Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-10-11
POSTPONED TO FRIDAY NIGHT
Agent Peck the Only Man Prepared
to Bid on the Heating
Apparatus.
Only One Other Outside Agent Able
to Arrive Tuesday--Build-
ing Fund Dwlndling.

evening in adjourned meeting, all trus-
tees except Hanks being present.
BY order of Chairman Holmes the
reading of the minutes of the last meet
ing was dispensed with.
Chairman Holmes announced that the
contract for heating apparatus in the
school house in the Boston and Great
Falls addition had not been awarded at
the last meeting, as published. Raban
said that was news to him; he thought
the matter, had been disposed Of
Gust G. Minter's bid was S225; Muir
ply, Maclay Il Co.'s, s240, and the Great
Falls Hardware Co. s, $3.50, each bidding
on different style of plant.
Cooper and Gockstetter expressed the
opinion that Murphy, Maclay Il Co. S
plant was the best and, on motion of
Gockstetter, seconded by Cooper, the
contract was unanimously awarded to
Murphy, Maclay n Co.
N. r. Lease was awarded the contract
for making what Chairman Holmes,
Architect White and Trustee Gockstct-
ter stated were all repairs necessary on
the building near Maj. Fields residence
at $l5S, he being the only bidder on the
complete job.
Clerk Cauficld stated the owner of the
building at Ulm. which the district has
been renting for a school house, refused
to rent it longer. The clerk was in
structed to provide for renting another
building.
Cooper brought up the matter of pro-
vidng heating apparatus for the Central
high school building. He said that tele-
grams had been received frDlu two firms
that they could not present bids last
night, and he thought there should be
postponement.
Gockstetter was opposed to postpone
ment. He said the board should set d
date and not let agents dictate the time.
Otherwise, the situation would be as The
TRIBUNE said.
Raban opposed opening bids last night.
He said that even local firms were not
prepared.
Architect White suggested that the
time for opening bida be set for Satur-
day evening.
George Peck, the Cincinnati firms
agent, said that on Sept iG notice was
sent to various firms thar aids would be
opened at noon Oct, ). No notice of
posiponement to Oct. - was sent. q. l..
Plunkett, the Salt Lake agent, saw II
notice in paper of the postponement.
Those firms that now telegraph that
they are not prepared were not notified
of the postponement to Oct. l9. Local
firms have had plenty of time. lie
thought it unfair TO those agents who
have come to postpone the matter fur
ther.
j. A. Collins said that lie was orig
inally notified that bids would be opened
October B. September 20 he saw in the
paper that the time was extended to Oc-
tober 10. He wrote Of the postponement
to an eastern man, from whom he must
obtain figures, and that man agreed to
be here next week. If the board did not
postpone the matter it would leave him
out. He was here trying TO make iv
ing and paying taxes and wanted a
chance at the work,
Mr.. Smith, of Duncan 4 Smith, said he
would have been ready by October 5, bu'
when the postponement WAS ordered he
| began arrangements to bid on another
system. lie would like to have chance
at the little work there was in town.
| G. L. Plunkett Of Salt Lake said ht
was unprapared to submit bids. Ht
| found when be arrived yesterday that ht
would have to change his plans, epeci
cations and figures. II tho board saw
| tit to let the contract he bad nothing Il
say. He would have been here Oct. /, il
the original postponemeut had not beer
ordered.
Raban suggested that Peck explain
bis system and deposit his bid in q bank
White said Peck would probably fee
that such course Was unjust to tim
and Peck said he certainly wouiu.
The four agents pTeFoat finally agreed
that they could be ready by Friday even
ing, and the board unanimously ad
journod until Friday evening at 8 o'clock
when bids for furnishing heating appa
ratus for the high school building shal
be opened.
If no other expenditures are ORDERED
the remainder in the building fund whel
contracts already awarded shall hav
been completed will be TJ,J27Jl.