The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-08
START WORK IN TEN DAYS.
Contract Provides That the Building Be
Ready for Occupancy by the 18th of
October - Contractors to Employ
Local Labor-Buy Material Here.
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The splendid new club house for the
Kenosha Lodge of Elks is to be com
pleted on the site of the old Petit
Malt House on or before the fifteenth
day of October. This was the provi-
sion of the contracts let by the build
ing committee on Saturday afterno Don,
the general contract going to the Imme1
Construction Company Of Fond du Lac,
the price being $93,907 and the contract
for the plumbing and heating going to
the Kimbrough Hardware Company of
Muncie, Ind, at cost of 1889. This
brings the total contract I'D to
$112,796. The action of the committee
was unanimous. Three of the members
of the committee were not in the
city, but they were notified by tele-
graph of the proceedings of the meet
ing and they promptly sent back
their sanction of the work.
Before final action was taken to let
the contracts local contractors were in
vited to give figures to meet the low
bids of the Immel company and the
Muncie company, but the local contrac-
tors appeared before the committee and
declared that they could not come with
In twelve thousand dollars of meeting
the bids offered by the successful con-
tractors. The local contractors declar-
ed that they would do all in their
power to aid the Elks in securing an
early completion of the building. The
Immel Construction Company has built
some Of the largest buildings in Wis
consin and the company has record Of
completing work in the time stated in
contracts. President Immel of the com
pany was at the meeting on Saturday
and he at once began placing orders for
material by wire and he declared that
the materials for the building would
begin arriving in Kenosha within
ten days and that the work would
be we'll underway before the frost was
out of the ground.
It is stipulated in the contract that
the contractor shall employ Kenosha
labor wherever possible and the Keno
sha dealers in building material shall
have preference in the purchase of the
vast amount of material which is to 90
into the building. Contractor Tmmel,
after he had been awarded the contract,
offered to give the contract for the car
penter work to Otto Windorf, mem
Der of the lodge, if he could meet the
figures which had been used in making
up the Immel bid. It is probable that
his proposition will be accepted and
this will insure the carpenter work
being done by a local contractor and
by local carpenters.
In the final session before the con
tracts were let, the committee voted
to enlarge the main hall in the build
ing by cutting out the portion of the
mezzanine floor on the south end of
the building. This will make very
large addition to the main hall in the
building and will make it by far the
largest dancing floor in the city.
With the contracts all let it can be
said that the total investment planned
will be in the neighborhood of $500
The cost of the site and building will
be slightly in excess of $4,000 and
it is estimated that the interior decora-
lions and furnishings will cost in the
of $4,000.
Of this amount over 100000 has
been subscribed by the members of the
lodge and close to $4,000 has been paid
in. Within few days a canvas of the
members of the lodge will be made.
Many of the members have announced
their intention to increase their sub
scriptions and there are more than two
hundred and fifty members of the order
who have not as yet made a pledge to
the building fund. It is thought the
total will be brought up to $4,000
before the building is completed and
that the committee in charge will be
able to meet all payments on the build
ing without resorting to bond issues.
With the construction of this SPLEEN
did community center it is expected
that the Elks will draw under the
antlers large number of the business
and professional men of the city. Tt is
expected that the membership which is
now over the five hundred mark will be
to eight hundred before the
building is dedicated Contractor I'm
mel has given the assurance that he
will not delay the dedication of the
building and it is expected that this
ceremony, which will be the most
notable Elks ceremony ever held in
Southern Wisconsin, will take place on
day.