Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1902 — CONTRACT IS LET. [ARTICLE]

CONTRACT IS LET.

Lodge, I. O. O. F., has let the contract for their new building to Rush & Warren on their old bid of last year at $8,400, and the building is to be completed by September Ist next. The building is te be connected with their present structure on the east and will be 84 feet deep by 28| feet wide, same height and same general architecture as the present structure. /The stairway leading to The upperfloors is to be on the west side, where the stairway now is leading to the rooms over the commercial State bank, the stairway being a partnership stairs with the bank people.XAt the north end of the new building a boiler room for a heating plant, 20 feet and 8 inches by 25 feet and 6 inches, one story in height, is to be erected, but the Contract price does not include boiler, only the building for it.X This structure will be a credit th the city and we are pleased to announce that it is now sure to go up this season, as the matter had rather been hanging fire owing to the high cost of building material.