Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-16
REDUCED COST
OF AUDITORIUM
City Commission Has brOuQht
Down The Cost TO Within
$4,000.
Two Bids Have Been Offered
For Construction Under
Modified Plans

| AT meeting of the city commits
sion last night, which was full o1
business from beginning to end, modi
fed plans of the proposed auitoriun
were presented to the commission anC
| adopted. The modified plans will re
duce the cost Of the new auditorium
considerable less than $S5,0OO. Tn,
plans call for the completion of the
building, furnished and ready for oc'
cupancy. only short discussion was
had on the modified plans and it was
unanimously voted that the plans be
adopted. Two responsible bidders,
representing two large firms, have al.
ready submitted bids to the commits.
sion on the modified plans, which are
considerable less than $4,000.
L., The proposed changes for the audi
torium are enumerated as follows:
Omit face brick and use instead
two coats of plaster outside, one of
Portland cement, 2k of sand and
small portion of lime. Finish with
light stippled surface.
Terra Gotta to be standard finish
instead of glaze
Omit marquee.
Allow $4,000 as outside estimate on
! ornamental plaster.
unit all excavation in mems toilet
and smoking room, boiler room aud
under parquet. Reduce foundation
INccefdingly. FDotings under tness
portions not to exceed five feet in
depth.
Omit drain tile.
Change gridirOn from steel to wood.
Omit marble wainscot in vestibules
and lobby; retain marble base in yes.
tibules s inches high and in lobby
the height of lower course of marble.
Omit revolving door and provide
pair of outside vestibule doors same
as on other vesti'bules.
Reduce steel work. Use 80 pounds
for live load.
Omit screen back of parquet.
Omit all plumbing in basement.
Omit lavat0ries in second tier OF
dressing rooms except one.
Omit lavatories in third tier OF
dressing rooms except one.
Provide toilet on stage, using part
of property room and providing in
| same one closet and one lavatory.
Omit sewage lift and tank. The
storm water and sewage system to
be combined.
! House drain to be carried along
foundation walls keeping same suf1i-
ciently high to make one connection
to sewer, dispensing with the two
systems and connections as original
J, ly specified.
Omit stone base course in front OF
building making same concrete as on
sides.
Omit walls supporting raque,
moor in solid ground on 6-inch bed
of gravel or cinders, providing chick
en- wire netting in slab.
Provide heat ducts from fan OF Wit
rtified tile with tee connections tc
registers, figuring on a basis OF US
ing an average size of tile OF "a
inches in diameter. Twelve registers
"A inches square.
Change pin rail from iron to Wooo
using 6x6 fir pieces for each rail ano
6 uprights for braces, substantial!
connected to ly gallery floor.
Change circular stairs from tral
cellar to gridiron next to the stage
switchboard to iron ladder.
Omit copper at front entrance ano
bulletin boards, using wood finish.
Use two coats of paint instead OF
three.
Omit fire proofing on beams.
George Register, representing some
of the property owners along Thayei
street, was before the commission ana
put up a bitter protest to the pro-
posed grading on Thayer street, from
First to Anderson. He stated tnat
petition he had presented to the com. .
mission contained the signatures Oh
q majority Of the property owners
protesting the proposed grading ne
further stated that he thought tnat
the grading would not increase tne
value Of their properties and tna'
there was no reason for the clty uos .s
ing the work. He did admit that II
! the city would pay for the grading
he had no objections but ne dldn
want the cost taxed up to his prop,
erty. The city engineer made q Drlel
talk concerning the proposed grading
and stated that he thought 1t wouiu
increase the valuation of the prop.
erty and advised the city to carry
out the proposed plans. The dlcus,
sion lasted for several minutes anu
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