The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
NEW SCHOOLS
T0C0ST 100000
General Contracting $780,
900 and the Rest for
SUBJ Contracts.
BIDS VARY 100000
A Fortune" Lies Between
Bids Made by Lowest and
Highest Bidders.

Kenosha will have two new ele-
mentary schools at total cost of
about $308,000, this including the gen
eral construction bids by MAIDS Mad
sen of Minneapolis for $235,980, and
bids for heating, plumbing, heat regu-
lation, sheet metal and electrical work
amounting to total of $72,010.'
The successful bids for all the work
to be done on the new schools, was de-
cided following the opening of the
bids at meeting Of the building COM
mittee of the school board, Superin-
tendent Loomis and Architect Chubb,
and given out as follows:
1 building buildings
Gen. Const.-
MAIDS Madsen $118,515.OO $235, $4,000
Heating
w. S. Patterson 11,7S5.oO 34,4OO.OO
Sheet Metal
Northern Corfu
eating Co. 2,693.00 $4,000
Plumbing
Am. Heating Co 10,978.00 21,626.66
Heat Regulation
johnson Serv-
ice Co. 2,228.Oo 4,268.oo
Elec Work
w. l. Bremen $4,000 6,330.O0
Totals S149,57800 $30799O.66
Bids Include Gymnasium.
The total of 1907, 990.66 includes the
esactiop eff a small gasaasiuin in con
nection with the two elementary
schools and if this building is not
erected under these contracts, deduc-
ton of $4,000 from the figures given
will be made.
The bids on the two new schools were
opened Tuesday afternoon and occu-
pied the entire afternoon. The even
ing was given over to agsifting of the
merits of each bidder, and in one case,
in the bid for electrical work, the sue
cessful bid was not the lowest but the
next to the lowest, as the school board
decided that W. I. Bremen satisfied
the requirements.
Bids Vary Widely.
There was wide gap between the
bids made by the various contractors
in the contest for the work. In general
construction alone, there was a differ
ence of about $4,000 on the two build
ings between the lowest and success
full bidder, Madsen of Minneapolis, and
Kenosha contracting firm, which en-
tered a bid of $4,000 on one build
ing. There was>besides a note attached
to this bid of 100000 on one school to
the effect that this did not include
painting or finishing"
This affected the humor of Architect
Chubb, so that when the next bid of
$154,O0 for one school was opened
and read, entered by another Kenosha
contractor, Mr.. Chubb asked irresist-
IDLY, Does that include painting and
finishing
Sub-Contracts Vary Also.
With variation between lowest and
highest among the bids for sub-contract
work of heating, lighting and so forth
the difference amounted to a good deal
over 100000.
The opening of the bids was attend.
ed with the usual interest and excite.
ment within small radius. At the
commissioners room in the school ad
ministration building, where the bic
opening was held, contractors were
present representing firms sprinklet
throughout the northwest.
The general construction bids were
opened first, and most of these bids
were high. For considerable time
John Stocker of Kenosha' held the low
est rung with bid of $12O,OOO fo1
general construction of one school
When the bid of MAIDS Madsen, of $118,
was read, general guffaw shook thu
room, as they recognized in this con
tractor without further ado, the mas
+ar hid