Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-02
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Spent Busy Morning With Plans and
 Bids for New Schools.

spent Busy Morning Wltn flanS anu
 Bids for New Schools.
 The board of education held a long meeting this morning. which was en- tirely devoted to the reading of bills received for the heating and yentllat- ing of the proposed new Ashley street and West Side Hill school buildings, and to the listening to the representa- tives of out of town concerns explain ing the plans and specifications ot their bids Local bidders will be given a hearing at the regular month ly meeting next Monday evening.
 Shortly after o'clock the meeting was called to order. Mayor Kilduff presiding. The four democratic mem bers were present. while the republl- can minority was conspicuous by thelr absence. School Inspector McGrath. Clerk Fitzgerald and about ten repre- sentatives of different competing firms were present. also Architects Jackson and Freney. The board at once pro- ceeded to business and the following bids were received for the furnishing and installa tion of q heating and ven tilatin" system ill the new West Side Hill school according to the plans and specifications of Architect Thomas Freney.
 Baldwin Engineering Go of New \ \. ton. &. .S95: Donnclly Merit X Co., Boston, &5,2G9: National Steam Econ omizer Co. Springfield. S:' 16I: Barlow Bros. S2G75: Waterbury Steam and Gas Pipe works. S2.G0O without or S3.0SO with the temperature controlling system. The latter also presented two bids in case four more rooms were to he added onto the building: S2.9oo without or $3,3S0 with the temperature controlling system.
 The bids for the proposed Ashley school building. according to the plans and specifications of Architect Joseph A. JackSOn were as follows: Bald win Engineering Co. SG,6S6: A. A. san born. SG.365; National Steam Econ omizer Co. S4.JS5: Wills Warming and Nentilating Co. \. 1.. SG.522. If the American impulse water motor is sub Stituted for the steam engine. as the plans specify the Wills concerns bid would be S20O less: Barlow Eros SG.- 42O: Waterbury steam and Gas Pipe works. S3.J00 without or S6.347 with the temperature controlling system
 After all the bids were read the local men were given permission to leave. They will be heard on Monday evening" A hearing was then accord ed to the out of town representatives che by one. All the representa- tives except the one being heard were eN- cluded from the meeting. Their abode was in an adjoining room. \. A. San born was the first one heard. After describing minutely the many good points of his system he stated that his bid would be $23O more for additional rooms at the West Side Hill. MT Sanborn installed the system at the Drigcs school. NIr Montral. in behalf of the Baldwin Engineering Go. was next heard. The changing of his sys- tenn to make it adequate for a ten room building would increase his bid &2OO. The heating and ventilating of schools was one of their specialties, so was it with the Wills Co of New York, | which was represented by Mir McDOn- 1 ald. not our member of the board of | education. AIr McDGnald stated that his company had misinterpreted some | of the specifications. They had in l cluded sanitaries' fixtures in their bid. l but this was not intended by the arch | itect. Excluding these fixtures. his bid | would be S4O1 less. or S6.121. The company had placed their various sys- | tens in about 100 schools in all parts of the country. He cited many places 1 One place is the Berkshire school | Providence. k. l., which has been fin
 shed only a few weeks. He proposed
 that the board appoint q committee to | take trip to Providence at the eX- pense of the firm in order that they | may see how the system worked. The i board deferred action on this proposi-
 ton until Monday evening. Mir Me Donald before leaving presented each | member with q neat souvenir ill the
 form of q pamphlet. The meeting then
 adiourned till next Monday evening at S:1I.
 The Donnelly. Merit X Co of Ros- ton did not present a bid in regard to
 the heating and ventilating of the Ash
 ley school. nor did the Wills Go pre- 1 sent one concerning similar work with the West Side Hill school. inasmuch
 as they did not receive the plans and
 specifications of the architect in time