The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-22
BIDS FOR D. H. s.
SCHOOL BOARD ENGAGED ON CO.
ING OVER PROPOSALS.

SSFf0SL C0AnO ENGAGED ON CO.
ING OVER PROPOSALS.
| The bidders on the high school i'm
proyement agreed this morning to hold
! their prolosaIs over for few days
until the school board can call mass
injecting of the citizens of Oskaloosa,
and find out what public sentiment
favors in regard to the present situa.
ton. ..s....-..
1t is the opinion Of the board that Os.
kaloosa voters will favor awarding the
contract, and fall in line with spe.
cial election to issue additional bonds
in payment for the Improvement.
The sealed proposals for the new
high school building were opened by
the old members of the school board
last evening, but the contract il award
ed, will be let by new board. Mon
day night, George Capel and Warren
Kalbach, recently elected directors
take the chairs vacated by John II
Perry and John H. Shoemake, retiring
members.
Wells & Stump of Oskaloosa cut a
big slice from the figures of theiI
general bid on the plumbing and heat
ling, knocking off over six thousand
dollars, because of alterations and OPP
ftional provisions, considerable dror
when compared with the drop of six
teen hundred dollars by one competi
ltor. -a .....
| ~ Bids Were All High.
Running up to twenty thousand dol
lars more than the one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars provided by
a recent successful special school
election on proposition to issue
bonds in payment for the erection oil
ia large addition to the present high
school building for remodeling the ole
'tstructure and for the purchase of ad
ditional school grounds, proposals ~oi
the construction of the addition alone
threaten to eat up the funds provided
for the school Improvement.
General bids ranged from S141,96l
of T. F. Mcdonald & Co. of Waterloo
to $104,S49 of Reed, Macdonald
Brewster Co. of Minneapolis, AM
$104,S23 of the Arthur II. Neumanr
Co. Des Moines. The latter two firms
have contracts for the construction Of
the Penn College women's dormitories
and main building respectively.
Like the proposals on the Penn
buildings, the figures on the high
school proposition may be changed
considerably through a number of al
ternates or options contained in thu
! bids. ..,....
I Plumbing and heating proposals raj
.Iup into FIVE figures, the highest b.
4 w. G. Sheehan & Company at S43,49i
and the lowest by the Ryan Plumbing
4 & Heating Co. of Des Moines at $27.
1882. Well & Stump of Oskaloosf
were the only local bidders, and theil
figures were $40,164.
Electrical wiring and installation
bids were also opened. The InlanC
Electric Co. of Des Moines gave the
lowest terms at $1,000, while the Elec
trical Equipment Co., of Des Moines
with $4,189 was highest. Fred Bern
lex, Jr. of Oskaloosa, successful bid
der on the Penn building, submitted Q
proposal his figures were $3,27S.
Following no special specifications
the electrical fixtures ranged in price
from the Beardsley Chandelier Co.'S
bid at $1,4SO to that of the Superio!
Electric Fixture Co. at 5000.
The automatic clock and bell sys
tenn will prove expensive. The install
lation of this system will cost around
one thousand dollars.
Bids, on the high school building
were opened in the committee rooms
of the Mahaska County State Bank, al
four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Al
four, the room was packed with rep
lresentativeS of the various contract
ing firms submitting proposals.
| Members of the old school board
considered the proposals and will
laward the contract. After opening
land leading aloud of all bids, the di
rectors dismissed the representatives
of the competing firms, and consider
ed the various proposals in secret
session
Following are the general figures
offered ON the erection of the high
school addition:
Arthur H. Neumann & Co, of Dea
Moines, $1O4,SS2.
Reed Macdonald Il Brewster Co.. OF
Minneapolis, $104,S49.
w. F. Kucharo & Co., $106,9S0.
| Bailey, Marsh Co., Minneapolis,
$1O9,S19.
J. E. Gorsart & Son. Sl10,990.
Sutton & Gromer, s113,310.
J. c. Mardis Co, Des Moines, $115,-
900.
! Western Construction Co, Iowa
tCity, $118,970.
c. w. Ennis Co., Toledo, Ohio, $121,-
900 or $122, 1000.
T w. F. Mitchell & Co., $121,359.
J. w. Hopp Construction Co., Ced.
ar Rapids, $121, 500. t
T. F. Mcdonald % Co., Waterloo,