The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-24

Opened-Award of Contracts Deferred
Schools to Have Holiday May 81
High School Comm mencement June go
Rev. DIR. Kelly of New York to Speak.
The chief business done at last nights
regular meeting of the board of educa-
ton was the opening of bids for the
mason, carpenter, plumbing and heat
ing work to be done in connection with
the remodelling of Eaton school. Sew
eral of the bidders were present, and
the reading of the minutes was de-
ferred until the bids were opened. Ar
chitect William H Allen was present
to advise the board on the plans for the
remodelling and opened the bids. The
lowest bid for the mason work was
IS, ,3S9 by the George NJ. Grant Co.. for
the carpenter work, $12,225, by James
e. Todd; for the plumbing, $1,72O, by d.
F. Kelly; for heating and ventilating,
$4,000, by the Buffalo Forge Co. The
latter bid was not however, aCcompan-
led by a bond or certified check, as
was required by the board and the
next lowest bid was $6O4S by Sheahan
& Groark, this bid being accompanied
by a certified check. After the bids had
been opened it was voted by the board
to delay the matter of awarding the
contracts temporarily and to refer the
matter to the committee on school
buildings to consider and report back
to the board.
4 IL, ;r,
$2S,3S2, and the entire amount of the
appropriation for the remodelling of
Eaton school is $500 Of this amount
$2 400 will be required for furniture and
architects fees, leaving $4,000 to pay
for the work. Mr. Allen thought that
saving of $1,000 on the bid for carpenter
work, $500 on the mason work, $1,000 on
the heating and $500 on other items
could be made, making a total of $4,000
under the amounts bid and estimates.
In addition to the total amount of the
bids above mentioned it is thought that
$4,000 additional, not included in that
estimate will be required for interior
finishing. -..
The committee on schools reported
the resignation of Miss Helen Warner
| lIOH the pOSlllOIl OL ledCIlel III IOOiIl
2 of Shelton avenue school, and rec
commended the transfer of Miss Rose
Carney from the substitute list to the
position left vacant by the resignation.
The resignation was accepted and the
promotion voted.
| The committee also recommended
that the schools be closed for the year
on Friday, June 25, full session to be
| held on that day. The recommendation
was adopted.
Mr.. Moran, of the schools committee,
then read two communications, which
| had been received, one from Walter
| Downs chairman of the committee in
| charge of the New Haven Sunday
school rally to be held May 81, asking
the board to close the city schools at
12 o'clock on that day. The other COM
munication was from Thomas T.Welles.
e. o. Greuner and c. D. Walker,
| committee in charge of the arrange
ments for the Boys Brigade outing to
be held on May 81, asking that whole
| holiday be given to the schools on that
day.
Mayor Farnsworth moved that a
whole holiday be allowed Colonel
Morgan offered an amendment making
it half holiday. Colonel Morgan said
that the G. A. r. was not in favor of
any organization taking a junketing
trip on Memorial day, and was opposed
especially to the Sunday schools of the
city doing so. He said that he under
stood that the Sunday school superin
tendents of the city were also opposed
to allowing the Boys Brigade to go
away for field day this year, notwith-
standing that it has been done before.
Mr.. Morgan said that he believed that
the day should be observed as it had
been originally intended it should be.
Mr.. Walker who was present, said
that a quarter of the boys in the Boys
Brigade worked in the stores and so
legal holiday had been chosen for the
field day that they might attend it.
Mr.. Morgan said that there had been
| the same trouble last year in endeavor-
ing to interest the boys in the proper
observance of Memorial day. He said
that the G. A r. had thought of asking
| congress to enact that Memorial day
should fall on Sunday so that it might
| be properly observed. He said that he
was glad of an opportunity to let the
public know that the G. A. r. has al
ways wanted the boys to take hold of
Memorial day work, for which the old
soldiers will soon be incapacitated. He
said that he knew of no better organi-
zation to take up the work than the
Boys brigade of the Sunday schools.
Then, saying that he had offered the
amendment in order to make known the
wishes of the G. A r. in the matter, he
withdrew his amendment. Mayor
Farnsworth said that in offering the
motion for whole holiday on May 81,
he had no intention of opposing the G.
A. r. He thought that all the boys
should observe Memorial day in man
ner in keeping with the purpose for
which the holiday was instituted. 1t
was then voted to allow full holiday
on May 81 May 80 falls on Sunday
this year and May 81, Monday, will be
| observed as Memorial day.
Mr.. Manson of the committee on spe-
cial instruction recommended that the
graduation exercises of the two high
schools be held in the forenoon of June
90 The board voted that it should be
so held and the committee was empow-