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3. If steam cookers are omitted, deduct: 
Wallace & Linnane $ 200.00 
Globe Plumbing & Heating Co 163.00 
Des Moines Plumbing & Heating Co 300.00 
A. H. Walker & Co 160.00 
4. If ranges are omitted, deduct: 
Wallace & Linnane $ 200.00 
Globe Plumbing & Heating Co 200.00 
Des Moines Plumbing & Heating Co 135.00 
A. H. Walker & Co 170.00 
5. If boiler supplying steam to steam cookers is omitted, deduct: 
Wallace «B; Linnane $ 225.00 
Globe Plumbing & Heating Co 143.00 
Des Moines Plumbing & Heating Co 200.00 
A. H. Walker & Co 185.00 
... .7 hereby agree if 
proposal is accepted to enter into contract and furnish itemized proposal 
and bond as required within ten days after notification of such acceptance, 
and as a guarantee thereof, herewith submit certified check on bank of 
for $ , being 3% of the 
above bid, subject to the conditions set forth in the general conditions 
forming a part of the specifications. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Contrax3tor. 
After examining the bids, it was decided that if a building was 
to be erected it should be of brick. 
The following resolution was offered, and upon roll call unani- 
mously adopted: 
"Resolved, That contracts for the Administration Building be awarded 
to the lowest responsible bidder under proposition No. 4 of the form of 
proposal, viz: general contract to J. B. McGorrisk at $26,453.00, with an 
option until October 1st on his bid of $29,552.00 under proposition No. 2 
of the form of proposal; plumbing contract to A. H. Walker & Co. at 
$1,545.00, with an option until October 1st for finishing as per proposal 
No. 1 at $2,600.00. 
Be it Further Resolved, That the Executive Committee be and are here- 
by authorized to execute said contracts and such other expenditures for 
improvements at the Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds as in their 
judgment are needed or necessary. 
Be It Further Resolved, That the Executive Committee are hereby 
authorized and empowered to make such minor modifications in the plan 
of the Administration Building as may seem to them advisable." 
The following resolution with reference to the management of the 
Iowa State Fair and Exposition was reported by the special com- 
imtte and upon roll coll adopted by a unanimous vote : 
