Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-18
Three Commissioners Refused 10 Vote When Action
Was Again Taken on Paying the Bill for School Furn-
1ure--Discusson Overhe Heating for School Mol.
CONTRACT OUT.
lens K. Jensen the Successful
Bidder for the Addition TO Mol
Not All Were In Favor OF
The Award.

The Board Of Education had another
warm and interesting session at last
nights adjourned meeting. The board
was divided on several questions, and
three or four of the members were at
point of arms several times during the
meeting which lasted, in all, less than
an hour.
Preceding the meeting short secret
session was held.
When the meeting was called to
order, letter was read from Super
intendent Shull, recommending that
good speaker be secured for this
years high school commencement
exercises, as last year. instead of hav-
ing the graduates deliver their essays.
as formerly. This recommendation
was ordered adopted.
Then the meeting began to resolve
itself into a debating session.
\ motion was made that the plans
of J. K Jensen for the addition to
school No. l be adopted. An yea and
nav vote was taken and the motion
was carried, although not every menu
Der voted aye John Fl. Dayton also
submitted plans.
ne bills of tile American School
Furniture Company for furniture for
the addition to school No. 4, which
bills were laid over from Tuesday
night by tie vote, then came up.
The estimates submitted some time
ago when three firms bid, were shown
for the inspection of the conmis-
sioners who asked for .e estimates at
Tuesday nights meeting.
President Walker said that Com
missioner Crowell would have seen
the estimates at the time the furniture
was to he purchased, but for the fact
that he was then out of town. Mr..
Crowell said that he was out of the
city, but that he had received no no
tice of any meeting during that time.
After reading the estimates, Com
missioner Sturn said that the Ameri-
can School Furniture company, in its
estimate, specified ''quartered oa k
tops for the desks. Mr.. Sturn de-
claredsthat he would have man at
school No. Sunday to examine the
desks, to ascertain whether or not the
tops are of quartered oak.
''If you have any charges to bring
said President Walker to Mr.. Sturn,
bring them now
Several other hot shots were fred to
and fro across the table, and then a
motion was made to order the bills
paid. Messrs. Walker, Poulson and
Peterson voted aye, as on Tuesday
night Messrs. Crowell, Sturn-- and
Massopust did not vote, and the mo-
tion was declared carried.
Another split then occurred. Pre-
sident Walker said that, as the plans
had been adopted for the siX-room ad-
dition to school No. l, no time ought
to be lost in advertising for bids for
installing the heating apparatus.
Mr.. Sturn moved to heat it with
steam. Mr.. Massopust seconded the
motion.
Mr.. Poulson said that heating a
building entirely by steam had proven
failure in school No &, the only
building where steam alone is used.
He declared that the best plan is to
have steam and hot air combined.
Then" said Mr.. Poulson, 1--WE
won't have any boiler sections blow
ing out and costing 5000 to repair. -
This has happened once at school No.
g. Mr.. Crowell declared that it was