Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

lie school facilities of Los Angeles vii
add largely to the building activity In
this city this summer. Twenty-three
buildings, including a science high
school and a parental school, are to be
erected from the proceeds of the 500,
600 bond issue voted several months
ago. The contracts for all but one OF
two Of these buildings have been
awarded, and construction work on sew
eral of them now is under way.
Five eleven room and three eight
room buildings are to be erected at a
total cost of S204.152. one of the present
buildings is to have a six-room addition
and two others nve-room additions
There will he one new four room build
ing and seven four-room additions 10
old structures. one Duilding Will be a
two-room affair.
List OF New Buildings
Following Is a list of the buildings for
which contracts have been awarded:
Eleven-room building at Aucid and
Stephenson avenues, $2S,534.
Eleven-room building at Magnolla
avenue and Seventeenth street, $2S,4S2'
F5leven-room building at Fifty-secono
street and Hooper avenue, $26,2O0
Eleven-room building at Trinity and
Adair streets, $27,S94.
Eleven-room building at Logan ano
Montana streets, $25,S1S.
Eight-room building on the HOBART
boulevard site, $21,3Sf.
Eight building at Main ano
Fifty-second streets. $21,9OO.
Eight-room addition to the Washing
ton street school at Washington street
and Budlong avenue, $2S,S17.
Six-room addition to the building or
Twenty-fourth street, near western
avenue, $11,6S5. n,,
at Cornwell and Sheridan streets, Sll,'
400.
Five-room addition to the Boyc
street school, on Boyd street near Sar
Pedro. S11,450.
Four-room addition to the Fifty
fourth avenue school, at Fifty-fourtf
avenue and Monte Vista street, SlO,465
Four-room annex to the building al
Jefferson and Key West streets, SS244
Four-room annex to the building or
Gates street near Downey avenue
$7S24.
Four-room addition to the building al
Thirty-ninth street and Budlong ave-
nue., $1,000.
Four-room building on West Vernon
avenue. between Grand avenue anc
Olive street, S7S74
Four-room annex to the building al
Second and State streets, S9SSS.
Four-room annex to the building al
Utah and Kearney streets, $921S
Two-room building on Micheltoreno
street, near Sunset boulevard $316.
One Contract Hung Up
One grammar school contract which
was to have been awarded last week
has been hung up as the result of care
lessness on the part of one of the bid
ders. This was for a four-room addi-
tion to the building at Seventh ano
Wilson streets. The lowest bid on this
school. and the one which the boarC
was about to accept. was S10,501. Before
final action was taken, however, the
Contractor appeared before the boarc
and said that he had made a mistake
in not making provision for the heating
and ventilating plant. 1t was decided
therefore. to readvertise for bids
The next lowest bidder had offered tC
do the work for $11.SS5, and assuming
that the building can be erected for
that sum on readVertisement, a finan-
ciaI statement of the boards operations
in the building line would be about
as follows:
Total amount Of bonds voted zoe. .S7SO, 0o(
For grammar schools go. $is00oo
For parental school........ 10000 $1,000.
For high schools. s...................S26 $3.50 oo'
Grammar school .fuud...............$ $3.50 OOt
Paid for buildinEs........$SlSS6 S6i
Paid for land ..........,... 1000
Estimated cost Of furni-
ture .............--. ......... 32,O0O
Paid for architects fees. 10000
Cost of construction super
vision .............-.......... l.6OD ABS, 4h
Balance Observation-Disclosures SO
Small Balance in Sight
Part of the balance of $46.599 remain
ing in the grammar school fund prob
ably will he devoted to the purchas
of a site in the Arroyo Seco district
between Dayton avenue and the west
ern city limits, and the erection of
four-rOom building to meet the needs
of that district. The members of th'
board estimate that they still will hav
about S25,OOO or 100000 on hand afte
paying for that site and building
1t is not likely that much will b
left of the high school apprOpria ito
after all the contemplated expenditure
are made. OF the $260000 i'm that funC
more than 500, 900 will be needed for tn
erection Of the new science high schoo
The lowest bid received on that school
based on present plans, is Sl0S, 36-
In addition to this, provision will haV
to be made for the equipment of tn
building as well as the polytechnic
More land also will have to be bough
for the polytechnic on which 10 ereG
machine and other shops and in
estimated cost Of this is between 500,
600 ard $4,000 1t is planned to eXpen
about 100000 for machinery am