The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-18
WILL COST NEARLY $3O,OOO
BIDS FOR LOMBIRD STREET SCHOOL
 BUILDING OPENED.

BUILDING OPENED.
 Board of Education Holds a Short Session
 -Hillhouse Seniors Are Thankfui-stone
 Cutters Want Work Done by Local Work
 men-Great Increase in Night Schools
 Clerk Hewlett Re-elected.
 The board of education at it's meeting last evening opened the bids for the work on the Lombard street school
 building, reelected George T. Hewlett clerk of the board of education for the ensuing year, and received Superinten- dent Kendalrs report, Harry w. Ash CT presided and Mayor Farnsworth was
 in attendance.
 The bids for the Lombard street
 school building were as follows;
 Masons-Major Patrick Maher X Son,
 $12.S51; Bates & Townsend, 2,253;
 sperry & Treat, 12,196; the George NJ.
 Grant company, $11, 7S5; D. G. Carmi-
 chael. $1S,S67; Charles D. Kinney, Sl4,- 0G0 James H. Hogan, s11,6S0; Felix
 O'Brien, 10,995.
 Carpenters-The E. Larkins' Sons
 company, $9,2SO; David H. Clark, $10,-
 2&T; James E. Todd, $11. .21S; John s. Os-
 born, S1O,636; William J. Healy, $s,977;
 Iitchie & Johnston, S10,725. Plumbers-The Foskett & Bishop company, $2,27T; Daniel F. Kelly, S2,049;
 Sheahan X Groark, $2.164; Buckingham
 6; Rcuth $2294; John B. Began, $2,17S; Curtiss & Pierpont $2,456; T. w. Cor bctt, $2. .265; T. R. Caton, $2.019; J. J. Sul- livan, $2,400.
 Painters-C. r. R. Westerman, $1, ,195; A. P Smith, st,162; Gottfried Amman, $7i5.
 The bids were referred to the com mittee on buildings with power to act. Taking the lowest of the above named
 bids, it was estimated that the total
 cost would be $2S,53 This total in cludes $3153 for heating apparatus, electric bells, speaking tubes and other interior fittings, and $2,650 for archi- tects plans and specifications, school room furniture, etc. MT Connor of the building commit tee reported that plans were under con- sideration for the fitting up of the up- per rooms of the Strong school, and he thought that the work would probably be completed by the first of June. The committee has an appropriation of $5,- GOO for the work.
 The committee on schools recom- mended the transfer of Miss Mary F.. Andrews from the position as teacher in room Skinner school to that of as sistant teacher in room 1 Ferry street school, to take effect April !, and the transfer of Miss Anna s. Planter from
 the position of assistant teacher in room l Ferry street school to that of teacher in room in Skinner school, to take effect April 3. Both of these rec concentrations were adopted. The following communication was re- ceived:
 i "The class of ninety-seven of the Hill house high school thanks the board for 1 the permission to hold it's promenade
 in the Boardman building, and accepts the conditions.
 HI. F. SEWARD, 'E, s. MINOR, IS. A. McQUAID, Committee" This is the termination proba bly, of the long-continued discussion as to how | the promenade should be conducted by | the school.
 A communication was received from l the delegates of the Stone Cutters as
 socation praying the committee that | the contracts for the work on the school l buildings should be given to local con tractors in order that they might give the work to citizens of New Haven,
 and asking that these conditions be in- serted in the specifications. l It was signed by James Mckenzie,
 John w. Stevenson and Robert McDou- | gal the New Haven delegates of the association.
 | The communication was referred to the committee on buildings. 1 Superintendent Kendall reported a
 large increase in the attendance upon | the night schools, over last year The average attendance for 1S95-6 was l 193, for 1S96-7 353, an increase of 240. 1 The total cost for 1S96-7, s5,36975, for | 79 nights; for 1S95-6, $5,243SS, for 100 | nights.
 | Cost per pupil per night for 1S96-7, .114 | cents; for 1s95-6, .14S cents, a decrease | of 034 cents over last year 1 The attendance at the night schools for the past year was distributed as | follows:
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