Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-20
COUNTY BOARD.

The County Board met in session this
afternoon and organized by electing
Chris. Franzen fer chairman. This is
Mr.. Franzen's third year, and he has
proven himself an excellent man for
the position Hod Blanchard was a
very close second and had many fol
lowers The building committee of the
Agricultural school filed the following
report:
To the Honorable, the County Board o.
Marathon County:
GENTLENEN:-You committee ON
building appointed to represent the
county in the erection of the building
for the use of the Marathon County
School of Agriculture and Domestic
Economy and the Marathon County
Training School for Teachers would
respectfully report as follows:
This committee reported to your
honorable body on the Sth of January
that the site had been selected and
made an estimate of the probable cost.
At meeting of the committee on
February s, 1902, deeds conveying to
Marathon county the property known
as block ~ and lots Is, II, Is, IS and 20
in block 5, A. Warren, Jr's West Ad-
dition to the city of Wausau were filed
with the Register of Deeds. The deeds
are clear warranty deeds, without any
reservations and the land becomes the
absolute property of the county.
At the same meeting, it was decided
to advertise for bids for the construc-
ton of the building, the bids to be
opened on February 27th at - O'Clock
noon.
At the meeting of the committee
held on February 81, 1902, the bids were
opened and found to be as follows:
John Gritzmacher. ......... .S17, 132. 90
Miller & Krause. ..... $4,000. 90
John H. Foster & Son. ....... Is, 77400
John AHderes .. 10, 10000
Chippewa Falls Con struction
CO., mot including heating
or plumbing). ,..,......... IA, 558 A
The committee gave the bids very
careful consideration and finally
awarded the contract to John H. Foster
q Son, of Ashland, they being the
lowest responsible bidders and the COM
nlittee entered into contract with
them for the construction of the build
ing complete according to plans and
specifications, for the amount of their
bid, SIS, IA, they furnishing bond of
$4,000 with c. S. Curtis and James
Montgomery as sureties
Early in April the contractors started
work and at once difficulty arose re-
specting the grade. The whole trouble
was finally referred to Mr.. j. T. w.
Jennings, the architect, who came here
and established an arbitrary grade that
seemed necessary in view of the con-
ditions.
The committee, through the secretary,
petitioned the council to vacate the
alley in block II and that portion of
Sth avenue lying west of block II. This
the council did and the additional land
secured through their action brings the
total acreage slightly above seven acres.
On April 23d the committee contracted
with MIR. Aug. Klostermann to act as
superintendent of building, he being
required to devote his whole time to
the work.
In February the committee petitioned
the council of the city of Wausau for an
extension of the water mains and for
sewerage but up to date have not been
able to arrive at satisfactory agree
ment with the city in reference to the
same.
The committee desires to say finally
that in all things they have been guided
by what seemed best for the good of
the schools and have carefully protected
Marathon county at all times.
Full and complete minutes of each
meeting of the committee and copies of
every written document having any
bearing on the work are on file in the
secretary's odice and are open to in
spection at any time.
The building, is well under way and
the committee hopes that your honor
able body will find time to visit the
school before the close of the week.
The following orders have been drawn
on the building fund up TO May 10,
1902:
The Eau Claire Leader, adv...S 800
The Wausau Pilot 2.60
The Ashland Press 400
The Wausau Pionier els
The Milwaukee Sentinel 49, 400
Otto Fehlhaber (Typewriting
specifications .............. 600
John H. Foster & Son (Esti-
mates for April. .......... 2,159.00
j. T. w Jennings (plansl. ..... 10000
Aug. Klosterman Qabor for
April Observation-Disclosures. 1875
A. Mehl, Co Treas (exchange) 40
Dated at Wausau, Wis, May 20, 1902
Respectfully submitted,
CHRIS FRANzEN, Chm.
H. j BLANCHARD,
Jos. BURGER,
CHAs. NIEMAN,
A. L. KREUTZER,
JOHN F. LAMONT,