Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-30
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Second Lot of Bids Received Exceed
 the Appropriation.

the Appropriation
 The board of education held lengthy and important meeting last evening. The most important business done at the meeting was the opening of the bids for the building of the new schools. It was expected. as this was the second time bids were received TOT this work that the contracts would De awarded but again they were found 10 be above the appropriations ana as there seemed to be no cure put to aP- peal to the board of finance for an ad- dItional appropriation this was done- The price of building material has gone way up literally out of sight anu seemingly the contractor cannot De brought to figure within the appro- priatiOns. The bids for building the Walsh school were as follows:
 For establishing heating and ventl- Iatfng apparatus-Huey Bros, Boston, S6.79T; without attic exhaust fans' S6.347; National Steam EcOnomizer Co, Springfield. $5,75S; second figure $5.2JS.
 For galvanized iron work-Joseph c. J. Wainwright. Boston. $1.4Io; with out attic exhaust fan. S1.29O; ID. A: Young S Co. Boston, $1,42O; second figure, SLIGO.
 Masonry-John w. Gaffney &. Co, S22. 800.
 Carpenter work-JOhn J. Macauley, 5,712: Tracy Bros Co. $14.5s1; Vic tor Bernier. S15,6OO; Charles O'Con- nor, $15.SS5; W. NJ. Ashborn, $l5.Oo9; Seeley & Upham Co. S14.9S4- CThese bids are for completion of the whole school. Other bids of lower figure were submitted in which the finishing of of the third story was deducted), at sums from S1, ,606 to S1. .ST4.GO.
 Plumbing-P. H. Garrity, $3,29O; Henry weyand. SS.365; Charles Thatcher Co, S3.4O0.
 Installing clock and bell system Standard Electric Time System Go, S512: New England Engineering Co, (both schools) S1.232: G. NJ. Chapman Co, (both schoOls) $1.244.
 For the Russell school the proposals were as follows:
 Heating and ventilating-Nation Steam Economizer Co. $2,940; second figure, $2,616: Huey Bros, S2.53I; sec ond figure. S2.317.
 Iron work-Joseph c. J. Wainwright, $500: second figure. S65O; D. A. Young & Co, S6S5; second figure. $519.
 Mason work-Gaffney SE Martin, $11.- 300; J. w. Gaffney & Co. S13,000; George S. Chatfeld Co. S11,566.
 Carpenter work-Seeley & Upham Co. 1866; Tracy Bros Co, $S,565; Victor Bernier, s,393: Charles o'Con- nor. SS, 734; W. NJ. Ashborn, $S.3T4.
 PIumbing-P. H. Garrity. $2.275; Charles Thatcher Co. $2,30O; Henry weyand, $2, ,19O.
 Installing clock and bell system Standard Electric Time Go. $3T9: New England Engineering Co, S4I6; George NJ. Chapman & Co. S510.
 In executive session the lowest bids for each school were summed up and found to exceed the appropriations made by the board of finance. In view of the fact that there is an unexpend- ed balance of $6.400. premium on the school bonds recently issued. it was voted to recommend to the board of finance that $4,OOO of this sum be ap- proprfated to help complete the Walsh school and that $1.4O0 be appropriated to complete the Russell school.
 It was 10 o'clock before the bids were done with and when the mayor. who presided, announced that the board would proceed with the regular business of the board the crowd of contractors left the room. Commis- sioner Kilmartin as chairman of the committee on schools and hygiene an- nounced the estimates of expense for repairs and movements in various school buildings and the following work was voted to be done: Heating and surface drainage at the Bank street school not to exceed $100. Repairs of boiler at the Ridge street school, which boiler has been condemned by the state boiler inspector. No sum specified. Connect Dublin street school with the sewer, $100. 4 communication from Elizabeth Knowlton of Medway, Mass, for a position as teacher in any grade not above seven was received and filed. A number of testimonials ac. companied the communication.
 At this juncture Commissioner Chapman sprung the cooking school project upon the board and the pros pect of a night session loomed up. Af ter considerable discussion as to what the board meant and would do, the mayor cut off discussion by suggesting a vote to be taken that later in the season the board will pass vote rec omending to the board of aldermen an appropriation of $500 as one of tho regular appropriations for the public schools to be used by the Friendly league for instructions in cooking les sons A vote to this effect was i'm mediately taken. CommiSsionel Goodenough sought to have the yott asking or recommending for the ap propriation to be taken now. Every things else could afford to be throwT aside for this matter because during the day he has cause. he said to pray that some day the average woman vii know how to cook and in this he fel sure that the majority of the board would stand by him.
 The mayor further reminded tht board that when asking for appropria tions they would probably have to asl for any sum from $1O0 to $1, ,O00 fol repairs on the High school building Thus the cooking school project wa: disposed of for the present. The in evitable bills were approved and tht board went into executive session.
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