Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-17
COAL FOR THE CITY SCHOOLS
Bidders Will Be Asked 10 Submit New
Offers to Committee.
MISTAKES BRING REJECTION
Members Can Attention 60 Fact that
County Gets Lower Rates and
All Bids Are Thrown
Ont,

owing to efforts Of Sunderland Brothers
and Coutant & Squres to have their coal
bids withdrawn because Of alleged clerical
errors, the Board OF Education last night
ordered the committee on supplies to pro
cure new bids to be opened and consid-
cred at a special meeting next Monday
night. The committee had reported In
favor OF permitting the two firms to take
down their offers on three classes Of coal
to reject the proposals of the Victor White
company and the Coal Hin company on
account of infractions Of technicalities and
to award tie soft coal to the c. b. Havens
company at the following prices: Nut.
1888; lump, Sab; steam, t26S, and anthra-
cite to the c. w. Hull company for S9.55.
The bid Of Coutant & squires on anthra-
cite was 50 and that Of Sunderland Bros.
on lump coal 1914 The former declared an
error of 81 had been made in addition; the
latter that the price of s414 for lump and
1914 for nut had become transposed by mis-
take.
County Bidn Quoted.
Member Lindsay voiced the first objection
to accepting the report. He said the county
had Just obtained a price of t29S for nut
coal and that the usual margin on lump
coal was only 10 cents more. making it
seem that Sunderland Bros. who made the
county hid, could furnish lump coal for
50 IS and still make money. Member Koe-
mig pointed out that the Havens company
had bid S2S5 for nut coal to the county and
S363 to the board. and that steam coal had
been offered to the county lower also.
II took the members a long time and with
considerable talk to determine what to do,
but the plan OF getting new bids finally was
agreed to.
Printing, stationary and janitors' sup
plies were apportioned among various bid
ders according to the lowest bids.
Pettibone Brothers Manufacturing COM
pany of Cincinnati~again submitted the low
est bid for cadet uniforms complete. $l4.S5.
There were four other bidders and the pro-
posals were referred to the supplies cora-
mittee.
f. A. Zartment was elected head OF the
commercial department at the High school
at a salary of s11O month.
Fifth ward Fire House.
Member Lindsay found cause for appre-
hension Of danger to children that would
be incurred by the location Of the new
Fifth ward engine house near the Lake
school at Nineteenth and Lake streets on
his suggestion the board decided to ask
the city to keep the station as far away
from the school possible.
| The following applicants were placed on
the assigned list OF grade teachers: Jo-
hanna Anderson. Mary Beecher, Gertrude
Bilger, Jessie Carey, Pearl Coakley, Melvia
Danieson Clyde Dunlap Ida Gordon, Min.
ME Harder. Roberta Hattenhauer, Anna
Healey Alice Henninger. Edith Kinsman
| Florence McAllister,' Marie Matthews, Ann'
c. Nielsen, Nellie OConnor, Emily Peter
| sen. Maud Petersen Filberta Williams.
! These were put on the kindergarten as
signed list: Frances Ehler, Nell Guild
Alice Hayes, Edna Hills. Eloise Hills
Georgia Patterson, Laura wilhelmy,
Balance Sheet for Year.
Secretary Burgess submitted his annua
fiscal report for the school year ending
June go showing cash balance of 81, 800. 80
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