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Show Columbia Steel Gets Lov Figure On Coast Bridge; 27 Firms Bid j i Columbia Steel company of Provo will be awarded a million mil-lion dollar contract in connection with the $31, 000, 000 bridge over Golden Gate harbor, according to information received by local steel plant officials Thursday from San Francisco. The Utah firm, a subsidiary of the U. S. Steel corpora- ; tion submitted the low proposal on construction of the ap- i proach spans on either side of the Golden Gate. Their low j figure was $9!)G,000. The local firm lost out on the major contract of the entire project by but a small margin, it is ; slated. Twenty-seven firms FibmiUed a total of 40 bids on the various items include.! in the contract, certified cer-tified checks for more than $2,500,-000 $2,500,-000 accompanying their offers. Having worked at full capacity for the past two or three yean, then Provo plant already has on hand a sufficient amount of pig iron to supply the steel for this project, according to W. R. Phibbs. general manager of the Utah holdings. hold-ings. The requirements of this contract, con-tract, however, will help materially material-ly since it provides a noutlet for the great stock, of pig iron the Utah and California plants of U. S. Steel have qn hand, Mr. Phlbbn points out. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 19 (U.H) Engineers undertook to 'lav a detained analysis of bids totaling total-ing $25,000,001) tfor units tf the j Golden Gate bridge, in the hope . that full reports may be given by Monday. A tentative check, it was an- j nounced today, disclosed no change J in preliminary figures. The total cost will approximate $24,0CO,0O0 with an extm i in 000 for cement. A block of $0,000,000 in bonds will bo solLi July 8, and it was indicated yesterday no contracts j will be awarded until after that ! date. j Adding to tho construction cost allowances for contigencies, inter- I est, management fees and nxiscel- I laneous items, it appeared definite j that the bridge will stand' com- i plete with an expenditure of ap- j proximately $31,0OO.OCO, an even ' $4,000,000 under the $35,000,000 that j was voted last fall. . j i |
