Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-28
The SCHOOL BOARD
AWARD sig, 1896 WORTH
THEY OPENED BIDS ON NEW
SCHOOL HOUSE AND AWARD
CONTRACTS.
AVE WHOLE BUNCH OF TROUBLE
IN AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR
HEATING, ETC.

| AVE WHOLE BUNCH oFsTRouBLE,
IN AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR
HEATING, ETC.
The school board held meeting
last night for the purpose of consider
ing bids on the new school house 10
be erected this summer and to make
awards to successful bidders. The
meeting resulted in the awarding of
contracts to the amount of $40. 1876
which includes the erection Of the
building and the putting in, Of the
heating plant, plumbing and teachers
lavatories.
There were five bids in on the build
ing of which Nels H. Lovin of this city
was the lowest but as his bid was not
accompanied by the required certified
check as a guarantee Of the faithful
performance Of the contract The bid
could not be considered. The next
lowest bid was that of Hoglund
Brothers of Hasty, Mimi, and the con-
| tract was awarded to them for the
sum of $16,095. -..
Under the contract entire exterior
of the building will be composed of
Dickinson pressed brick No. 16SR
which is a very fine appearing brick
costing $3.50 per thousand f. .. b.
Bismarck in carload lots. It is a
shade or two lighter in color than the
finish on the First National Bank
building. The interior finish will all
be in oak.
The building contract disposed Of
the bids on the heating, plumbing and
teachers lavatories was taken up and
resulted in a great deal Of discussion
and shifting. There were four bids
on this work which were as follows:
Fargo Plumbing & Heating Co.
Heating Plumbing Lavatories
| $2,47s.O0 100000 100000
F. T. Connelly-.
Heating Plumbing Lavatories
2,549.23 SOs7O 1880
Holt, Dahlby & Riley
Heating Plumbing Lavatories
| 2.S9S.00 781.OO 5000
Hare & French
Heating Plumbing Lavatories
2,S56.5N 1,119.75 1880
F. T. Connolly, second bid, combine
the work and do all for $3,3ss.76.
The last bid is what caused all the
trouble but the contract was awarded
to Mr.. Connolly on the first vote with
Messrs. Cochane and Wolbert not
voting.
This award precipitated a heated
discussion and Mr.. Hare of the firm
of Hare & French, who was present,
arose and remarked: GAS a citizen
and tax payer I want to go on record
in the minutes of this meeting as en-
tering a protest against the awarding
of that contract" Asked why he pro.
tested against the awarding of the
contract to Mr.. Connolly Mr.. Hare re-.
piled that the contract had not been
awarded to the lowest bidder. He
said further: eff you are going to
shut out foreign competition and make
it local award, what is the matter
with the Hare & French bid?"
Mr.. Cochrane: "Your bid is much
higher than Mr.. Connelly's."
Mr.. Hare: "How is that?"
Mr.. Price: representing Fargo
Plumbing & Heating Co.. "You are
probably laboring under the error that
was. When the bids were read off
last night took down Mr.. Connelly's
bid on heating at $2,949 and you prob
ably think him higher in that respect
than you but find that his figures on
the heating are $685."
Mr.. Hare: "How does that hap
penn"
| Mr.. Cochrane: "Well it happens in
this way. There is clerical error in
Mr.. Connelly's bid. In parenthesis
there Is written out twenty-five hun
dred and forty-nine dollars and the
error occurs in the figures following
which read 's2,94s.'" .-.:
Mr.. Hare: "Then why don't you
allow us all to change our bids?"
Mr.. Newton: 81 assure you that
no change has been made but the writ
ten amount is taken to convey the in.
tent Of the bidder rather than the
figures
Asked II he had anything further to
say on the matter Mr.. Hare replied:
mo have said all that am going
to say. You'll hear from he after.
wards" Cd sau. 81
Mr.. Price: Il would like to know
on what grounds you choose to throw