The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-26
Moline IS LOWEST
COURTHOUSE BIDDER
unless new DESIGN
Eleven Bidders Offer Figures on
Original Draft, on New,
and on Combinations
ANOTHER STYLE IS URGED
BY Change, Cost Of Two Struc'
lures Can Be Kept Within
$25O,o0o Bond Issue

Eleven bids were presented for the
erection Of the new county courthouse
and jail and five for the heating,
plumbing and ventilation when the
county commissioners opened offers
at 10 O'Clock this morning In the
court room.
The board was meeting again this
afternoon, trying to determine which
of the bids to accept
The decision to be reached was
complicated by suggestion Of an alter
nate design by Architect Ira L. Rush.
When the special election was held a
colonial design was printed in the
campaign circulars al q suggestion
Of the possible style of the proposed
courthouse. The architect today SUBJ
mitted a modernistic design of stone
base with brick super-facade orna-
mented in brick piers, which can be
built for less money, the saving on
the exterior structure being made
available for the fittings and fur
nishings of the interior and assuring
q building within the $500 900 fund
available.
OOmDl1otl008 ABOVE CUu08
Z. A. Moline, jamestown, appeared
to be lowest bidder on the original
building on q bid of $170,385. On q
combination Of courthouse and jail
his offer was $217,38
AS the lowest combination heating,
plumbing and ventilAting bid on the
original design Of building that Of H,
A. Thompson, was $22.925 and the
low electrical bid, that Of e. e. Kicker,
was $3.50, the cost Of the building In
accepting this combination would be
$201 300.
The cost Of the combined jail and
courthouse on the $2l7.3 1856 bid, with a
heating, plumbing and ventilation
combination by Frank GrambS on a
bid Of 81, 100 and an electric bid OF
$4,000 by E. e. Kicker would bring
the combined structure to $262, 165.
Lowest bids on the Jail alone were
$1,000 by Olson and Orheim, Minot
with heating and plumbing bids by
J.. G. Canning, Williston, $9.070 and
electrical work bid by e. E. Kicker Of
$4,5l8, q combination total On the jail
alone Of $60,588.
1t was because the combination bids
exceed the $250.000 bond issue that the
| alternate modernistic design was
proposed. AS three members of the
board favored making the change SO
as to come within resources, the out
look was that the shift would be made
by the board.
Mass Of Figures In Bids
The bids formed a mass Of confus-
ing figures. Besides the original
courthouse design, there were the
figures on the combination Of this
style Of courthouse and jail, combin.
alton bids on the alternate rnodernis.
tic design and six sets of alternate
bids on the use Of marble on interior
parts, the substitution of q concrete
fireproof roof on a steel deck and
another alternate on the omission Of
wrecking the old building. All the
alternate bids added to the cost Of the
courthouse except the omission Of
wrecking the old structure.
The bids on the original courthouse
| structure were: e. A. Moline, James
town $i70,385; Bartleson and Ness
Bismarck, $171 300: Isaac Mattson
Minot, SITS, ITO: A. J.. Weinberger, Bis.
marck, $175,203: Redlinger and Han
son, Minneapolis, $l76,000: j. H
Mackey, Minot, $177.21l; Olson and
Mackey. Minot. $l77,2l1: Thorwald.
sen and johnson, Grand Forks, $178,-
100; Carl steen, Grand Forks. 4l78,.
$40; John L. Larson, Bismarck $780,
437; F. r. Powers and Company, Far
90, $4,000.
The Cheaper Combination
The combination bids from these
contractors. the first on the original
! design Of courthouse and jail and the
second on the modernistic design
were: e. A. Moline, $217,3S5 and
$208, S85; Bartleson and Ness. $2l9,50(
and sos, 800; A. J. Weinberger, $685.
800 and t208,671; Olson and Orheim
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