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Show TO COMMENCE WORK ON 1 MEMORIAL BUI! niNG 1 CITY BORROWS $20,000 TO START STRUCTURE. MEMORIAL BUILD. ING COMMITTEE TO RAISE MORE FUNDS. At a mooting of tho Lehl Mayor nnd Council, Memorial Building Commtttoo nnd Carncgio Library Committoos Monday ovcnlng it was definitely do-cldod do-cldod to go nhcad with tho building of tho Joint Momorlal-Clty Hall-Carncgio Hall-Carncgio Library building. It was decided de-cided that tho City would tcko chargo of tho orocting of tho building and a commltoo of throo, Mayor Gardner, John Brndshaw nnd Councilman Knight, woro duly named as an executive exe-cutive board. Thoy aro to havo chargo of tho flnnnco, purchasing and auditing audit-ing phases of tho work and woro authorized to solect a supervisor to look after tho construction end. All tho bids on tho building, which woro oponod by tho Council tho Thursday Thurs-day previous, woro rejoctod, as tho City ofltclals figured tho work could bo dono moro cheaply by day labor. Tho low bidders woro; general H. O Foa(horstono, $48,500, plumbing and heating, Losllo Roberts, $5,031.00. Bfl Nino bldB for gonoral work wort re- MM coived. Thoy ranged from $48,000 to Bfl $55,700. Eight plumbing and heating Bfl bids woro rocelvod, tho lowost and highest bids woro $5,531 aad $7,768. AH It Is planned to commence work KB Immediately and tho committee In Bfl chargo mot Tuosday ovonlng and do- K9 elded to employ W." W, Dlckerson to Mm take chargo of tho work. City ofllcials I fl hnvo mado a deal whoroby thoy will I M borrow $20,000. This amount, with I B tho $10,000 from Carneglo, is expected fl to put tho foundation, walls aad roof Bfl of tho main building up and ontlroly Bfl comploto tho Library part Any othor Bfl funds or donation labor that the flfl Mcmorinl Commltteo can obtain will HI do that much moro toward finishing HH tho building, M Actual work is oxpoted to start H this wook and will bo pushed as rapid- H ly as possible According to tho cos- M tract with Carneglo th.o llbarary Is to H bo finished by Novombor lsL P At a meeting TuoBday ovealng the IB ExocutiVo Commltteo agreed oh r pla B with M. 8. Lott for tho plumbing and H boating. H |