The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-30
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
December 20, 1874

December ~, 1874.
The Board Of Education met last night
pursuant to adjournment.
Present-Caldwell, Egerter, Ellifritz
Hall, Hupp, Hubbard, Logan Maxwell,
Rogers, Stewart, Wilson, Weitzell and
Wheat.
Mr.. Bickel being absent DR.. Logan
was appointed Clerk pro tenn.
The President stated that the object of
the meeting was to hear the report OF the
Committee on Buildings and Grounds. ,
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Rogers:
Resolred, That twenty days shall CON
stitute and be taken as one school month
in computing the salaries of the night,
schools, ass well as those OF the day
schools.
Mr. Wilson objected to the resolution,
and it was not entertained.
STEAM HEATING APPARATUS.
The committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported the following resolu-
ton :
Resolped, That the contract for steam
heaters for the Second and Third ward
new school building be awarded to
Messrs. Hibberd & Thompson, upon the
following conditions:
That they are to furnish and erect IN
said building two of Blake u Shotwelfs
patent low pressure, non-exploslve steam
generators, made up in sections OF inch
wrought iron pipe, the same to be
set up in good, substantial brick
work with cast iron front, pat
ent sslamander CRATE bars, safety
valves, guage cocks, steam guages, glass
water guages, self regulating door and
dsmper regulators, self water feeding APP
paratus, and all valves, pipes and fittings
necessary to complete the same, in perfect
running order, the generators to be con-
structed in such manner rs that either
can be used separately. Each generator
must contain not less than $50 square feet
eff generating surface, and burn bitumln-
Gus, anthracite, coke or wood fuel.
To furnish and erect main steam pipes,
for supply of rising mains, graded i'll size
from inches to 2! inches: also to furnish
and erect rising mains As follows: One
rising main to each series of radiators,
size of rising mains to be 2 inches to LIST
floor, IA inch to I'd floor and ! inch to sd
floor, return or drain pipes to be two sizes
less.
To furnish and erect sufficient num-
Der of Nason's wrought iron vertical
tube radiators, each radiator to have
valves attached, so that each one can BIZ
shut off separately. These radiators to
have ornamental tops, and to be gold
bronZed; each and every radiator to have
six valves attached, and also separate
drainage pipe for return Of condensed
steam to boiler
The sizes of radiators to be according
to cubic contents of rooms to be warmed,
and to be guaranteed of such capacity as
that the radiating surface shall be sutfi-
cicnt to warm all the rooms and corridors
to a temperature Of 20 degrees i'll zero
weather.
Three radiators to be placed in each
school room of regular size, four in large
room, one in each small room, and two
in each hall, or II proportionatc number
in lower hall if committee should SO
direct.
Also to furnish and erect pipes or coils
Insufficient heating capacity in ventlIat'
ing flucs, and to furnish approved guar
anty that the apparatus will heat the
building to the entire satisfaction of the
Board for the sum of $3,15
In case the committee concludes t" nc
ccpt the proposition for using the Wei
gand steam generators Gnstcad Of the
Blake & Shotwcll gcncrators), upon the
conditions and guarantees contained in
the proposition of Mcssrs. Thompson n
Hibbari for supplying such generators,
it is understood that the consideration to
be paid for generators, radiators and "c-
campaigning apparatus complete, rs per
preceding specifications, shall be $3.50.
After considerable discussion the report
of the committee and accompanying res
olutions were laid on the table.
The Board then adjourned she tie.