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Edgar M. Lyda Collection
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Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/1/1927
[page 1] The purpose of the meeting was to receive
bids for the construction of the Buncombe County Court House and jail.
List of all bidders and their estimates included. |
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| 6 | 1[b] |
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/1/1927
[page 2] [lyda0194b] |
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| 6 | 1[c] |
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/1/1927
[page 3] [lyda0194c] |
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| 6 | 1[d] |
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/1/1927
[page 4] [lyda0194d] |
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| 6 | 2 |
Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, 6/[?]/1927 Decision to award the contract "for the excavation and removal of dirt for the basement and sub basement of the new court house" to the Gambill Construction Company. [lyda0195] |
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| 6 | 3 |
Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, 6/[?]/1927 Decision to accept the revised courthouse design submitted by Milburn, Heister and Co. on 29 March 1927. [lyda0196] |
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| 6 | 4 |
Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, 6/[?]/1927 Chairman and Clerk of the Board are "hereby authorized and instructed to execute contract with Angle-Blackford Company, General Contractors, Webb Electric Company, Electrical Contractors, and Sluder Brothers, Heating and Plumbing Contractors . . ." [lyda0197] |
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| 6 | 5 |
Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, 6/[?]/1927 Decision to award the contract for construction of the new jail facilities to the Pauly Jail Building Company. [lyda0198] |
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| 6 | 6[a] |
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/2/1927
[page 1] [lyda0199a] |
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| 6 | 6[b] |
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/2/1927
[page 2] [lyda0199b] |
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| 6 | 7 |
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, 6/3/1927 [lyda0200] |
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| 6 | 8 |
List of Contractors Bidding on Buncombe County Courthouse, undated "Checks and bidders bond were returned as follows: . . ." [lyda0201] |
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| 6 | 9 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Miller Engineering Corporation, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0202] |
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| 6 | 10 |
Edgar M. Lyda to the Van Dorn Iron Works Company, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $10,000. [lyda0203] |
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| 6 | 11 |
Edgar M. Lyda to J. A. Haley & Sons, Plumbing and Heating, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0204] |
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| 6 | 12 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Howard P. Foley Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0205] |
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| 6 | 13 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Naiman & Greenwood, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0206] |
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| 6 | 14 |
Edgar M. Lyda to the Geo A. Fuller Co.,
6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0207] |
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| 6 | 15 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Harry Alexander, Inc., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0208] |
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| 6 | 16 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Pumford & Pope,
6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0209] |
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| 6 | 17 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Mr. W. W. Dick, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0210] |
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| 6 | 18 |
Edgar M. Lyda to W. G. Shivers Co., 6/3/1927 Return of two certified checks in the amount of $5,000 each, "one bond being for heating and the other for plumbing." [lyda0211] |
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| 6 | 19 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Mr. Charles W. Christian, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0212] |
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| 6 | 20 |
Edgar M. Lyda to H. E. Crook Co., Inc., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0213] |
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| 6 | 21 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Enterprise Steam and Hot Water Heating Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0214] |
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| 6 | 22 |
Edgar M. Lyda to J. Henry Miller, Inc., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0215] |
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| 6 | 23 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Southern Ferro Concrete Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0216] |
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| 6 | 24 |
Edgar M. Lyda to the Palmer-Spivey Construction Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0217] |
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| 6 | 25 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Mr. W. P. Rose, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0218] |
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| 6 | 26 |
Edgar M. Lyda to D. D. Thomas & Son, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0219] |
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| 6 | 27 |
Edgar M. Lyda to John W. Cowper Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0220] |
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| 6 | 28 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Michaels & Co., Inc., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0221] |
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| 6 | 29 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Mr. M. B. Haynes, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0222] |
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| 6 | 30 |
Edgar M. Lyda to the John M. Geary Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0223] |
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| 6 | 31 |
Edgar M. Lyda to the Warner Service Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0224] |
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| 6 | 32 |
Edgar M. Lyda to the James Baird Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0225] |
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| 6 | 33 |
Edgar M. Lyda to J. A. Jones Construction Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0226] |
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Edgar M. Lyda to Worsham Brothers, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0227] |
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| 6 | 35 |
Edgar M. Lyda to J. E. Beaman Construction Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0228] |
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| 6 | 36 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Consolidated Engineering Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0229] |
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| 6 | 37 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Beeler & Co., 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $50,000. [lyda0230] |
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| 6 | 38 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Riggs, Distler & Co., Inc., 6/3/1927 Return of two certified checks in the amount of $5,000 each. [lyda0231] |
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| 6 | 39 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Mr. J. L. Powers, 6/3/1927 Return of certified check in the amount of $5,000. [lyda0232] |
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| 6 | 40 |
Edgar M. Lyda to Miller Engineering Corporation, 6/3/1927 Letter corrects the amount of the bond returned from $5,000 (as stated in previous letter to the company) to $50,000. [lyda0233] |
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| 6 | 41[a] |
Commissioner of Public Institutions [W. E. McLean] and County Attorney [Burgin
Pennell] to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, undated [page 1] Letter concerning inspections relating to the new jail conducted by the Commissioner of Public Institutions and the County Attorney. [lyda0234a] |
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Commissioner of Public Institutions [W. E. McLean] and County Attorney [Burgin
Pennell] to the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, undated [page 2] [lyda0234b] |
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| 6 | 42 |
Roy E. Brown to Edgar M. Lyda, 8/22/1927 Brown, Director of the Bureau of Institutions, approves the Buncombe County Jail plans submitted to his office by Inspector L. G. Whitley and requests that a copy of said plans be sent to the Bureau of Institutions to be kept on file. [lyda0235] |
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| 6 | 43 |
L. G. Whitley to Milburn, Heister, & Co., 8/22/1927 Whitley, an Inspector
with the State Board of Health, addresses several concerns that the inspector had
regarding the
Buncombe County Jail. |
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| 6 | 44 |
Edgar M. Lyda to L. G. Whitley,
8/23/1927 Letter acknowledges receipt of the letters from L. G. Whitley to Millburn, Heister & Co. and from Roy E. Brown. Infers from the Brown letter that a copy of the plans for the Buncombe County Jail had been located by Whitley and asks if a copy of the blueprints is still needed. [lyda0237] |
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| 6 | 45 |
L. G. Whitley
to Edgar M. Lyda, 8/27/1927 Letter in response to Lyda's letter of August 23. Expresses approval of the jail plans as long as provisions are made for drainage and confirms that the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare still needed a copy of the blueprints. [lyda0238] |
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| 6 | 46 |
L. G. Whitley
to Milburn, Heister &
Co., 8/29/1927 Letter acknowledges receipt of plans sent on August 24. Finds that the plans meet requirements concerning amount of air space, ventilation, and drainage. The plans for the Buncombe County Jail are approved. [lyda0239] |
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| 6 | 47 |
"Phones for the Court House," 9/20/1927 Estimated number of telephones to be installed within the new facility. [lyda0240] |
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| 6 | 48 |
Lee, Ford and Coxe to Edgar M. Lyda, 9/26/1927 "I am herewith submitting to you statement of the Renfro loan due the Asheville Morris Plan Company . . ." [lyda0241] |
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| 6 | 49 |
George H. Whittaker to Edgar M. Lyda, 11/3/1927 Whittaker, Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina Carpenter's State Council, requests payment for monies owed. [lyda0242] |
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| 6 | 50 |
Edgar M. Lyda to George H. Whittaker, 11/4/1927 Lyda disputes Whittaker's assertion that he had requested advertising in the Carpenters' Year Book. [lyda0243] |
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| 6 | 51 |
James G. Merrimon to Edgar M. Lyda, 11/12/1927 Letter informs Lyda of a committee formed for the purpose of advising the installation of equipment in the courthouse's Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court. Committee members were Mark A. Brown, J. E. Swain, George H. Wright, Francis J. Heazel, John H. Cathey, and James G. Merrimon. Requests a date set for a meeting of this committee with the Commissioners, architect, equipment men, and the Clerk of the Court. [lyda0244] |
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| 6 | 52 |
"Notice to Kitchen and Laundry Equipment Contractors," undated Announces that sealed bids for the kitchen and laundry equipment and installation of equipment will be received by the Board of Commissioners in the Reynolds Building at 2:00 p.m. on 14 December 1927. Also includes a list of regulations concerning bids. [lyda0245] |
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| 6 | 53[a] |
Note, 12/15/1927 Acknowledges receipt of certified bidders check for the amount of $1,000 for kitchen equipment for the courthouse. [lyda0246a] |
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| 6 | 53[b] |
Note, 12/17/1927 Acknowledges receipt of certified bidders check for the amount of $1,000 for kitchen equipment for the courthouse. [lyda0246b] |
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| 6 | 54 |
Michael Heister to Edgar M. Lyda, 12/27/1927 Acknowledges receipt of, and expresses appreciation for, Lyda's Christmas card. [lyda0247] |
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