The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-08
And the Work Will be Com
menced Very Soon and
Pushed Forward
Rapidly.
COST OF THE BUILDING
One Of the Most Complete and
Convenient Homes Of
the Kind in the
State.


new home is now a fixed fact. The
Y. w. G. A.. girls are to be warmly
congratulated and the entire commun-
ity of Keokuk to be commended for
the result of this contest for the bet
terment and upbuilding of Keokuk
along all worthy lines The bids have
been returned, the contract has been
awarded to responsible, experienced
and very successful building contrac-
tor and the girls have the cash. Moth
ing more is necessary on their part
and the work will go rapidly forward
toward completion.
1t was a rapid, wen planned and
enthusiastic contest to attain success
and the fight was nobly won. The
girls did their work and Keokuk peo-
pie should be ever proud for
the splendid response they gave
to the earnest and repeated appeals
made for their aid in this splendid
enterprise. It was dream then, 1t
is sunny fact now. 1t is said that
there is more pleasure derived in the
pursuit of an undertaking than in
the possession of it. In this case it
does not hold good. So much good
can be accomplished and so many
womanly hearts are centered upon
this good work, that the dreams at
the beginning and all along the path
way of earnest work for success, will
go on forever, growing brighter and
more interesting as the years go by.
1t will be perpetual dream mingled
with the practical, forming a series
world about Keokuk will become bet
ter and more legitimately attractive.
Contract Awarded.
At $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at meeting at the Young Women's
Christian Association rooms the bids
were opened with the following mem
bers of the Y w. c. A. building com
mittee present: Mrs. Charles S. Pond,
chairman; Mrs. Anna Robinson, Mrs.
T. R. Board, Mrs. G. M. Covell,
Messrs. H. w. Huiskamp, T. R. Board,
and H. e. Radcliffe
The bids were wide in their range,
there being difference of s6,S5s.00
between the highest and the lowest.
The following bids were promptly in
at the appointed hour:
John W. Young, $27,s9o.
G. E. Lindstrand, s26,325.
R. G. Shisler, s25,592.
f l.. Griffey, $27,315.
Dol1ery 6 Woolley, s2s,6s4.
Willcoxen & Coffman, s32,45o.
There being no room for discussion
in the matter the contract was award
ed to R. G.. Shisler. who was the con-
tractor for the Pond flats under con.
struction and the remodeling process
here for several months.
Early this forenoon Mr. Radcliffe
for the Y. w. G. A. committee and Mr..
Dunlap for the contractor, Mr.. Shis-
ler were together arranging the de-
tails of the contract to be signed. BY
the terms of this contract the build
ing is to be completed on or before
June Is, 1913.
Asked when the work Of throwing
dirt for the new building would COM
mence, Mr. Dunlap replied that it
would begin just as soon as the pa
pers were arranged, the contract
signed and the bond given, which was
a matter of only few days and work
on the excavation would begin at
once, probably the first OF next week.
The matter of building being set
tied it is due the committee the fin
est words O. commentator for their
promptness and alertness throughout
the entire time from the inception of
the proposition until it's successful
close Miss Edna O'Harra, general
secretary of the association and Miss
Edna Porter assistant secretary and
director of extension work, although
their names do not appear officially
IN the work, were as active and ef-
ficient as the best Of them in the
promotion of the work and the com
pleteness OF the plans for the new
home. In the campaign for funds
thew almost worked themselves to
exhaustion for the great success at
tanned A debt OF heartfelt gratitude
is due these constant workers and
their ever-ready co-laborers, the ear
nest and persistent workers of the
Young Women's Christian Association
and their friends.
The Building.
The building will be one of the
slightest in Keokuk. H. f. Radcliffe,
the architect has given much time
and labor to planning structure of