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with the grand stand should be omitted. After careful figuring on 

 the part of the committee, it -was agreed to ask those submitting bids 

 for a revised bid for an eii:ht section stand. The following deduc- 

 tions were asked to be made by the various firms submitting bids on 

 structural iron work : For the omission of all ornamenta] iron gates 

 and panels the bids were as follows : 



Central States Bridge Co deduct $1,300.00 



Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works deduct 3,075.00 



Modern Steel Structural Co deduct 4,000.00 



The following omissions were agreed upon from the general con- 

 tract upon which revised bids were to be submitted : 



1. Leaving off all work in connection with the building of the two 



telephone booths. 



2. Omitting all cement work. 



3. Omitting curbing and railing in paddock. 



4. Using 7-8 instead of 1 1-8 in. shoathing. 



0. Substituting crushed stone four-ply composition roof laid on dry pa- 

 per in place of ruberoid or asbestos roofing specified. 



6. Omitting one coat of paint on all structural iron work. 



7. Leaving out all work in connection with toilet rooms. 



Upon this proposition the following revised bids were received : 



Chas. Weitz' Sons deduct from their No. 5 bid $12,020 $25,900 



J. C. Mardis, deducting from their No. 5 bid, also omitting 



all structural iron and ornamental iron work 66,807 32,168 



The following revised bid from the Des Moines Bridge & Iron 

 Works for the entire work, covering structural iron and general 

 contract, with the omissions above enumerated from the general 

 contract and structural iron work, also including the ornamental 

 iron gates, substituting oak risers and treads on all stairways : 



(No. 2.) 



Des Moines, Iowa, May 1, 1909. 

 State Board or Agrictjltube, 

 Des Moines, Iowa. 



Gentlemen: — We have examined the plans and specifications for the 

 new grand stand for the Iowa State Fair, and in accordance with your 

 request we submit the following proposal: 



We will complete the building in accordance with the fifth item of the 

 form of proposal for the general contract, and the third item of the 

 form of proposal for the steel and iron, subject to the changes and modi- 

 fications mentioned herein, for the sum of seventy-eight thousand nine 

 hundred dollars ($78,900.00). 



We understand proposal number five to cover the building according 

 to the plans and specifications with the omission of the two west sections, 

 also the south and end walls, the interior walls of kitchen and store 



