Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-14
BOkRd OF EDUCATION.
Bids for a Sidewalk Along the high
SahO1l Building, Opened,
A Warm Discussion Over the Subject
Of Adopting the RuItan Heat
ing system-Bids to be
For.

Connoyer, Clark, Long, Hall and Cope
land answered to the roll call.
Bids for laying sidewalk along the
High School grounds on Twentieth street,
from Dodge to Davenport streets, were
received, opened and read.
E. J. Dlckensen's bid was 80 cents per
superficial foot, thres inches thick, and
Of Colorado sandstone.
Benz. Milqulst offers to do the work ct
80 cents per foot.
Charles O'Conner's bid includes artif-
cial stone on sandstone foundation at 224
cents, or granollthic on concrete founda.
tion at 38 cents per foot.
John r. Mckenzie & Co. will furnish
o fsgg walk of sandstone, two inches
thick, at Is cents, or three inrhea thick
ati27 cents.
Dee and Delaney propose to do the
work at 37S cents with Joliet blue stone
bush hammered, warranted to stand
frost.
A bid from the Coal, Tile and Brick
company, of Boone, Iowa, proposes to do
the work with tile blocks laid In sand at
ID cents per square foot; laid in cement
16 cents.
Hugh Murphy offers to put down the
kind of walk desired, at Is cents, using
Venning artificial stone.
j. b. R!dfeld says he will put down
the sidewalk at 20 cents per square foot.
w. j. Buckley, put In a bid at %, 80
and 80 cents per foot, according to thick.
ness.
The Barber Asphaltum company put
In o bid at 20 cents per square foot,
making the walk of trinidad sheeting
asphaltum, with concrete base.
After these bids had been read on mo-
ton of Mr.. Long the board went into
committee of the whole to consider them,
with MIR. Long In the chair. The bids
were separated Into classes relative to
material proposed, and discussed at con-
sidesable length.
Finally Mr.. Gibbon moved that the
bid of Mr.. Rsdfeld, which proposes an
artificial walk made of Grant slagglng
and stone, be accepted.
Mr.. Coleman opposed this motion. BE
thought the matter ought to be referred
to the building committee.
MIR. Hall wanted the mover to give an
explanation of his Idea for go moving.
So far as he was concerned himself, he
said, II came here favorable to the nat
ural stone sidewalk, but have been con.
vinced since that In all probabilities the
other is the best"
Mr.. Gibbon stated that his principal
object in making the motion, wal to get
the matter properly before the board.
Mr.. Livsey expressed himself as being
favorable to referring the matter to a
committee.
MI. Copeland expressed himself favor.
able to the tile sidewalk.
On motion of Mr.. Coleman the com
mittee of the whole arose, recommending
that the matter be referred to the com
mittee on buildings and property.
MI. Gibbon again resumed the duties
of chairman, and Mr.. Copeland moved
that the matter of heating for school
buildings be taken up.
Before this was taken up, however,
Messrs. Clark and Livesy, the special
committee appointed to arbitrate Edward
Brennon's claim against the board, made
their report. 1t was to the effect that
this committee, with Fred Drexel as an
arbitrator, met Brennon, but he had not
selected his man then and asked until
next Tuesday before doing anything.
The committee agreed to meet him then,
providing he would sign an agreement to
abide by the decision Of q majority of the
board. This he refused to do. This re-
port of the committee was read, and the
discharged.
Mr.. Connoyer moved hat the amount
due the Union Pacific railroad, $497. S8, |
by Brennon, for material furnished, be
allowed, 30 aH to relieve an innocent
party.
In discussing this matter an almost
feeling was expressed against
Brennon any sympathy what.
ever until he has fully complied with his
contract.
The motion was lost.
Mr.. Copeland raised for consideration
the matter of heating and ventilating the
and CASTELAR, street school
building.
Mr.. Hall, anxious to get through and
go homo, made a motion that the ;ecre-
tary be instructed to advertise for bids,
said bids to be opened next Monday
That motion brought Mr.. Cops
land to his feet as an advocate in favor of
adopting the Ruttan system without any
further fooling around or wasting of
he stated that Mr.. Condtt, a rep.
Of the Ruttan system, was
and could give the board any
Information desli ed.
Mr.. GibbOn thought that unless the
board has no preference, 1t was uuneces.
shry to utelessly expend money advertis-
Ing for bids. All, he felt, were preferable
to the Ruttan system, therefore If these
preferences should be taken into consid.
then there would be but one
Messrs. Hall, Long, Llvsey and
Coleman took al active part In the dis
The motion to advertise was
The committee on teachers and text
books recommended that the superlntsn.
dent be entrusted to assign the following
teachers In the order named as vacancies
may occur. Such teachers will not be
to any compensation or salary
until they are assigned to duty under
This order.
Belle Wilson. Villa M. Cushmap.
Retta Reed. Lizzie M. Elcock.
Jones. Maselle Eddy.
Emma Fitch. Camille Elliott.
Margaret l.. Gilbert. Kate A. Given.
Mr. Coneland triad N oaf nm orond.