The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-31
BIDS FOR SCHOOL WORK
Board Of Education Approve Of
Plans for Alterations
Routine Matters Dis
posed OF.

The Board of Education held a meeting
last evening and received proposals for
ventilating school building No. II, and
ccncreting the basement Of school build
ing No. %. For the former the bidders
were Blake & Williams for 81 1893, and Gill
lis & Gaghan, $l,430, and for the latter
Edward J. Coleman. $2,o45; Alex. Nc
Grath & Co., $1,94e; John r. Rowland &
Sen. s2,263; James Sanger. $500; Fred J.
Burke and William Ormsby, $1,700, and
Joseph Perrine, 1856. The contract for
concreting was awarded to Frederick j.
Burke and William Ormsby, and the pro-
posals for ventilating referred to the
Committee on School No. IL.
An agreement was submitted by Philip
E.. Martin, who in 1895, under contract,
placed heating apparatus in school build
ing No.. 10, which has proved defective, to
replace the small portable furnace now in
the basement of thai building with a
larger one, and to separate the several
vent ducts under the basement floor so as
to equalize the vent from the several
rooms, to clean the present furnace and
smoke pipe and renew and place in posi-
tion all defective castings. This agree
ment," said the document. being made
without prejudice, and is not to be con-
strued or taken as an admission of defec-
ton or unfinished or improper work or
material under his agreement, and speci-
fications for warming and ventilating ap-
paratus, etc., with the Mayor and Alder
men of Jersey City for said school, dated
November Is, 1893, with the promise that
he shall be paid Immediately upon com
pletion of the work the balance due him
on said contract"
A resolution by Director Finn accept
ing the proposition of Mr.. Martin provid-
ed the balance due him does not exceed
$500, was adopted and the Clerk instructed
to notify Mr.. Martin of this action of the
Board.
The plans prepared by Charles r. Det-
willer, architect for erection of an extern
sion to school building No. 10, were APP
proved and adopted and the Clerk di-
rected to advertise for proposals for con-
tract for the work. to be received at the
meeting of the Board, August 26.
Applications for appointment as teach
ers were received from Henry T. Tyler of
Haymarket, Va; D. B. Augustine of Con-
fuence, Pa; Alice Zienglof, of No. 120
York street, and Blanche Miele, of No. 81
Mercer street, his city: Estelle Conrad
of New London. and Edith B. Boyd of
Coons Corner, Pa, all of which were re-
ferred to the Committee on Teachers.
A communication from Postmaster
Robert Jordan requesting the privilege of
using the assembly room in the High
School building for civil service exami-
nation, on Tuesday, August 8, was re-
ceived, and on motion of Director Daily
the request was granted.
A communication from the Boar of Po-
lice Commissioners refusing to allow
openings to be made In the wall of the
Police Headquarters building for passage
ways to connect with the old City Hall
building to be used for a school,, as re-
quested by this Board, was received and
fled.
An invitation was received to attend
the inaugural picnic of the Seventh Ward
Democratic Club, which took place at
the Greneville Schuetzen Park last night,
this being the first meeting of the Board
since it was placed in the hands of the
Clerk, accounts for the invitation being
presented after date, consequently the
Seventh Wark Democrats will know why
none of the Educators of our city We're
among their honored guests.