Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Bids for Bank Street School Ava!
 Ahead of Appropriation.


 The finest school building in the city will be the Webster when the addition for which Architect Asheim has drawn up plans will be a reality. It will be 230 feet long, fronting on North Main street, three stories high, and will have two fiasstaffs. Situ- ated on the hill off Brewster street, it will be one of the finest looking buildings in the city. Friday after noon the board of education will hold an adjourned meeting to accept the plans and advertise bids for the contract. This was agreed to at the meeting held last evening. Mayor Thoms presided and all excepting Commissioner Loomis were present.
 The principal business done last evening was the opening of the bids for the contract to build the addi- ton to the Bank street school. The bidders and their bids were:
 Tracy Bros Co-Entire building, s23,S00; carpenter work alone. $11,- 800; everything but gongs, clocks and telephone system, $22.549; for blasting sl yard extra; pipe drain around building. $50 extra.
 Chatfield & Chatfield-Mason work only. $10,s50; drain pipes around building, 32 cents a foot; blasting. $2 cubic yard.
 Barlow Bros Co-Heating and ventilating, s2,+95.
 George s. Chatfield Co-Entire building. $24,77s; without gongs, clocks and telephone system, S23,- 529; drain pipes around building. $50 additional; blasting s1 a cubic yard.
 |. J. Macauley-Carpenter wors. and heating, s14,603: carpenter work alone, s12,10S; clocks, gongs and telephones omitted, s11,343.
 NJ. J. Daly & Sons-Heating and ventilating. s2,65S.
 From the above figures 1t can be seen that none of the bidders can:e within a mile of the appropriai ion, s2s.OOO. Commissioner Chapmar moved that the board defer action in the matter until Friday evening or afternoon and meanwhile that the committee on school houses and hygiene consult with the lowest bid der, the Tracy Bros. to see 1T they could not bring their bid within the appropriation.
 Plans drawn by Architect Smith for an addition to the Town Plot school were approved. The addition will cost about s12.O00.
 The following applications were received: l.. F. Affhauser. penman' shIp: l.. B. Shippee. high school; Minnie Deliver and Grace H. Kane grade teachers, and Ethel M Smith kindergarten- They were filed. Mayor Thoms and Vies-Cnairrar NcDonald were appointed commit tee to award the diplomas to gradu ates of the evening school on iht evening of March %. the school hav ing run ninety nights by that tine
 suDerfntendent Tinker repoi tee that a class of forty has started ths new first grade in the Croft school That an additional room has beer oneued in the old Croft and that ths ssnstor is entitled to an increase ii salary as according to schecr.s-
 Mr Tinker suggested thtt aa acdl lion be built to ths Clay stret scfoo from Clay to Denny st ee.s 10 Ter usnently relieve she eo7sested con dition there
 Tt vas decided to n,ake ex.e,So serouuodations for the oils Hsed T fhe hixh school. EeT0sene and hoc oT. nd is probable that the fin .fsrru service in rae schools viii D rase e1uaI to fhar iz uss in th' wuIr<hv school. Tt ts now made cusse ia He1irirt=u. Walsh Web sfe- and Driezs. and .he bell eaan0 rs r..rt In cone 9saoes sad in oh srs 1t is quite disssI. for tezshe fo rearh f. Thess reports yer aIe1- affer which tte board "a kSurned Co Frftay-