The herald., 1895-08-07
CONTRACTOR MAY Go BROKE
He Bid Too Low Upon School
4 Buildings
CHECK FOR $500 IS UP
The Money Can Be Forfeited to th
City
The Contracts viii Be ReIet-School Supply
Contracts to Be Awarded Tomor.
row Afternoon

W. B. Robb, a contra ctor, sees ruin
staring him in the face, and unless the
city council comes to his assistance Robb
will be compelled to 60 into the hands OF
a receiver. In the recent bidding for the
work of enlarging the five school houses
which are to be improved, Robb offered
to do the work upon the Gates street
school for $6944 and upon the San Pedro
street school for $3.50. These figures
were so low that School Director Ken
nedy, who is an expert upon such mat
ters, remarked upon the fact when the
bids were opened. Robb's bids upon
both the school buildings named we're ac-
cepted and the necessary contracts in his
favor were ordered drawn.
Last Monday Contractor Robb sent a
long communication to the council, set
ting forth the fact that If his bids we're
adhered to by the city be would be COM
PEELED to mortgage his home. He had
made bad blunder in his figuring upon
the work. The matter was placed in
charge of the councils special school
building committee, which yesterday
awarded the contracts upon both the
Gates and San Pedro street schools to
John Rebman. who was next to Robb
the lowest bidder. Rebm ans figures are
for the San Pedro street school. He offers
t. have both of the buildings in shape
by Septem Der 10th.
The city has Robbs certified cheek for
$1,000, which if he is com PEELED to forfeit
for breach OF contract will. he says, ruin
him
The committee OF the whole Of the boar
OF education yesterday morning opened
the bids for school supplies for the en-
suing year. The advertisement calls for
the following articles to be supplied:
Plain chairs. office chairs. cocoa door
mats, kindergarten tables, kindergarten
chairs, .towei racks. abacus, table bells,
mometers, waste baskets. word charts
(Appleton's), inkstands 1.-TWO wells),
modelling paper $50 pounds to ream. tyne
writing paper Skill. typewriting paps I
Sx13. cyclostyle paper Sx13. cyclostyle
paper 8Ax14 foolscap paper II pounds and
Il pounds. paper files. rules brass edge
10 inches, rulers plain, states. stencil! pa
pencils s. M. and M, pens, Whatman' S
double ele. drawing paper per quire.
double ruled whits paper S%x11 (Ash-
land). double ruled chemical Manila yell
low sHx1l soft papers newspaper cut
6x9. sand paper, slate pencils German
crayons. white crayons, pen holders,
sponges. States 8x12, tablets Acme 5x9.
ink. corn brooms door brushes, scrub
brushes, feather busters, dust brushes.
hair brushes. combs, stove polish, clay
jars. mon sticks. mop cloths. soap and
sapolio, school desks. rears, teachers
desks. Office desks, state text books, dis
| tiOnaries large and small. encyclopedias.
| supplementary readers, coal 25O tons more
less. wood per cord. ..oil 400. barrel:
more or less per barrel. chloride of lime,
copperas, clocks. matches, towels roller
| l. 4. ~.
| charts Nos. l and 2, measures, com passes,
| blackboard pointers. lounges. wheelbar.
rows. soap dishes, step ladders. geometr :
cal forms.
The total number of bidders to furnish
the above was twebty-:our, Of whom four
were thrown out being unaccompanied
by che cks. The balance VIII be considered
by the supply committee Of the board and
the contracts awarded tomorrow alter
noon at clock.