Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11
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f. +. RALPH,
VIM. FRANKENHOFF,
GEO. B. SNOWDEN,
I. H. WILLIAMS,

C0mmlIlee.
The report of the County Farm
Building Committee pertaining to the
construction of the new barn and hog
house was presented and read by Mr..
Hartman. 1t was referred to the
Finance Committee and is as follows;
To the Board of Supervisors OF Grant
County, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:
We, the committee appointed at the
last annual session of the county
board to act in conjunction with the
trustees and superintendent as a build
ing committee for the erection of
new barn and hog house at the county
farm wish to report as follows:
On January 18th we met at the
county farm and together with the
trustees and superintendent discussed
the building proposition. 1t was our
opinion at that time that owing to the
fact that the price of building ma
terial had declined from one-half to
one-thrd i'll many instances and that
the price Of labor had gone down.
it would be possible TO erect the build
lngs for about the amount the county
board had appropriated and we there
lure uGCluGQ 10 call IOr DlQS.
We again met on February 18th to
receive bids on the barn. The bids
received at that time We're in excess
of the appropriation and after deliber-
ating over the matter all day, eliminat-
ing everything that we could and not
impair the stability of the barn, we
finally decided it would be to the best
interests of the county to proceed with
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that it was impossible to build the
barn for the amount appropriated. aC-
cOrding to the plans and specifications
even after our eliminations and
changes. To draw new plans and
specifications would mean an addi-
tional expense A building committee
meeting year after year and accom-
plishing nothing means added ex-
pense. We finally let the contract to
Pennock and Block of Lancaster for
$16,350 90, they being the lowest bid
ders. The lowest bid the building
committee had received in 1919 was
S19,97900 and in 1920 it was nearly
$22.000.00.
We earnestly trust and hope that our
judgment in this matter meets with
your approval We met from time to
time and inspected the work of the
contractors which we feel they did in
every instance ia a good worllmanlike
manner As the work of construction
was going on we noticed certain
changes were necessary. We noticed
that in the main part of the barn the
windows were to be on the sides and
the light from them would soon b.
shut off when filed with hay SO we
decided to have the windows placed
in the roof We further noticed that
the roof Of the wing was placed di-
rectly upon the walls and we decided
to raise the wing of the barn ten feet.
We also decided to have a steel girder
and steel posts put in the wing The
changes and additions neon an adGi-
tional cost Of $769.52. We felt the
changes were worth their cost in the
benefits to be derived therefrom. The
total cost Of the barn, therefore, is
$17.119.52.
The best bid we had on the hog
house complete was $5,500.00 This
we considered far in excess of the APP
preparation and we decided not to
accept it. On August 9Th we met and
let the contract to the Eastman-Cart-
wright Lumber Co. Of Lancaster for
the material for the hog house for ST.
478.00 This included lumber, win
dows, cement and tile We also let
the contract for the steel equipment
to the Louden Machinery Co. for
$1,06450 Mr.. Barris agreed to do the
work Tn addition to the above fig
ues the County will have to furnish
the hardware which will mean per
haps $4,000 more When completed
the hog house will not exceed
$4,000.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRIS HARTMAN,
VIM FORCK