Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-16
Newark Man Fail
ed to- Get the
Contract.
FIRST OF MANY
School Board Awarded Contract
for Heating No. 5 Annex TO
New York State Firm.
BOARD WAS UNANIMOUS
Accepted Plans for Alterations
to School No. z to Make Ii
Modern Building.

Hc bOdTu Ol EuuCdIlOH last night
awarded the contract for installing
the heating, ventilating and sanitary
systems in the proposed eight-room
addition to school No. 5, on Cortlandt
street, to the Fuller & Warren Com
pany, of Troy and New York, for 49,
4S0, as had been practically decided
at the conference Wednesday night.
This is the first defeat that n. S.
kellogg, the Newark man, has had
in this city in some years. His bid,
which would cover all of the work
provided for in the Fuller & War
rem specifications, was S4,567, as told
in the NEWS Wednesday.
The $1,SOO bid of the American
Heating e Ventilating Company. of
Philadelphia, was not seriously con-
sidered, as it did not provide for
much of the work required. There
would also have been extras which
would have increased the cost.
Representatives Spoke.
The representative of each concern
was allowed an opportunity to speak
further regarding his plans and speci-
fications last night, although all had
done SO at Tuesday nights meeting.
Mr.. Kellogg and the American
Heating & Ventilating Company's
representative, J. w. Graham Mortel-
man, made long pleas for their re-
spectiye systems, and the latter even
offered to draw up new specifications
and a new bid. He said his company
had bid under a misrepresentation.
John II. TeXtorius, the heating and
ventilating engineer of the Fuller &
Warren Company, further showed the
commissioners that his plans were the
best for the money and he agreed to
the insertion of several clauses in the
contract, one of which provides that
the work shall be done under his per-
sonal supervision.
After each of the representatives
had talked as long as he desired the
other two remaining out of the room
in each case, all were called in and
on motion of Chairman Crowell, of
the building committee, the contract
was awarded to the Fuller & Warren
Company, for $3,4S0. This $3,4S0 is
made up as follows: $2,360 for the
work, not including masonry, carpen-
try and painting: addition of mason
ry--eXcept brick flues-carpentery
and painting, S640; to increase ca
pacity of the boiler and add So square
feet of indirect ventilation, $3.50. The
system is part hot air and part steam.
The Fuller & Warren system is in
the original part of school No. and
has given satisfaction during the ten
years since its erection.
School Board to Sell House.
The building committee was au-
thorized to advertise for bids for the
two-story and attic house on the site
of the n. addition, the bids to be
received at an adjourned meeting on
March 81 The board had an offer
of $4,000 for the building several
weeks ago, but the man who offered
1t would not give spot cash.
}. X. Jensen Architect on No. =.
A motion to accept J. *. Jensen as
tions and improvements to school No.
2. was carried unanimously Plans
will be prepared at once and the
work will be ordered done as soon as
conditions allow. 1t will take only
$4,000 or $1,000 to make school No.
2 perfectly up TO date, including
courts. All of the schools will then
be modern in requirements.
A warrant was ordered drawn for
the superintendents for the special
library account for $50.
The committee submitted resolu-
tions on the death of Mayor Brace
and a copy was ordered engrossed
and sent to Mrs Brace.
Il A motion to loan to Our Savior's
Danish Lutheran school the use of
Fourteen double seats not now being
used, was passed, the seats to be sub
ject to the customary lease.
All of the commissioners were
present.
The board will meet next Thurs
day, March %.
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