Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-10-17
Board Of Education Has Not Yet
Accepted the Plans for the
New Building.
TO HEAR THE ARCHITECT
Another Meeting Monday Night
When Alterations Will Be Explain
ed-little Reduction Possible
In the Eight-room School.

Upon the passage of a written res
olution presented by Commissioners
Moore, the reduced bid of 1851
for the erection of a new eighteen
room grammar school, which was
presented by Meagher & Smith, was
accepted and the contractors were
ordered to furnish a certified check
for $4,000 before noon today to
make valid their bid. The motion
to adopt the resolution was made by
Commissioner Larson and was Sec
onded by Commissioner Arner.
This action was taken after brief
talk by Architect ]. H. Dayton, who
told of the notifications made in his
plans. He told of lowering the cell
1ngs and of other reductions, that
lowered the cost of the structure.
The changed plans, the architect said,
have been approved by the state
board. A communication to that ef-
feet was read from Mr.. Baxter Ar
chitect Dayton explained that his
notifications did not reduce the cost
to the extent he had expected This,
he thought, was due to the lateness
of the season ,as the contractors
must now figure on furnishing more
coal to neat the building while in
the course of construction and that
bad weather would interfere at times.
He concluded by stating that val
liable month had just been lost. The
architect said he would more thor
oughly explain the changes at an
other meeting when the board had
more time. Later in the meeting it
was decided to adjourn to $40 O'Clock
Monday night with the architects
and go over the modified plans.
The bid of Meagher 4 Smith holds
good until October "a. Commission
er Seaman took the floor and asked
the meaning of the acceptance of
Meagher C Smiths bid, IL that was
to be final and II those contractors
now he'd the contract. When he was
informed that was, he leaned back
In his chair and smiled. When the
matter of accepting the plans was put
to vote, four of the commissioners
voted for 1t and Commissioner Sea-
man and Stack against it.
Commissioner Amer then intro
duced a resolution stating that the
Board of Estimate be asked at their
next meeting for $12,500 more for
the -eighteen-room building and ST.
500 for the eight-room building to
finish and furnish the two structures.
Commissioner Moore seconded the
adoption of that resolution. 1t was
passed by vote of four, Commits
sioners Stack and Seaman voting
against it. When the resolution had
been passed, President Bradley
spoke to Commissioner Stack and
told him that when he attends the
meeting of the Board of Estimate,
he must express the will of the board
as passed by two-thirds vote, and
not his own. Mr.. Stack replied that
he desired to go uninstructed.
Following this Commissioner Lar
son and Stack indulged in some per-
sonalities. The former stated that
he was sorry that there were two
such obstructionists on the board,
who were opposed to everything
done. Commissioner Seaman stated
that the other faction of the board
rush matters through with such
speed that he and Commissioner
Stack were unable to ascertain what
was being done at times. They claim
ed they never see papers, commun-
ications and other matters until the
board meets.
For the Eight-Room School.
Architect J. K. Jensen, who drew
plans and specifications for the pro-
posed eight-room school, to be erect
ed in Neville street, was present and
when asked about the notifications
to his plans by Commissioner Larson,
he read a communication in which
he stated that he could not reduce
the cost of his structure very much,
unless the fireproofing was omitted.
This, the board was not disposed to
do. He said, that by emitting the
fireproofing in the halls of both
floors of the structure and making
the floors wooden, the cost of the
building would be reduced $1,760
and that by omitting the fireproofnG
in one floor only, 1t would be re-
duced s1,335. Other notifications
made by him, consisted of changing
the window stills from terra Gotta to
brick and other tri.ing reductions
Continued on page 81