The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-15

The cost of the proposed Kenosha
County Court house has not as yet
dropped below the million dollar mark
and bids offered to the building commit
tee of the County Board this morning
indicated that the cost of the build
ing after being furnished would be
In the neighborhood of million and
a half dollars.
The revision of the plans with she
elimination of number of features, has
not made great reduction in the cost
of the building. The architects, White,
White and White, otter considering the
bids, declared that there was about
a thousand dollars between the bids
received today and the biz received
when the original p(1ns were sub
mitted to the contractors.
Mass of Bids Cor Committee.
There wits mass of bids for the
consideration Of the committee but with
the lowest Of the bids for each feature
Of the work it was shown that the cost
of the structure proper with the Jail in
cluded, would be no less than $1,094, 413.
With the Jail eliminated the cost of the
super structure would be in the neigh
borhood of $95O,000. The committee
took no action on the bids, but the bid
ders were notified that all checks would
be held until after the bids were sub
mitted to the members Of the County
Board at th session opening on next
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committee appeared to be divided as to
Just what should be done and it is prob
able that this second batch OF bids will
be sent to the board for consideration
without recommendation.
1t was declared that the revision of
the plans would bring considerable
reduction in the cost Of the building but
the new bids indicate that the cost
would be almost the same as under the
original plans. This was declared to be
he difference in the cost of building now
and when the bids were first submitted.
All Bidders From Minneapolis.
There were five bids for the general
contract ON the building, all of these
bids excluded the cost Of plumbing,
heating, electric wiring, hardware, re-
frigeration and jail equipment. These
bids Were all from companies having
their central offices in Minneapolis and
the only local bid ony any of the big
contract was that the Jornt Brothers
for the hardware. Local contractors
were present when the bids were opened
but none of them seemed to desire to
offer figures on the building or any
feature of it. The bids for the gen
eral contract were as follows:
Fleisher Construction Co. IS 500 1000
Lawrence Construction Co.,. $4,000
s. M. Klarquist Co.. 1908 ,050
Madsen and Peterson Co. ... 1000, 900
Madsen Construction Co.. .... zoos, 900
The only general bid for the heating
and plumbing and regulation of heat
received other than that of the Ameri-
can Heating Company was from the
w. G. Cornell Company, Chicago, the
figure in this bid being $4,000.
Many bids were submitted on con-
tracts included in the general contract,
but it would be very difficult for the
committee to consider these bids. The
work Of calculating the bids was start.
ed this afternoon and the report will be
ready for the board on Tuesday, The
committee was in session chs afternoon
to listen to the discussion Of ths merits
of various materials suggested for the
building.