tine piers was awarded to (he Hio Orande Lumber company. Tim contrani. for paint went to the Sunset Color Works and Iho calsomine' to the Salt Takc Paint & Glass company. Tho contract for plumbing materials won't to the Mountain .States H u p ply com pn n y . Huilding work on the new messhall and liitchen and the two barracks buildings of the hospital is selmduled to commence com-mence Monday morning, and an additional addi-tional large force of workmen will be put on the job by the Jjyneh-Cannon engineering en-gineering company, which has the $130,-UOO $130,-UOO contract for these buildings. The beginning of this work will corr-siderably corr-siderably increase the weekly payroll of the post construction department, it is said. At present the weekly payroll of this department aggregates about $-6n0 ami this amount is distributed to workmen work-men employed on the buildings at the post each Saturday noon. The paying is done hy I he constructing quart crmas tor. A s more co n t ra c t s are let and more, work is under way the weekly payroll will increase, it is pointed out, until it will aggregate, several 'thousand - dollars. |