River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-13

months.
At a meeting of the committe held Feb.
18th Buck Bros. were allowed one-half
their contract for the electrical wiring.
At a meeting Of the committee on
March 18th, called for the purpose of in
snecting the stair work the same was
found not to meet the requirements Of the
specifications and was rejected.
A meeting of the committee was held
April 18th for inspection Of the work be-
ing done, which was found to be salts
factory.
May 10TH a meeting Of the committee
was held. The chairman was instructed
to have the cutters to the roof OF the
boiler room connected with the sewer,
and also to provide for hampers in the
ventiIators Of the court house. The COM
mittee directed the contractor to have the
upper panels of the closet doors in the
Judges private office and ladies' room
cut out and glass placed in the same.
At q meeting Of the committee held
lime 18th bids for window shades were
received, but as they were not satisfac-
tory, the chairman was instructed to
secure prices from other parties, and was
authorized to make contract for same at
the best prices he could obtain.
On June 9th MeSSrs. Chinook, john
son and Moody met with the architect to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of using the
pink Tennessee marble furnished for the
Wainscoating, instead of the dark, as spe
Gifted. Being satisfied that the pink was
an improvement over the dark, the con-
tractor was directed to use the same. An
inspection of the ribbed glass in the doors
and partitions resulted in condemnation
Of sixteen lights, and the contractor was
directed to replace the. same with better
ones The bill of the Haag-Laubach
Roofing & Cornice Co.. for the hampers
directed to be placed in the ventilators,
which had been omitted in specifications,
amounting to $2083 was allowed. The
committee directed the superintendent to
have the floor Of the basement under the
vault of the register of deeds cemented
and the opening closed with a door. The
installed
Construction Co. were accepted and pay
ment authorized.
At a meeting of the committee held
July 10Th, the chairman reported that he
had obtained prices of window shades
from different parties and made a con-
tract with Schuneman & Evans of st.
Paul, to furnish and put up the shades,
with the Johnson adJusterS, for the sum
of 1880, and that the work had been
done. The shades being satisfactory to
the committee, payment of the contract
price was authorized. Bids were received
for furnishing fOrty-nine half screens for
the windows in the court house, and that
Of the Interstate LUMBER Co., of Ellis
worth being the lowest, was accepted.
The chairman was instructed to have the
names of the several offices painted on
their respective doors.
The committee held a session Aug. Sth.
Judge Helms having expressed the opin-
ion that the judges platform in the court
room should be raised ten inches, and
the committee having ascertained that
which the Wallaeger Mfg. Co. agreed to
pay one-half, he directed that it be done.
Architect Buechner exhibited sample
of the DunnVille stone which had been
treated with two coats of No. 2 dehydra-
tine, as provided in the specifications.
The architect and committee were not
satisfied with the result of such treat
ment, and upon receiving an offer of an
allowance of $175 on his contract from
Mr. SkOoglun if not required to use the
same. the committee decided that the
% n nf hn
Interstate Lumber Co., of $61.25 for for
ty-nine window screens was allowed and
payment authorized.
meeting of the committee was held
Aug. 23d. The bill of the Wallaeger Mfg.
Co. of 81, 100 for the furniture, and $7.25,
one-half expense of raising the judges
platform, was allowed The bill of Glass
Bros. of $50 for desk for the register of
deeds office was allowed. The bill of the
HerZOg Iron Works of $4.20 for seven cast
iron plates for the clean-out holes in the
floor of the basement, instead of wooden
ones, as specified. was allowed 1t APP
pearing that the roof of the sheriff's res
idence and jail was in bad condition,
the chairman was instructed to procure
bids for re-Shingling the same.
The committee met on Sept. 9th. Bids
were received for re-shingling the sher-
if residence and Jail from ChaS. Skoog-
lun and Hans Mcdonald. The bid of Mr..
Mcdonald being the lower, a contract
was made with him to re-shingle the
same with the best cedar shingles for
the sum of 1925. Finding that a satisfac-
tory job could not be had by patching
the old steel ceiling and walls of the
sheritfs residence, as provided in the
specifications, the committee decided to
accept the offer of Mr.. Skooglun to re-
move the old steel from the walls and
ceiling and plaster the same using Baker
plaster and IXXV Adamant finish, for
the sum of $155 The chairman was in
structed to have electric light fixtures
put in the Board room, basement, boiler
room, sheriffS residence and jail
10Th the mo wit
Architect Buechner. J. S. Rounce was
employed to test the new cells in the
Jail, and showed to the satisfaction of all
that the material was according to con-
tract. Mr.. Rounce was allowed, for time
and tools broken in testing the cells, the
sum of 81.
the chimney on the sheriff's residence re-
built from the roof up and raised to a
sufficient heighth 10 prevent it smoking.
The committee met Nov. 18th. Bills for
material and labor i'm rebuilding the
chimney on the sheriff's residence, and
the area walls to the basement windows
IN the same building, were allowed as
follows:
Consolidated Lumber Co., for brick,
llIlle ana cement. ..:............ $3.50
4. Hansen, labor two and three-quar-
Ter days, at -. Observation-Disclosures. $50
f. Reynolds, one load of sand. 49,. 15O
Iotal ....-...................... $3.50
The mason work was done by Superin-
l.
order to take care of the water from the
roof of the sheriff's esidence properly it
was found necessary to rebuild the gut
tiers and leaders, and also to tin the decks
Of the gables, which had commenced to
decay The bill of the Foss- Armstrong
Hardware Co. of 5000 for this work was
allowed.
The bill of j. NJ strang of $425 for
making the foot rests for the jury box
was allowed. The committee allowed
Q: j. Hohle 800 for services as secretary
Of the committee and other work which
he had done during the two years the
buildings have been under construction
The bill of Hans Mcdonald of $1495 for
lumber and labor in rebuilding cutters
and repairing cornice on sheriff's resi-
dence was allowed
At a meeting of the committee Nov. Is
the bill of Nelson & Carlson of So so for
lettering the office doors was allowed
The bill of Holt & Dahlby of s13S95 for
extra valves and rain leaders in the
boiler room, backwater valves in base
ment of the court house, and difference in
the low radiators in the vaults. was al
lowed. The cement floor in the basement
OF the court house was condemned and
the contractor directed to replace the
same. Mr.. Skooglun was also directed to
properly finish several places which had