Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-01
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Proposals of Several Kinds Opened
Last Night.

The board OF education held special
meeting last night in the city hall, for
the purpose of opening the bids for the
construction of the new school buildings
to be erected in the Second, Fifth, Sew
enth and Eighth wards.
President A. f. Pomeroy occupied the
chair, and there were present Messrs.
Ellis, Woodbury., Frew, Gosper, McIn-
tosh, Powers and Whaling. In the alb
sence of Mr.. Cox, who was on visit to
Tulare county, Deputy Superintendent
Baker acted as secretary, and the fol-
lowing communications were read and
referred to the respective committees:
Prof. Ira N. More, principal of the
state normal school, nominated Martha
M. Knapp as principal, and Francis H.
Hyram and Clara Stoltenberg assistants
of the normal primary school, they hav-
ing already faithfully served in those
capacities during the past year. Re-
ferred to the teachers committee.
A communication was received from
Mary E. Denison, offering to sell four
lots adjoining the Ninth street and STAN
ford avenue school at $4,000, half cash
and one-half in March, 1891. Referred
to the building committee.
The propositions of Robert Beyrle to
furnish material and labor in the mat
ter of deafening the first, second third
and fourth floors of the new high school
building for $2,562, or for the second,
third and fourth floors for ST $50, was
referred to the building committee.
The offer of r. G. Hunt to erect a
picket fence, was referred to the build
ing committee.
Architect Preston submitted an esti-
mate OF the number of square yards of
cement plastering done by Contractor
Robert Beyrle, on the outside of the
foundation walls of the new high school
building. Referred to the building
committee.
The following bids were then opened
and read, and referred to the building
committee:
School house at Thirtieth street, in accordance
s11,791; Mcdonald & Luentzel, $1,000; God.
frey Fritz, $1O,990; Iinkletter & Day, 10000;
F. +. Green, $1O,796; Rommel Bros, So 700;
Eight room school house on Bloom street in
accordance with the plans of ]. Lee Burton, A .
sorenson, s17,55O; Mcdonald and Luentzel,
s17,490; Godfrey Fritz, s17 ,450; Rommel Bros,
$17, 300; n. W. Harmon, $17,321; Linkletter
and Day, $4,000; w. r. Phelps, 1900; G. G..
Willmon, 1910; Sherwood and Johnson, $751;
Four room school house on Seventh street in
accordance with the plans OF j Lee Burton:
Sherwood and Johnson, $11 ,475; Linkletter and
Day, 1O,5Oo; Mcdonald and Luentzel, $1O,490;
Eldridge and Heistand, 10000; James Smith,
| $1O,284; Kommel Bros, S1O,1SO; P. keenan,,
$9'543.' ' w. ''''''' '''N''' " " -'i''''l'
Four room school building on Bloom and
Magdalena streets in accordance with the plans
| of Hugh TODD: A. SorensOn, $40 400; Godfrey
Fritz $11, 1855; Sherwood and Johnson, 81 300;
c. ]. Kuback, S11 ,122; S. M. Stratton, $1O,953;
Fred Waycott, $40, 500; H. N. Sweetser 10000;
| G w. Bond, $9,9S5; c. G. Willmon, Sc, ,697.
Addition of four rooms to the Amelia street
| school, in accordance with the plans of ID. I.
$Hs $Hs G. horne hhfsh s sdh an ;o James 4aa Smith
Bros, IS ,Oos; Eldridge & Heistand, $500; " ".
Phelps s42 /; e oo6 g. Wilm1n Az Nc
h Sherwood d { sSi Johnson sons 81 &6S5. & Fi''f0
Two-room school house on Temple and Casco
| streets, in accordance with the plans of S. l..
Haas c. R. Thorne & Son, $500; Rommel
Bros, So ,9U5: McIennau e. Rose, $5,562; c. j..
Kubach, S., ,225; Eldridge & Heistand, $5,200;
Moving Pine-street school, in accordance
with J. Lee Burton's plans:
E. R. Means. $500, Godfrey Fritz, $4,000;
Sherwood & Johnson, $4,000; Mcdonald g.
Luentzel 81, ,29O; Eldridge & Heistand, $4,000;
Rommel Bros, $3,679; G.. M. Anslyn Il Co.,
The following bids for printing and supplies
were then opened and referred to their respec-
tive committees:
Times Mirror Printing and Binding House,
Stoll q Thayer, Epening Express, Kingsley &
Barnes. Pacific Printing Company, Merrill &
Cook, r. G. Mcbride. G. w. Cook, Lazarus d
Meier and Phil Hirschfeld G. Co.
The offer of A. w. Brown to furnish
the rooms in the high school building
with electrical appliances at $3.50 per
room was referred to the building COM
mittee.
communication was received from
Llewellyn Bros, offering to purchase the
site of the Railroad and Magdalena-
streets school for $1,250, and was re-
ferred to the building committee.
A number of demands amounting in
the aggregate to $1,230.S0 were ap-
proved, Mr.. Whaling alone voting nega-
lively.
The resignation of Miss Emily B. Rey-
nolds was accepted with regrets, in ac-
cordance with the recommendation OF
the teachers committee.
Architect Brown was instructed to
prepare plans for a retaining wall at the
Collado-street school.
After an informal discussion on the
question of allowing the Bancroft Bros.
: Company to put their school desks into
the new school buildings, some of which
have not yet been accepted, the board
adjourned on motion of Mr.. Whaling.
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