Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-11-20

| made upon special form for entire building,
| or for separate parts, and to be accompanied
| bv a certified check for at least two and one
| half per cent, of the amount of the bid, pay
able Internationally TO- the County Clerk
the contract is awarded fails to file salts
| factory bond, and make contract accordlng
to his bid within ten days after contract is
awarded him, his check to be forfeited TO
| Grant county; checks of unsuccessful DID
ders will be returned to them,
"Plans and specifications will be on hle al
the Office of the Architect H. &. koch 81
| Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and at
the law Office of Walter Brennan, Lancas-
ter, Wisconsin.
mittee to award contract to lowest respon-
sible bidder, but the committee reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
| Dated March 9Th, 1902.
J. M. GARDNER, CHM.
| 0. w. FESSEL Sec
| Grant County Building Committee.
On March 10th and goth the committee met
Mr.. Koch not being present it adjourned
and met again March oath, all members
| being present except Mr.. Fessel. Plans and
specifications considered and the date OF
closing bids changed to April 10th, 1902 at
! April 18th the committee met and the fol-
lowing bids for the construction OF the
| building according to the plans and spec1h-
| cations were received:
McAlpin, Dixon. Ill. complete bldg $4,000
| Northern Bldg Co Minneapolis, Mimi $4,000
H Ferge Milwaukee, Wis.-.-----.-.-...- 1888
! w HCarradine, Monroe, Wis--..-.-..-.:..- $500
F HI Scharle, Dubuque, Ia part c'ntr'ct 10000
BROKER Bros, Lancaster, Wis, part con 1864
! No other bids except for heating and cleo
! trio wiring were received. All the bids
were elected.
| The committee called Mr., McAlpin before
| them but he could not figure out way to
| complete building to come within the appro-
priati@n. Mr., Mason, manager OF the North
ee and gad e Wyoud 90 every
! thing with the architect with view OF
bringing the cost down. Mr.. Carradine. the
| lowest bidder was sent for and he informed
the committee that he had made a great
| blunder in his first figures. Did not wish
to make a second blunder and would make
made to lessen cost were then submitted to
| the committee and we agreed to contract
for the building as advertised for. except
proposed changes, the sum of $1,000. and
have taken a bond from them in the sum of
$35. OO0 We were in session four days.
The committee met again May 5th. Plans
spected and read and formal contract en-
| tered into with the Northern Building COM
pany for the completion of the building &C
! cording to the plans and specifications for
the sum of s7l 600 In said contract it was
stipulated that should the County Board see
| fit TO substitute stone cornice COR the gal
vanized iron cOrnice 1t could be Su hstituted
for an additional sum of 1888. If marble
work as originally specified was replaced
it would be done at an additional cost OF
S45O0. If the dome was added it would be
done at an additional cost of $4,000. provided
the above options be taken by SAID county
by January LIST, 1903. The contract as en-
| tered into is on file with the County Clerk.
| A copy of said contract is made part OF this
report and marked Eek. A.
Owing to public criticism of your commit
tee made by Judge Clemen son in reference
to the size of the court room, all the COM
nit. zee Except Mr.. FesseD the architect and
the contractor. met May goth, and we deter
court room feet at an additional cost OF
So 900. 1t was also found necessary on &C
count of the fall in the ground to deepen the
| sub foundation walls four feet at cost OF
1881 for each additional foot. throughout
the entire building. including interior ana
exterior walls, piers and all mason work 1t
was also determined at this meeting that
hereafter the committee would meet when
estimates were asked for by the contractor.
pose. We paid the first estimate as made by
the architect, less fifteen per cent. ss296'l8,
We also paid for all extra work to date as
! follows
Extra excav 6S6 yds at t5c.-.-......$ 102 80
| For 70 ft concrete at 17C..--..-----.-- II 80
| 800 TT stone wk at 17c.-- -.---..------- lUS w
| For excav old cistern 81 hours Wk.-. 1O 80
| ExcaN ating for new Sewer-----.-.-----.-- % 73
EZ # stone wk al 1881 per ft-.--------- 1874 w
Total $3.50 80
| We also ade the following change in the
construction of the building but at no ad-
| ditional cost. In place of hollow brick lin
| ing on inside of all outside walls, on ground
| floor. main Office and court room floors we
substituted common brick laid up with ono
| inch air space. In consideration for these
changes the contractor to provide fire proof
concrete floor for toilet room and cgrridor
on level with ground floor. To buid iron
stairs from said corridor floor to boiler
floor. And to lengthen rear stairs to boiler
room floor on account OF increased depth OF
| of sub foundation. All spaces in outside
wall carrying beams and trusses to be built
| solid but to be finished with metal lath.
| Your committee met again ctober 17th
| and paid for estimate mum Der two as made
| by architect less Is per cent S14 037 "A.
| The architect is to receive for the plans
and specifications and inspection and the
supervision five per cent. of the total cost.
We have paid him on account, Aug 1, $500
October 18th ...-..-... ........--.....-.-. 1OO0
We have paid to ThOs. Mcdonald for steel
rods used in concrete floors over cistern Sc. SO
There has been paid to the building com
mittee for attendance and mileage as fol:
John M Gardner 25 days, 1856 mis- 1873 81
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