The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
EXCAVATION SOON
TO Be STARTED IF
WEATHER FAVORS
Contracts Being Drawn for Con.
tractors, City and County
Boards to Sign
SOIL ON SITE TESTS FINE
Changes Provided for in Bids
May Be Utilized to Finish
Pool, Kitchen, Balcony

City Attorney c. L. Young is work
Ing on the various provisions of the
written contract to be signed jointly
by the city commissioners, the county
board, A. j. Weinberger and other
successful bidders for the erection
and equipment Of the memorial com
munity building. The county board
has ratified the action first taken by
the city commission In awarding the
several contracts. Thursday. which
include the plumbing to Frank G.
GrambS and the electrical installation
by E. E. Kicker. Contractor Wein-
berger has promised to have the
building ready for acceptance by the
period from October / to November I.
Meanwhile. further tests Of the soil
Of tho site are being made. So far
loads Of four tons have been placed
on the timbers inserted In the 20
foot test pits. This load Is being
doubled and It may then be doubled
again. to ascertain the resistance OF
the soil to superimposed weights OF
eight to Is tons to the square foot
What tests have been made have
SHOWN q soil Of little moisture and OF
good stability for supporting a load
As the building with its immense
40.0O0-round sections Of trusses span
ming 100 feet Of the main hall will be.
, Changes Provided For
In the sinking Of the pits. layers OF
clay. some sandstone and of fine dry
sand were encountered. Down where
the foundations arc to begin, there Is
= stratum Of clay which has failed to
show any tendency to yield under
weight, except In = negligibly slight
degree.
In the contrast to be drawn, the
contractors will be obligated to make
such changes In materials as may be
decided On from time to time, without
In any way invalidating their con-
tracts. theses materials already being
specified In the stipulation and in
corporated in alternate bids in their
offers. As the erection proceeds It
may be found advisable to make
changes in this respect.
It may even develop that these
changes may make possible compile
ton Of the swimming pool. the bal
cony and the installation Of kitchen
fixtures. Bids were made on all OF
these. though the plan has been to
omit the three at this time.
Find Chances to Save
r. j. Kaplin. the American Legion
committeeman, however, has been do
ing . little calculating and has ar
rived at the conclusion that econo-
mics BY changing some Of the ma
tertal will permit the whole project
to be completed. Frank G. Grambs
has a bid Of $500 on the pool and
$500 on the kitchen fixtures install !
The pool complete is to cost
I'll .464 under the Weinberger and
0rambs binds. Weinberger handling
the excavation and concreting ends
Of the job.
In some alternate changes made at
the time Of awarding the bids, when
It was found that certain fixtures
would be easier to obtain than those
At first preferred. the Grambs bid Of
s32 100 for the plumbing and vcntilat-
ing was scaled down to S3l ,022.
Contractor Weinberger will begin
at the earliest possible
moment. II the weather should prove
favorable as now, that may be at
once. He has an almost complete
for the entire contract and
about all he needs to add to it is an
,ther larger cement mixer.