The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-23
The New Court House.
Revised Plans Adopted by Building
Committee and Commissioners
Will Meet Monday to Consider
Matter of Awarding Contract.

The matter of the court house int
provement is now clearly sup to- the
County Commissioners. Pursuant to
notice the building committee met
Monday to open bids for the work
according to the revised plans and
specifications of Frank p. Milburn
Go, architects. The details of the
remodeled, enlarged and improved
court house as provided by these
| plans have been carefully gone over
| and considered by the committee and
it is believed that they have arrived
at a decision that will give to
Vance county modern and model
court house, one that will be a credit
TO the county and a pride to the peo-
| pie, and serve the needs for many
years to come We doubt iii any county
in the State will have u better court
house although they may be more
| costly, and of greater architectural
beauty
d. J. Phipps of Newport News, was
the lowest bidder, at $4,000. The
joint meeting of the Magistrates ami
Commissioners had authorized ithe
expenditure an amount not exceed
ing SIS 700 for this purpose. That
| was what knocked out the mat
ter when bids were advertised for on
the original plans of Milburn & Co.
The lowest bid then, of five contracts
+! lag firms entering, was in excess of
5000, by Mr.. Phipps. Revised
plans were then made according to
suggestions of the committee. And
with Mr.. Milburn's ready grasp and
| practical experience he has produced
| a set plans which we think will re-
suit in handsomer, more cOmmodi-
Gus, better arranged and more satis->
| tactoy building in every way-and
| at less cost. So we'll satisfied were the
cimmittee with the revised palms after
they had been gone over in detail
| and thoroughly explained and un-
derstood that their adoption was
readily agreed upon; and when the
| bids were opened q resolution was
unanimously adopted recommend
ing that the bid of Mr.. Phipps be ac
cepted by the Commissioners and that
a contract be entered into with him
to do the work as specified in said
plans of Frank P. Milburn & Co.
A special meeting Of the Board Of
County Commissioners is called to
be held next Monday to pass upon
the matter and the GOLD LEAF is be-
traying no secret when it says the
recommendation of the committee
will be adopted, the contract closed
and work on Vance county's new
court house will begin at an early
date.
A contractor who was not the sue
cessful bidder in speaking about the
matter after carefully looking over
the building Monday morning, said
that at a cost of$15, 900 or SIG, 900.
we would have II court house prac-
tically worth to the county $4,000
or $4,000 That is to say a better
building could not be built for that
money than could be made of this at
a cost OF SIS, 900 or SIG, 900 in re-
modelling and improving it accord
ing to the plans and specifications
| proposed. The walls are sound and
the foundations solid and the old
part will be virtually as good AS
new Wueu Ulle WORK vi FepdlriuP is
done togetherIwith the new additions,
front and back
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