The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-06
TO LOWEST BIDDERS
SCHOOL nOARD LETS CONTRACTS
FOR NEW sCHoOLHoUsEs.
Browning, Librarian, and Other
Omcers Reelected.

! The School Board departed from its APP
parent rule last night and let the contracts
Tor the erection of three new school build
ings to the lowest bidders. There were
about fifteen bids on the three buildings to
be erected. The lowest bidders were: For
the four-room building on Lexington ave-
nue., j. C. Pierson, $10,ss5. with slate black
boards. and $10.635 without; for the eight
room building at the corner of Capitol ave-
nue. and Twentieth street. William Kattau,
So, 995 with blackboards and So 257 without,
for the eight-Eoom building at the corner
of Michigan aid Ramsey avenues, William
Kraas. 81. 995 with blackboards and so, AS
without. The bids were ordered let for the
buildings without the blackboards, and the
committee was granted further time to con-
slider biackboards and heating apparatus.
David K. Goss. p. j. OMeara and Miss
Browning had no opposition for reelection
to the positions they now occupy as super
intendent Of schools, superintendent of
buildings and grounds and librarian respec>
lively. A vote by ballot was demanded on
Tor Mr.. Goss and two blanks and eight
votes for Mr.. O'Meara, with three blanks.
the secretary Casting the vote of the board.
1t was expected that there would be some
fight mace against the reelection of
OMeara, but the minority knew that il
would be useless, and decided to allow the
majority to control the election without OPP
Commissioner Roth, Tor the committee on
insurance, asked for authority to insure
for $4,000 and High School No. for $4,000
which was granted
j. c. Pierson, the contractor for the Man
ual Training School, offered to operate the
heating plant for 81 a day. until 1T was ac>
cepted, the city to furnish all supplies.
the city should pay Mr. Piersen to operate
the plant when an engineer is paid for that
purpose. The matter was passed over till
The action of the committee on teachers
in closing the night school at No. was
concurred in, 1t being shown that the at
tendance was not sufficient to justify its
longer continuance. The committee having
the appointment of janiters recommended
that Lawrence Swartling and Frank Rob,
inius be appointed for the Manual Training
School, and that j. Hardesty be appointed
engineer Of the library in the place of Will
The committee on buildings asked for
49, fs si75 iee Ho 8 ss5 No. ss No. To-
s65; No. II, $50; No. ii. $40; No. 10, 500; No.
s 49, So $685. Is So Sc &c. g. g. e. e. no. $780,
s sa5;' carpenters pay roll. A,loo; general
The treasurer's report showed the fol-
lowing warrants drawn, during March:
So sgee 81 fnn sdh nrar FUND.- dusa 81
tuition fund, 81 ,41s.s2; Gregg scholarship
fund, $50 Notes to the amount of s6eso.62
payment on equipment accounts for the
Manual Training School fund. These notes
are to be payable part each year from
1895 to 1900. In the amount was included
1,092.9i for Norris & McCurdy for electric
apparatus. The fixtures have not yet been
tested, and therefore not accepted, but
when the contract was let it was under
stood by Morris & McCurdy that they
would get their money in sixty days and
bought their material accordingly. They
stated, through Commissioner Adam, that
unless they got their money so they could
pay their bill for material next week, they
would lose ii discount of 500. They pre-
scented an indemnifying bond which binds
them to make good anything that may be
wrong with their work and the bill was al
lowed
The report of the librarian showed 1879
books added during last month, making
total now in the library of $780, The cir
culation for home use last month was a.
100 and in the reading room 1925.
A large number of bids were submitted
for apparatus or the Manual Training
School. The contract was not offered in
bulk but for each particular article. The
bids were laid over till the next meeting