The Dickinson press., 1912-03-16
DonT WANT COURT HOUSE
now FOR REASONS STATED

The Commercial Club of this city
goes on record as not favoring the court
house bond proposition at this time.
and the principal reason is 'on account
Of the following memorandum Of agree
ment: -
AGREEMENT
Dickinson. N. D., Nov. IA, 1911.
This agreement entered into on above
date by and between Haxby & Giles
pie. architects of Faro, N. D.. and the
board Of County Commissioners OF Stark
County. N. D.
The architects agree to prepare all
sketches. plans and specifications and
detailed drawings. including all extra
for a court house and sheriff's resi-
dence and jail for Stark County, N. D.
The architects further agree that If
the bonds do not carry when submitted
to the voters of the county not to hold
the board for such fees until such time
as the building can be erected.
The board of County Commissioners
agree to pay to the architects for the
above work the sum of S Der cent of
the total cost of the building, 3 per
cent to be paid when the contracts are
let and the balance as the work pr0gres-
SEES.
Signed.
Haxby & Gillispie.
By W. D. Gillispie.
Herman Leutz.
F. A. Roquette.
Final action was taken Wednesday
afternoon, at which time a specially
appointed committee made the follow
ing report:
COMMITTEES REPORT.
Your committee appointed for the
purpose of investigating the terms upon
which the county commissioners were
entering into agreements with archi-
tects in the matter of getting plans and
specifications. etc.. for the proposed
new court house for Stark county, find
the following contract entered into by
the county commissioners with the firm
of Haxby & Gillispie. architects of Far
60. as per the foregoing contract.
This contract which was not spread
on the minutes of the proceedings of the
board of county commissioners or pub
f1ished. was entered into on November
IL, 1911. or two months prior to the
time the board decided to call for an
election on the issuance of bonds for
the purpose of building a court house.
Believing that the contract is too
~liberal.and too much in the architects
favor and that better results could be
obtained by greater publicity and by
advertising for competitive plans aud
sketches, we recommend that the Com
mercial Club 60 on record as being OPP
posed 10 the bond issue at this time.
March IS, 1912.
II was generally admitted that the
county needs a court house, the present
building being too small and badly in
need Of repairs. The members thouhet
that a mistake had been made in agree
ing TO give architects more than 3 per
cent on a job of this kind. 1t was also
thought that the board could be criti-
cised for entering into an agreement
which seemed to bind the county to
give the Fargo architects the work at
what ever time the building was start
ed, this year or at any future date.
Messrs. Leutz and Frank Roquette
both say that the architects were to
give personal supervision as desired
for the construction of a court house
and so far as they knew the specified
price was the usual figure. They need
ed some estimate of the cost Of a suita-
BILE building and invited Messrs. Han
cock. Haxby & Gillespie. Lincoln &
Hare of Helena to submit sketches. All
three firms complied. The Helena firm
sent Montana styles of court houses
which did not seem to ft the conditions
in North Dakota as we'll as those of our
own state. Both Fargo firms were ask
ing S per cent and the sketches of Mr..
Hancock indicated to Messrs. Leutz and
Roquette a $125, 600 building and they
thought best to take the less expensive
sketch of Haxby & Gillespie.
Mr.. Leutz in speaking Of the matter
this week said that if Dickinson was
not ready for a new building he guessed
it would be satisfactory to the other
places in the county. He said that at
1.-THE present time offices for the district
Judge aud states attorney had to be
rented outside the jail is unsafe fo1
the. keeping of tough criminals: no
place for women prisoners or insane
people; the roof must be repaired: the
auditor and register Of deeds will have
to have larger quarters; q heating plant
needed, and he estimated that if al
emergency was declared and the repairs
made. the cost would amount to severa
thousand dollars and still the count,
would have nothing but a patched VI
old building.
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