Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-14

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and twelve dollars for the construction of dome
according to the plans and specifications upon
which said option in Article 10 was based, accept
ance of this proposition to be made by said North
ern Building company in writing within ten days
from date hereof, and if accepted it is understood
and agreed that all the terms and conditions OF
said Building Contract shall apply with the same
force and effect though said dome construction
contract was part thereof.
Signed, JOHN M. GARDNER,
Chairman of Building Com.
o. w. FEssELL,
Secretary of Building Com.
RICHARD MEYER, JR.,
Chairman of County Board
E. III. GRIFFIS
County Clerk
Acceptance:
We hereby accept ser
vice of above notice.
Signed, The NORTHERN BLDG. Co.,
by ]. E. Mason, Mgr,
Nov H. 1902.
Committee met again on ] an. 81, 1oO3 all mem
bers present except F. w. Klinkhammer, and ar
chitect submitted fourth estimate amounting.
less Is per cent, to $2934.28. Same allowed and
ordered paid contractors
Owing to the reported insolvency of the North
ern Building company, all members of the COM
mittee with the exception of w. J. Brennan met
on February p, 1908. together with Architect
Koch and J. E. Mason, manager of the Northern
Building company. District Attorney ID. w.
Brown attended the meeting. At the request of
the building committee n. W. Brown asked
to select associate counsel and Ed M Lowry and
Geo. b. ClementSon were employed. Article OF
the contract entered into between the County OF
Grant and the Northern Building company reads
as follows:
Art. V. Should the contractor at any time
refuse neglect to supply suffciency of proper
ly skilled wOrkmen, or of materials of the proper
quality, or tail IN any respect to prosecute the
work with promptneSS and diligence or fail in the
performance of any of the agreements herein con-
tained such refusal. neglect orfailure being Ger
titled by the architects, the owner shall be at'1b-
erty, after four days written notice to the con-
tractor, to provide any such labor materials,
and to deduct the cost thereof from any money
then due or thereafter to become due to the con-
tractor under this contract and if the architects
shall certify that such refusal, neglect failure
is sufficient ground for such action, the owner
shall also be at liberty to terminate the employ
ment of the contractor for the said work and to
enter upon the premises and take possession for
the purpose of CONF letlng the work com rehended
under this contract, OF all materials tools ana
appliances thereon, and to employ any other per-
son or persons to finish the work, and to provide
for the materials Therefore and in of such dis
continuance of the employment of the con tractor
he shall not be entitled to receive any other pay
ment under this contract until the said work be
wholly finished, at which time, if the unpaid bal
anCe OF the amount to be paid under this contract
shall exceed the expense incurred by the owner in
finishing the work, such excess shall be paid by
the owner to the contractor; but if such expense
shall exceed such unpaid balance the contractor
shall pay the difference to the owner. The ex-
pense incurred by the owner, herein provided
either for furnishing materials for finishing the
work. and any damage incurred through such de-
fault, shall be audited and certified by the arch
tects. whose certificate thereof shall be conclusive
upon the parties
In compliance with the above quoted article, H.
G. Koch & Co., Architects, fled the following Ger
tifcate with the committee marked Exhibit A.
and the following notice. marked Exhibit B.
was served upon J. E. Mason, manager OF the
Northern Building company. A copy of the same
was sent by registered mail to the Aetna lndem-
nifty company, of Hartford. Conn.,. and the com
mittee has the registered mail receipt for the
same.
On March 4, all members of the committee
again met, and the following certificate of Archi-
tects H. c. Koch & Co.. marked Exhibit c. and
hereto annexed, was made to the committee.
The following notice of termination of contract
was served upon the Northern Building company:
and a copy of said notice was sent by registered
mail to the Aetna Indemnity company of Hart
ford, Conn, and also to the State Commissioner
of Insurance. and have the registered mail
receipts for the same: a copy of which notice is
hereto annexed and marked Exhibit DE- Ser
vice also made upon and accepted by }.
Lawson, foreman of construction for the Northern
Building company on March 4, 1908: Copies of
the letters enclosing the above notices to the
Northern Building company and the Aetna In
demn!ty are annexed hereto, marked Exhibit
e. and Exhibit F. Architect FL. G. Koch &
Co., were them instructed to get figures for the
completion of the building and to report the same
to the committee. These figures were obtained
by Mr.. Koch and on file with the committee
and show increase of fully twenty per cent. in
the cost of material and labor since the first con-
tract let.
March 31st the committee met with all
bers present together with Architect II. G. Koch,
and the following letters were filed with the com
mttee which letters were sent by him to }, T.,
Mason and the Aetna Indemnity company:
Milwaukee,, Wis.,, March "a, 1903.
Mr.. ]. E. Mason, Davenport, Iowa.
Dear Sir: 1 meet with the Grant county Build
ing committee on Tuesday. March 81, next, in
the afternoon at Lancaster, Wisconsin. If you
have anything to submit to myself and the COM
mittee you had better be there at that time.
Yours very truly.
Signed, h g. KOCH.
Milwaukee, Wis, March "a, 1905.
Aetna Indemnity Co., New York, n. Y,
Gentlemen: In answer to your telegram OF the
Goth inst, in reference to court house building at
Lancaster, Wisconsin, will say: we nave re-
ceived number of bids from different contrac-
tors which we intend to submit to the building
committee at its next meeting to be held in Lam
caster, Wisconsin, on March 31st, next. we can
say this that there will be no doubt the building
complete will over run the amount OF balance on
hand with the committee.
Respectfully yours,
Signed, II. c. KOCH & Co.
kilograms from the Aetna Indemnity company
to H. G. Koch & Co., and Richaod Meyer Jr.,
were filed with the the committee and are as FOL
lows:
II. c. Koch q Co.,
Wells Bldg, Milwaukee, Wis: .
Believe have responsible contractors who will
take Lancaster Building without loss
Signed Aetna Indemnity Company.
New York, N. Y. March 81, 1908.
Confirming telegram to architect believe have
responsible contractors who will take Lancaster
building without loss.
Signed, Aetna Indemnity Co.
The following answer was wired said company:
Lancaster. Wis, March 81, 1908.
Aetna Indemnity Company,
New York City, N. Y.
Answering your telegram of today, let us hear
from your proposed contractors at once. You
to guarantee completion of building as per former
contract. Committee now in session. Answer.
Signed, Grant County Court House
Building Committee.
The bids of Henry Ferge of Milwaukee and
Robert BROKER of Lancaster were filed and aC-
ton on same deferred until answer to wire sent
Aetna Indemnity company should be received.
Following answer was received;
New York, n. Y, April /, 1908.
Grant County Court House Building
Committee. Lancaster. Wis:
Represent ative now on way TO Chicago. w Ill
communicate with you from there.
Signed, Aetna Indemnity Company.
The following answer to said dispatch was sent;