The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1915-09-18
BANK BID, CONTRACT
LET TO Bake & MELBY

Inc contract Tor the German-6O-
hemian State Bank building was let
on Tuesday to Bakke & Melby of this
city for $17,550, J. w. Molloy getting
the plumbing and heating contract
at $1,5S5, and D. A. Cutnaw the
wiring at STAT. This does not in
clude the office fixtures, vault doors,
ETC., which will bring the total cost
up to more than $4,000.
The bids submitted were as fol-
lows: johnson Construction Co. of
Fargo, $19,997; Heaton Lumber Co.
Of Dickinson, $19,37O; Minike Build
ing Co. of Fargo, $18,230; Bake &
Melby of Dickinson, $17,550. The
bids for heating and plumbing were
ais follows: Grambs & Peet of Bis
marck, $2,187; McDermeat & Green
Shields of Fargo, $3.50; J. w.
Molloy of Dickinson, $1,732. The last
bid includes cost of wiring, the same
as the other bids submitted.
It was gratifying to everybody
to have local firms get these contracts.
Charles Bake expects to have the
excavation. completed within two
weeks. Concrete will be used for
footings and brick for the basement
walls. -.
The contract calls for the work to
be finished January 1, 1916, and Con-
tractor Bake thinks that he wnl have
| no difficulty in getting the building
Iready to turn over at. that time: The
lwrecking of the old Drenkel frame
store was practically finished when
the bids for the new brick structure
were received this week, enabling the
excavation crew to. start at once:
It was finally decided not to use
the Odd Fellows wall on the north,
which, in the end will perhaps be
better for all parties concerned. The
new structure re is to-. be 80 feet
deep, the same as the Odd Fellows
building, and 25 feet wide. Light
cream facing brick for the outside
walls have been selected from the
Dickinson Fire & Pressed Brick Co.
yards. Bedford lime stone will. be
used for trimmings. The banking
rooms on the first floor will have
marble and tile trimmings, the wood
work being finished in. red brick ma
hogany. Large rooms for the direc-
tors and stenographer will be pro-
vided in the rear. This floor will
have one vault, the same as the up
stairs and in the basement there will
be two vaults. The second. floor will
kbe fitted for offices, having maple
floors and everything up-to-date
This floor will be reached by an en-
trance from the side alley. The base
ment will also be fitted up for offices
George Hancock, the Fargo archi-
tect, was in Dickinson on Tuesday to
confer with Chairman Frank Lish of
the building board, and during the
period of construction he will be up
often to inspect the work. It is the
desire of the building committee to
get first class banking house, mod
ern in every particular, and it looks
as though they would not be disap-
pointed. Their work is surely in
good hands.
Representatives of the outside
firms offering bids were in Dickin.
son on Tuesday, showing that there
was keen interest taken in the con.
tract for Dickinson's fourth banking
house.
S. D. Youatt of Fargo, representing
the Fargo Cut Stone Co., was here tt
arrange with Contractor Bakke fol
the necessary Bedford stone and thu
Kettle River granite for the job
Mr.. Youatt is a partner of Geo. Caru
fel, the Fargo Marble Co. man