Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
AWARD IS MADE AND
WORK IS TO BEGIN
Gresham Company of Griffin
Win Out
GET CONTRACT FOR BUILDINGS
Gov. Terrell and District Committee
Met In Amercus Thursday and
Awarded Contract for Main Build
logs of District College.

The building contract for the Third
district agricultural college was award
ed at meeting of the district trustees
| in Americas yesterday, and within
thirty days dirt will be broken on the
beautiful farm near Americas and
work actually begin. In fact, start
will be made by March LIST.
The Gresham Mfg. Co. of Griffin
was the successful bidder, and secured
the contract for the two main buildings
to De erected now at the round price of
$3l,O
Mr.. John w. SILVER, the well known
i contractor and builder, of Americas,
will be interested in the contract with
the Gresham Manufacturing Co.
Gov. Terrell and the district trustees
assembled at the courthouse Thursday
morning, all of the fourteen counties
being represented, and after receiving
from Mr.. Crawford Wheatley the deeds
to the land purchased here and arran-
ging other preliminaries, proceeded
with the work in hand.
Chairman j. III. Daniel of the execu-
tive committee addressed the district
committee at length respecting the
work of his committee in selecting and
purchasing the college site.
| Mr.. Daniel has been untiring in his
efforts in behalf of the college and has
| raOdnro6 iuvaIua hIa cnrvicp
EGr. Crawford Wheatley reported the
amount paid for the 800 acres of land
purchased in the suburbs of Americas
and checks for the full amount-$11. $50
were drawn in favor of the former
land owners.
There were Mr.. Arthur Rylander,
Mr.. E. L. Kiker and DR.. P. F. Balm
] sen.
The committee decided to erect only
the main academic building and the
boys dormitory just at present, defer
ring the building of the girls dormitory
until later in the year. Both these
buildings will be of brick, large and
commodious, and of the type adopted
in all the other districts.
Each building will be two stories.
The main academic building, contain
ing a spacious auditorium, will be 81
feet width and 40 feet in length. The
boys dormitOry will have frontage of
SO feet and~depth of 40 feet, besides a
spacious II annex. 1t will contain 28
large rooms.
Several of the trusteeslwho have in
spected the site purchased here are
highly pleased Herewith.
In fact, of all the eleven districts of
the state, not one has handsomer,
more desirable, or more advantageous
ly located site than Sumter.
The Gresham Mfg. Co. which secur-
ed the building contract here, is one OF
the best known enterprises IN the state,
1t was awarded the building CONTRACT
for colleges at Triton and GAINESVILLE,
in the Second and Fifth districts
respectively, and thus has building
contracts for three colleges,
The committeeman attending the
meeting here Thursday with Gov, Ter
rell were as follows.
j. III. Daniel of Sumter, j. p. Heard
of Dolly, j. E. Heys of Macon, III. A
Matthews of Houston, D. B. Fitzgerald
of Stewart, j. r. Stapleton of Webster
j. L. Dent of Crawford, j. M. Warner
of Wilcox, j. w. Bivins of Crisp, Wal.
ter E. Steed of Taylor, T. B. Raglan o
Pulaski, III. L. D. Hughes of Twiggs
e. L. Bridges of Schley, D. B. Hall o
Lee.
The first five mentioned constitut,
the district executive committee, o
which Hon. j. II. Daniel is chairman