Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-14
ANOTHER YALLEYCITYAN
Draws . Bouncing Big Prize In
the Boom City
BoLAyD BUILDS THE HACkLEY SCHOOL
1hs Contract Lst 20 Him for siHsy-riss
Ihsassna Doiisrs-Ths Material 10
BE used-To he Finished By
september, 1s9s.

4UsKEGoS, July l3.-The Board Of
Education this morning decided TO
award the contract for the erection of
the HackIey school building to j. d.
Boland. OF Grand Rapids, for s65. lilo.
his being the lowest bid submitted on
the revised plane, and the only one
before the board. all others having
been rejected. Mr.. Boland's proposl-
ton made no difference in price
whether the building Was constructed
or pressed brick or Holland sand stone.
The board had TO choose which mater
ial 10 use, and spent considerable time
discussing this question The prefer
encc MAS decidedly for the stone, but IL
WIS thought another kind Of stone OF a
different color should also be used in
part to give variety and richness to the
exterior effect Different combinations
with specimen stones were tired, and It
was finally decided to use Prentice
Brown stone. from Bayfield,, Via, for
the foundation and basement up TO and
including the water table, all the rest
of the wall TO be OF Holland stone.
The only division of the board arose
Just before reaching this conclu-
ston. Tie Prentice stone is q rich
brown IN color and of good quality
aud some of the board preferred TO
have the building constructed OF this
.niirely. Mr.. Boland offered to sub
stItuie the Prentice stone in place of
the Holland. making the bnildiug en-
tirely for $500 extra. the substitution
oF the Prentice stone for the basement
he offered to make for 5000 extra. To
u.e the Prentice stone exclusively
would, therefore, cost bu, $1,000 more
than TO have basement OF that and all
else of Holland stone. A motion to
use Prentice stone throughout was lost
by the following vote: Ayes-Hack-
ley, Moon. Bunker. Nays-Nims, Kan
i,z. Wilson. The three voting in the
negative thought that ii that amount
extra was to be spent on the building
II could better be used on the inside
than on the outside. Another change
was decided upon, to substitute copper
cutters IN the roof for galvanized iron.
This Is to- cost s15 extra.
The board then by unanimous vote
decided to enter into contract with j.
II. Boland for the construction of the
building complete. according Ia the
revised plans and specifications, as
follows: Mr.. Boiand's revised bid,
500, ,635; deduct for amount allowed by
him for material from old Central
school, $3.50, leaves $64,l25. Add
5000 for making basement of Prentice
stone and $T5 for copper cutters, and
the total contract price was fixed at
$S5,il0.
The secretary of the board was in
etrueted TO draft . contract to be eu-
tered into between the hoard and Mr..
Boland. This will probably be consid-
cred Mt the regular meeting of the
board Friday evening.
There was good deal of talk about
the necessity of having the building
erected az rapidly as possible. but IT
seemed To- be the general opinion, in
which Architect Allen and Contractor
Boland agreed, that the building could
not be safely buIlt To be done and ready
for use before the opening of the school
year in September, 1892. 1t is not yet
decided what date To insert in the CON-
tract as the time when the building is
10 Ne finished, but it will not be early
enough TO admit OF any use for school
purposes during the coming schocl
year.
The combination of stone selected
will give rich and pleasing effect The
ldlilding will be more handsome and
IMPOSING than IL built entirely of Ilol-
llnd stone. 1t will be beautiful
structure, graceful and imposing in
outline. and rich and harmonious IN its
color effects and in its details OF work.