St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-16
OFFICIAL,
Proceedings Of The Board Of Education.
special Meeting.

ST.. PAUL, Aug. 10, 1886.
Called for action on propositions to heat
and ventilate the Franklin School building.
The board met pursuant to call, Presi-
dent Schiffmann in the chair.
Present: Inspectors Schurmeier. Minor,
Wampler, Simmon. Giesen, Williams, Ell
lis, Athey. Postlethwaite. Curtis, Ber-
landi, Haas, DObner and Mr.. President
IA. Absent: Inspector Gilbert.
The President, having stated the object of
the meeting, called upon the Committee on
Real Estate for its report OH the matter un-
der the call, which was presented and read
by Chairman Postlethwaite, as follows:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 10, 1856.
To the Board of Education:
AT meeting of the Committee on Real
Estate, held on the 10th inst, after a full
expression of the views of the members
present, the Secretary was directed, in &C
cordance with the instructions given at
the last regular meeting of the
Board, to can for propositions
to heat the Franklin School build
Ing by steam on specifications to be pre-
pared by Inspector Ellis. true copies of which
to be furnished to the bidders. 1t was also
determined that in the opinion of this COM
mittee the system of ventilation of the EX-
haust Ventilator company of Chicago is the
best and most perfect and approved and
that the proposition made by this company
be recommended to the Board for adoption
and such system introduced at the Franklin
school for the sum of S. 10S complete.
At further meeting of your committee
held on this date, and at which all the
members thereof, except Inspector Dobner,
were present, the bids received in response
to invitations were opened and shown to be
as follows. viz: Bids for team-heating of
Franklin School:
From kodger s. Davis, for the sum
OF. $3.50: ........ .S6,1T5 81
From E. F. Osborne, for the sum Of. 1896 3S
From the Holland & Thompson Men
ufacturing company, for. 5.272 90
Showing the last-named to be the lowest
bidder being S24. So under the bid of Mr..
Osborne and S905.67 lower than the firm of
ROdger & Davis. The following resolution
was thereupon offered, viz:
By Inspector POStlethWate:-
Resolved, That the Committee on Real
Estate recommend that the Board of Edu-
cation authorize the introduction of
eam-heatihg and mechanical ven
tilation in the Franklin School building. and
accept the bid of the Chicago Exhaust
Ventilator company for the ventilatiug
plant complete at IS, los. and the bid of the
Holland q Thompson Manufacturing com
pany of this city, Tor supplying the steam
heating plant complete at IS. 272.
This resolution was unanimously adopted.
A II of which is respectfully submitted as
the report of your committee on real estate
by
A. j. PosTLETHwAITE, Chairman.
The report having been received. was
after some explanatory debate adopted aud
final action thereon taken by the following
resolution. viz:
By Inspector Berlandi-
Resolved. That the recommendations of
the Real Estate Committee in reference to
the Franklin School building be approved.
and that the proper officers be authorized to
contract with the Exhaust VentiIator com
pany of Chicago. ILL.,, for the ventilation
plant and with the Holland & Thompson
Manufacturing Company of this city for
the steam heating plant, at the prices
named in their respective bids now in the
hands of the Secretary.
This resolution was adopted by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yeas-Inspectors Schurmeier, Minor.
Wampler Simmon. Giesen, Ellis, PostIeth-
waite. Curtis. Berlandi, Haas, Dobner and
Mr.. President-12.
Nays-lnspectors Williams and Athey
q.
Adjourned.
OTTo DREHER, Secretary.