Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-08
THEY ARE SIGNED.
The New AImshOuse COnamlttee Meets
 ana Signa All Rut one Contract.

The New AlmShOuse COmamAttee Meets
 and Signs All Hut one Contract.
 The almshouse muddle is at last settled
 and work on the new building will be com
 menced just as soon as the contractors can
 get to work.
 The new almsho1se committee met yester- day afternoon at 4 o'clock in Town Agent
 Reynolds office. All the members were pres. ent. Harmanus M welch presided. com munication was read by Clerk Clerkin from D. F. Kelly; who was the bidder for the plumbing. MT. Kelly said that since his bid | had been put in the price of material had gone up and that the hours of work on Sat | urday had been reduced. Consequently he
 asked fer an increase of seven per cent. on
 his former bid of $5, 500, which would make I the price s5, ,9S2. Philo Chatfeld made 8 motion to grant the request, but at the sug- gestion of MT. Welch, who said that if this was done the other contractors might ask the
 same thing, it was voted to lay the commit nication on the table and appoint a commit | tee to investigate the matter.
 Architect Allen then presented the various
 contracts all ready for signature. Two of them were read and the others were accepted on the statement of the architect that they were all right.
 Town Agent Reynolds moved that the contracts be signed. The mason's contract was signed first, and MT. Welch was the first one to afix his signature to it.
 The contracts signed are as follows: G. N Grant, masonry y..................... S105 $40 Larkins 6 Langley, carpeutering., ........ 57147 E. R. JeHcott, painting g....-.....-.....-.. 24SO New Haven Steam Heating company . 49oo MT. Kelly's communication was again | taken up. Colonel White thought 1t was in the nature of new bid. MT. Welch thought | that the colonel did not understand the mat l ter. Mr. Dawson explained that Mir. Kelly | bid was three thousand dollars below any | one else's and that his communication should l be considered. Philo Chat6eld was of the 1 opinion that Mr. Kelly deserved what he asked for.
 l A motion was made that the matter be re- ferred to committee with power to act. I Town Agent Reynolds amended to have the committee investigate and report back to | the committee. His motion was carried. Chairman Welch then appointed as the committee Henry s. Dawson, Town Agent Reynolds and E. G. Stoddard.
 1 MT. Reynolds brought to the notice of the committee that Architects Tyler and Allen desired their claim to be investigated by g committee. Mir. Reynolds said that Mir. Allen, who was present, thought his con- 1 tract should be considered as there had been numerous changes in the plans.
 Mir. Allen read the contract made between
 the town and Tyler & Allen, architects. It l called for three sets of drawings and for | the overseeing of thework until the aims l house was completed for $4,OO0, At the time the contract was made out he refused | to sign it as it was, thinking that several plans would have to be thrown away, but he l did sign it when Judge Morris told him that the committee would make it all right. In stead of three plans, as the contract called | for, six were made. He thought he and his partner should be allowed something extra. On motion of Selectman Klenke the mat | ter was referred to the committee appointed | on the Kelly contract.
 MT. Reynolds called the committee's at ! tention to the fact that at special town ! meeting held December g it was voted to 5 leave the preparing of plans and specified tions for the new workhouse to the new l almshouse committee, and the time given the committee to get them out was six 1 months. As yet nothing has been done, and but little time remains. As the committed ! was unprepared to do anything yesterday, il ] was decided to leave it until the next meet ing.