The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-10-07
ALEXANDRIA co.
Land CONTRACT
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION co.
HAVE LOWEST BID FOR NEW
SCHOOL BUILDING
WILL COST $4,000 COMPLETE
ORIGINAL PLANS ARE REVISED
SOMEWHAT-WOR WILL
> START AT ONCE

The last three days of last week
Sank Centre was overrun with con-
tractors, stone men, brick men, hard
ware men and dealers in all kinds of
building material in general. IT,.
The contract for the erection of the
new Junior High School Grade build
ing was the magnet bringing them to
town. The bids were opened at 4:30
o'clock Friday afternoon. There were
ten bids for the general contract.
The notice asked for two kinds of
. construction. Number one was for all
concrete floors except corridor on
the upper floor which was to be made
of maple. Proposition Number Two
was for wood joice and wooden floors
in school rooms with fire-proof cor
ridors and stairways. The bids were
as follows:
No. No. 2
John Lauritson, Fer
gus Falls .$64,533 $63,sss
N. P. Fransen, st.
Paul ........ 71,O6O $500
Madsen Bros, Mime
apolis .......... $3.50 e2,7OO
National Contracting
Co., Alexandria :. 1884 60,923
Carl Kropp, st. Cloud 69,596 $500
Paul Steenburg, st.
Paul &c.. .7o,4ss $500
Horton G. Willets,
Minneapolis 49,. 1880 72,4sO
Gray Construction Co
WATERFOWL, S. D. $4,000 $500
Boyd Construction Co
OC. L dui ....... tt,ooo 'f,ooO
L. J. Klippen, Duluth $4,000 63,146
1t will noticed that there was a var
lance of nearly $4,000 between the
high and low bidder. All of the bids
were too high and. the board adjourn
ed until Saturday to modify the plans
and ask for new bids. 1t was first
planned to not finish the basement,
leave six grade rooms unfinished and
do away with all fire proof protection.
When the board met Saturday morn
ing Messrs. c. M. Sprague, W. o. P.
Hilsdale and DIR. J. A. Dubois appear
ed before the board and urged them
not to sacrifice the building for few
thousand dollars. James A. Caughren
supplemented the arguments offered
by the other gentlemen. AS the four
above are unquestionably the heaviest
taxpayers in the district it was finally
agreed to make slight changes in the
stone work, make the halls and cor
ridors fire proof, to complete the au-
ditorium in the basement, but to leave
six grade rooms unfinished as they
are not needed at the present time.
Messrs Sprague, Hilsdale, Dubois and
Caughren showed splendid spirit of
progressivism and are to be commend
ed.
When the bids were opened Satur-
day morning there were only six COM
petitors, and they evidently had all
gotten down to brass tacks during the
night as the figures on the changes
We're very close, as the following tab
ulated statement of total reductions
indicates:
Original Net Revised
Bid Reduction Bid
John Lauritson $63,885 $7,365 $56,518
Madsen Bros. :. 62,700 1880 54,750
National Con-
struction Co. :. 6O,923 6,625 54,29s
Carl Kropp -. $500 6,54O 60,350
Paul Steenburg $3.50 5,465 6O,134
L. ]. Klippen :. 63,146 6,430 56,716
The bid of the National Construc-
ton Co., of $54,298, being the lowest,
was accepted. The original specifica-
tions called for Menominee sand mold
brick, costing $15.85 per 1000. At a
meeting of the board Saturday after
noon it was decided to substitute De-
catur, ILL.,, mat beids brick blending
from gun metal to dark red shades, at
$3.50 per 1000, making an additional
cost of $545; the total contract price
for the general construction is $54,-
743.
The final bid for the general con-
tract is about $1,000 higher than was
estimated, and it will probably mean
that the structure complete and fur
nished will cost approximately $751;
900.
Wednesday afternoon of this week
Mr.. Shellund of the National Con-
struction Co., and Architect Parsons
met with the board, at which time the
contract was gone over Thoroughly and
signed up. 1t provides for the COM
pletion of the building by August l.,
1916. The foundation at least will be
put in this fall. The National Con-
struction Go. will furnish an accepta-