The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-07
DEAL OUT PLUMS.
Board of Education Awards
Heating Contracts.
Kansas City Firm Gets Bulk of
the Work.
THE MANUAL TRAINING
Forges TO Use in Building Will
Cost 81, 500.
Contract for Heat and Light
Given to Edison Company.
THE MANUAL TRAINING

At the meeting of the board of edu-
cation last night the contracts for the
heating and ventilating systems at the
Quincy and Lafayette schools for the
electrical wiring of the manual train
ing school, the plumbing of the man
ual training school, for neat ana
power. and for FORCES were awarded.
The contract for the heating and
ventilating system for the Quincy
school. North Topeka, was awarded to
Lewis & Kitchen, of Kansas City, Tor
sB7S5. The other bids received for
the installation of a heating system at
Quincy were as follows: Peck, Ham
mond & Co, Cincinnati, S6,72S.60 for
hot blast and $3.50 for fan furnace
blast; Dixon Heating and Ventilating
company Peoria, hot blast $500;
Bryce Heating company, Toledo,
steam blast $6,750 and furnace blast
$5,52S.5O. The bid of Lewis &
Kitchen for furnace blast was $500.
The contract for the heating and
ventilatng system at Lafayette school
was awarded to Lewis & Kitchen for
S3.425. In the heating plant for
Lafayette the furnaces now in use in
the high school heat ting plant Will be
used. The bids received were made
for the using of these old furnaces.
The other bids received were: Bryce
Heating company $4,000 and Peck,
Hammond & Co. $3,449.
The contract for the plumbing of the
manual training school was awarded to
Conklin & Gustafson, of Topeka, for
81, $50. The other bids were: Frank Ed
son $500, if the board would protect
him for all violations of the city or
dinances and 81 800 for Individual closet
system as specified by the city ordin-
ance. Johnson & Beck bid $4,0T5 on the
plumbing for the manual training
school.
The contract for the electrical wiring
of the manual training school was
awarded to the OvertOn company for
Sl,663. The other bid was E. P. Jordan,
Sl,965. Lewis & Kitchen Will furnish
the FORCES for the manual training
school for $500.
The bid of the Bryce Heating COM
pany for the heating plant for the
Quincy school was the lowest but the
plans submitted by the Bryce company
did not suit the board and the contract
was awarded to the next lowest bidder.
Mr.. Wilder informed the board that
the superintendent of the Edison com
pany had Telegram hed him from the
east that the best rate the company
could make the board of education on
electric light for the manual training
and high school was 15 cents a kflo-
watt, which is five cents less than the
rate charged other consumers that
the rate for electricity for power
would be Il cents a horsepower per
nOQIr WnlCn Is y cent less Inan
charged other consumers. and that tn
rate for steam for heating would be
3 cents per 1000 pounds of conden-
saton returned which is 15 cents less
than charged other consumers.
Mr.. Wilder, who is secretary-t treas
urer of the Edison company, stated
that the company would have to in
vest 5000 in laying the pipe line
from the plant on Van Buren, street
to carry steam one block to the two
school q
company would not wish to lay the
line unless a contract for five years
could be entered into with the board.
Mr.. Wilder suggested that as the fur
nishing of heat, light and power by
the Edison company would save the
board the expense of investing $4,000
in heat and electrical plant of its
own for the two buildings that he
thought the board should use $4,000
of it's funds to pay for the steam pipe
line and that the Edison company
should be allowed to pay it back in
installments
Mr.. Wilson moved that the board at
once enter into a contract with the Edi-
son company.
Mr.. Roudebush objected. eve have
been trying for five or six months to
get the Edison company to tell us what
rate would be made to us for heat pow
er and light" said Mr.. ROudebush.
This has just been done. I don't see
now that we need to hurry. We might
as well nave Two weeks TO investigate
the prices and see whether they are
reasonab BILE and proper. We know Moth
ing about these prices and must ask
some one who does"
Mr. Wilder stated that the only rea-
son for haste was that the material for
the pipe line had to be ordered and
that delay might mean that the steam
would not be at the high school when
needed next winter The board voted
to enter into the contract at once.
Mr.. Wilson offered a resolution to
the effect that the board favored the
building of a sewer system in the Sec
Ond ward. A copy of the resolution
was sent to the city council
Supt Whittemore suggested that
the fall term of the public schools be-
gin Tuesday. September IS. and the
board made the official order.
Supt Whittemore nominated Q. p.
NJ McClintOck and Miss Alice Patter-
son to assist him in the examination
of teachers, and the board elected
them.
Supt Whittemore reported to the
board that d. L. Holloway wished
something done about the loss of his
daughters coat. His daughter at
tends high school. Her cloak was
stolen. He bought her another cloak
In short time the new cloak was
stolen and the old cloak was returned
The board decided that the matter
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