Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-25
School Board Decided to Tear
Out Part Of Work al School
No. 6.
CHARGE TO CONTRACTOR
Has Been Long Standing Difficult
ty Over Bill for Work.
BOARD PASSED RESOLUTION.
Arrangements Made With Police
Department to. Catch Truants.
BOARD PASSED RESOLUTION.

The old difference with the firm OF
Kelly G. McAlinden in regard to the
school No. 6 heating contract was the
cause of the passage of the following
resolution at an adjourned meeting
of the Board of Education last night.
Whereas. the heating contractors
on school No. have not completed
their contract, and the system as in
stalled does not conform to the plans
and specifications prepared by them
and accepted by the Board of Educa~
ton, the said system being in con-
dition very unsatisfactory to the
board and
Whereas. the said contractors
have taken no heed of repeated re-
quests of this board to complete said
contract or adjust the matter on
basis mutually satisfactory; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the building COM
mittee be and is hereby directed to
proceed and have the heating system
of school No 6 completed according
to said plans, keeping an account OF
the expenditures, etc, the same to be
charged to the account of the con-
tractors"
The situation as explained at last
nights meeting is that Kelly & Nc
Alinden got the contract for install
ling the heating and ventilating sys-
tenn in school No. when it was built
three years ago. The plans werr
pared by that firm and apprs
the Board of Education.
The plans called for a pOOOC
ventilator, it is declared, ar u,
tractors put in brick .asss - -
The board has repeatedly declined to
pay Kelly & McAlinden the extra
amount due because they put the
brick ventilator in instead of the gall
vanized. which amount claimed was
about $500. The board declared that
the change was made without being
warranted by them, but, in order to
settle the matter, the commissioners
offered Kelly & McAlinden the entire
balance remaining in the school No.
g account, $147.01. This offer, it is
asserted, was refused.
Now the board means to put gal-
vanized ventilator in in place Of the
,.ick.
The board has been in conference
through its clerk with City Attorney
Hommann in the matter.
President Walker said that the
board has seen Kelly & MlAlinden
and given them time to effect set
tlement
Commissioner Sturn voted ''no''
on the resolution. All of the others
present voted aye" Commissions
er Poulson was absent.
Police to Catch Truants.
Chairman Peterson of the teachers
committee reported that they b
conferred with Chief Burke who saiu
tnat he could not spare an officer for
/ ltruancy work exclusively, but that he
would detail a man to clear up all
cases which may be reported. That
was declared completely satisfactory
/ to the board and a resolution to for
ward written requests to that end to
the mayor and chief of police, accord
ing to section rs of the school law,
was passed
Mr.. Peterson said that the building
committee has been unfortunate in
1 the effort to secure an annex for
school No. 6. The matter was left In
! that committees hands.
/ Commissioner Crowell said that
cement blocks for water courses be-
meath the second-story front windows
of school No 1 can be secured for
$50, the present stone being worr
out. The matter was put in, W.
log the building comm
power.
Architect J. K. Jensen -
Engineer n. S. Kellogg
v,natiuo -