The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06

O~~A->~D~Oe~ -
= ner cent on the wood furniture and
iper cent on all metal furniture pur-
siaaed for the New Court House.
In furtherance of this agreement
~ The said F. B. Hull Construction
a. he said Building Committee met
~ Mr.. f. B. Hull and went through
Ae various catalogues and agreed up
afhestyle of furniture thatwe thought
md be suitable for the New Court
I House. The craftsmen of the said F.
4 Hull Construction Co., then made
awnings of these various pieces OF
laniture and got out various blue
nints, which were submitted to the
yarious furniture dealers and manu-
llefurefs throughout the United States,
!. ia The request that they submit bids
nm furnishing said furniture. AS
e6ue dealers did not manufacture all
e furniture required, it became
lpooossry in order to get the best
eoesible prices, to divide the furniture
. into schedules, which we did, and
saedule No. is the chairs ard settees
- The building; schedule No. 2, the
] lusap for the building; schedule No.
4 tsbles; schedule No. 4, cuspidors
I'd iron beds for the jury dormitory;
nhsdule No. S, fling cabinets for the
6erilfs and Assessors officers; sched-
~ No. 6, water coolers and schedule
10. I. Opera chairs to be used in the
M court rooms. This will appear by
~ schedule hereto attached and will
salDo show the various bids received
I'm the manufacturers and furniture
d1llsrs to which the propositions were
limited. This statement Is attached
100 md marked Exhibit GAP.
Upon examination of this estimate
r. 70 lowest bidders, you will find
~ il will cost about Forty-five
ndred "a, 500. OO Dollars to buy the
I'D furniture for the Court House.
b addition to this wood furniture,
~ Hull Construction Co., made draw
IN and the Art Metal Construction
a, sent out q representative who
ao1s detailed plans and drawings of
a ~ metal furniture necessary to
hrnlsh the vault and the Clerks Office.
Nc submitted the blue prints to
msHal metal furniture dealers, as
M appear by the schedule hereto
a(laehsd and Marked "B", and you
yill ind upon examining same that
6sreice bid by the Art Metal Con-
lEsetion Co., is the cheapest, which is
AM.Oo. So you find that the metal
lIG1iture for the Clerks Office and the
vanlt will cost approximately as much
= u wood furniture of the entire
DeRtHouse including the opera chairs
Il the two court rooms.
10 further report unto your Honor
e body hat We find that to properly
I1D4a1o Court House, the following
llniluI0 r necessary for the various
-, 6 will appear by the Exhibits
100 attached and marked Exhibits
IN 1, 5 and by taking the prices
l9!cA have been furnished US upon
- Of - items, you will be able to
laih exactly what It will cost to
~ each one of the rooms, il
6ary.
b recommend the acceptance of the
e0oee best bids shown upon the
Aedule hereto attached, and we re.
olmepd that, If the Police Jury feel
IL they pre- In . position at this time
espsre Tie money, they furnish the
.eurt House as contemplated by the
!lans and as per the suggestions here
! made.
We further show that out of the APP
Expiration of One Hundred and
leen Thousand Oils, 100000 Dollars
\ which to build the Court House,
= have expended up to date the sum
j Ninesy-eight Thousand Nine Humid
and sixty seven and. 1000 $685.
1916 Dollars. We estimate that 1t
cost to complete the Court House
sum Of Two Thousand Three Humid
and seventeen (2,317.O6) Dollars.
= would make the sum of One Humid
and One Thousand Two Hundred
AtI-iour and 1910 (S1Ol, 284. l6)
l!ers ectually expended in building
Court House. To this will be add
- 10 per cent commission paid TO-
1ailder, which would make the
~ 1oet Of the Court House One
M Eleven Thousand Four
~ and twelve (9lu, 412.0O) Doll.
This includes the Judges stand,
~ and ETC., which q usually
y - part 81 the furniture in
dings. From fhis estimate,
b0Eah1e hody utll - tAat ~
- o. 1 aprecpsi non