Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-11-13

poard was not called to order unit
s-4o O'Clock last night, so many mat
ters were acted upon that 1t was with
In nfteen minutes of midnight whe1
the session adjourned. AS usua
there were some heated discussions
On motion of Commissioner Lar
son, they rejected all bids for con
structing and heating the new
schools.
Commissioner Moore introduced 2
motion that the board advertise foI
bids to build an eight-room school in
Neville street, according to new
plans of Architect ]. X. Jensen. Com.
missioners Seaman and Stack asked
where the new plans were and said
they thought It would be better to
have them approved by the board be.
fore advertising for bids. Commits.
sioner Moore withdrew the motion
Commissioner Larson moved thai
Architects Dayton and Jensen and the
heating engineer prepare new plans
/ that would come within the appro.
prfation. The motion was carried
| Commissioners Seaman and Stack
voting against 1t.
1t is understood that Mr.. Jensen
has already prepared a new set Of
plans for the Neville street school
which was probably what caused Mr.
Moore to embody the fact in his mo.
tion.
President Bradley, after the meet
ing, asked Secretary Colyer to send
out notices for a special meeting al
$40 O'Clock Monday night when Mr.
Jensen's plans will be taken up fol
consideration.
Repair Account Short.
Many bills were paid but a Ions
list for repair work, amounting tc
$1,032, was referred to the secretary
According to the report of the fin
ance committee there Is only $61t
left in the repair account. Mr.. Sea
man spoke on the matter and said
that it was time the board stopped
using the city's money foolishly anG
doing business in a haphazard way
He asked Mr.. Moore, chairman o.
the building committee, where he goi
authority for so many repairs. Mr.
Moore said he had only had worl
done that was necessary. Commits
sioner Larson, also a member of the
building committee, told Mr. Seaman
not to go too far. Mr.. Moore said
that If any money was being spent
foolishly it was by employing Douglas
Fraser as inspector, as he had receiv-
ed $3.50.
Inspector Is Let Go.
Mr.. Moore moved that Mr.. Fraser
be relieved of his Office, but there
was a motion before the house. Lat
rrlD I haA
Mr.. Fraser, who was appointed las
June as Inspector of schools anC
agent of the board, be discharged
commencing December 1. The mo
: tion was carried, Commissioners Sea
man and Stack voting in the mega
| tive.
Mr.. Seaman said that it was th'
boards fault If Mr.. Fraser had no
done anything, as they had refused
to allow him to. He said that if th'
board had an inspector to look afte
repair work and see that it was done
properly, much money could be saved
Mr.. Seaman called attention to th'
I fact that while there was only $61i
( in the repair account there were bill
for over $1,000, leaving a shortage o
$400, and no money to work witt
until the new appropriation is receiy
ed. Mr.. Seaman told Mr.. Moore tina
he would get into trouble before h'
was through, and Mr.. Moore told Mr.
Seaman the same.
j Mr.. Badger Explains.
Engineer Badger, of the Mutua
Engineering Company, OF New York
who prepared the heating plans 70
both new schools, denied that he hat
given marked plans to John d. Wea
& Son, of New York, one of the bid
ders.
Mr.. Badger said he had been en-
gagged by the board and had honestl
represented them and would continu
to do so, as he wanted to make a reT
utation here. He said that he ha
prepared reports of the bids receive
and would not recommend that tn
contract be given to the firm of Wea
& Son under any consideration, as
did not think 1t would be possibl
for them to heat the schools with tn
apparatus they specified.
MIR. Arner said Engineer Joh
Textorius, of the Johnston Heatin
Company, was his informant. MI
Arner said he was satisfied with tn
explanation, but thought it was hi
duty, when he received the complain
from Mr.. Textorious, to have it ex
Ip1ained The other members of tn
board also accepted Mr.. Badger
story.
Bids for a Heating Job.
Secretary Colyer read bids receiv
ed recently for heating the manua
training room in the high school an'
building a fight of stairs in schoo
No. 2, as follows:
Heating.
P. ]. Monaghan ..........'' ~
John Moylan ............... "
Stair Bids.
George w Mum $40
Ira R. Grouse
Wooden stairs xlS'
Iron stairs ... ........... oz'
i The contract for the heating wa
awarded to Mr.. Moylan. the highes
bidder, as Mr.. Monaghan's past worl
for the board was alleged to hay'
lbeen unsatisfactory.