Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — HOSPITAL CONTRACT LET [ARTICLE]

HOSPITAL CONTRACT LET

I rank Med land of Logansport Is Awarded Contract at $15,342. At the meeting held by the county hospital board Thursday to further consider the bids submitted Monday for the new county hospital, Frank Medland of Logansport entered into a contract to erect the building complete, including plumbing, wireing and elevator, at his bid of $15,3.42. According to the plans and specifications bid on, .Medland's bid included the electric elevator, although he did not so mean it and stated briefly that his bid did not include such elevator. It was estimated that the elevator would cost about $2,900 and Medland’s bid Was about $235 less than that of M. V. Brown of Rensselaer, who Included the elevator. The hospital board is very glad to get the matter of letting the contract off their hands, and the contractor states that he will get busy at once and have the building completed within the limit of time provided in the contract, six months. . Including the SI,OOO. paid for the lot, the hospital will cost $16,34 2, plus the’ six per cent of its cost to the architest for plans and supervision of the construction of the building. Out of this six per cent he must pay a local superintendent to be on the job all the time and see that the work is properly done. The architect will get in the neighborhood of SI,OOO as his per cent, which would leave about $2,650 to pay the expenses of the hospital board, electrical fixtures, etc. The board does not think it will require all of this sum and hope to turn some of it back to the county. The medical association has verbally agreed to furnish the operating room at the expense of the association, and it is expected that most of the lodges of the county—the stronger ones, at least —will each furnish a room in the building, the expense of which it is said will be about SSO per room. Some individuals have also stated that they would contribute enough to furnish a room. The design of the building and ♦he general arrangement thereof is the same as was recently published in The Democrat, except that the building will have a slate instead of a shingle roof.