Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-25
School Board Is
Unable To
Decide.
.LENC THY DISCUSSION.
Members Remain Three to Three
on the Question Of Heating and
Furniture Matter Likely to
Hang Fire for Remainder
of the Summer.


The questions of heating and sani-
taries for school No. and furniture
for the addition to school No. 5 and
for school No. still remain unset
tied.
The Board of Education held an
other special meeting last night to
discuss the matters, but when the
votes were taken the result was to
3, the same as on the previous occa-
sions when the issues have been sub
mitted.
The opening gun at last nights
meeting was fired by Commissioner
Sturn, who offered a motion that the
furniture bids be taken from the ta-
BILE. That being carried, he moved
that the contract be awarded to ID.
Wolff & Co., with whatever provisos
the board might place upon it.
This provoked storm of discus
sion and the argument waxed warm
for some time.
Chairman Crowell, of the build
ing committee, said he'd like to know
what the provisos might be- Mr.. Sturn
replied that some of the members
might feel in doubt as to some phases
of the contract. Mr.. Crowell retorted
that he did not think, after all the
debating over the question, that there
could be any room for any doubt or
need for any proviso.
"An agreement was reached by the
commissioners at the first, several
months ago." said Mr.. Crowell, but
the caucus was bolted. We can buy
second class furniture for S5 cents
less per desk, if we want second class
goods"
"Then there is lots of second class
furniture In the, schools" said Mr..
Moore
Mr. Crowell then repeated that he
had suggested, at the previous meet
ing, to refer the matter to commit
tee of three furniture men. But, "
he continued, 81 am willing to sub
nit it to fifteen or twenty-five citi-
zens, and abide by their decision. -"
Mr. Moore declared that such thing
had never been done by any former
school board.
Samples Part of Bid.
President Walker said that the
samples are as much a part of the
furniture bids as the price, whereas
with the heating and sanitaries 1t is
different. He also expressed his will
lingness to abide by the Judgment OF
others.
1T is not matter of Judgment,
said M. Massopust; and Mr.. Walker
averred that the furniture samples
are the only specifications. Mr.. Sturn
said that the pupils parents should
know about the quality of the furnic-
ture as it Is to their interest.
sat first the American School Fur
niture Company's bid was rs cents
high" asserted Mr.. Massopust, "and
at the next meeting that had been re-
duced to 40 cents"
Stand by the Reporters.
Commissioners Moore and Masso-
pust again told of the absolute i'm
probability that both reporters, sit
ting at opposite ends of the room on
the night the bids were opened, could
have copied a list of figures wrong
and yet get the figures identically the
same.
Mr.. Crowell wanted to know IL al
of the members had not taken dowr
the figures themselves, and he sale
that all started to copy the bids as the
secretary read them, and that he still
has his own copy.
1.-THE bids were changed between
the first and second meetings" as
serted Mr.. Massopust. Mr.. Sturn as
serted that poor judgment had beer
used. 'It was good that there wa:
another bidder on hand" Mr.. Sturr
said. ~
"The American School Furniture
man thought that things were thu
same as they had been for twelV'
wears" chimed in Mr.. Moore, "pu
he found out his mistake"
HE found that he had to come
down. and he did" replied Mr.. Crow
elk swhen he saw there was compe
titfon" b,
pMhy didn't he come down tn
same night?" inquired Mr.. Massopus'
Messrs. Walker and Crowell as
serted that he did lower the bid tn
same night.
81 saw where the original figure
had been scratched off, retorted MI
Moore. ''He should have had a sepa
rate bid in each pocket"
A discussion as to whether tn
Wolff bid was really the lower the
ensued, and Mr.. Walker said thai
among the lower bids, the America
School Furniture Company was To-
by fifteen cents per desk. The re
spective merits of the two makes wer
! consld6re6 kdarnlk. and a statemen
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