Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02
LOW COURT HOUSE
BID UNDER MILLION
CALDWELL e. Drake of Columbus, Ind, ).
Offer to Build it for
Ss24,S4s.
I0sT WILL BE LESS IF DIVIDED
same Firm Has Lowest Bids on Four
Separate Parts.
ROBERT BUTKE, OMAHA, GETS IN
Long End of Work by Home Man if
Separated.
BERT BUTKE, OMAHA, GETS IN
BIDS REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE
Offers Range from ss25, 900 TO S1,-
100000 and various Materials
Are Specified, which Re-
main to he Considered.
General Bids,

General Bids.
Caldwell Drake. Columbus, Ind.,
twenty months, ss24,s4e.
H. EllenberRer company, Chicago, two
years, s565,65s.
v. Jobst, Peoria III, two years, Sss9, 500.
James Black Masonry and Construction
company, st. Louis, two years, ss75,333.
Morrow BIOS, Baltimore, Nd, two years,
Ss41, $50.
b. ]. Jobst, Omaha, two ana half years,
James Black Masonry and Construction
company, st. Louis, sss4,s47.
Ladd-Sawyer Construction company, Den
yer; $96I,240
James Black Masonry and Contracting
company, st. Louis. two years; 100000.
James Black Masonry and Contracting
company, ST. Louis. two and one half years,
$4,000.
Ambrose stannard. New York City, two
years; $1,0i2,6Sl.
L. f. Gould & Son. Omaha, two and one
half years; S974.5S3.
other material two and one-half years;
Sg6S, 600.
John H. Harte, Omaha. two ana one-half
years, S9lS.6Sl.
Northern Construction company, MIL
waukee, two years; $4,000; two and one
half years, $4,000.
r. Burke Omaha, two and one-half years;
sl,OSo.OOO.
General Construction company, Milwaukee.
Wis; two and one-half years; $9S7.OOO.
c. II. anghn, st. Louis. Mo-. two years;
sgO5OS
Hllger & Co, Chicago, two years:
sl.Oss, ,976 two and one-half years, N,O56,976
William Grace company, Chicago H., two
years. sS92.0O.
w. Peterson. Omaha, two and one-half
b. J. Jobst. Omaha. two years; Ssi5OOO
A. a. S. Wilson company, Pittsburg,
two years $4,000; one and one-half years.
S9S6OOO.
Thompson-Starrett company, Chicago, ILL.,,
Ntwo and one-half years; ssS5,OOO.
Corners Bros. Co.. Lowell. Mass. two and
one-half years. $,O35,OCO.
VIII Cost Under million.
Douglas county's new court house will
not cost more than 100000 unless ele-
vators, electric wiring, lockers and the
heating apparatus costs more than $lI5,OO0
Caldwell & Drake, contractors of Columbus,
Ind were the low bidders the complete
job when bids were opened by county
commissioners Monday, the bid OF the firm
being 1924. $40 and 1t offers to complete the
work IN twenty months.
Taking four of the bids on separate parts
a Drake and the bid of r. Butke Of
Omaha for another part OF the work the
court house without fixtures will cost
$s2S.S2l.
All bids are to be gone over, as the ma
teriaIs differ and substitution OF the same
kind of material specified by Caldwell q
Drake by some other bidder, may make a
difference. and a careful comparison of
the materials specified may give preference
to some other bidder But the bids
stand Caldwell & Drake are lowest on the
complete Job and their four bids on sep
arate parts OF the work are the lowest.
A number of bids were above 100000 for
the complete job and contractors offered
to complete the work in from eighteen
months TO two and one-half years. One
81. ouis contractor bid $4,000 and Of
fered to do the work in two years putting
In another bid at Sa45.Oc0 II the work took
ftwo-and cne-half years.
Two bids were thrown out because nc
certified checks were sent with the bids
The board ordered the certified checks
amounting To mere than 100000 to be
held untn the county board ordered thet
return The $50 checks deposited for plan;
may be had at any time, according to az
order OF the board.
When the reading. which took tust one
hours and fifteen minutes, was complete
the bids were referred to the county clerk
comptroller and the chairman Of the boarC
for tabulation and summarizing
Total of separation BIDS.
The total of the five separation bid
amounted to SS23.39i, or about si,OoO les
than the bids for the entire structure. on
OF the separation bids, an Omaha firm, r
Butke was the lowest on Separation No
]. the hid being $257475
No 1-R. Butke. Omaha......,....... ,S2S7, 81
No caldwell & Drake, Columbus.
No s-Caldwen & Drake, Columbus,
No. i-caldwelI & Drake. Columbus
No. G--caldweli 3 Drake, columbus >
Total. ,.,............,.,... .So3 g
separation bid No. 1;
Northern Construction company, Mi
waukee, $4,000
Caldwell 4 Drake. Columbus, Ind
ssSSOOO.
r. Butkey. Omaha, S257,l75.
Moore Bros. Baltimore. Md. SOS. 600.
w. Peterson Omaha s1SS.ooo
A. G. Busk, Omaha, $Sls,SSl.
w. M. Allen. Son & Co. Peoria. III
$4,000.
Northern Construction company, Mi
Waukee. s22s25.
caldwell q Drake, Columbus. Ind, saOi
"a
n Katx-Craig. omaha, Ctwo years., se65.OO
n. Bntkcy. Omaha, $e52,50o
Moore Bros. Baltimore, Md, s21.sOo
edwards & ward. Owo and one-thir
,ears). chIcago, H., s2SS,ss1; other materia
fs7sSaO; other material $3.50.
Phoennix stone and Lime company. Kan