The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-22

KNOWN AS LINCOLN SCH0OL"
Contract for All With the Exception
of Plumbing and Heating Work on
New Building Is ,Ooo--Contract
to Be Signed Today.

Gottlieb Schaffer, a Kenosha con-
tractor, will build the new Lincoln
School for at the meeting of the Board
of Education on Tuesday evening when
bids for the new Collins street school
were opened the Kenosha contractor
had by far the lowest bid for the big
building and the President and Secre-
tary of the Board were instructed to
enter into a contract with him today
with view of having the work on
the school started at once and rushed
to completion just as rapidly as pos
sible. Under the bids received it is
declared that the new school, the larg-
est ever built in Kenosha, will be com
pleted within the estimated price Of
100000 set by the board The con-
tract with Gottlieb Schaffer which pro-
vides for everything except the plumb
ing and heating is $4,000 and it is
estimated that the cost Of plumbing
and heating systems will be in the
neighborhood Of $4,000. This will
leave a margin of $4,000 to meet the
unforeseen expenses which may come
in connection with the erection Of the
big building.
The members of the Board acted
unanimously in letting the contract to
Mr.. Schaffer and the amount Of the bid
was pleasant surprise to the members
of the building committee and the
members of the board
Nine bids were received from con-
tractors in Kenosha and other cities.
-Four Kenosha contractors bid for the
general contract their bids being:
Gottlieb Schaffer ......... .$77. 900
Louis Anderson .. 81,307
K p. Knudsen .......... 81,993
Ludwig Klemm .............. 87,739
There were five contractors from
other cities who came to bid on the
building but not one of them sought
general contract. In every case the con
tracts offered by the out of town bid
ders were higher than those of the
local bidders. The Charles w. Secord
Company of Chicago made a bid of
$4,000 for the work with the excep-
tion of the concrete work, carpenter
work and painting. The General Con-
struction company of Milwaukee bid
$89,951 for the work with the painting
and metal roofing to be done by some
other contractor. The Abraham Lunn
Company of Chicago eliminating four
of the sub-contract offered a bid
of $S2,730. The Appleton Construction
Company bidding along the same line
put the figures at $4,000. The f. w.
Tadey company of Milwaukee bid on
only small portion of the work.
The members of the committee and
the board were unanimous in the de-
mand that the general contract include
all Of the work Of the building with the
exception of the plumbing and heating.
It was expected that the general con
tract would be signed this afternoon
and the bids for plumbing and heating
will be secured at once SO as to permit
the erection Of the building to GO for
ward without interruption.
After the contract for the building
had been let the question of the name
of the new building came up and the
suggestion that it be called the etI,in-
coin SCHOOL, in honor of Abraham
Lincoln was happy one. It united
all the members of the board and on
the first ballot the school was named
H1The Lincoln SCHOOL, by a unanimous
vote.
Many of the members Of the board
would have liked to have seen the
school named after some of the pioneer
educators of the city but all seemed to
realize that Kenosha should at this
time pay some tardy tribute to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln. 1t is GER
tain that the action of the board in
naming the school will meet with popu-
: lar approval.
Fred Larsen, well known Kenosha
contractor, was named as inspector of
the work on the building and he win
give his entire time to this work pend
Ing the completion of the building.
The employment of Mr.. Larsen as the
inspector gives assurance that the
specifications will be followed closely
in the erection of the building.
No other business of Importance was
taken up at the meeting of the hoard