Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-13
SCHOOL BOARD
ACCEPTS REPORT
COMMITTEES REC0MMENDA
TONS WELL RECEIVED
City to Purchase Lots Near Sew
enteenth Street and Magnolia
Avenue at a Cost of
$13,5oo

The report of the building committee
submitted at the regular meeting of the
board of education last night recon-
mended the purchase of several lots
upon which to erect new school build
ings. The report was unanimously
adopted, with the exception of the
article which follows, which was re-
ferred to the building committee and
president with power t act:
In the matter of the employment of
architects to draw plans and specifica-
tions for the construction Cf new school
buildings we recommend that the draw
ing of plans and specifications be as
signed in ACCORDANCE with the follow
ing schedule. These architects have
signified their willingness to draw the
plans and specifications and partially
supervise the construction of the build
ing for per cent of the cost of con-
struction. This will include the fur
nishing of necessary certificates to
entitle the contractors to payments as
they become due: Fifty-fourth avenue,
six rooms. Train & Williams; Montana
street, eleven rooms, Hudson & Mum
sell; Twenty-fourth street, six rooms,
A. M. Edelman; Main street, eight
rooms, Hudson & Munsell; Fortieth
street, eleven rooms, Dennis &s Far
we'll; Second street, four rooms, Gar
rett & Bixby; Euclid street, eleven
rooms. Garrett e. BiXby; Utah street,
four rooms, Morgan & Walls; Corn
well street, six rooms; Morgan & Walls;
near Central avenue and Fifty-third
street, eleven rooms, Hunt & Eager;
Gates street. four rooms, Hunt &
Eager; near Adams street and Compton
avenue, eleven rooms, Austin & Brown;
Boyd street, four rooms, Austin &
Brown; West Vernon avenue, four
rooms, Hunt & Eager; Thirty-ninth
street, four rooms, Theodore I1isen;
Jefferson street, four rooms, Theodore
Eisen; near Seventeenth street and
Magnolia avenue, eleven rooms, Theo-
dore Eisen; near Twelfth street and
Oxford streets, eight rooms. Theodore
Eisen; Arroyo Seco, four rooms, j. w.
Krause; Micheltoreno street, two
rooms, Garrett & Bixby; Seventh street,
four rooms, Austin & Brown; Wash
ington street, eight rooms, j. F.
krenzel.
Only One Bid Received
Bids have been advertised for for
property near Seventeenth street and
Magnolia avenue upon which to erect a
school building. Only one proposition
was received, and that was on lots 3,
4, 5 and 6, block ID of the Sherman
intersecting streets.
This property, which had been ap-
praised by Lee A. Mcconnell and
Robert McGarvin for $4,000. was Of
fered to the board for $13,5O0 and it
was decided last night to close the
deal
The report also recommended that a
warrant be drawn in favor of Il. w,
Poindexter for $4,000 in payment for
property at the northwest corner of
Wilson and Atlantic streets, adjoining
the Seventh street school property on
the south.
1t recommended that a warrant be
drawn in favor of the Title Insurance
and Trust company for four lots imme~
diately east of the Main street school
property.
1t also recommended that the prop
erty now occupied by the East Vernon
avenue school be purchased from
Johanna Gerz for the sum of $4,000
and that temporary room should be
constructed adjoining the detention
home on the south, the board of super
visors having agreed to bear one-half
the cost.