Elko Firm Wins Contract

Elko Firm Wins Contract

The Cottage Schools

Elko Firm Wins
School Contract
White and Alter, Elko contractors, submitted the lowest of four bids for the construction of three additional two-room, cottage-type school buildings for Consolidated B school district when the bids were opened at a meet' ing of the district board, of trustees last Friday night, and the contract was awarded the following day to the low bidders for $47,179.
Flyge and Hansen of Reno had the next lowest bid, at $47,800, and Kent and Long of Fallon had the third lowest, at $49,595. The bid of Robert Mc-Carthy of San Francisco was $50,888.
Under the terms of the contract the three structures covered must be finished by September 2, 1939, in- time for the opening of the fall term of school. Work was started Wednesday in preparation for the laying of the foundations. Two of the buildings will be erected on the Old High site and one at West End.
White and Alter have built the El-vada Theatre in Elko, the Winterman-tle Jewelry Co. building in the same city, and did most of the work on a recent addition to an Elko school building, besides building a school at Mountain City, a garage at Boulder City, and other structures, according to word received from Elko where the standing of the contractors is high.

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5.20.1939

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Fallon Eagle 5.20.39 "Elko Firm Wins Contract"

The Cottage Schools

Elko Firm Wins
School Contract
White and Alter, Elko contractors, submitted the lowest of four bids for the construction of three additional two-room, cottage-type school buildings for Consolidated B school district when the bids were opened at a meet' ing of the district board, of trustees last Friday night, and the contract was awarded the following day to the low bidders for $47,179.
Flyge and Hansen of Reno had the next lowest bid, at $47,800, and Kent and Long of Fallon had the third lowest, at $49,595. The bid of Robert Mc-Carthy of San Francisco was $50,888.
Under the terms of the contract the three structures covered must be finished by September 2, 1939, in- time for the opening of the fall term of school. Work was started Wednesday in preparation for the laying of the foundations. Two of the buildings will be erected on the Old High site and one at West End.
White and Alter have built the El-vada Theatre in Elko, the Winterman-tle Jewelry Co. building in the same city, and did most of the work on a recent addition to an Elko school building, besides building a school at Mountain City, a garage at Boulder City, and other structures, according to word received from Elko where the standing of the contractors is high.

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