The Dickinson press., 1908-10-31
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Soules 81 Butler will Build New
Carnegie Library for So,76o.
Begin Workgat Once. Must
be Completed August iist.
#. 35st
After several unavoidable delays. the
contract for Dickinson 3 Carnegie library
has been awarded and from now on it
is hoped that the work will progress as
rapidly as possible. Soules & Butler
had the lowest bid and will do the work
for 50. 760.
The library board, r. H. johnson,
Rev. Fl. Rabsteinek, DR.. v. H. Stickney,
John F. Davis and w. L. Richards, held
a meeting Wednesday evening and
opened the bids which had been submit
ted. There were estimates from the four
local contractors although one or two
firms made more than one estimate.
under different, conditions.
The bids were as follows: Walton &
Davis. $11, SS2. exclusive Of the plumb
ing and heating: Soules & Butler,
$40, 357. on the original specifications.
calling for the use of granite and in
Guiding the plumbing; $9.ss5 with the
corners Of stone instead Of granite and
50. 3s5. using brick Heaton Lumber Co.,
$1l, $50 using granite; $1,000 using
Bedford stone; Northwestern Building
Co.. $12. 6ss according to the original
specifications. s
The committee was fortunate in the
bid for it has only s12. 500 for building
the library. furnishing it, and paying
all the other necessary expenses. 1t was
decided to accept the Soules &. Butler
bid for s.. sS5. By using Kettle River
and Bedfogd stone in place3o of the gran
ite, the bid was cut to $o. 585. This in
cludes the. plumbing, but not the light
ing and heating. ~ 6
Thursday afternoon second meeting
Of the committee was held for the pur-
| pose of selecting the quantity and color
| of brick to be used in the construction.
Samples Of. brick from three firms, the
Dickinson Fire & Pressed Brick Co. and
the Missouri Slope Brick & Tile Co. Of
Dickinson and the Hebron Brick Co. of
Hebron, were considered by the COM
mittee. However, they do not have the
say where the brick shall be purchased
and were to decide only on the color and
quality SO, it was not competition
between the three companies
The committee decided that a light
flash brick should be used for the lower
part and light brick for the main
building and selected three samples Of
each kind, one from each brick plant
and all similar in color and quality,
as standards for the contractor to abide
by. All the bricks to be used in the
library must come up to this standard
and will be inspected by the board. The
matter of where the brick is obtained
is left with the contractor. It was also
voted by the board to have the sides of
the windows Of tone as well as the tops
and bottoms, and the additional cost
will be SITS. making the total 50, 760.
This will leave the committee little
less than s.. 600 for the other expenses.
Including the heating, lighting, furnish-
ling, grading, architects fees, etc. There
remains good deal of careful planning
by the board to make the amount avail
able to cover the cost but they expect to
be able to do it. and without cheaper
ling the finished product When they
have done the work, the city will have
a building which will be source Of
pride to every citizen.
A general idea of what the specifica-
tions call for has already been given in
these columns. The building will be
one story in height and will be Of light
brick with Bedford stone trimmings. Il
was originally intended to use granite
but it was found impossible to do 50 and
keep within the limit.
i The contractors stated this week that
they would commence work at once and
have the foundations and as much else
in as possible this season. If the weather
continues favorable, they will ty ant
get 1t up and rooted over before winter
sets in. The firm has until August t
complete their work but this is probabl,
longer than they will need s's-s~;4esA.
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