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Show I " ' ' ! t r--vv , v ! v - "1 - - - ? ' t v A - J . v S - - 4. - ( I Sketch shows proposed new Southeast High School to be built on Sugar House prison site. Figures A and B indicate classroom wings, and C the boiler room, on which construction will begin this month. D is auditorium, shops, E the cafeteria and F the I gymnasium, all of which will be built at later date. Low Bids Top $1.6 Million for High School Low bids totalling $1,643,040 were received by the Salt Lake City Board of Education Thursday for construction construc-tion of two classroom wings and boiler room of the proposed new Southeast High School, to be erected on the old Sugar House prison property. prop-erty. Bids were taken on three separate contracts general construction, electrical elec-trical and plumbing and heating. Paulsen Construction Co., with a figure of $1,258,500, was lowest of 10 bidders on the general contract. Alfred Brown Co. was second lowest at $1,260,494. These were base bids, however, and do not include certain alternate items the board asked each firm to bid on separately. Should the board decide at its next meeting Tuesday evening to include certain of those alternates in construction of the building, build-ing, it is possible that a firm other than Paulsen would be the over-all low bidder. Palmer-Christiansen Co. was the lowest of seven bidders on the plumbing plumb-ing and heating contract, with a figure fig-ure of $299,200. Lowest of four bids submitted on the electrical contract was $85,340 by Wasatch Electric Co. Construction of the two classroom wings and boiler room will begin this month, according to Leon Miller, board superintendent of buildings and grounds, and it is expected they will be ready for use during the 1956-57 school year. Largest of the two wings will be a three-story affair, 500 ft. long. The other wing, which' will form a T with the larger one, will contain a library, as well as some classrooms. In all, the two wings will house approximately approxi-mately 50 classrooms. The boiler room will be separate from the classroom wings, but ultimately ulti-mately will adjoin the gymnasium building, which will be built later. Besides the gymnasium, a cafeteria, cafe-teria, auditorium and shop will be added at a later date, Mr. Miller said. They are tentatively programmed for 1957. It is expected that cost of the school will approach the five million dollar mark when completed. The two wings and boiler room, on which construction will begin this month, will be located east of the old prison buildings at approximately 17th East and 21st South. Lorenzo S. Young and Arnold H. Ehlers are architects for the entire high school project. |