Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
ASKS BIDS ON
SEVEN SCHOOLS
BOARD TAKES ACTION FOR
TWELVE BUILDINGS
Architects Who Have Been Blamed for
Delays Are Now Sending In
Their Plans for the
Work

Members Of the building committee
of the city board of education have
called for bids for the construction of
seven more school buildings. The spe-
cifications call for two eleven-room
buildings one four-room structure, and
four additions to buildings already
erected. The bids are to be opened
June %.
This makes twelve buildings on which
the board has taken action under the
S7S0,OO0 bond issue voted upon several
weeks ago.
The architects are held to be large
ly responsible for the delay In getting
to work on the construction of these
badly needed schools, but the plans
evidently are finally beginning to come
in and the members of the board prom
ise that there shall be no further need
less delay.
About twenty new buildings and ad-
ditions to old ones are to be erected.
Bids Called For
The bids just called for are to be
for the construction of the following
buildings:
One of eleven rooms on the Euclid
avenue Site at the corner of Euclid
and Stephenson avenues.
One of eleven rooms on the Fifty
SeCOIlu street site, at Ine corner OF
East Fifty-second street and Harper
avenue.
One of four rooms on the Vernon
avenue site, on West Vernon avenue be-
tween Grand avenue and Olive street.
A six-room addition to the Twenty
fourth street building, on Twenty
fourth street near Western avenue.
A four-room annex to the Jefferson
street building, at Jefferson and Key
West streets.
A four-room annex to the Gates street
building on Gates street near Downey
avenue.
A four-room addition to the Thirty
ninth street building, at Thirty-nint
street and Budlong avenue :.
Bids for the construction of four
buildings will be opened June 10, as
follows:
An eleven-room building at Magnolia
avenue and Seventeenth street.
An eight-room building between
Tenth and Marino street.
An eight-room building at the corner
of Logan and Montana streets.
An eight-room annex to the Main
street school.
One Contract Awarded
Only one contract has so far been
awarded, being for an eleVen-room
building at the corner of Trinity and
Adair streets. This building now is in
course of construction, and the contract
calls for its completion by Septem-
ber Is.
1t is quite probable that work on the
eleven buildings on which bids have
been called for will be begun during the
coming summer vacation, but there
does not seem to be any possibility that
any of them can be completed in time
for the opening of the fall term A few
of the smaller annexes and additions
may be made ready soon after that
time, but 1t seems safe to assume that
the beginning of the next school year
will again find Los Angeles badly
cramped for school facilities, and that
this situation cannot be measureably
relieved until rather late in the fall.
Bids for equipping the new polytech-
mic school with an engine have been
submitted as follows:
Polytechnic Equipment
Machinery and Electrical company
One 12-20-16 WATERFOWL tandem COM
pound, no condensing, automatic, self
oiling engine, with supplies as called
for in the specifications, direct connec-
tion with General Electric generator,
$4492; with Westinghouse generator,
$4450.
Tracy Engineering company-A 12-
20-16 Skinner tandem compound nom
condensing automatic engine. with sup
plies, direct connection with either
Westinghouse or General Electric gen.
orator, $4965.
Pacific Coast Manufacturing COM
pany-A 12-20-16 Chuse tandem COM
pound non-condensing automatic en-
gine, with supplies, direct connection
with either Westinghouse or General |
Electric generator, s4323.
On its face the Pacific Coast COM |
pany's bid is the lowest but it is MAIN
tanned that the engine which it offers |