The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-12-29
SOLD;
CONT ACT LET
FOR BROOkIfG COUNTY'S NEW
COU- HOUSE.
BONDS BRIN 8 sl,SOs PREMIUM
COURT HOUSE 'NraAcr AWARD,
ED TO NELsH.i OF MANKATo.

The board of county commissioners
met at the court house Tuesday to
dispose of the 800, 900 OF county
bonds voted by the electors at the
November election for the purpose of
constructing a new county court
house. There We're seventeen bidders
for the bonds, although only ten of
them complied with the requirements
made by the board, and these were all
that were considered. The bonds
were awarded to the Union Invest
ment Co. of Minneapolis, which was
the highest bidder, at a premium of
$1,S05. The next nearest bid was
$3.50 less. One firm had the temerity
to ask the county to give them a
bonus of $500 for taking the bonds.
The issue consists of seventy-five
bonds of 5 1000 each and fifty bonds
of $500 each, bearing 5 per cent in
terest, and it is optional with the
county to take them up at any time
after five years up to twenty years,
the date of maturity.
The county will receive $101, sos
for the bonds and this money will be-
come available at once. Brookings
county has an assessed valuation of
over eight million dollars, without a
cent of bonded or other Indebtedness,
which makes it's bonds pretty good
by the large number of bidders. The
premium is a good one when it is
taken into consideration that the
county can take up the bonds at any
time after five years.
Yesterday afternoon the board
opened bids for the construction of
the court house. The lowest and
best bid was that of ]. B. Nelson &
Co, of Mankato, at $91 ,31S and they
were awarded the contract. This con-
tract is just for the general construc-
ton of the building, other contracts
being let for the electrical work,
heating and plumbing. The contract
for the electrical work was given to
Minis & Minis of st. Paul for $1,753.
The Chas. Wilkins company of Min
neapolis, was awarded the contract
for the plumbing at $4,000, and Mar
tin & Wigman of Green Bay, Wis
non,rnl Tho han+;nn onI unpti1otino
contract for 5000. In case the board
decides TO use city heat and not put
in boilers, which is very likely, the
contract for the heating will be
$4,0O5 instead of $4,000.
There were twenty-nine bids re
ceiyed for all the work, of which nine
were for the general construction of
the building, six for the electrical
work, six for the plumbing and eight
for the heating. The bids for the
three small jobs ran fairly close, but
there was a wide difference in the
bids for the building. The second
lowest bidder was the Milwaukee
Construction company, which was
about $4,000 higher thar Mr., Nelson,
and they ran from there to $147, 900,
which was the bid of a Massachu-
sets firm.
The total amount of the four bids,
provided the board does not use boil
ers for heating, is $100,276 AS the
county receives an additional eight
cen hundred dollars as a premium,
the total contract is we'll within the
amount provided by the voters for
the purpose.
Mr.. Nelson, the successful bidder,
is well known locally as a thoroughly
honest and capable contractor and
We believe thta the construction of
the new building is in good hands.
He built the mechanical building and
ladies' dormitory at the college as
we'll as a number of the best business
blocks in the city, and his work has
always been satisfactory. He was
present at yesterdays meeting and
guaranteed the board that he would
complete the building within a year
after the work is started. This was
earlier than was expected and means
that the court house will be ready for
use in the spring of 1912.
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