The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-07
Fred Larsen is Given the General
Contract for the Building of
New West Side School
OUT. SIDE BIDDERS FIGHT SHY
Board Fails to Receive a Single Bid
From Other Than Kenosha Bidders.
Contractor Puts Cost of New
School Building at $4,000

80 - The board of education at an ad-
1ourned session held at the city hall
Tuesday evening, let the contract for
the erection of new school building
on the West side Of the city, Fred
Larsen being the successful bidder
~ with contract price Of $4,000. To
this must be added the estimated cost
Iof the plumbing which is So, 900 and
the amount of the heating contract,
IVY w $4,000, so that the total cost of the
Ebuilding will be nearly $4,000.
There were but three bids for the
big contract and the out of town
200 90 bidders who in other years had entered
into competition with the Kenosha
men fought shy of the propositions 1t
is alleged that the labor troubles of
the GAINESVILLE firm who built the
Durkee school had considerable to do
BOG As with the failure of outside contractors
Ito bid.
The local contractors and their bids
were as follows: Fred Larsen, $50, 900:
200 90 ICharles G. Theleen, $31, 584; Busch &
Michelsen, S32, oo8. Each of the con-
tractors demanded an addition of 5000
to these figures if red slate roof was
ordered instead of the slate roof pro-
400 90 vided by the specifications. The bids
were slightly above the estimate of
the members of the board, but the
sentiment seemed to be in favor of hav-
700 90 ing the contract out Of the way and it
was decided to let it to the lowest
bidder.
The board has not as yet secured a
7oo 40 site for the building and it may be a
little hard for the contractor to start
i hofo u
tended to. The work Of securing a
! 90 title to the Orphan Asylum plat is
now well under way and the members
OF the board hope to secure possession
of this tract of land in few DAYS
- However. it is not thought that it will
~ be possible to start the foundations
9 for the new building before next
Ispring. IF the work is started with
the opening Of the new building sea.
oo1son it is thought that the building
will be completed IN time for the OPEN
ing of the new term Of school,
In the meantime the board will be
forced to take up with the common
rs COL council the matter of financing the
new building, aud for this purpose a
committee, consisting Of Commission
ers Holderness, Theirs, Cavanagn and
rs 00l Craney was named. This committee
will wait on the finance committee of
the council, together with the mayor
and city attorney, and make formal
demand that sum of money be in
clnded IN the tax list for the rev
500 COL school building. No provision was
made IN the report of the fiuance COM
m1ttee for the building, but members
OF the board seem to be Of the opinion
I'm N that the school building was looked
after when the council ordained a con-
tingent fund of $4,000. It is thought
that at least $40, 900 will be needed to
get the work on the new building we'll
under way, and it is just possible that
another mill will have to be added to
W the tax levy to meet this demand Of
the board of education.
~ The building is to be almost an ex-
act duplicate of the Durkee school,
the one exception being that the audi
forum is left off. The difference in
1 90 the cost.o the two buildings is placed
at $4,000, notwithstanding the fact
that short time ago it was stated
that It cost more than $4,000 to add
the auditorium to the South side
I5O 90 school.