The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21
Board of Education Fails to Force
Issue With President Theirs on
Contract for SchooIBuiIding
ONE PLUMBING BID OFFERED
Board May Find Further Trouble in
Securing Bids for the Plumbing
Work-Committ Named
to Investigate Sites

The contract for the proposed West
side school building still remains un-
signed, and there is reason to be-
lieve that it will not be signed for
some time at least. At the meeting
of the board of education Tuesday
night the contracts were presented to
the board by President E. c. Theirs,
but the board did not take any action
to order the president to affix his sig
nature to the contra cts, and the en-
tire matter was laid over until spec
ia1 meeting, to be held on next Tues-
day night. 1t was held that as the
site for the building had not as yet
been definitely settled upon, there was
no rush for the contract. It is stated
that several of the members of the
board who voted on awarding the con-
tract are changing their minds on the
matter, and while it is possible that
the president will be ordered to ex-
ecute the contract at the next meet
ing of the board, this action will not
be taken until after hard fight.
The board at the meeting Tuesday
night was to have opened the bids for
the plumbing in the proposed build
ing, but Kelber & Kraft presented
the only bid, and this was left un-
opened. In the meantime the clerk
Of the board was instructed to com
municate with other plumbers in the
city and make az effort to find out
why they had not presented bids.
Clerk Guardiola this morning stated
that it was his opinion that the
plumbers had declined to bid on ac-
count of the fact that the board had
decided to use the fixtures made by
the ]. B. Glow & Sons Company, of
Chicago. This companya is not a
member of the Plumbers association,
and it is thought that this fact was a
potent factor in the failure of other
Kenosha plumbers to submit bids. It
is more than probable that the board
will re-advertise for bids, and in this
case it will be several weeks before
the contracts for the plum bling can be
let, -
In regard to the site for the build
ing, the members of the board are
still at sea, and the building commit
tee was ordered to confer with Attor-
ney Slater at once and find out what
is being donein regard to the orphan
asylum site and make a report to the
board a the adjourned meeting next
Tuesday.
Attorney Slater has stated that this
matter is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. The attorneys will make an
effort to take the matter up with
Judge Be1den some time next week,
and it is possible that the matter will
be taken up in time for full report
to be made to the board at the next
meeting.
A committee, composed of Commits
sioners Williams, Craney and Larsen,
was named to confer with Frank
S1osson in regard to the site that has
been offered in the Balm property.
This committee will seek to formulate
some plan to have this site brought
into the city limits in order that it
may be available if the board fails to
secure the orphan asylum plat. An
other committee was appointed, con-
.sisting of Commissioners Cavanagh,
Fou1ke and Frost, to confer with the
managers of the Kenosha Realty COM
pany in regard to a site recently
taken in the west part of the city for a
school site. It is claimed that the
building of the railway and the com
ing of other industries to the Realty
subdivision has made the site an un-
desirable one for school and for this
reason the board will seek to secure
some exchange IN lands.
No other business of Importance
was transacted.
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