The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-31
LET CONTRACT, "A! :.
FOR new SCHOOL
Dow City Awards Contract for Con
soiidated School Building to D.
J. Farrell, Of Omaha.
CONTRACT PRICE is se2,444.oo
Work Will Be Commenced at Once
and Contractor Must Rush the
Building to Completion.

tract for the new consolidated school
building last Friday there were nine
bidders on the general contract and
two on the heating, plumbing and ven
tilating There were about dozen
parties with samples of brick, tile, etc.
present also, and altogether the school
board had very busy day. The bids
were as follows, the general contract
being let to D. J. Farrell, of Omaha.
and the heating, plumbing and venti
lating to Schollman Bros. of Omaha.
c. c. Norgaard & Son .$64 267
G. A. Shannon & Son ........ 65,97O
j. P. Riddle ........ $500
Frank Fee .......... $1,000
j. F. Kobler ......... ...... 66,62S
H. F.. Jones .... ......... $500
J. H. TryOn ........ -. -. 69,411
d. J. Farrell ........ .... 62,444
Simpson, Cottrel & Petersen ;. $1,000
Heating, plumbing and ventilating:
Schollman Bros. $500. 1859. .$l4,225
G. NJ. Bailey ........ 1887
It is expected that work will begin
on the excavating Immediately. The
plans selected by .he hoard call Tor a
three story brick huilding. l}5 it. 10 in.
by Is it., all to be above ground ex.
cept the gymnasium, ana boiler rooms.
The first floor will contain superin.
tendent's office with waiting ROOM, two
recitation rooms. two, toilet rooms
teachers rest ROOM, lunch, room and
the manual training department Thist
department will consist of three|
rooms, one for drafting. one for work
room and one for a finishing room,
These rooms will all be equipped with
the latest appliances. On the second
moor there will be seven class rooms. |
two toilet rooms and the domestic sci. |
ence department. There are three
rooms in this department also, the
cooking room. sewing room and din
ing room. On the third floor will be
three class rooms, two toilet rooms.
emergency hospital. lecture room open,
ing into both physics laboratory and
chemical laboratory. biological room
with small room for dark room and
another for apparatus. the principals
office with supply room and assembly
room. The latter will be equipped full
ly up to date. having a stage amply
large to be used for any of the school
entertainments. 1t will have sliding
and folding doors SO it may be used
as q library or for other purposes
when not in use as a stage. The en-
tire building will be wired for cleo
: tricity. The assembly room will be
provided with stereopticon machine
). which all larger schools are putting in
for educational purposes We are
proud to know that when our building
is completed we will have as good a
school as there is in western Iowa. A
large majority of our people have been
enthused from the first over such a
school and the enthusiasm increases
as time goes on. A year from now we
will have the best school in the coun.
ty.
Merton Thomas is here from Ames
visiting his parents. He graduates
this year from the State college with
the degree of Bachelor OF Science and
expects to leave soon for Lacrosse
Wis, where he takes charge of big
dairy herd. Mr. Thomas has improved
his opportunities we'll and goes out
we'll equipped for his life's work.
Mr.. Ben Peter9Un. resident Of
Stockholm township, was in the city
Monday and while here left an order
for some sale bills for an auction sale
which he will hold on Thursday, June
9Th. Mr.. Peterson has traded his farm
for the c.. S. johnson mercantile
establishment at Boyer and desires to}
sell his stock and machinery. He is
using space on page six of the first
section to advertise the sale and it
will be noticed that he has listed
head Of horses, II head of cattle and
i Sscomplete sliaIe ,ofss,fsrm9 machinery.
sCol Teaquist will cry the sale. which
will commence promptly at o'clock.
sRead, his; advertisement for full par
gticulars. N Il