The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-09
COURT HOUSE CONTRACT
TO Be AWARDED MONDAY
Commission UndecidedCO Concerning Ma
teriai To Be Used In Building.

The Court House Commission of Gar
rett county with all members of the
body present with the exception of As
sociate Judge Martin L. Keedy, who
was detained at Cumberland where he
was holding court, and Mr.. John w.
Mccullough, of Friendsville, who was
unable to attend on account of private
business affairs, met in Oakland last
SaturG2O.
The object of the meeting of the
Commission was to award the contract
for the erection of the proposed new
Court House for Garrett county in ac-
| cordance with the advertisement for
bids which has been published in THE
REPUBLICAN for a number of weeks,
the intention of the Commission having
been to make the award on April 18th,
but by request of the contractors who
had made an exhaustive study of the
original plans adopted by the Commits
sion, the time was extended until last
Saturday, the 4th inst, when the bids
sent the Commission by mail and also
those rendered it by the contractors
personally were opened, but the award
was del err ] until Monday of next
week so as to give the Commission am
pie opportunity to determine what kind
Of material shall be used in the con-
! St1 ,lctiGn Of tho bi,ildino
To secure the best building for the
purposes for which this one is intended,
the Commission very wisely requested
bidders to submit their figures for COR
structing it of solid brick without store
ornamentation of any kind; of pressed
brick with and without stone trimmings;
of stone composing the basement or ex-
ecutive story and the superstl Icture of
| pressed brick with stone trimmings, and
also for the entire building of stone, the
brick in every case to be of the first
| quality, and the stone to be what is
commonly known as Indiana limestone,
which enters largely into the construc-
ton of almost every modern public
building, it being deemed the best ma
terial obtainable for the purpose.
AS result Of the Commission invi-
tation for bids covering the several
kinds Of materials thirteen bids were
filed with the Commission, ranging in
price from $43, 900 for the cheapest, or
common brick, construction, to about
$63, 900 for the building composed entire
ly of stone.
The Commission generally, so it is
understood, is in favor of using the
combination brick and stone construc-
ton, that is: the first, or executive
story of the building erected of the In
diana limestone and the second story of
a light colored pressed brick with stone
trimmings.
On the above class of building there
were several bids submitted, ranging
from S57, 900 to $68,OO0, Mr.. w. A. Lii
Ter, of Keyser, being the lowest bidder.
His closest competitor was FisSell &
Wagner, New York firm, whose price
was S64, 900, others who exceeded these
bids being the Brady Construction Com
pany, Of Clarksbnrg, West Va; Elliott
& Winchell, of Wheeling, West Va,
and another New York firm whose name
could not be learned.
Messrs. A. D. Naylor & Co., the Oak
land heating and lighting engineers,
submitted to the Commission a bid for
the plumbing, heating, electric wiring
and gas fitting required by the plans.
As above stated, the Commission will
again meet on Monday next when the
contract will in all probability be awar-
ded either to Mr., Liller or to his next
lowest competitor.