The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-01
FOR the NEW BUILDING
Bids for the Construction of the
East Butte School House.
SOME ARE THROWN OUT
They Were Not Accompanied by Certi-
fed Checks-Passmore a. Co, High
School Architects. Want a Set
tlement-Communications.

The board Of school trustees held a
meeting last night and opened bids for
she erection of the new school building
sn East Butte. The following bids were
received: John F. Hogan. building COM
plete, except plumbing and heating
plant. s27.745: ]. A. Riddell. building
complete. except heating plant, s2s.3S';
Loss a. Co. building complete. s2s.ss4;
Laurence Burke, building complete,
sse. 574, or stone and brick work only.
$40. 7Ss; Thomas Laurier. building COM
plete. 500. 545: c. c. Goddard a. Co.
building complete. except heating plant,
s34. 742.50; Moses Benoit. building COM
plete. S2S.6a3: Strunk a. Maiette. stone
Foundation, cut stone and brick Work.
si2. $50; l. Kruger, plumbing S552, gas
fitting $685.. steam heating $3.50; total
for plumbing. gas fitting and steam
heating S4.337: william c. Bryant, heat
sng and ventilating. $3.50: Carney *
Wright. plumbing and gas fittings. 500:
Montana Hardwall Plastering Co, H.151
for plastering: Anaconda Mining COM
pany. hardware department. steam
heating. S3.21S: Echle Plumbing and
Heating company. steam heating. S,s9S.
Several bids, including that of the
Anaconda company on the heating
plant, were not considered and were or
nereO IcIuI0Gu 10 lnt bltlutlS a
they were not accompanied by the re-
quired certified checks. ID. McSherry
put i'm a bid for the brick. stone and
cut-stone work for s12.s5o. but he set
forth in his bid that IL contemplated
certain notifications of the powers OF
she supervising architect, and the bid
was returned to McSherry without be-
sng considered. The other bids were re-
ferred 20 the building committee with
s--.~,.,-s,,g - ronnrt Of the ngNf mARt-
ing of the board.
A communication was received from
Passmore a. Co. the architects of the
new High hoo building, with whom
the board had a great deal Of trouble a
year ago. presenting another big bill Tor
extras and proposing that the matter be
referred to arbitrators, or suggesting
any reasonable way for a settlement ia
avoid expensive litigation. The COM
munication was referred to the building
committee. A letter from Miss Sue Bald
win accepting her appointment as head
of the Latin department OF the High
school was received by the board and
caused some discussion, as no teacher
had been elected TO any particular po-
sition. The clerk VAS instructed to no.
tify Miss Baldwin that she had simply
been elected as teacher in he Butte
schools and that assignments would be
made by the superintendent and the
teachers committed.
A letter was received from a lady IN
Spokane endorsing n teacher from kala-
mazoo. Mich. who had applied for q
position. The matter. with several 9th
ers of a similar nature. was referred e
the teachers committee. Miss j. Y
Core asked permission to use the Wash.
ington annex building for a summer
school. but the request was denied. as
the building is lab to be sold very
soon. The janitors' pay roll for June
amounting To S514, was allowed and or.
dered paid in due bills. Superintendent
Hendricks was granted leave of absenc,
for two weeks TO attend the meeting oi
the National Teachers association al
Washington from July : to II.