The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-27

West Centre street
ss school building. TWAS
caused by question az
to whether the committee on building aud
repairs had a right to consider two bids
| received after the time stated in the proposal
notice. which was 6 p M. Of the oath inst.
1t seems that the committee ON building and
! repairs met on that date and opened all the
| bids which had been received up to the hour
named. After the committee adjourned and
as the members were about to disperse repre-
sentives Of NJ. p Fowler and William A.
Miller appeared and presented two bids The
| committee returned to the place of meeting
and opened them, but decided to let the
School Board decide whether they should be
considered legal This was substantially,
| the statement of Mr.. Muldoon, chairman of
the committee, to the board last night. He
added that the other bidders had objected to
the late bids being considered.
Messrs. Fowler and Miller were in attend
ance last night and maintained that if their
bids were too late the committee should have
refused to accept them.
A member of the board said it was 7:4O
o'clock when the two bids were received and
John J. O'Hearn, representing the Shenan-
doah Feed g. Lumber Company, said that he
made known his bid on the streets, after
submitting it to the ommittee, aU $50 o'clock
All the bidders present then retired and
the board proceeded to business. Secretary
Frank Hanna read the following bids: John
Cooney, $500; Jesse B. Davis, $11, ,674;
Daniel Kennedy, $I2,OOO Shenandoah Feed
and Lumber Company, $11, 500; John Hanna,
LOO; Joseph w. Bell, $11,65O; William
Lang, $1OSOO. The committee made no
recommendation.
Objections was raised to Mr. Muldoon
reading the bids of Fowler and Miller but
the president allowed them to be read in
conjunction with the statement Of the com,
mittee as to the manner in which they were
received.
The secretary also read a communication
from Mr. Cooney asking permission to with
draw his bid and the request was granted.
Mr.. Gallagher moved that the contract be
awarded to Lang and Mr.. O'Hean seconded
the motion.
Mr.. Ogden amended to reject all bids and
invite new ones. Mr.. Burke seconded the |
amendment.
A spirited discussion followed during which |
it was maintained that to take the two late
bids in or reject all would be an injustice to |
the bidders who had complied with the pro.
posal notice.
Messrs. Ogden and Bachman argued in
favor of the amendment and said it was not
wise to stand upon technicality when the
board could save several hundred dollars.
The difference between the lowest bid re-
'eived before 6 o'clock and the lowest of the
.wO late bids was S1,7OO, and this amount
should not be thrown away ON a technicality.
On vote the amendment was defeated
md the motion carried.
A report of the exoneration committee
liked Tax Collector Higgins exonerations for
1892 at S3,971,51 was accepted and the
mount was granted. The report stated that
he committee considered the amount fair in
new of the fact that the duplicate was much
arger than during previous years and the
die collieries had handicapped both the
,eOple and the collector.
The board decided to pay off $1,000 of its
,onded indebtedness.
The committee on building and repairs was
Instructed to prepare the contract for the
lew building and the contractors bond, and .
TX August 10th, next as the completion of ]
he building.
Messrs. Fowler and Miller are not satisfied ,,
With the decision of the board and say they
'ill carry the matter into the courts by s
ecuring injunctions restraining Lang and ]
be School Board from proceeding with
FORK on the new building.