The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-11

awarded the contract TOR the erection
of the new school buildings in the
First ward, to the Dunmore Lumber
company. and in the Sixth and Twen-
tH"Grst wards to the firm of Mulherin
4 Judge These were the lowest bid
ders in each instance.
The building committee. through
Chairman Schriefer. made lengthy
report which was agreed upon at a
meeting held just prior to the regular
board meeting. This report recom
mcnded that the above finn be award
ed the contracts for the schools In the
First and sixth wards. and that NJ. F.
O'Malley and Howley Brothers. re-
spectively. be awarded the contracts
for the heating and ventlating.
The committee set forth that 1854
could be taken off the price of the
Sixth ward school. and $l523.5O Oft the
price of the First ward building by
making changes in the plans suggest
ed by the architects. The committee
pointed out that Mulherin & Judge
had offered to erect an eight room
building in the Twenty first ward for
$24.296, or $4,000 more than their bid
for the four room building provided
for by the board. They therefore rec
commended that an eight room building
instead of a four room building be
erected in this ward.
HE WAS CONVINCED.
President Gibbons relinquished the
chair to Mr.. Langan. and explained
that after all all day seance with the
architects and the members of the
building committee he was convinced
that the schools could not be erected
for a price lower than the lowest bids.
He didn't believe it at first, he said,
but he had been convinced.
The last part of the report. how
ever. raised a storm of protest from
Mr. Barker and Captain May. Both
these members contended that mas
much as provision for only a four
room building had been made by the
estimates committee the authorizing
of the construction of an eight room
building would create a deficiency.
Captain May didn't like the idea OF
erecting any school at all i'm the Twen
ty-first, and moved to have the whole
matter of erecting a school there IN
definitely postponed. This didn't meet
with the approval of the members at
all. for when the question was put all
voted against it except Captain May
and MI. JAYNE.
Mr.. Barker finally moved to have
the matter of the awarding of the con-
tracts for the First and Sixth ward
schools settled first and this was done.
Those who wanted the eight room
building in the Twenty-first ward
realized that they could not pass the
project, and so it was decided by all
present to put up four room building
and to award the contract to Mulherin
and Judge. The heating and ventilat-
ing contract was awarded to Wardell
& Barrett In all instances the con-
tracts We're awarded to the lowest bid
ders.
BIDS FOR BONDS.
Bids for the $4,000 worth of thirty
year four per cent. bonds which are
about to be issued We're also opened
The bids were as follows: Dick
Brothers, New York. sll297 w. r.
Todd and Company, New York, $ll4.3l;
Dennson, Pryor and Company, Cleve-
land premium of S9.772.50; w. j. Hayes
and Sons, Cleveland. S1l3.51: Season.
good and Meyer, of Cincinnati. pre-
MUM of S5.539.50; Lamprecht Brothers,
Cleveland, premium Of 1929: n. w.
Harris and Company, of New York,
$ll3.5l.
The bids We're referred to the finance
committee, the members of which
after IA little figuring discovered that
W. r.. Todd and Company We're the
highest bidders. their bid providing for
a premium of $40. 80. The commit
tee recommended that the bonds he
sold to this firm and the recommends
ton was adopted.
DR.. O'Malley said that he had re-
ceived several applications from per-
sons residing in the city who desired
to obtain particulars as To the method
to be adopted in making application
FOR positions as teachers in the Philip
pines, and he moved that the secre-
tary be instructed to procure infOr-
nation upon this point. The motion
was adopted
Mr.. Jayne moved that the president
and secretary of the board be in
suucted to invite vice president
Roosevelt to address the school chill
dren of the city in the Armory next
Saturday morning in ease he should
attend the armory ball. The motion
was carried.
a request made by County Superin-
tendent of Schools Taylor that the use
of the high school auditorium he
granted for two or three nights next
October upon the occasion of the
county teachers institute was
granted.
The teachers pay roll for the month
recently ended was passed.
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