Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-06-16
MesSrS. Seaman
and Stack Are
Opposed.
$IOOOOFFERED
Commissioner Seaman Would
Give That Sum to See ATGhi.
leCi Brazer's Plans Con-
sidered Frank Neer G:ts
Contract for Supplies.

N.
Board of Education. last night,
officially accepted the plans of ArcflN.
itect John H. Dayton for the central
grammar school, and Jens J. Jensen
for the school at Kennedale park.
Commissioners Seaman and Stack
voted against 1t and the former, after
stating that he favored Architect
Clarence w. Brazers plans for the
grammar school, said he would give
$1,000 in cash to help furnish khe
new school If the board would con-
slider Mr.. Brazer's plans.
Mr.. Seaman's Move Blocked.
President Bradley called the meet
ing to order shortly after 5 o'clock
and, after a draft had been ordered
drawn in favor of the speaker for
the commencement exercises, Mr..
Seaman offered the following mo-
tion:
That the plans not selected by
the board be returned to their own
ers with the thanks of the board to
the gentlemen for their courtesy and
an expression of our appreciation of
the time and expense it has cost
them to submit plans to our present
competition"
Commissioner Stack seconded It
and the president, after calling for
vote, announced that the nays had
It, II the motion had been carried,
every architect who submitted plans
would have received them back with
thanks and the board could have Sc
lected an architect to do their work
without any further trouble.
Mr.. Seaman then offered this
motion an@hafter 1t had been second
ed by Commissioner Stack, asked
that the secretary call for vote on
1t:
That the architect whose plans
are selected for the Neville street
school shall draw complete plans and
specifications for a finished building
of sixteen rooms and these plans and
specifications shall be the property
of the Board of Education and left
in their possession
Each of the commissioners voted
in the Affirmative.
The next motion by Commissioner
Seaman was also seconded by Com
missioner Stack and, when put to
vote, was carried as follows:
THAT each architect whose plans
shall be selected shall make one COM
plete set of finished plans and speci-
| fications to be kept in the Office of
the secretary and to be the property
OF the Board of Education, and at
least seven other complete copies of
finished plans and specifications, one
of which shall be In the possession
of the inspector OF the board.
A motion that the architects
i whose plans are selected shall be
paid a commission on the contract as
1 let, and no commissions shall be paid
i to such architect for plans or super
vision of any extra work that may be
done on the buildings or any furni-
! ture that may be placed in the build
ings," was then offered by Mr. Sea-
man and carried by a full vote.
Another Motion Lost.
The next motion of Mr. Seaman's
was not so successful and was lost
by the following vote: President
Bradley, Commissioners Arner, Lar
son and Moore, no; Commissioners
Seaman and Stack, yes. The motion,
which is given below, would prevent
4 the chosen architects from making
any changes in their plans without
4 the boards knowledge. AS the mo-
tion was lost and the plans are In
possession oe their owners at the
present time, should any changes be
made 1t would be hard for the board
to ascertain them.
The motion was as follows: THAT
the plans selected be In charge of
the secretary, who shall have blue
print copies of same made as soon as
possible, so that any suggested
changes in the plans can be passed
on by the whole board and that
these blue prints be made before the
plans are returned to the architects
Discussion Over Plans.
: Commissioner Larson moved that
1.-THE plans for the two schools be
awarded to Architects John H. Day
ton and Jams K Jensen, as was de-
! cided on at a committee session last
Thursday night.
Commissioner Stack said he
! would like to know If the plans of
these two architects were in tho
! building. President Bradley said he
did not know. Superintendent Shull
: said that they were. Mr.. Stack said
J he would like to SEQ the plans open
} ed before the board again. The
president said that that was not the
motion, and Commissioners Seaman
. at once made an amendment to Mr..
Larson's motion to that effect, and
asked the commissioner II he would
J accept 1t.