The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-21
GIRLS DORM|TORY
CONTRACT IS LET
VOID CONSTRUCTION CO. OF
81 ookINGs ARE SUCCESSFUL
BILOERS FOR COLLEGE JOB
EXCAVATION WORK STARTED YESTERDAY
New Building Will Consist Of Four
Stories, Fire-Proof, Built Of Pres
sed Brick and Costs SIS, 100


To a Bookings contracting firm, the
Void Construction Co., the task of
erecting the new girls dormitory at
State College, provided for at the last
assembly of the state legislature, has
been given.
The Regents of Education met at the
college in Bookings Tuesday after
moor and awarded the contract for the
erection of the building. Six bids were
entered for the general construction Of
the building, that of the Bookings
firm being the lowest. Their bid for
the building alone was $4,000. The
local firm was also awarded the con
tract for the plumbing, heating, etc,
which will bring the cost of the entire
structure at $75,19O, says Mr.. Void.
The Legislature appropriated $4,000
for the new dormitory last year.
Work Started Yesterday
The excavation work for the new
building started yesterday 400 and
Mr.. Wold's contract calls for it's com
pletion by September Is, 1916.
The new building will be four stories
in height, fi%re-proof, built of pressed
brick with concrete floors and will be
n Of the finest structures in South
Dakota, says Mr.. Void. Details for
the trimmings have not been worked
the outside will probably be terra
Gotta.
The structure will be one hundred
forty-six feet and two inches in length
and ~forty-six feet and two inches in
width. 1t will be erected just south of
Wenona Hall.
Plans Of the Floors
The basement floor will consist of
the dining room which will run the
entire length of the building. Ante
rooms on each side of the building
will be built, for the girls on one side
and for the boys on the other. No
kitchen will be built in the building as
all cooking will be lone in the kitchen
at Wenona Hall.
The plans for the first floor call for
a lobby 16x2O feet, a hall running the
entire length of the building and twen-
ty sleeping rooms, 11x14 feet, ten on
each side.
The second and third floors will be
similar. Each will have twenty-eight
sleeping rooms, fourteen on a side and
divided by Railways. Sixty-six Sleep
ing rooms will be built in the structure
and each floor will be adequately
and each floor will be adequately sup
piled with baths, toilets, etc. No eleva-
tors will be built in the building, says
Mr.. Void, the floors being connected
by stairways. The entrance to the
building will be similar to that at
Wenona Hall.
Next Bidder S. 1900 Higher
The J. B. Nelson Co. of Mankato,
"iih, was h'At =. IhC "oiu
ton Co. in the bidding, their figure
being 81 800 higher than that of the
local firm. Other bidders were the
Jonason Construction Co. Of Aberdeen,
Gray Construction Co. of Watertown,
Payant & Bass of Fairbault, Mimi, and
Horton & Willets of Great Falls, Mon.
tana.
Members of the Regent Board who
were present at the meeting Tuesday
afternoon were President T. W.
Dwight Of Sioux Falls, Frank Anderson
Of Webster, August Frieberg of Beres-
ford and Secretary I. D. Aldrich of Big
Stone.
Get Rock Rapids Contract
The Void Construction Co. also Sc
cured another contract this week, that
Of building a $4,000 court house
building in Lyon county, Iowa. at Rock
Rapids. There were over eighteen bid
ders for this work and the Brookings
firm received the contract Monday.
Elmer Void left Immediately for Rock
Rapids where he is in charge of work.
men doing the excavation work.