The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-08

The bids for the three new schools
which are to be erected in the FIRST
sixth and Twenty-tirst wards. were
opened last night by the building COM
mittee of the board of control. and
proved to be so high that the whole
matter was laid over until next Mon
day afternoon at y o'clock, when the
committee will meet again.
The bids for the cght-room building
IN the sixth ward. to be known as NO.
~, were as follows: Woelkers & Biel-
man. s25l2 f.. S. Williams. s25.O'5;
Matthias Stipp. S24.9ST; John Colligan
S2l. .lS3: NJ. j. Ruddv. S24.ST7; $. sykes
& Sons. $25.Olj; =. f. Calpin. S23.iS0:
Mulhorin & Judge. S20.I5O. The bids
for heating and ventlating for this
school were: G. q. Scott, Sj.129: p. r.
II NJ. II. lIowley. S'.57T; Howley Bros,
$4. $50. NJ. f.. O'Malley. "a, Sl3.32.
The bids for the construction of the
eight room building in the First ward,
to be known as No. 80. were as follows:
NJ j. Ruddy. S2I.i3a; :. sykes & Sons,
81, ,Ilo: WoelkprS a. Biemlan. S2t 46?:
Matthias Stipp. $21.j2T: Conrad Schroe-
der. ST. ia: Dunmorc Lumber COM
pany, $!1 500 Tile bids Tor the heating
and ventllatng apparatus for this
school were as follows: c. Il. Scott.
$5.1al: =. +. & NJ. Il. Howley. S5.'62:
Howlcy Bros, &S.1 NJ. T.. OMalIey,
81 S3O.5o
TOrR-ROOM BUILDING.
The bids for the rour-room building
in the Twenty-first ward. to he known
as No. 2Nwere as follows: NJ. j. Ruddy.
ST., $50: : Sykes & Son. 81. 500: Woelk-
ors e. Riclman. sl7.5a5: r. s. Williams,
81, .o3: Matthias Stipp. $l1.O66: r. r..
Calpin. S16.%1i; G. r. Roland. $4,000:
MulI,erin & Judge. sl3.650. The bids
for heating and ventilating for this
school were as follows: &. e. Scott.
Sl727; Wardell 4 Barrett. sl6i6: r. r.
Il NJ. r.. HOwley. SS44; Howley Bros,
81 Si4.61
President Gibbons was on his feet
Just as soon as the reading of the bids
had been finished.
''None of these bids should be con-
sidered al all" said he. "They are all
ever 5000 Il room. the price set by this
board when the architects We're in
structed to prepare plans and specfI-
cations. Tie fault lies with the archi-
tects. They are too eXtravagant. They
want to get big commissions. that's
what they want. If | had the power
7 would dicharse them without paying
them cent
"They were instructed to- prepare the
rlans so that the bids for buildings ami
for the heating ana ventlating could
be received at once. They didn't do
this and the bids for the heating and
vrntilltinE had To be received separ-
% 'T11ts,,
understand that the board of control
is their boss, and thar they have got to
do Just exactly what the board tells
.hem to do We decided at the first OF
the year that we would put up no
school to cost more than $1,000 a room
and we've got to live up 10 that
COMPARISON OF COST.
The builders who We're present We're
asked to state whether or not the price
of material had advanced since NO. ,
school was erected two years ago. NO.
9 school is an eight-room building, the
bids for which We're received in the
spring of 1899. The contract was
awarded Il, Il figure of $i1,,04 or only
about ST 600 more than the lowest bih
for the fou1 room building in the
TWcnty-hrst ward.
M,. Nu!herin. OF Mulhorin 4 Judge,
stated that while the cost of labor had
slightly advanced during the past two
years. the price of building material
had decreased.
Architect Davis. who prepared the
plans for No. % school. stated that if
much was taken off the building it
would be rendered either unstable or
converted irtc a barn, There was no
extra ornamentation he said and moth
ing put into the building but what was
| necessary.
President Gibbons asked him point
| blank if he had not disob"yed tn"
| boards instructions. and he replied
| that he had but that he felt that If II"
| had followed them explicitly the board
| would not have been satisfied.
II was finally decided to lay the whole
matter over until next Monday after
noon at > O'Clock. at which time a re-
| port will be prepared For presentation
| 10 the beard at the meeting that night.
pRlCEBURG.