The record-union., 1896-07-23
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
II Makes Contracts for Additions to
School Buildings.
Plans Ordered Prepared for New
Schoolhouse at Twenty-Sixth
and Y Streets.

The City Board of Education held an
adjourned meeting last night to further
consider the bids for additions to the
various school buildings.
Director Whitbeck, for the Committee
on Buildings and Repairs, stated that as
the funds are short the committee rec
commended that all the bids of the low
est bidders be accepted, except that on
the building at Seventh and G streets.
He thouht it would be well, however, as
the committee thought that the bids on
that building were too high, that bids
for it be advertised for again, the speci-
fications to be for either brick or wood.
Architect Mayo stated that the saving
by building it of wood would be about
$500
The report of the committee was
taken up, and Director Sherburn moved
that the contract for the building at
Fourth and @ streets be awarded to
Thomas McCaffery at $6,475.
superintendent Erlewine made a de-
tailed statement of the amount of
money in the fund, with estimates of
what would be needed for salaries and
incidental expenses, which showed that
il would not be possible to make all the
additions the board wished at the fig
ures shown by the bids.
He did not favor putting an expensive
addition on the building at Seventh and
G. streets. which is one of the oldest
school buildings in the city. and cannot
be expected to last many years longer
Wooden additions have been made to
other school buildings at from 81 500 to
l,a -;,o
could be made at Seventh and G streets
The motion of Sherburn as to the
Fourth and Q-street school was car
ried.
He then moved that the contract for
the addition at Sixteenth and N streets
be awarded to Atwood & Roberts at
81 ,S14 Carried.
Director Sherburn moved that the
contract for the addition to Thirteenth
and G streets be awarded to F. A
Wendt at $500.
! Director Driver opposed the motion,
as he believed by putting on a wooden
addition at Thirteenth and C streets
enough could be saved to put up a
building at Twenty-sixth and V streets,
which was so absolutely necessary, in
order to allow the children in that part
of the city to go to school.
Director Sherburn thought that if a
wooden addition We're put at Seventh
and G, the schoolhouse at Twenty sixth
and V could be built, and the addition at
Sixteenth and n, which is a good brick
| building. could be of brick also.
| Directors Perkins and Brown thought
the schoolhouse at Twenty sixth and V
should be built by all means.
| Director Sherburn's motion was car
ried
The contract for Tenth and Q streets
was let to G. W. Mckay for 81, $50.
| The contract for Twenty fourth and
N streets was awarded to w. F. Book
at 81, 716.
| Director Sherburn moved that all the
bids received for the construction of a
brick addition at Seventh and G streets
be rejected and that the Building and
Repairs Committee be instructed to ad-
vertise for bids for wooden building
there. Carried.
The bonds and contracts were ordered
referred to the judiciary Committee,
after being approved by the architects.
The time fixed at which the buildings
must be finished is the 9th of Septem-
| ber.
Director Driver moved that the board
Immediately proceed to the erection of
two-room building at Twenty sixth
and V streets, and that plans be pre-
| sented by Architect Mayo at the next
meeting.
| The board then adjourned.