Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-12-08
NO.. 8.

udSlIlS CucCulLS SdFIuS VI nul-
dred dollars, as above stated, therefore
considered themselves justified in apply
ing such saving to the fitting of all
of said vaults with ample sets Of pigeon
holes and book shelves to be made of
wrought iron and painted with oil paint,
and did do 50; and the said architects
estimate that if such pigeon holes and
book shelves were put into the said vaults,
after the completion of the building it
could not be done for less expense than
the sum Of one thousand one hundred
dollars, or about two hundred and fifty
dollars, if such fixtures were made of
wood.
The said sketch provided for the side
walls of the court room to be plain and
without any projections. Your commit
tee after consultation, with experts and
trials made by them in several large pub
lie halls, deemed it advisable to have each
of said side walls built with four vertical
projections, or pillars, with a view of
producing court room of good acoustic
qualities. This addition did not add but
a trifing amount to the cost of said build
| ing.
III. After the above specified changes
and additions had been agreed upon by
your committee they procured from said
architects full and detailed working plans
and specifications in accordance there
with, and after careful examination of
said plans and specifications, approved
the same and Immediately thereafter sol
icited proposals for the building, erection
and competitions Of said Court House in
accordance with said approved plans and
specifications advertising in the Chicago
Times and in the Milwaukee Sentinel
and by causing hand bills to be posted
in the most public places within this
county.
Your committee required all bids or
proposals to be in form of contract ac-
companied by bond conditional for the
faithful performance Of said contract and
to be upon the blanks prepared by your
committee and furnished by them to any
party applying therefor.
III. In pursuance Of said ADVERTISE
ments, the contract for building and fully
completing the Court House in accord
an-e with the said approved plans and
! specifications, were let upon March 5th,
1880, to d. Stephens, builder at and for
the sum Of thirty thousand eight hundred
and ninety (30,890) dollars, to be COM
pleted by December 1st, 1880, and by
! and with the consent Of the said architects.
Mr.. Adam Spangler was appointed
Superintendent of the erection of the said
building at salary of four hundred dol
lars, which was afterward increased to
six hundred dollars, for the reason that
the first named compensation Was found
to be insufficient for the time expended
and the care taken by him in the dis
charge of his duties as such superintend-
ent.
After the location of the said building
had been determined upon by your COM
mittee and before the letting Of the con-
tract of the building of the same, your
committee, on account of the advanced
season and the consequent breaking up
of the roads, did deem it advisable to,
and did procure and caused to be hauled
to the building site 40 cords foundation
stone and 119 loads sand. which materials
were turned over and charged to the con-
tractor at the same rate which 1t had cost
to purchase and to procure them to be
deposited at the building site.
After the trenches for the foundation
of the said building had been dug to the
depth required by the said plaDs and
specifications, it was found tnaJ the west
half of the foundation would rest upon
solid gravel, whereas IN some pa1Ls Oh the
same ground proved to be too soft and
loose to bear the weight OF the structure
to be erected thereon; ani therefore your
committee in order to guard against a
probable disastrous, unequal settling OF
the structure, were compelled to and did
with the advice OF the said architects or
der the trenches in the rear hall of the
structure to be deepenel and widened;
and thicker and much wider footing
stones, than were provided for by the
said plans and specifications, to be laid
therein. By doing this about five cords
of additional foundation wall had to be
laid, the expense G which wall, together
with some other additional cut stone
work, which afterwards became necessary
to be inserted in the building during it's
progress, we estimate at not to exceed
seventy-fve (75) dollars. The additional
expense caused by such necessary increase
in the size Of about one-half of the foot
ing stones is the sum Of one hundred and
sixty (16O) dollars, rs adjusted by the
said architects under the provisions OF the
building contract.
The work On the building has up to
the present time progressed satisfactorily
to your committee, the said architects
and the Superintendent. although at va
rious times your committee was put un-
der the necessity of rejecting material
proposed to be wrought into the building
and some small portions of the work had
to be ordered by them to be taken down
and re-done in more substantial manner
than it had been done in the first in
stance.
Your committee confidently expect to
have all the work done and the building
ready tor occupation by the first of Janu-
ary next.
". The following is strict account
of the receipts by your committee from
all sources up to the present time.
1880 Amount of tax collected in 1878 5000 90
July so From sale of bonds Nos, 1, 2, 3.
and $500 90
Sept. From sale of bonds Nos. to IL
inclusive. 4UO0 90