The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-10-02
FOR NEW PLAN
IN BUILDING
SCHOOLS
Adopted in Order Thai
Trouble May Be Avoided
in the Future.

To prevent the trouble that in the
past has kept the schoolhouse commit
tee of the Board of Education In the
limelight of publicity that body last
night adopted the new plan of adver-
tising for bids on the plans of archi-
tects for new school buildings before
the plans are submitted to the board
proper IN regular meeting, thus re-
moving the possibility of having
repetition of the Technical High School
incident, and others where, after the
plans had been approved by the board
II was found that when the bids came
in they were far in excess of the
amount appropriated for the work by
the Board of School Estimate.
Under the present plan, If when the
bids come In the total on the different
work amounts to more than the sum
on hand in the aggregate, then they
can be legally rejected and the archi-
tect instructea to draw new plans with
out extra remuneration.
The new plan went into effect when
the committee instructed Secretary
Robert D. Argue to advertise for bids
on the proposed additions to the Lin
coin School, Hawthorne Avenue and
Bergen Street schools, on the plans
submitted by the architects.
The committeeman expressed them
selves in favor of having some definite
action taken on the High School matter
in the near future, and would like to
see the new set of plans the architect
is supposed to be drawing for the build
ing.
The engineers who submitted plans for
the plumbing. heating and ventilation OF
fhe three new buildings are Runyon &
Carey Frederick c. Runyon. OF that firm,
protested to the committee against hav-
ing to submit several sets OF plans for
The Lincoln School addition, saying
that the plans had not been accepted
BY the board and that he could not.
IN Justice TO himself and his partner,
entail unnecessary expense in submitting
new plans three or more times for one
school He said he would lose money II
this became necessary as regular mat
Ter. He was assured that he need not
fear that the committee would be careless
in rejecting his plans.
The Bergen street addition will be erected
az a cost not exceeding 100000. Alfred
Peter is the architect who submitted plans
upon which the bids will be based. The
Hawthorne avenue addition will not cost
over $4,000, and the Lincoln School build
ing $4,000 The architects are O'Rourke &
Go. and Louis j. ORourke respectively.
1T was agreea TO advertise at once for
bids. The FIRST advertisement viii appear
tomorrow, and October II, at $3.50 p. M,
Ill bids will be opened. If It is found
that the buildings cannot be erected
within the appropriation the bids Will be
rejected and the plans will so back to
the architects and engineers for revision
instead of the committees endeavoring TO
pare them down as has formerly been the
custom BY this plan It Is thought that
the co,FmIttee will avoid accepting plans
which are found. upon receiving bids to
x excessive in their cost. Under this ar
,aurencfft the committee will pay nothing
for thc nlaus until Il is assured that the
nr,lsine~ can be erected for the sums ap-
rropriatcd,
While on the subject of building school
houses within appropriations, the commit
tee took occasion to discuss the High
School plans submitted by Nathan Myers.
Commissioner Elsele, wNo resigned in Au-
gust and rceonsidered the matter before
it was given the board. was present, as he
j. 4 member of the committee. 1t will be
recalled that he was present on the oe-
easion of the committees t1rst meeting.
after II found out that's The New High
school would cost $7S1, 900 instead OF $780,
0Q0 At that time he had lively hlt ith
Mr Myers. and left no doubt in the lat
tct's mind as 10 what his views were,
Commissioner Elsele wanted 10 know II
the $500 paid Architect Myers would
apply on new plans which he had promised
an extra charge for the new plans. No
ono seemed to know just what would be
DONE but the members Were Of the opinion
that the $500 would be applied on the
second plans.
81 figure that Mr. Myers owes the city
$500, said Commissioner u Edward
Smith.
Chairman George varley told the COM
rnissioners that he thought Mr.. Myer s
original plans were all right and that the
elaborate interior finish and decorations
were responsible for large proportion OF
the difference between the estimate and
the appropriation. He thought, he said.
9fat the specifications could be cut down
50 that the building could be erected for
$4,000 or less.
sswhy did he want 10 put expensive
plate glass doors in the building where
young mechanics will De knocking
arcLnd?" inquired Commissioner Elsele.
'.It seems to me that this is ridiculous"
Commissioner Simonds said that he was
OF the opinion that hollow square build
ing could be erected within the approprla-
ton ana sun furnish all the room re-
ouired by the prospectus.~
He is welded 10 the II building" re-
marked Mr.. Eisele. land he will have Il
that way. so what's the use
Commissioner j. Edward Smith thought
that the architect should be asked to ap
pear before the committee again. and ther
the matter was dropped.
The secretary was instructed to ohtsir
prices from dealers in secondhand house:
upon two small frame structures on tht
property recently purchased on Wicklif,
street. 1t Will be necessary to remov,
these structures before the land can b,
utilized.
In order that the new additions might b
ready the opening of the next school tern
II was agreed to make the final date q
comnletion August l. Contractors will
therefore, Did on buildings to be completed
BY or before that date.
TO PROBE wEEKs'S DEATH.