The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
Contract for Construction
Of New Courthouse is
Signed Monday.
HAS PENALTY CLAUSE
Contract Provides that Build
ing Must Be Completed
by July 1, 1924.

The building committee of the county
board, headed by Supervisor Roy White,
and acting under full authority for the
county government, signed the contract
for the construction of the new Keno
sha county courthouse at IL o'clock
Monday night. The contract was also
signed by the officials of the Hutter
Construction company of Fond du Lac
and the completed contract backed by
an opinion of its validity from Morris
Barnett, district attorney of Kenosha
county, will go to the county board for
confirmation at its meeting to be held
tomorrow.
The contract with the Hutter com
pany calls for a contract price of
STOP, 900, the contract covering all work
in connection with the new building
with the exception of the plumbing.
heating and electrical work Contracts
for these items of the building will
probably be signed by the committee
today and be ready for the confirmation
of the county board on Wednesday.
To Be- Completed in 1924.
The contract for the general con-
struction of the building provides that
the work shall be completed and the
building ready to be occupied yby the
county on the first day of July 1924.
Contractor Hutter suggested that the
date for completion be made May l,
1924, but the members of the commit
tee decided to allow an additional 60
days for the completion of the work.
The contractor declared that he be-
lieved that it would be easy to COM
plete the big building by the date set.
Safeguarding the county against delays
the contract provides a penalty for
non completion at the date set and I'M
der it the contractor will pay to the
county damages in the sum of $40 a
day for each day that the building re-
main uncompleted after the dead line"
date. Members of the committee have
spent many hours ironing out every
difficulty in connection with the gen.
eral contract and these changes were
made without any serious disagreement
with the contracting company. Fair
play was evident in every transaction
of the committee with the contracting
company.
Paid On Installment Plan
The contract provides that monthly
payments shall be made by the county
to the contractors as the work prog
resses. The contractor will be paid or
materials for the building as they srs
purchased and delivered to the site and
on the 18th of each month during the
period of construction the county will
pay the contractor an amount equal to
$3.50 of the estimates of the architects
of the work done. Under this plan the
building will be $3.50 paid for when it
is completed. The county reserves the
right to hold up 1870 of the total con-
tract at the end of the work pending
the final acceptance of the finished
building.
Three Contracts Unsigned.
The contracts remaining unsigned
are those with E. J. Sullivan of Keno
sha for the plumbing; the Thomas
Heating company of Racine for the
heating; and the Uhlein- Orthman COM
pany of Milwaukee for the electrical
work. The members of the committee
were holding conferences. with these
contractors today and Chairman White
declared that he believed that all Of
the contracts would be signed before
the day is over. -.e
The plans and specifications are made
part of each one of the CONTRACTS for
the building. es.4..,.sr