The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-09
hoard OF RDUCATON.
Npeeial lIeeting LaSt Night.


The Board Of Education met in special
session last evening. Present: Collier,
Ewing, GemmeF, Maxwell, Miller, Stew
art, Stone, Todd, Wilson, Warehouse,
Vockler-iI. The President being alb
sent, Mr.. Wilson vas called to the chair.
The reading otths minutes otthe preyi-
Gus meeting was dispensed with until the
next regular meeting,
HEATING THE SEw SCHOOL BruDSG,
The President (PpteR-) stated the OBJ
ieCt Of the MEETING vas TO receive the ne
port OF the Committees on Buildings and
Grounds in relation 70 the heating appa-
ratus for the Second and Third ward
school building.
Mr.. Baird, President Of the Board, APP
peared and took his seat .Lil
The committee named submitted the
following report:
70 AG H0aOnubls i4 Board ef EiuoutiOR:
Your Committee on Buildings and
Grounds, to whom vas referred the pro-
pOsals for heating the Second and Third
Ward school building, beg leave to report
that after examining the various boilers
and radiators recommended by the differ
ent parties proposing TO heat said build
ing, they find the Wiegand boiler the
most economical and the safest from
range Of explosion, and that they are
further Of the opinion that the Smith
plan Of radiation and ventilation Is the
best, Z w ~
Your committee would therefore re-
commend, that the contract for heating
the Second and Third Ward school
building be awarded to Messrs. Thomp-
son 4 Hibberd, at their bid Of $4,000,
they binding themselves to use the Vie
gand boiler and to adopt the Smith plan
Of radiation and ventilation. Messrs.
Thompson & Hibberd will be further un-
derstood to bind themselves lin any pen
atty deemed proper by the Board in case
after fair trial the Wiegand boiler
should not give entire satisfaction, to re-
move said boiler, and to substitute any
other boiler that the Board may require
or may select without any additional
The report was received and the fol-
lowing resolutions adopted:
ReSolped, That the contract for heating
the Second and Third Ward school build
ing be awarded 10 Messrs. Thompson 4
Hibberd, for $4,000, and that they be re-
quired 70 use the Wiogand boiler and fix.
lures as per their proposal marked "a"
and Smiths plan Of radiation and venti:
lation as submitted in paper marked ~"
ReSOlFed, That Thompson 4 Hibberd 30
required 10 give bond in the penal sum
Of $4,000, with two OF more Sureties, to be
approved Of by the Board, for the faith
full iulflllment Of their contract.
Resotued, That Thompson & Hibberd be
paid for their work IN monthly install
ments, on estimates made by the Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds, the
Board reserving twenty per cent on each
estimate until the completion Of the en-
tire Job.
Rssolred, That Mr.. j. NJ. Todd, Chair.
man OF the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds, DO requested to present to the
Clerk his bill for expenses incurred IN
going to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Col
umbls toinspect steam'heating apparatus,
and that the Clerk be authorized to draw
up an order for payment,
As the new school building In the Third
ward will not DO completed for some
time, the old building recently purchased
by Mr.. w. r. Hubbard was by order oil
the Board rented from him for the use Of
the school from April l to July J, for the
sum Of $500.
Adjourned.