The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-01-06
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MANkATO FIRM LANDS A BIG
JOB At BR'ooKiNGs. ~.
Structure in South Dakota Town Will
Be Built BY WelI-Known Com
pany; Proposal Amounts to More
Than Ninety-One Thousand Dol
Sought the Big Undertaking.

Inc following is from q BrOOklngs,
S. d., paper: s.a
The board OF. county commissioners
met at the court house Tuesday to
dispose Of the 100000 of county
bonds voted by the electors at the
November election for the purpose of
constructing a new county court
house. There were seventeen bidders
for the bonds, although only ten of
them complied with the requirements
made by the beard, and these were
all that were considered The bonds
were awarded to the Union Invest
ment company OF Minneapolis, which
was the highest bidder, at pre-
MUM of $1,805. The next nearest bid
was $3.50 less. One firm had the to-
merity 10 ask the county to give
them bonus of $500 for taking
the bonds. .a.s > -;
The issue consists Of scventy-five
bonds of $1,000 each and fifty bonds
Of $500 each, bearing 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.
Yesterday afternoon the board
opened bids for the construction of
the court house.. The lowest and
best bid was that of J: B. Nielsen &
Co., of Mankato, at $91,31S and they
were awarded the contract. This con-
tract is just for. the construction of
the building other contracts being
let for the electrical work, heating
and plumbing.3j' The contract for the
electrical work was, given to. Minis
G Minis of ST. Raul for $l,753. = The
Charles Wilkins f.company of Min
neapolis, was awarded, The contract
for the plumbing at 1920, and Mar
tin & Wigman Of Green Bay, Wis,
secured the heating and ventilating
contract for $5,2G02In case the. board
in boilers, which IS very likely the
contract Tor . the d heating will be
$4,0O5 instead ofa$5,2OO.
There were tWenty-nine bids re-
ceived for all the work, of which nine
were for the general construction of
the building, six sf0r the electrical
work, six for the plumbing and eight
fer the heating., The bids for the
three, small jobs ran. fairly close, but
there was q wide difference in the
bids for the building. The second
lowest bidder was the Milwaukee
Construction company, :, which, was
about $4,000 higher. than Mr., Nielsen,
and they ran from there to $4,000
which was the bid of q Massachu-
sets firm.
The total amount of the four bids,
provided the beard does not. use boil
ers for heating, is $1OG,276 Is the
county receives an additional eight
cen hundred dollars as a premium,
the total contract is well within the
amount provided by the voters for
the purpose.
Mr. Nielsen the successful bidder,
is well known locally as a thoroughly
honest and capable contractor and
we believe that the construction of
the new building is in s<od hands.
He built the mechanical building and
ladies' dormitory at the college as
we'll as 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 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.
The BroOkings court house will be
similar to that at Fairmont, which
was built by Nielsen & Co.. and they
also built the one at Window.