The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-02
COURT HOUSE
FATE IN DOUBT
County Board Leaves Fur
Their Consideration Of
Matter Over To No
yember Session.
REJECT ALL BIDS RECEIv ED
Members of Board In Doubt To Rights
To Raise Money BY Bonds and Whole
Thing May Be Submitted TO the
People For Referendum.
REJECT ALL BIDS RECEIVED

Court House will not be decided until
the November session of the County
Board. Without. division of the
board, the whole matter was laid over
just after noon today and it is possible
that later on some plan may be worked
out to submit the whole matter to the
people for their decision.
Before the morning session of the
board was concluded the possibility Of
the building being built on bids now
before the board went glimmering.
Without even an argument and without
a record vote, on the motion of Chair
man Scott Of the building committee,
the board voted to reject all bids and
then an adjournment was taken to give
the members of the board chance to
decide what farther action might be
taken in regard to the court house.
There was an air of doubt about the
County Board chambers when the board
met just before eleven o. clock This
morning and there was great deal of
informal discussion of the court house
question and many of the members OF
the board suggested submission of the
question to the people. The committee
lost no time in rendering its report to
the solons after the meeting was called.
1t made no recommendation and simply
gave the tabulation of the bids as re-
|ceived, showing that the lowest posi-
BILE combination of bids with one or two
small items missing, would make the
cost Of the superstrueture $l,054,0 41.
The tabulation of the bids as made by
the committee showing the lowest
bidders on the various items of CON
struction, is as follows:
General-F1eischer Construction Co.,
Minneapolis, $746,2oo
Terrazzo Floors Marble
and Mosaic Co., Milwaukee, 81, $4,000.
Marble Work Andre Stone and Mar
bic Co., Milwaukee, $4,000.
Electrical Work Herman Andree,
Milwaukee, $4,000.
Vacuum Cleaner United Electric
Co., Canton, Ohio, $1,27100.
Heating Industrial Engineering and
Heating Co., Milwaukee, $38,150.
Heat Control-Industria Engineering
and Heating CO., Milwaukee, $6y515.
Ventilation Industrial Engineering
and Heating Co., Milwaukee, $24,411.
Jail Construction -Paulley Jail Co.,
st. Louis, $S4,430.
Plumbing American Heating Com
pany, Superior, Wis, $54,945.
Hardware -Jornt Brothers, Kenosha,
SIS, 800.
Kitchen Fixtures Duparquet, Huot
& Monene Co, Chicago, ST. 1863.
Refrigeration -Kroeschell Ice Ma
chine CO., Chicago, Sd, 100
This makes a total bid, without the
rubber tile, Of 81, 054 ,041.
| The next lowest bid figured on the
general bid of the Appleton Construc-
ton Co., of $79l $40 would be ST. ,o99 ,911.
After the presentation of the report
on the bids, Chairman Scott gave a
| supplementary verbal report in which
he declared that the county under its
| last year s valuation, could be bonded
at a little less than a million dollars
| for the construction of the court house,
/ He said that the committee had made a
conservative estimate of the cost of
equipment Of the building and that the
estimate was $500,000 This added to
the bids and the cost of the site would
bring the total cost of the completed
building up to nearly $I,700,0o0 The
district attorney in answer to ques-
tion from Supervisor Barrows, declared
that the amount of the bonds to be
raised for the court house could be
raised to the amount necessary if the
people gave their sanction at refer
endum. The, clerk than read the indi-
vidual bids as received on Tuesday.
Go Slow on Bonus.
It is not expected that the board
/ will take any action to decide between
taxes and bonds on the soldier bonus
i problem at the session today, as Chair
man Myrland of the Wisconsin Tax
/ Commission notified the county clerk
this morning that the commission was
mot able to furnish any figures as to