St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-12
PATCHED TT UP.

The Court House Commission
Managed to Agree and Work
Will Proceed.
A joint meeting of the court house
and city hall commissions was held
yesterday morning and several i'm
portant propositions were discussed.
Everything was little disjointed, how
ever, as on every question there were as
many opinions as there were commits
sioners. One of the important ques-
lions under discussion was that of the
day work and contract systems. because.
as John Swift announced, the board
owed it's careful attention to the sub
ject, ITO society and to popular senti-
ment." He held that the contract system
had proven failure wherever it had
been tried in public buildings, and adj
vocated that the city and county buy
their own stone and do their own work.
Mr.. Swift was prompted to champion
the cause of labor on the presentation
of several estimates on the new court
house building by Long & KEGS, the
architects. The estimates read as fol-
lows:
Cost of Minneapolis stone ........... $50. 600
Other labor and material. ........ 81 900
Total Minneapolis stone. las, 900
Mankato lime stone Superior to Min
Kettle River sand stone considered
next to granite) -...................I51,O 900
they estimated that to lay up the out
side walls of the foundations above the
footipgs with granite backed with Man.
kato stone, including all other dimen-
sion stone work with the same stone,
would cost but $3.50, 900, which is $4,000
more than the cost when Minneapolis
stone was used.
Commissioner Bracket thought that
if the day work system was adopted it
would necessitate the rejection of all
bids, but nevertheless he was in favor
of it. After good deal of discussion
pro and con, Mr.. Bracket finally made
a motion to have all bids for stone and
excavation rejected. This was adopted
unanimously. 1t was next resolved to
have the architect to advertise for bids
to be opened at the meeting to be held
next Saturday, for stone, with the I'M
Outstanding that the board would fur
nish the stone and the rubble for all the
work necessary to complete the building
in granite and sandstone, or brick and
stone laid in Portland cement, the stone
to be cut in the city if the stone cutters
demands were reasonable. The repre-
sentatives of the Cook estate sent in
proposition waving all rights to former
contracts, provided they were given the
contract for the footing stone and rub
bic for the retaining wall at the prices of
10 9-1O cents per cubic foot for footing,
and 40 cents for rubble. This was
accepted and the board adjourned to
meet next Saturday morning.
The motion In accordance with which
bids were to be advertised for is as fol-
lows:
That the architects be Instructed to adver-
tise for bids to be received next Saturday at
8 a. M, for doing all work necessary to COM
plete the substructure, including Sexcavat-
ing, in granite or sandstone. or a combina-
ton of granite and sandstone; also combi-
nation of sewer brick, and either granite and
sandstone laid in Portland cement. This to
be based upon the boards furnishing all
footing or rubble stone.
If stone is selected cutting to be done in
Minneapolis, provided that if the stone cut
tiers make any demands upon the contract
ors which, i'll their opinion. is unreasonable,
the board may permit the stone cutting to be
done elsewhere.