Evening journal., 1906-11-27
CONSIDERED BIDS
FOR HEATING

Bids for heating the meeting room Of
the Board Of Education, No. 7 schoo
and the house at No. 708 Delaware
avenue, the property of the city. were
received and read last night at the
meeting OF the board. They were all
referred to the property coulmittte
Which committee will have power 70
ae; regarding The bid for heating nc
board room. bur must report back to
the board at the next meeting regard
ing the other two bids.
The bids submitted were as follows:
Roberto. Grier ard Brother, for steam
heating No school. sS49.04; for hot
water heating, 1924; heating board
room, s171.0S; steam heating, house
No. 708 Delaware avenue, s571; hot
water heating. sssi.
Jenkins and Company; hot water
heating for school No. Z. s1,3S4; steam
heating $1,O71; hot water heating, for
/ No. 7OS Delaware avenue. sS45; steam
heating for same s714; hot water heat
ing for board room $3.50.
Harry A. Miller: for hot water heat
ing for board room. S34s; steam heat
/ ing 70 school No. T. $S97; hot water
heating for same, S1.1s4; steam heat
ing for school No. Z, 9S7; hot water
heating for same $1184; steam heat
ing for No. 70S Delaware avenue s5s5;
hot water heating for same, s745.
Gawthrop and Bo. Company; no.
water heating for board room, $415;
steam heating for No. 70S Delaware
avenue, $3.50; hot water for same, S415;
steam heating 70 school No. Z, s10S2,
hot water for same, S134s.
Samuel II. Baynard stated he did
not think It necessary to begin now
TO install steam heating apparatus in
school No. as this could not be done
without dismissing the school, They
are properly equipped for the winter
and can get along we'll enough until
next summer. He thought the INSTALL
ing of a heating plant in the house
No. 70S Delaware avenue a useless
lexpense as there is no possibility oil
an Increased revenue from this, and
the place will not be used for a schoo
for sometime. He said this, too, could
go over until next summer. Thes,
bids. except the one for the heating
of the board room, were, therefore
referred to the property committee
who viii report back to the board al
the next meeting.
Chairman Brown, OF the property
committee on the new school at Thir.
tieth and Madison streets, reported
that the committee had allowed Con-
tractor n. Smith Barclay the full con.
tract price for the same, less $500 helc
in reserve until several minor details
shall have been carried out in a salts.
factory manner. They allowed hin
5000 for extra work and received from
him a release I'm full from all the sub.
contractors for all the work done OF
the building.
Chairman Tadman, Of the auditing
committee. objected to the boad pay.
ing bills that had not been properl,
signed by the committees sehding then
in and he declared he would hold VI
any such bills. This started a dis.
cussion as to the authority of tn,
board to pass any bills they wished
by a two-thirds vote, President Short.
lldge contending that the Board could
do this while other members contend.
ed they could not. 1t was finally set
tied by the chair urging all the com
mittees to sign the bills In full beforl
allowing them to go to the hands o
the auditing committee.
The proper officers were instructe,
to draw on the city treasurer for tn
regular monthly appropriation for De
cember for current expenses.
The report Of the city treasurer wa
as follows: Balance in bank to cur
rent expenses. s13.357Os: balance ii
bank to special fund, Ss.O92.s4; balanc
in the Farmers Bank to the teache
fund s19,957.04; total balance in ban
S86, 4O646.