St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-19


to work now done and contracted for:
Granite stone and brick .......... S377, ,S3l 45
Fire proofing ..................... 1909 43
IrOc beams. Observation-Disclosures. 3O,0OJ W
Cast iron work. ........... l7,Ou9 OO
Roof iron WORK. 40,9SG 60
PlaSterlng ......... ................ I0,UUU w
Ornamental iron and stair work. 100000 90
Glass and Glazing ng........ $4,000 %
Hardware Neutrality-suspicious.. 33 66S 81
Vault, door and shutter work.. 5000 %
iights ghts,....'....................... 1900 90
Joiner work .......... $4,000 90
Painting, filling and vanishing. $4,000 O0
Plumbing and gas fitting. ........... $4,000 w
Roofing and metal work ..,........ 3S,Sl7 w
Marble and mosaic work ......... 10000 90
Tower clock .............. 5000 90
Heat regulating system. ..........., 13,OOO 00
Heating and ventlating.... 130,O0O w
Electric light plant- - 20 00J 90
Elevator and pump plant......... $4,000 w
Cement work and paving .......... 26,5O0 0O
Granite carving acknowledgements. rs 900 90
Jail and lookup work. I5,VO0 w
Sewer tunnel ..... ... 1000 90
Miscellaneous work ......a......... 14,000 00
Letter mailing system. 1000 %
Office furniture, filing cases, etc.. 1l5,O00 %
Floor covering ........... 10000 90
Total ........................ I,77L2!1 70
Amount of work done and con-
tracted for to date ...........S ST., ,125, ,634 81
Estimated amount expense ac
count. ........ 1886 rs
Estimated amount architect fees 130,62S "a
Cost of Observation-Disclosures. 32l, ,40S 90
IOldl .....s. .s.....-......... 80. Co,oJo,%"' ~
The above figures show just what the
court house has cost to date, and what
is the estimated cost of completion, as
planned and partially carried out. 1t
shows, if reasonable allowance be made
for excess of actual cost over estimates,
that it will cost, in round numbers,
100000 to complete the building, and
that. when completed, nearly S4,000,000
will have been paid for court house
that was planned to cost $l,5C0,000.
TwO More Estimates.
The board submits to the delegation a
second estimate for the completion of
the entire Superstructure, including
both main entrances and finishing and
furnishing only the county side. This
estimate, giving the detailed cost of
every bit of work, even to electric wir-
ing, says that the county side can be
made ready for occupancy and the en-
tire superstructure completed for
81, ,229, 800, III addition to what has been
already spent and i'll excess of contracts
now let.
Still a third estimate is supplied.
This estimate is for completing the
entire superstruCture, except the wafer
closet and the rotunda in the court, and
only partially completing the county
side, but putting it in shape so it can be
occupied by the courts and county
officers. This estimate calls for the eX-
penditure. in total, of $90S, ,2S3.45. This
third estimate is supplemented by the
following explanation:
1.-The above estimate contemplates
leaving the fourth and fifth stories un-
completed; leaving out the jail work en-
tirely; placing i'll the building but one
stairway and that one near the Fourth
avenue entrance; putting in only two
elevators, shaft near the main entrance
with only the pumps necessary to oper-
ate the same; putting in plate glass only
In the fronts of the county side OF the
fourth floor, and in hall panels; leaving
out marble WainscOting i'll halls; leaving
out the electric lighting plant; putting
i'll only enough boilers to heat the part
of the building which is to be finished
and leaving out the windows on city
side of building; closing up openings
temporarily"
Stating the Case.
The board adds to the tables of figures
Oh cost to date and estimates for the
future, statement OF It's case and Sug-
gestions to the delegation, as follows:
The total cost OF completing and fur
nishing the whole building, as shown in
Estimate No. l, is s., ,39S, 229. 70. tDeduct
from this the amount which the board
has already received, 81, $50, SOL. SO, and
the balance, 81, S37, ,70S.0l, is the amount
which should be provided if it is the
wish of the delegation to have the
building completed and furnished as
proposed in that estimate. If this
amount is to be divided equally, one
half for the city and one-half for the
county, to provide, each will furnish
S9lS 354. If an authorization is given
only for the issue of county bonds for
$9l8, ,354, without provision being made
for a tax levy to begin to raise the city's
half of the required amount, we will
have $310,G46 less Than the amount re-
Quired to do the work mentioned in
Estimate No. 2.
We have prepared the following state
ment of the amount of money we
would probably receive from the levy
of onemiil tax on city property j:
The assessed valuation of the city for
purposes Of taxation is, in round num-
bels, $40, 100000. A one-mill tax would