TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PAGE VI 2z7 



room, the entire mezzanine story and the cement floors of the exhibition 

 rooms, dining room, Ivitchen and store rooms. 



In addition to the ahove omissions this proposal is based on leav- 

 ing off: 



1. Telephone booths. 



2. All cement walks and floors. 



3. Curbing and rail on paddock. 



4. Using %-in. sheeting in place of 1%-in. as specified. 



5. Using a crushed stone composition roof, four-ply on dry paper in 



lieu of the roof specified. 



6. Leaving off the last coat of paint specified for the structural steel 



and iron work. 



7. Leave off all toilet rooms. 



8. Use oak treads and risers in place of cast iron. 



9. Use corrugated iron to support the concrete of the theater floor in 



place of the Hy-rib metal specified. 

 This would leave, according to our interpretation of the plans and 

 specifications, all the structural steel and iron according to the specifica- 

 tions, except the two west sections, omitting the railing around the pad- 

 dock, changing the treads of the stairs to oak and omitting all steel in 

 the mezzanine floor except the beam framing between columns. Said 

 iron work to have one coat of paint at the shop and another coat after 

 erection. It would include the gates, fences, turnstiles, ticket boxes; it 

 also includes the wall on the north of the kitchen, storage rooms, pantries 

 and men's toilets, with doors and windows. Also the walls at sides of 

 main entrances. 



The amphitheater floor complete, as specified, except that we are to 

 use corrugated steel in place of the Hy-rib metal. 



It also includes the roof complete and the sheet metal work. 



Yours very truly, 



Des Moixes Bridge & Irox Works, 

 By B. N. Moss, Secretary and Treasurer. 



After a careful consideration of the revised bids submitted, and 

 combining- the lowest bids on the general contract with the lowest 

 bid on the structural iron work, and comparing same with the 

 revised bid covering both propositions as submitted by the Des 

 ^Moines Bridge & Iron Works, it was decided to aAvard the contract 

 to the latter firm at their last i)roposal submitted (^larked No. 2) 

 at $78,900.00, and secretary was authorized to enter into contract 

 with said firm in accordance with the plans and specifications and 

 proposal accepted for this amount. 



The grading in connection with the grand stand was awarded to 

 Barnes Bros, at 30 cents per yard. 



All bids for plumbing were rejected for the reason that same 

 could not be included and keep within the amount of money avail- 

 able. 



