56 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



If the manual training and the exhibition rooms of the basement are 

 not excavated, all outside openings and stair leading to these rooms are 

 omitted, with the wall and pier footings resting only two feet below the 

 present grade and the area walls about the N. W. windows are omitted, 

 deduct $ 



If the porches are made 4 ft. in. narrower, the cross beams made 2 in. 

 narrower and each dimension of cross section, the roof made of 5 to 2-in. 

 cedar shingles stained with oil stain, the columns built up rectangular 

 8-in.xl8in. and the railings made of two l^-in. gas pipe, deduct $ 



The time for completing the work to be July 1, 1914. 



The following bids were received on general contract and for in- 

 stallation of plumbing : 



Bldg. Deduct Deduct Deduct Deduct 



Contractor Com- for Niagara cedar excavating ]6 ft. 



plete tile shingles omitted porchis 

 .1. E. Lovejoy, Des Moines, 



Iowa $65,.550.00 $310.00 $2,500.00 $1,500.00 $2,000.00 



Weitz' Sons, Des Moines 67,832.00 200.00 1,717.00 1,636.00 1,353.00 



Benson & Marxer, 



Des Moines 73,850.00 375.00 2,200.00 1,260.00 



Eilenburger & Co. 



Chicago, 111 79,650.00 300.00 2,000.00 



J. E. Tusant & Son, 



Des Moines 79,000.00 328.00 1,156.00 1 ,500.00 2,000.00 



J. C. Mardis & Co. 



Des Moines 66,95,0.00 350.00 1,650.00 1,055.00 1,200.00 



James Main & Son, 



Des Moines 76,950.00 328.00 1,900.00 800.00 1,104.00 



PLUMBING. 



McCawley Plumbing Company, Des Moines $4,950.00 



Bailey-Pepperd Co., Des Moines 4,065.00 



Capital City Plumbing Company, Des Moines 4,045.00 



Wallace-Linnane, Des Moines 3,987.00 



Pray & Comerford, Des Moines 4,000.00 



Van Dyck Plumbing and Heating Company, Des Moines 3,480.00 



Mr. Lovejoy being the low bidder on the general contract was 

 awarded the contract for $65,190.00, the committee taking advan- 

 tage of the deduction of $310.00 for Niagara tile in place of Eng- 

 lish pattern. 



The Van Dyck Plumbing & Heating Company being the low 

 bidder on the installation of plumbing, was awarded the contract 

 for $3,480.00. 



Both Mr. Lovejoy and Mr. Van Dyck signed contract and fur- 

 nished surety bond to the amount of 40 per cent of the contract to 

 insure the faithful performance of their contract. 



