The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-21
HAD A falling OUT.
Advocates Of Different Heating Systems Cause
aSpllt In Committee
CONTROLLER HAS suspicious
The School Board INDUCES in Hunt
for an Ethiopian in the Paling and
After Insinuating Among Themselves
Outsiders Make inslnuatio ns-Bids
for Construction ofthe High School
Will Be Advertised For.

The school board had Its own troubles
last night. The membe seemed to
be jealous OF the councils because OF
the investigation which is now on and
are courting little Investigation Of
their own. There were mem bers with
suspicious. members with insinuations,
indignant members and those who
were not members at all who were
very outspokeu In their allegations Of
suspicious actions.
1t was all about the awarding OF con.
tracts, the heating and ventilating of
No. ~ building being the big bone of
contention. The fun started when Mr..
Carson. for the building committee.
reported in favor of giving the work
% Smead, Wills & Co., of Philadelphia
w. D. OMalley presented minority
report awarding the contract to Hunt
q Connell. 1t transpired during the
discussion that followed that Architect
Davis, in figuring up the cost Of put
ting in the respective systems, found
at first that Hunt & Connell's
system was the cheaper, but yesterday
he reported to the committee that he
had discovered mistake in his figures
and that Hunt g. Connell were $50
dearer than Smead, Wills & Co, This
mistake and its discovery, Mr.. Davis
explained, were due to the fact that
owing to the short time the committee
gave him to figure on the plans, he had
to make hurried report at first and
verify his figures later.
NoTz MAKES A FIvE-MINUTE SPEECH.
This changing of the figures caused
Mr.. Notz to think that he detected the
odor of rodent and in speech of
five minutes or more he told his COL
leagues 0f his nasal disturbances. He
wanted to know what show an honest
uususpecting bidder would have with
such condition Of affairs existing or
something to that effect.
MIR. Jennings said he signed the ma
jority report because Smsad, Wills &
Co. were the lowest bidders. Mr..
Wormser said he would vote for steam
heat Mr.. Watrous asked for a report
from the architect. and Architect
Davis proceeded to explain as above.
In addition he stated that the bids were.
Smead, Wills & Co.. $3,56O; Hunt &
Connell, $3,751. According to his cal
culation on Saturday it would cos,
$4 9jj to put in the Smead, Wills G. Co.
system complete, fues, stacks and all /;
and 1850 for the Hunt & Connell
system, His revised figures made yes
terday showed that Smead. Wills &
Cos system would cost but $4. III and
Hunt & Connell's 81. no The mis- take,
he explained. WAS due to the fact that
there was CLAP" plan accompanying
the Smead. Wills & Co. drawings which
confused him.
Mr.. O'Malley then moved that the
minority report be accepted. Mr.. Jen-
nlngs moved to have the minority re-
port laid on the table. This motion
was lost and the minority report Civ.
ing the contract to Hunt & Connell
prevailed by vote of ayes to 5 nays.
AGENTS WHO KICKED.
Among the spectators In the rear of
the room were a number Of agents who
represented firms that had sent in bids
for furnishing supplies. Some of them
waxed wroth, especially the paper
men. Mr.. Jacobs, for the supply COM
mittee, which is now wrestling with
the bids for furnishing the supplies for
the coming year, reported that the
committee had only begun its labors
and at present could report on but
two items, spelling blanks and pencil
pads. The contract for 10000 of the
blanks they awarded to L. H. Butler G.
Co., Of Philadelphia, for $2S per thou
sand and for furnishing the pads Rey-
nolds Bros. Of this city, were favored.
their bid being $40 20 per thousand
After the meeting there was consider
able kicking among the unsuccessful
bidders and one Of them, W. II. With.
ers, went so far as to state that he was
lower than the firm awarded one oil
the contracts.
Then Mr.. Jennings objected { to the
manner in which the supply committee
had presented its report. He claimed
that all the bids should have been read,
in order that they might be placed or
record and DO open to inspection. After
considerable discussion the committees
recommendation were adopted and the
secretary was instructed to make out
tabulatel report Of the bids.
Mr.. jennings, for the high school
committee, reported a resolution di-
recting the secretary to advertise for
proposals for the construction of the
new high school building according to
the plans of Little & OConnor, which
sail for both fire proof building and
one that is not fire proof. -.
The board decided to visit and in
spsct the new No. 12 building. which
is now ready for occupancy. The visit
will be made on Thursday afternoon at
o ~