The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-30
-uOnIay, August g. 1893.

adjourned unstl p. III.
Afternoon Session.
The board of County commission
.ers me. at 2 O'Clock as per adjourn
men. with Commissioners Lokens-
gard, Hurd, Amundson and Abbott
present. CON- Amundson in the chair.
The bids for the dwelling house and
barn for the county poor farm were
opened and disclosed as follows:
D. A. Dinnie:
Brick house complete ..$9,469.00
Frame house, complete -. S,569.00
Barn, complete 1,49Ioo
Emmett & Bartelson:-
Brick house, complete -. ...$9,300.00
Barn, complete -. -. -. l,OS5.OO
Deerman & Smith,
Frame house, complete -. SIS, 10000
Lewis Johnson
Frame house and barn complete $9,697
The bid Of Deerman was not accom-
panied with the required certified
check and was not considered.
The bids for the plumbing and heat
Ing for the dwelling house were open
ed and disclosed as follows:
Minot Plumbing and Heating
Co., complete fixtures 1,S92.00
Johnson & Bell, complete fix
lures 80 A'ooA'oV
S. N. Sweason & Co., complete
fixtures -. -. -. ..... 1,96O.OO
The bids for The construction OF the
bridges over Short Creek between
sections a and 8, township 1853, range
SO and between sections % and 81,
township 159, range 90, were opened
aad disclosed as follows:
Geo. W. Kemper, complete, ex-
cept pil;ng, each bridge ..... $5S0.OO
McDougall & Son, complete, ex-
cept riIlng, each bridge :. :. 475.0O
The bids for the different grades as
follows:
Between section 9 and 10, twp 100,
rye SO; section %, twp. 161, rye Sc;
between Sec 35 and Sc, twp. 100, rye.
81; between, sec. 9 and Is, twp. 100, rye
81; tetween sec. 8, twp. 161, rga 81
and Sec "a, twp. 1852, rye. 81, were OPP
ened and disclosed as follows:
c. D. Smith at Bic, Csc, 2sc, 28c, and
23c per GU. yd, respectively.
J. W. Wilson at 32c, 26c, soc, 30c,
and Csc per Gu. yd. respectively.
w. J. Paff bid for the grading in sec
90, twp. 161, rye. Sc at 21c per Gu. yd.
After discussing the bids for the
Door farm buildings the board made
the following changes in the plans and
Specifications of same.
Omit all footing and range work in
all stone walls; all flooring In the at
tic; all insulat.. Z paper between the
floors; all cemeh>' :zills and water ia
Bile; and changing me stone wall an
der the barn to one foot one; and
all studding and rafters in the barn
to be Two feet apart. ..-s
The board then asked the different
bidders to deduct these changes from
their bids and submit same to the
board at o'clock p. m.
The board then upon motion ad-
iourned until 8 o'clock p. m.
The board met at o'clock p. m.
as per adjournment with Commission
ers Amundson, Lokensgard, Hurd and
Abbott present. Com. Amundson in
the chair.
The board took up the poor farm
dwelling proposition and the differ
emit contractors offered the following
bids with the deduction as asked for
by the board:
D. A. Dinnie:-
Brick house, complete %. ..$8,732.O0
Barn, complete 90. %. 80. .. 1,24700
Total 80. -. ....$9,979.00
Emmett & Bartelson:-
Brick house, complete -. ...$S,76O. 90
Barn, complete 80. -. -. >. 1,O15.CO
4OLcl -. $S,(l5.UO
Lewis Johnson, frame house and
barn complete 90. 90. ..$9,OS2. OF
Moved by Com. Hurd that the con-
tract fer the poor farm house and
barn be awarded to Emmett & Bartel-
son for $9,775.O0, for brick house and
frame barn, to be completed by the
hrst Of December, 1909, and that the
auditor be and is herety instructed
to draw up contract with the said
firm for same. Motion duly seconded
by Com. Abbott and carried, members
voting as follows: Lkeonsgard yes
Hurd, yes, Abbott yes, Amundson yes
Glein. absent.
The board then took up the plumb.
ing and heating OF the building and
made the following changes in tn.