Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-27
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH
BIDS OPENED AND CON.
TRACT LET LAST
NIGHT.

To be Built BY Clements s Co., of Indi
annapolis al a Cost of $4,000 For the
Bare Structure-Ten Qualified Bids
Received, and One That Was Not
Something Of the Pros
pective Edifice-
The trustees OF ST. Andrew 5
church last night opened the bids OF
the various contractors. The bids
were as follows:
Dietrich & Hasecoster, Richmond,
s3s, 900.
Louck Il Hill, Richmond. 49,, 1913.
Z. Benfeldt, Richmond, So, Ss3-
G. W. Stanley, Indianapolis, $685.
6O2.
William Jungclaus Co., Indianapo-
lis, $32 $40.
Charles Nuerge Il Co., Indianapo-
lis, $3o, 539.
| John A. Schumacher Co., Indian
| apolis, $50, 646.
| George Clements, Indianapolis,
S29, 642.
Charles Rosenstiel, Cincinnati
s34, 345.
| Fletcher Bros, Cincinnati, $50,
5SS.
E. NJ. Camp6eld submitted a bic
but failed to enclose the required
certified check, and the bid coulo
not, under the rule, be considered.
| The contract was secured by Geo
Clements of Indianapolis, at the
price of $29, 642, that being the low
est bid The contractor will be ber'
today or Monday and will meet thu
trustees, to agree upon limit o
time for the completion of the struet
ure. Work will begin at once.
The contract price mentioned in
cludes neither the art windows, thu
cement walks aud cement work abou
the building, the frescoing nor the
gas piping The cement work ano
piping have not yet been contracted
for. The former will cost close tC
g, 900, and the latter will run from
$3.50 to $500. Contracts will perhap:
be let next week for those parts.
The art windows will be purchased
in America of American manufactur
ers, except two Zone of which will bt
a memorial window to Father Sci
hertz and the other a donation from
the young ladies of the Congregation
which will be imported from Europe
The new building will be 16O fee
in length, which is 40 feet Longer
than the old one. 1t will be il
the shape of a cross. The building
proper will be 60 feet wide except a
the rear where the arms of the eros:
project, where it will be 76 feet wide
each arm of the cross being eigh
feet long The material will be brick
with Bedford stone trimmings, anC
the portal, at the entrance on Fiftl
street, will be highly Ornamental anC
very artistic. The tower will b'
nearly as high as the old one and tn,
chimes will be of four bells. Thes
latter have not yet been contractet
for. Bell metal has come down il
price recently and the purchase will
perhaps be made within the mex
week. The clock also is yet to b.
bought.
The interior is to DE entirely new
in style, the ceiling done in tn,
Gothic, with groined arches, and sup
ported by columns. The whole will b'
heated with steam by tie most ap
proved modern methods, and will b,
in every way creditable to the con
gregation and to the city.
The work will begin with thu
tower The whole will be enclosed
first and rooted as rapidly as may be
so that the work may proceed unin
terruptedly during the bad weather
The total cost will not be less thar
$40, 900.
Mr.. Benfeldt s bid was incomplete
and failed to include the cement
work on the outside. Several of the
sub-contracts will be let to Richmond
parties.