Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-22
THE ArwArEHs, BID aEJEorRD.


 The Board of Education Refuses 10
 Consider Their BId for Furnishing
 school SupplIes-Olher BIds Received
 The Plumbing Bids-Other Mid.
 summer school Business.
 An afternoon meeting was held by the board of education at o'clock yesterday. Several important school matters still remain unsettled, however, and the board will have A good deal of business to transact before the reopening of the schools in September. A notable part of the meeting yesterday was that in which the bid of WI. Atwater & Go. for the contract to furnish school supplies for the ensuing year was rejected by the board.
 Messrs. Avis and Plunkett and President Graves were not present and the chair was occupied by the president pro tenn, Dr. Car- malt.
 Before the bids for school supplies were opened, the board took 8 recess of ten min utes on motion of MT. Adler, so that the committee on supplies might consult upon the matter. The committee when it re appeared reported that it had received a number of bids for the years supplies, one of which was from w. J. Atwater and com pany, with whom the board is now in litiga-
  | Carmalt, for the committee, stated that it l had been unanimously decided not to con- sider at all this bid of Atwater and company. Captain O'Brien said there WAS not mem l Der of the board who would personally have any dealings with this company after its action on last years contract. He would not consider the bid in any shape or form. | Major Strong thought that Atwater 6 Co. would have good ground for another lawsuit | if their bid was not considered, and if it, at 1 the same time, was the lowest bid. He un- derstood that the supplies of last year gave ] good satisfaction.
 MT. Adler said Mir. Atwater had not fur- l nished paper last year equal to his sample. l His sample was 50 superior to the others that | it barred them all out, but the paper that he 1 supplied was vastly inferior, and this has not been proven to the contrary. | Mir. Adler ssid the paper furnished was worth only $1,7l0, and the firm obtained | $2,O00 from the committee. Captain O'Brien thought the firm should not be allowed to get the best of the commit. tee again.
 A motion to reject the bid of w J. At. water 6 Go. was passed, Major Strong alone voting against it.
 Other bids received besides that of Atwate1 l & Co, were from Killman & Go, Chatfield Paper company, New Haven Paper company | O. A. Dorman and Price, Lee & Adkin. The bids were not made in aggregate, but a sepa. rate bid was made upon each article to bs furnished. The bids were referred to ths committee on supplies to examine and report to tn. board. The contract will probably bt | given to the lowest bidder. l On motion of Major Strong it was voted tt make public by the press to whom the con | tract is awarded as soon as an award i,
 made Major Strone's object in this was ts give Atwater & Go. an opportunity to secure
 an injunction against the board providing
 their bid was lower than that of the firm tt
 which the contract is given.
 | The bids for repairing the lighting facili
 ties of Wooster school averaged $1 ,OO0 high
 CT than they were year ago. This is due
 to the masons' strike. Although the chang.
 in window accommodations is greatly need
 ed, the board decided to reject all of the
 bids untifa more favorable season for build
 ing.
 Some time ago bids were asked for from
 plumbers for making sewer connections a
 three of the schools. About a dozen bid
 were received, but Plumber Kelly did no get the specifications in time and asked fol
 another opportunity. This was given, bu
 in the meantime the first bidders had conn
 together and compared each others figures
 They naturally did not wish to bid again, a each knew what the others would bid
 Plumber Kelly's bid was consequently tn
 only one received yesterday. No action wa
 taken, and the committee on buildings wa instructed to investigate and report as t. why more bids were not sent in. 2 The question of hoisting flag upon all o
 the public schools, which has heen repeatedl
 urged upon the board by local posts of Patri 8 otic Sons of America and other like orders a | was touched upon briefly because of mum f Der of bids received for furnishing thes
 flags. Major Strong stated that it woul
 cost between $400 and $500 to supply ali c Q the schools with flags and fagstaffs, and b n thought that, as no recommendation to ful
 nieh these had been made by the props l committee, the matter was one which shoul . be considered by the annual meeting of th ] school district. On a motion by Majo a Strong the matter was referred to the cler l and president of the board to ascertain th cost of furnishing flags and to make som recommendation to be acted upon by the an
 nual meeting.
 | It was voted to have the tall flag pole g the Grand avenue school repaired at COS of $90.
 Applications for positions as teachers wer received from Miss Jennie F. Beers of New
 ton, Richard K. Sage and Allen O. Chase C
 Harlem.
 Mrs. Virginia H. Curtis of the high schoe sent letter thanking the board for accep ing her resignation, which has been upo the table for several years past.
 | board few moments before 1t adjourned
 He wished to speak in regard to the evidenc lately obtained by the Investigations of th
 special committee which was appointed [ overhaul matters at the high sohoo : He said he believed, ss an elector of the dis trict, that he was entitled to look at the evi | dence. He said he was there for that purpos
 and asked if it was understood that he coul
 have it in a week or SO.
 Dr. Carmalt said he could rot tell him whe it would be ready.
 Editor Troup replied that he believed |
 had right to it now, but the board could (
 course keep it from the public if 1t chose. He was assured that public would have Il evidence in time.
 Rev. A. HI. Hall Will cross the Sy ate II for the sixth Time. MER1DKN, July 21.-Rev. A. H. Hall, wh [ has visited Europe five times during Il ) past ten years, will sail for Antwerp, Be ] ginm, on the Friedland of the Red Star lir
 Wednesday, August 6. At Geneva, Re
 Mr. Hall will meet Mrs. Twitchell and Mi
 Olive Twichell, Mrs. Hail's mother and ii