The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-01
FOND DU LAC COMPANY LOW
Committee May Adopt Percentage Plan
for Building With Low Figure as
Maximum Cost Under This System
To Decide on Plans Saturday.

OLD General High Cost of Building
ing COMMITTEES when bids for the pro-
posed new club house were opened on
Monday afternoon and although the
bids were slightly in excess Of the
estimated cost of the building, the COM
mittee voted to go ahead with the
present plans and start work on the
building as soon as the plans for the
contract can be worked out.
The Immel Construction Company of
Fond du Lac, with bid of $94,843 for
the contract, exclusive of heating and
plumbing, was the low bidder, and the
lowest bid for the heating and plumb
ing contract was offered by the Kim
brough Hardware Company of Muncie,
Indiana. The bid of this company was
$4,000. The combined bids totaled
$113,843. With slight alterations in
the plans it is thought that this bid
can be reduced to $4,000 and that
with contract let on the percentage
basis the total cost of the building,
ready for the decorators, will not ex-
coed the 100000 mark set by the
committee. It is estimated that the
interior decorations and furnishings will
cost $4,000, that the Improvement of
the grounds will demand an expendi-
ture of $4,000 additional and that with
architect fees and incidentals and
the site purchased at cost of $41 900
the total cost will be $4,000 This is
the expenditure, planned when the
building was originally promoted.
More than forty bids were received
for the various portions of the work in
connection with the building The
Niche Construction Company had the
second low bid on the general contract,
a bid of $93,995. This did not include
the construction of freight and passen-
ger elevators which were included in
the bid of the Immel company. The
only local bid for the general contract
was presented by Gottlieb Schaefer
His bid was $4,000. Windorf
Brothers of Kenosha, were low bid
derS on carpenter WORK.
The tabulation of Che bids was not
completed and it will be several days
before all of the combination of bids
can be figured out, but the members Of
the committee will have another meet
ing on Saturday afternoon at which it
is expected some final action will be
taken. contractor Imr ell Of Fond du
Lac and Otto Windorf, representing
Windorf Brothers Of Kenosha, the two
low bidders, have been invited to be
present at this meeting and discuss
with the committee the proposition of
percentage building with the under
standing that the maximum figure to
be paid by the lodge under this plan
would be the lowest bid submitted for
the general contract Between now
and Saturday these two contractors will
be given a chance to make a final revi-
sion of their figures in order to be able
to make 9 contract if the plan meets
the sanction of the lodge.
The report of the committee recon-
mending the starting of work as soon
as possible will be sent to the lodge at
the annual meeting TO be held
on Thursday night The lodge is
expected to support the committee
in it's decision
The contractors have declared that
if the job is let at This time the work
can be started just as soon as it is
able to get men to work on the ground
and that with an early spring start it
should be possible to complete the
building within the next nine months,
making possible the opening of the new
club by Christmas day. Members of
the committee have taken the PROPOSE
tion up with building experts and these
men declare that there is little or no
reason to believe that building ma
teral prices will be any cheaper within
the next two years. With a considera-
BILE sum of money now in the bank and
considerable other sums subscribed and
many Of the members who have not
subscribed ready to aid, the members
of the Elks committee believe that it
will be possible to secure the compile
tion of the building at the present
figures without a cent of indebtedness
other than the stock held by the mem
bers standing against it.
It is possible that the contracts
for the building will be signed at
the meeting of the committee on
Saturday afternoon.