The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-09
BOARD OF EDUCATION.


MarCh ., 1910.
The Board of Education met lu.t night,
pursuant to adjournment. In the alb
ssnce of the President, Captain Wilson
was called to the chair.
Present-Messrs. Collen Ewing, Gem
mer, Maxwell, Miller, Stewart, Stone,
Todd, and Wilson.
The reading of the minutes Of the last
meeting were dispensed with.
STEAM HEATING APPARATUS.
The object of the meeting was said to
be the hearing Of the report Of the Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds, in re-
gard to the heating apparatus, for the
Srcond ann Third ward school building.
The committee reported as follows:
To the Board OF Education:
Your committee on Buildings and
Grounds, to whom was referred the pro-
posals for heating the I'd and Sd ward
school building, beg leave to report that
after examining the various boilers and
radiators recommended by the different
parties proposing to heat said building
they find the Wiegand boiler the most
economical and the safest from dan
ger of explosion, and that they are
further of the opinion that the Smith
plan of radiation and ventilation was the
best.
Your committee would therefore re-
commend that the contract for heating
the Second and Third ward school build
ing be awarded to Thompson & lIibberd
at their bid of $4,000 they binding them
selves to use the Wiegand boiler and 10
adopt the Smith plan of radiation and
Ventilation. Mcssrs. Thompson u Hib-
berd will be further understood to
bind themselves lin any
penalty deemed proper by the Board in
case after a fair trial the Wiegand boiler
should not give entire satisfaction, to re-
move the boiler and to substitute any
other boilor that the Board may select
without any additional expenses.
Your Committee beg leave to offer the
following resolutions for consideration
by the Board:
Resolrcd, That The contracts for heat
ers of the Second and Third ward school
building, be awarded to Mcssrs. ThOmp-
son ~ Hibbard, at $1,000, and that they
be required to use the Wegan boilers
and fixtures as per their proposition
marked a" and Smiths plan OF radiat-
ors and vcntilators, as submitted in paper
marked 3D."
Rcsolred That Thompson x Hubbard
be required to give bond in the sum of
$4,000, with two or more securities, to be
approved by the Board, for the faithful
fulfilimcnt Of the contraC.
The report of the committee and rcso.
lution- were adopted.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed
Resolved, That Thompson e HIbbcTd
be paid for their work in monthly install
ments on estimates made by the commit
tee on Buildings and Grounds, the Board
reserving twenty per cent on each esti-
mate until the completion of the entire
job.
ResolDed, That Mr.. J. II. Todd, chair.
mar of tho committee on Buildings and
Grounds, be requested to present to the
clerk, his bill for expenses incurred III
going to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Col
umbus to inspect steam apparatus, and
that the clerk be authorized to draw an
order for the payment ofthe same.
The proposition of w. p. Hubbard al
lowing the Board of Education the use
of the Third ward school building, which
he recently purchased, for school purpos-
cs. until September LIST, 1875, for the sum
ofS2OO was accepted, and the Clerk was
authorized to draw an order for that
amount in favor of VIM. P. Hubbard.
On motion adjourned.