Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-09
Providing Dealers Agree to Fur
nish II for S6.A Per
Gross Ton.
.e
BATH TO BE JANlTOR.
Vote to Hurry Work on School No.
|. Must be Ready For Use
September |.
TO HEAT SCHOOL AT MAURER.
Nothing Heard from Building Trades
Association About Their
Protest.
TO HEAT SCHOOL AT MAURER

The Board of Education will not
award the contract for supplying the
schools next year to the lowest bid
der, but it is to be divided among
the several dealers who bid, IL the
dealers agree to supply it at S6.24
per gross ton. This was the figure
submitted by the lowest bidder.
This action was taken by the
board at last nights meeting after
careful consideration and seemed to
the building committee, which had
the matter in hand, to be the best
solution of the lnotty problem.
They were confronted with this
dilemma when bids for supplying the
coal were received a month ago.
The lowest bidder was Patrick
Convery, who offered to supply the
coal for 1924 a ton. George j. Han
ey bid $6.25, and G. M. Peterson d
Company, $6.35. One other bid con-
tanned no accompanying check and
two other bids, those of w. H. Nc
Cormick and the Perth Amboy Sup
ply Company arrived few min
utes late. Two of these bids were
also for $6.25 per ton.
The closeness of the bidding nat
urally made the school board sus-
picious and the awarding of the con-
tract was laid over, as told in the
NEWS at the time.
Deny Story of Combine.
While the coal dealers vehemently
deny each year that they have form
ed a combine to boost the prize of
the schools coal, the high figures
and the cIoseness of the bids, coupled
with the significant fact ethat three
out of the six bids were presented
either too late or in improper form,
made the school board rightfully
careful this year.
Had they readvertised as had been
suggested, there was the possibility,
and perhaps probability, that the
dealers might have Cotton together
again. About six or eight hundred
tons will be needed.
The building committee was last
night vested with power to enter in
to a contract along the above lines,
if the dealers are favorable to the
plan.
Sunerintendent Shull said that if
such contract is made, the board
ought to see to it that the dealers
have certain schools assigned to them
to supply, as the janitors have much
trouble when each dealer puts in
part of each schools supply. The
superintondent was told that the
committee intended assigning GER
tain firm for each school.
Jailitor for School No. z.
William II. Bath was appointed as
ianitor of school No. z, for which
position there were large number
of applications. Two more applica-
tons were received last night. Bath
will start September 1.
When Commissioner Crowell nom.
mated Bath, Commissioner Peter.
son also nominated a candidate, and
Commissioner Poulson seconded it
President Walker asked how the
board wished tovote, and Mr.. Crowel
moved for brief recess. They tool
a five-minute recess. At its conclus
ion Mr.. Poulson moved that Bath be
appointed and the appointment was
unanimous.
1t is understood that the boart
took ballot in secret session rather
than go on record in the open meet
ing as to whom they favored for thu
janitorship.
Mr.. Kellogg, the heating and ven
tilating engineer, was not presen
last night, and none of the member
were noticed smoking cigars. TIL
board ought to have made an approp
ration for that contingency
Want Work Hurried on No. 4.
A motion was carried to motif,
the contractor that the present par
OF school No. l must be ready TO
occupancy by September L.
10 Heat School at Maurer.
1t was decided to have the Boart
of Estimate called together to pas
upon the subject of installing heat
ing and ventilating plant in schoo
No at Maurer. The sdhool boar,
needs 800 for this purpoke.
The secretary reported tAlat he hal
HHfpfd nothing from they Buildin
Trades Council as reqnesl8ed by th'
hoard III tlln plaffev of ftlsair urr