Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-07-13

talking as warm as was ever heard In
a meeting of that body, the Board OF
'ducation last night failed to break
the deadlock on the question OF
awarding the contracts for the re
pairs to the heating and sanitary
system in school No. 2 and for furni.
ture for schools Nos. and s. II
was a special meeting called by Pres
ident Walker in an effort to adjust
these two important matters, which
have been in an unsettled state fol-
months. G
Chairman J. L. Crowell suggested
and President Walker concurred ir
the idea that The question of awar
ding the furDl lure contract be sub
mitted to thrt disinterested furni
ture dealers and leave it entirely tt
them on the basis of an inspection O
the sample furniture. He suggested
George West, Richard Martin ant
Albert Leon, of Leon & Roessler tt
compose the committee.
The three members of the board IL
favor of giving the contract to d
Wolff & Company, of this city
through whom the Reedsborougl
Company bid, would not agree to thu
plan, but asked for time to consider
1t.
N President Walker said that the 9th
ef contract, that for the heating and
sanitaries In school No. 2, is of more
: ~mediate Importance than the fur
nfcire which does not have to be put
in until the repairs to the building
are complete.
Commissioner Moore said thai
both matters should be settled a
the same time. He repeated the as
sertion that the American School
Furniture company bid had been low
cred between the meeting when the
bids were received and the meeting
held a short time later when the bic
of the American School Furniture
Company, known as the trust, was
lower than that of the Independent
concern.
President Walker said that the fig
ures had not been changed after the
meeting at which they were opened
but prior to the time they were open
ed. Mr.. Moore again said that they
were changed afterwards and de-
clared that he noticed on the bic
where the original figures had beer
crossed out and the lower figures
written.
Figures Published Identical.
Mr.. Moore called attention to tn,
significant fact that the representa-
tives of both newspapers got the fig
ures Identical at the meeting wheI
the bids were opened, but that tn,
figures declared to have been contain
ed in the American School Furniture
Company's bid were read differentl.
from the figures given in both news
papers. Mr.. Moore said that himsel
and Commissioners Sturn and Masso
pust also got the higher figures a
the meeting when the bids were reat
by Secretary Colyer.
The representatives of the NEWs
and Chronicle sat in opposite parts o
the room that night, and had n
communication whatever in takin
down the bids, and as Mr.. Moore las
night said, it is highly improbabl
that both could make mistakes ant
put down whole list of figures ex
actly the same and yet not as tn
secretary read them. Mr.. Moore sal
that as the three commissioners
himself, Sturn and Massopust, ais
heard the secretary the same as tn
reporters, they were five ito three
Messrs. Walker, Crowell and Peter
son denied that the figures were chan
ged after being first read.
Statements Holly Denied.
Statements made by one side wer
quickly denied by members of tn
other faction and several times wer
commissioners requested to prov
certain statements. Just after ad
journment, during the unconfined al
gument which ensuedS one commits
sioner Informed another twice tha
he was crazy, while the other, risin
forward with his eyelids elevate,
told him that he'd better take ths
statement back. 1t was Mr.. Moor
who had questioned Mr.. Peterson
Z nationality after Mr.. Peterson ha
lsasserted that the fourth ward con
- soner had made certain stat'
lat the meeting some month
zen the bids came m.