Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1914 — KEENER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING [ARTICLE]

KEENER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING

Contract Let Saturday to Chicago Parties for $11,619. The contract for the new Keener tp., high school building at Demotte was let Saturday to Wiley Bros., of Chicago, at $11,619. Other bidders were: Foster Lumber Co., of Valparaiso, $11,920; B. T. Barnes, of Logansport, $11,900; J. R. Linton, of Medaryville, $11,960; Johnson i eon, of Lowell, $12,397. The building is to be of brick, four rooms and basement, two rooms on first floor and two on second. The contract price is for tlie building only, the heating and furnishing will •out about $3,500 more. It is to ba ■completed in time for the opening of school next September. This was the third time the building has been advertised, the previous bids ranging from $12,670 to $14.118. It Is probable some action will soon be taken again toward providing high school buildings for Barkley and Newton townships, as provided by the acts of the last legislature.