40 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BIDS FOR PLUMBING. 



Crane Globe 



Name For Work Fixtures Fixtures 



Des Moines Plumbing- & Heating Co $2,271.00 .^1,967.00 $2,019.00 



Bailey Plumbing & Heating Co 2,904.05 1,771.45 1,817.35 



Van Dyck Plumbing & Heating Co 2.360.00 1,848.00 



Century Plumbing & Heating Co 2,814.00 1,846.62 1,897.26 



Kellog Douglass Kurtz 



Name Fixtures Fixtures Fixtures 



Des Moines Plumbing & Heating Co 



Bailey Plumbing & Heating Co 1.842.00 $1,767.50 



Van Dyck Plumbing & Heating Co 1,646.00 $1,756.00 



Century Plumbing & Heating Co 1.850.00 



BIDS FOR ELECTRICAL WORK. 

 Bid 



Name 



Whalen Electric Co $3,065.00 



Citizens' Electric Co 3,090.00 



Capital City Elec. Co 3,161.00 



Electric Equipment Co 3,980.00 



The following were the low bidders on the work, to which the com- 

 mittee added an estimate to cover architect fees and cost of grading: 



J. E. Lovejoy, general contract, using Jolins-Manville roofing. .. .$185,217.44 

 Des Moines Plumbing & Heating Co., using Crane fixtures for 



plumbing 4,238.00 



Whalen Electric Co. for electrical work 3,065.00 



Architect fees estimated on above bids 5,775.00 



Grading to be done under supervision of superintendent of 



grounds, estimated 1,000.00 



Total $199,295.44 



The resolution adopted by the board at the meeting on August 29, 

 1919, authorized the committee to open bids and let contract for the con- 

 struction of the cattle barn and sale pavilion providing the total cost did 

 not exceed $160,000. Therefore, the committee decided that it would be 

 impossible to accept the proposals for completing the barn and sale ring 

 in accordance with the plans and specifications as submitted. This an- 

 nouncement was made to the bidders present. 



The committee and architect called into conference Mr. J. E. Lovejoy, 

 low bidder on the general contract, and asked him to lay before the com- 

 mittee his estimate sheets on certain portions of the work that the com- 

 mittee might desire to leave out in order to reduce the cost to a sum not 

 exceeding the limit fixed by the board. 



It was evident on the face of the bids that the committee could accept 

 the bid of J. E. Lovejoy by taking advantage of alternate bid No. 3, omit- 

 ting the sale ring entirely, and keep the entire contract within $150,000, 

 the amount appropriated by the thirty-eighth general assembly. The 

 committee, however, was confronted with the following facts: The ap- 

 propriation was made for the purpose of building the cattle barn and sale 

 pavilion; the breeders of the state of Iowa assisted in securing the ap- 

 propriation with the understanding that the sale pavilion would be in- 

 cluded, and it would result in a material loss to a number of breeders and 

 associations having already made plans for holding a number of sales on 

 the Iowa State Fair grounds as soon as the sale pavilion is completed. 



