Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-25
Pr oossdings Of tho Normal School
Trustees.

The Normal School Trustees held
regular session of their Board in
San jose on Saturday.
A letter from Mr.. ]. r. Briefly,
Construction Clerk resident in Los
Angeles, was read. The letter adj
vised an extension OF the time for
the opening of the bids for mill
work and lumber, as the plans and
specifications were only received
on the 18th and the bids to be made
on the 22d. Mr.. Briefly says that
the feeling Of the people in Los
Angeles is that they should have
a fair chance to compete for bids
for work as they have given prop
erty to the value of $4,000 to the
State for the Branch Normal
School.
The following resolutions, offered
by Supt. Campbell, were adopted:
WHEREAS, A communication
from Los Angeles states that thsre
has not been sufficient time for bid
ding upon the lumber and mill
work; therefore,
ResolVed, That no bids for lum-
Der or mill.work be opened this
day, but that all bids be rejected.
Rcsolyed, That the outside and
inside mill work be advertised for
and bid for separately.
Resolved, That the outside mill
work be delivered in ninety days,
and the inside in one hundred ana
twenty days, and window blinds in
thirty days from date of contract.
( On motion of Prof. Allen it was
ordered that two bids be had for
inside mill work, one for doors,
blinds and sashes, and one for the
finishing work.
The following resolution was car
ried:
Resolved, That in readvertising
for rough lumber, the first shall be
delivered in from forty to sixty
days, and the rest as required from
time to time.
Mr.. Campbell moved that the
Secretary draw an order on the
Controller for $4,000 for paying
bills at the Los Angeles Normal
School, to be placed to the credit
OF the Building Fund. 1t was
unanimously carried.
Moved and seconded that all
bills for constructing the Normal
School at Los Angeles be certified
by the Superintendent and Clerk
Of construction, and audited by the
executive committee, and said bills
be paid every week. The motion
was carried.
The following bids for lime were
opened:
From KerchofP & Gunner, Los
Angeles, for $3.50 per barrel, 26O
pounds per barrel.
From l.. j. Sainsevain & Co., OF
Los Angeles, to deliver 700 barrels
Of lime at the rate of S5 cents per
100 pounds.
The bid of Sainsevain & Co. was
accepted.
On motion, it was ordered that
the rejected plans, with sccompa-
Dying checks, for the branch build.
Ing, be returned.
On motion, 1t was ordered that
the Superintendent and Clerk Of
CONSTRUCTION be, and are assigned
to duty, and that they be instruct
ed to proceed at once to Los An
geles and commence excavatiDg for
the branch Normal School.
Moved and seconded that the
foreman of contract be assigned to
duty November 18th. Carried.
Superintendent Campbell moved
for the reconsideration of the for
mer resolution giving the Superin-
tendent of Construction authority
to use either brick or stone in the
construction of the basement of
the branch school. Carried.
On motion IL was ordered that
the basement be built of brick.
On motion It was ordered that
ell bids for lumber and mill work
be inserted in San Francisco Chr0n-
icte and Les Angeles Express for
the space Of ten days, the Secre-
tary to arrange for payment Of the
same.
On motion 1t was ordered that
tho sum Of $500 be paid to the arch
itoct, being the balance due for