The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-31
Mankato Will Have
Handsome Armory
From THURSDAYS Daily.

DRY for Company II will soon be
under way Bids were received late
yesterday afternoon on all branches
of the work. Eric A. Carlstrom was
the low bidder on the general con
tract work and c. NJ. Masters was
low on the heating and plumbing
work.
Captain Scott of Company IL and
George Pass & Son, the architects
are very well pleased with the bids
as they fall within the architects
estimates of the cost of the building
and make it possible to go ahead
with the work Immediately. Contract
for the general work will be signed
up at once and after a few days time
necessary to get action from the
board of armory supervisors, work
will begin in dead earnest Mr.
Carlstrom is already at work assem-
bling the material as the work is
to be carried on through the winter
and brought to completion in the
early spring.
Inc SeNeTdl BlQS.
g. The bids on the building are as fol
lows: Eric A. Carlstrom, $17,143. alter
mates deduction S1,192, balance, SIS,
951; ]. B. Nielsen Construction
company, $17.S42, alternates deduc
ton $1,799, balance $16,043; Otto
Neitge, $1S,710 alternates deduction
$1,439, balance $17,271; George j
Grant. $21,116 alternates deduction
$3.50, balance S19,546.
The plumbing and heating:
McLauren & Northrop, plumbing
$913; heating, $3.50. C. NJ. Masters
plumbing. Sis; heating $1,67S. R
w. Powers, plumbing, $S12; heating
S16S4. Mankato Plumbing and Heat
ing company, plumbing, $725; heat
ing, $3.50.
Mr.. CarlstrOm's bid was accepted
with part of the alternates which
brought his contract figure to $16,261
c. ". Masters submitted also a
combined bid for plumbing and heat
ing at $2,363, which will be the
amount of his contract for plumbing
and heating.
Mankato will have an armor of
which she can well be proud and in
The near future. The 5Mankato arm
DRY will be a third larger than any
of the others which have been built
under the state supervision and with
state aid.
The Architects Effort.
In both plan and design the arChi-
teCt's first effort has been to get the
largest possible drill hall and au-
ditorium 5SX112 and twenty high
with columns or projections of any
kind. By way of comparison be it
said that this room is almost three
times the size OF the Y. NJ. C.. A.
gymnasium and two and one half
times as large as the combined
dance hall and dining room space
in the Knights of Columbus hall
In one end of this room is gallery
with seating capacity of about 800.
This immense, well lighted and venti,
lated auditorium will provide an
ideal place for Mankatos conven
tons, lectures, mass-meetings, band
concerts and other large gatherings
AS an auditorium the building will
mean a great deal to Mankato and
for this reason if no other Captain
Scott expects the cooperation oil
the citizens in raising the balance
of the funds necessary to complete
the building according to the plans
The Large Auditorium.
In plan the building is 60x140
The two story part of the building
occupies twenty-eight feet, the rest
of the building being given over tc
the auditorium which takes two
stories in height. The main flool
is reached from the front by means
of long easy ramp which makes
it possible for troops to enter with
out breaking step. At one side OIL
this entrance is the officers room
with bath in connection. On the
other side is the parlor and in con
nection with the parlor and hall q
ladies retiring room. This arrange
ment would be suitable for any kind
of public gathering. The second
story is provided for the use of the
Ladies' Relief Corp. In addition to q
large assembly hall there is small
er room for kitchen.
In the Basement.
In the basement suitable quarters
are provided for locker rooms, fol-
showers. for quartermaster, for non
commissioned officers and for regu
lation rife range and heating plant
There is in addition au excellent
room 3Sx64 for dining hall
Whether this part of the basement
will be finished up at the present
time depends largely upon how
finances develop. d.,
The design of the building speaks
for itself. The exterior will be
built up to the first floor with Man
kato lime stone. The facing of the
walls will be New Ulm pressed bricl
laid i'll Dutch bond in white mortar
joints. This will be a decided limo
walton as heretofore no Dutch bont
work has been done in the city.
The roof will be covered with
Spanish metal tile which will gt
a long way toward preserving the
military aspect of the building.
The plans are on file at the archi
tect's office where anyone is wei
come 10 see them at any time