The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-31
THE HIGH SCHOOL CONTRACT
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school buildings, composed of MT. Har- mount and MT. Betts and the detail of
 awarding the contract will be carried out between that committee and the l contractors.
 MT. Gillette agreed to all the stipu- 1 lations and said that Just as soon as | the contracts could be drawn up and 1 signed his company would go to work , on the new building. The papers have to be signed by the mayor, and as Mon- l day is a holiday it is not probable that l they will be got out before Tuesday, In l that case MT. Gillette said that the ground would be broken Wednesday, and that the work would progress rap | idly from then on.
 Bids on the electrical work were re- ceived from the New England Engin- eering company of New Haven, w. w.. Kale & Go. of New Haven, and the Ericsson Electrical Equipment com pany of Boston. These bids were on different lines of work and on the rec ommendation of the architects they were all rejected. Plans and specified tions for the heating and ventilating contracts are being drawn up by the Woolworth Construction and Supply company of Boston, and when they are completed the bids in this line of work will be advertised for The remodel led specifications for the electrical work will be ready by that time, and the second lot of bids on this line will be advertised for.
 A communication from Mayor Sud- ley concerning the awarding of the con tract for the new building and urging that the board carefully consider the bids of the New Haven contractors so that the contract could be given to local firm, was received and read by Secretary Day. It was as follows:
 Gentlemen-It is a matter of great interest to the citizens of New Haven, not only for the ordinary reasons which would naturally commend themselves to the consideration of all, but also for the financial reasons, that you are about to award contracts for the erection of a new high school building in this city.
 That building Is to be public build ing where not only grown people but also children in considerable numbers will be gathered during period of sev- eral hours almost daily for about forty weeks in each year. It is very import ant that the work should be done by contractors who have an interest at stake beyond the mere finishing of the contract and getting their money quickly. It should be done by work men who are skilled in their trades and who have a personal interest in making the building safe not only for their own 1>,,t e., cbt15rp,1 Of their neighbors and fellow citizens.
 There are no better or more respon- sible builders to be found anywhere than in New Haven. They have estab- lished business enterprises here at great expense which give employment to hun dreds of laborers, who spent their earn ings in this city in paying taxes, in rents and in educating their children. The New Haven builders employ skilled labor which is supplied by the builders unions of this city These people are all, either directly or indirectly, tax and they as well as the builders furnish a considerable portion of the money which will be expended in the erection of that building.
 It is very desirable that the city gov III dlI Ul llS DiallSiicS, ao WCil as the citizens of New Haven, should do all in their power to give employ ment to our own skilled labor. In do- l ing this not only are those who are em- | ployed compensated, but indirectly all | all of our citizens are assisted, because 1 the prosperity of the laboring man in l any department is stimulus to trade ! in all departments and benefits the | whole community.
 The city government is about to ap- | about $2,500 to strengthen a | bridge for the use of a. local trolley line | in order to assist indirectly a concern | to re-establish its plant here. The com pany will give employment to hundreds | of people. It is wise to make that ap- ton, for indirectly benefit will | be distributed to all citizens. Every effort should be made to induce capital to establish plants here.
 It seems to me, gentlemen, that the same policy should prevail in regard to plants already established here, and | that they, too, should be sustained by | every means in our power. Why should | we spend money in inducing capital to ocate concerns here, but when we have contracts to let permit them to 20 tol which are established in other ,ities? Shall we not in effect, in that ease, be saying to capital, come to New Haven to locate your plant, but if you want our work establish your plant elsewhere?
 Realizing that your interest in favor ng our own people in this matter is as leep as mine, I beg to suggest that in awarding the contracts for the new ligh school building you i'll do all in ,our power to favor New Haven build ITS and New Haven workmen; and that o that end you put as broad an inter- ,retation upon the language of the harter as is possible.
 Very truy,
 (Signed) JOHN P. STUDLEY,
 Mayor. The regular reports were received and ac-