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

courthouse under Article V. of your con-
p 1d W with TIL the notice OF Feb. p. 1908
served upon you on that date by said Grant
county and its Building Committee.
A copy OF architects certificate OF MarCn
4, 1903, is hereto annexed.
Now, THEREFORE, the county OF Grant,
Wis, the owner of the new courthouse. tor
the construction of which you contractee6d
with said county on the 9th day of May. 1902,
by it's Chairman and County Clerk, as well
as by its Building Committee, hereby ter
tor under said contract, hereby expressly
reServing all rights, privileges and dement's
provided tor in said contract upon such
Contingency. RICHARD MEYER JR,
Chm. of Co. Board Grant Co, Wis.
E. H. GRIFFIS,
Clerk of Grant Co., Wis.
JOHN M. GARDNER,
Chm. of Building Committee
o. w. FEsSELL,
Secy of Building Committee.
Exhibit E.
LANCASTER, WIS, March 4. 1908.
The Northern Building Co.,
Davenport, Ia, and Minneapolis. Mimi
Observation-Disclosures please find notice
of termination of your contract with ana
the construction of it's new courthouse, TO-
gether with the certificate OF the arCnltects
upon which said notice and termination are
based JOHN M. GARDNER, Oh m Bldg CON-
o. w. FEssEL, Sec'y Bldg Com
Exhibit F. 1000
LANCASTER. WIS.,, March 4, 1903.
Gentlemen:-Enclosed find copy of notice
this day sent by us, acting for Grant county
Wisconsin, to The Northern Building Com
pany, termining the contract OF said North.
the construction of the new court house tor
said Grant county. together with the archl-
based. Respectfully Yours,
JOHN M GARDNER, Chr Bldg. Com.
o. w. FESSEL, Sec. Bldg. Com.
COPY OF CONTRACT WITH ROBT BROKER.
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into
this 28th day of April. 1903, by and between
the county of Grant, Wisconsin, party of
the first part, and Robert BROKER, of Lam
caster, Grant county. Wisconsin, party OF
the second part,
county of Grant has terminated it's contract
with the Northern Building Co. for the con-
struction of the new courthouse for said
county,
Now, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by
the party of the second part that he will
complete the said courthouse building IN
accordance with and pursuant 70 the p!ans
conditions specified in said contract OF said
county with said Northern Building Co.,
under which contract the rights OF sad
been terminated, as aforesaid. Tor the sum
of eighty-nine thousand four hundred and
fifty dollars, s89y45O.OO), said county OF
Grant agreeing to be to the additional eX-
pense of furnishing such new stone as may
be required to replace defective or dam
aged stone now on the courthouse square IN
the city OF Lancaster, in said county, Wheth-
er already in the walls of said building or
upon the ground.
And said party of the second part hereby
agrees to complete said building under the
terms and conditions specified in said con-
tract and to be bound by all the terms and
conditions of said contract heretofore eX-
listing between said county OF Grant and
said Northern Building Co., except as to the
contract price therein named to be paid to
said Northern Building Co.
And it is further agreed that said con-
tract with said Northern Building Co..
dated May 6. 1902 and the plans and spec1-
ficatlon therein referred to as a part there
of, are hereby made part OF this s, contr atit
in every particular, and shall bind bOth
parties, except as to the price to be PAID Dy
said county of Grant and except as to the
amount of bond required of the contractor;
and it is agreed that said Robert BROKER
shall furnish good and sufficient bond &C
cording to the terms OF the CONTRACT pc
tween said county of Grant and SAID North
ern Building Co. adopted as the terms pc
tween the parties hereto) in the sum OF
forty-five thousand dollars, t$45, 10000 run
ming to said Grant county for the faithful
performance on the part of said Robert
BROKER of all the terms and conditions OF
said contract on his part to be performed
until the completion and final acceptance OF
said building by said county.
Nothing herein shall be construed so as to
render said BROKER liable to any OF the
creditors of said Northern Building 60. Tor
either labor or materials; and 1t is dls7
BROKER does not assume the payment OF
any of the Indebtedness owing from said
Northern Building Co. to any sub-cOntrac-
tor, materialman or laborer. and that he
shall not be required to pay any SuCh deDtS
or any part thereof. !
RICHARD MEYER, JR.,
Chm Board of Supervisors, Grant Co.
E. H. GRIFFIS
County Clerk, Grant County.
JOHN M. GARDNER,
Chm. Courthouse Building Com.
n w FESSET.
Secy. Courthouse Building Com.
ROBERT BROKER
Contractor.
The Aetna indemnify Company, Hartford,
Amount S35 OOO No. S. SOL. Prem $3.50
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
THE NORTHERN BUILDING Co. corporation
organized under the laws of the state OF
Iowa, having it's principal place OF business
at Minneapolis, MIMI, and at Davenport.
Ia, as principal, and The Aetna Indemnity
and firmly bound unto the county of Grant,
Wis. in the penal sum of thirty five thouS-
and dollars (S35,0OO), well and and truly to
be paid in lawful money of the United
States at Lanca ster. Wis, under the fol-
lowing terms and conditions:
WHEREAS, the said The Northern Building
Co. on May 6, 1902, executed a contract with
the said county of Grant, above named, for
the construction OF courthouse Dulldlng IN
the city of Lancaster, in said county, Wnlcn
said contract was duly signed ana Ms eSe Gt
ern Building Co. shall well and truly. per-
form all of the terms and conditions OF said
contract according to the plans and speC1f-
cation made part thereof for said court
house building. and fully comply with each
and all of the conditions of said con tract
then this bond to be void and of noseffeCt; 10Th
erwise to remain in full force and virtue, and
for the payment of damages of any kind that
may result by reason of the failure OF the
said The Northern Building Co. to comply
with the said contract as aforesaid, accord
ing to it's strict terms and conditions, the
said principal and the said surety hereby
bind themselves to an amount not exceeding
the said sum of thirty-fve thousand dollars
(S35 000.)
Dated at Hartford. Conn, this 18th day of
May, 1902.
THE NORTHERN BUILDING CO. lSeal.
BY j. E. Mason, viCe-PreS. and Mgr.
A. w. Barber, SeCy.
THE AETNA INDEMNITY Co., Seal.
ThoS. Sanders, Jr., Atty. Intact.
Witness by w. E. Snider, G. A, Johnson.
Mr.. Divall moved adoption Of the re-
port.
Mr.. Glenn moved that the motion be
amended and the matter referred to a
special committee to report tomorrow
evening.
Mr. Diua1l Uith6r his motion