The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-04-12
Franklin Is to Have a
Modern Outfit
CONDITIONAL AWARD IS MADE
Several Teachers Elected BY Board Last
Night; Others Transferred; Ad-
jOurned Meeting Next Week.
from Thursdays Daily.

from Thursdays Daily.
The school board opened bids at it
regular monthly meeting last night TO
installing heating plant in the Frank
lin school building, putting in plumb
ing system, and remodeling the base
ment and first floor. McI4auren 1
Northrop were the lowest bidders on TIN
heating and plumbing, and their bid wa
considered reasonable, but the bid on tn,
remodeling was greater than the boart
had expected. The lowest bids on tn,
work foot up to $4,S63.50.
Only one bid was received on the re-
modelling and that was put in by j. B
Nielsen & Co., and was $1,000.
The bids on the plumbing were as fol
lows: c. NJ. Masters, $l,O9S; McLaurer
& Northrop, Sl,033.50; p. H. McGraw
$l,O70.
The bids on steam heating plant
were as follows: p. H. McGraw, $3.50;
c. NJ. Masters, $l,949; McLauren &
Northrop, $3.50; Mankato Manufacture.
ing company, $2,l96.
Architect George Pass stated that last
year he had estimated that the entire
expense of the improvement would be
close to $4,000. He said that radiation
and iron is going up, and advised that
it would be fairer to the plumbing and
heating contractors to award the con-
tract now, conditionally upon the build
ing contract being awarded. The con-
tractors could then place conditional or
ders for radiation, pipe, etc. He had
tried to interest general contractors in
bidding on the remodeling, but they
were not anxious for the work, many
of them having about all the other work
that they want.
Mr.. Anderson, representing James b.
Glow & Sons of Chicago, explained the
condition of the market as regards iron
pipe, etc, and advised that conditional
awards be made so that the successful
bidders could protect themselves.
Dr. Beach moved that the plumbing
and heating contracts be awarded to
McLauren & Northrop, the lowest bid
ders, conditioned upon the boards later
awarding the building contract.
Mr.. Pass stated that both of these
bids were within his estimate, and COM
pared very favorably with the West
Mankato school contract.
DIR. Snow said that he would like to
see the firm take the contract for the
entire work.
The motion was carried unanimously.
On motion of Mr.. Davies, j. b. Nielsen
& Co.'S bid was rejected, and it was
voted to advertise for bids for doing
the work, to be received at an adjourn
ed meeting of the board to be held next
Wednesday evening.
Letters from Senator Works and Rep
resentative Z. w. Gates were read by
the secretary, stating that they are
heartily in favor of Ii. +. 5ll and s,
f. 426, the truancy bills providing for
the appointment of state labor inspec-
tors as local truant officers, and that
they would do all that they could to as.
sist in the passage of the same. Mr.
Gates stated that the Blue Earth coun-
ty delegation is a unit upon this.
A letter from Miss Ida M. Lewis, say
ING that she cannot accept her election
as teacher in the West Mankato
school as she has to put her time in up
on her Dakota claim, was read and the
resignation was accepted. A letter from
Miss Ruth Jones of Lake Crystal to the
same effect was read, as she has accept
ed a position at Redwing. This was
also accepted, leaving two vacancies tc
fill in the West Mankato school
DIR. Holbrook, for the committee on
property and expense, reported that hi
had purchased 300 pounds of perolin fol
use in cleaning school room floors, ant