Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-11-27
SCHOOL BOARD ENDS
FURNITURE MATTER
Contract for No. 5
Awarded toll con
& RoessIer.
WOLFF co.

Only three bids for supplying an,
setting up the furniture in the eight
room addition to school No. ant
some settees for the high school were
received by the Board of Education
at an adjourned meeting last night
AS two of the bidders neglected tC
send samples or enclose a certified
check, their bids could not be accept.
ed The two bidders who failed tc
meet the requirements were the New
Jersey School & Church Furniture
Company, of Trenton, and the A. II
Andrews Company, of New York
The other bidder was the firm oi
Leon & Roessler, of this city, and as
their bid was considerably lower than
either of the others, they were award
ed the contract.
Albert Leon, one of the firm, was
present at the meeting and after re-
ceiving the contract said: Gentle
men, / thank you for your courtesy,
and will do my utmost to fulfill the
requirements of the contract in per-
feet manner. | also wish to say that
the two samples l submitted, will re-
main in the building until my work
is completed l shall start on the
contract at once, and hope to ask you
for my money on December 81"
Leon & Roessler's bid called for
either oak or cherry desks, and, after
some consideration, the board chose
the former
The bids submitted by Leon &
Roessler were as follows:
Buffalo automatic triumph desks
in solid oak with quartered oak tops:
No. or 2, $3.50; No. or A, $500;
No. 5 or 6, $3.50. Rear seats, all
sizes, $S.4O.
Ball-bearing automatic desks in
solid maple with cherry finished tops:
No. 1 or 2, $3.40; No. or A, $3.50;
No. 5 or 6. 1920. Rear seats, all
sizes, $3.10.
Solid oak settees, $1.05 per foot;
oak arm tablets for same, rs cents
each.
Maple settees, 80 cents per foot;
maple tablets for same, 65 cents each.
No. 104 oak teachers desks, $14;
No. 1902, oak teachers desks, $40.
Oak chairs. Sc each.
This furniture and that for two
rooms in school No. 5 was the furni-
ture over which the school board
was deadlocked so long last sum-
mer, when the school No. 2 heating
and sanitary matter was also held up.
The deadlock was finally broken by
giving N. S. Kellogg, of Newark, the
latter contract, and giving D. Wolff &
Company the contract for the fur
niture for the two rooms in school
No. 2. There have been delays and
dissatisfaction with the setting up of
this furniture and it led to. action by
the board last night, as foretold in
the NEWS yesterday.
Give ID. Wolff & Co. Until Dec. "a.
After the new furniture bid had
been disposed of last night, Chairman
Crowell of the building committee
said:
81 think it is time for this board
to compel D. Wolff C Company to fin
ish their contract, and | recommend
that they have the remainder of the
furniture in school No. 2 by Decem-
Der 49," Mr. Crowell made few
more remarks about the furniture
now in place in school No. 2, and con-
cluded by saying that he does not
want to see another board take care
of this boards work.
''Who set the desks up?" asked
Commissioner Moore.
'Mr. Feeney," replied Chairman
Crowell.
Commissioner Sturn said: IL
make a motion that the secretary
notify the Wolff Company to complete
their work and have the other desks
erected and in proper shape before
the twenty-seventh day of December.
I also think that the samples of the
furniture should have been left in
the building" concluded Commission
er Sturn.
"Mr. Dey, of D. Wolff & Company.
had no right to take them away"
o1iu OoihiiioolOH6T CTOWell, dlu thO
excuse he gives is that the janitof
told him that they were in the way,
SO he shipped them back to the fac
tory
Every member of the board voted
in favor of the motion.
1t is understood that the present
board will hold a meeting on Decem-
Der ~, and that action will be taken
If the school No. furniture is not
in place then.
Chairman Crowell of the building
committee stated that there is room
for eighty feet more of blackboards
in school No. 8, than the contract
called for.
Il think 1t would be advisable to
install it at once, said Mr.. Crowell,
'as the cost would be~only about $50
or So" On motion the building
comml13ke 81 %ss authorized to have the
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