Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-11
EXTEND TIME
FOR THE BIDS
Board Will Receive Propo-
sails December 22 for Gen.
tral Grammar School.
REQUEST OF CONTRACTOR
Architect Jensen's Plans for
Neville Street Building
Are Again Approved.

The Board of Education last night
extended the time for receiving bids
on the central grammar school from
December 1S to December %. This
was done on motion of Commission
er Larson after Mr.. Krogh, of the
firm of Wester & Krogh, contrac-
tors, had addressed the board.
Mr.. Krogh said he would like TO
figure on the school, but had been
unable to secure a set of plans, as
all of the set prepared were in use.
Commissioner Larson moved that
four more sets Of plans and specifi-
cations be ordered from Architect
Dayton, after which a motion ex-
tending the time for receiving the
bids was adopted. Mr.. Krogh stated
that If his firm secured a set of the
plans by Monday they would have
ample time to get bid ready by the
twenty-second, and thanked the
board for the courtesy.
Architect j. X. Jensen, who had
drawn new plans for the Neville
street school, submitted them to the
board again and read part of the
specifications which differed slightly
from the set submitted with his first
| bids for the school exceeded the ap-
preparation.
At meeting of the board on Fri
day, November 20, Mr.. Jensen sub
mitted these plans and they were
approved. In the same motion it
was embodied that the architect
should prepare specifications and
have them and the plans approved
| by the state board, and submit both
to the board again as soon as posi-
| BILE.
Secretary Colyer, however, last
night when questioned about it, was
unable to find it on the minutes.
President Bradley and some of the
commissioners were quite positive
that the plans had already been ap-
proved, but to make sure, on motion
of Commissioner Larson, the plans
and specifications for the Neville
street school were o. Kd.
Receive Bids December 20.
Secretary Colyer was then in
structed to advertise for bids for the
school, to be received on December
! 20. At first the board was going to
receive them on the 22nd, but it
was decided that this would be too
short time for the contractors to
figure in.
Letters were read from Superin-
tendent Baxter, of the State Board
of Education, stating that Architect
Dayton's plans and Specifications for
the central grammar school. and
Architect Jensen's, for the Neville
street school. had been approved.
The heating plans for the school,
on motion of Commissioner Larson,
were accepted and the engineer was
directed to give an option on sec
tional or tubular boilers.
There was considerable discussion
over paying about thirty bills
among the number being some re-
pair bills amounting to over $500
which were laid over recently on ac-
count Of shortage in the repair ac-
count. Commissioner Seaman was
not in favor of paying the repair
bills as, he stated that if these were
paid, the board would be unable tC
meet the contract claim of P. J
Monaghan for plumbing. This work
he said, was given to Mr. Monaghan
on contract and amounted in all II
over $500, and the plumber had 6
legal claim on the board for the
amount Commissioner Larson said
that Mr.. Monaghan had not complet
ed his contract within the time limit
and that the board had a claim
against him for 500. Commission
er Arner also spoke.
When the question was put Presi
dent Bradley, Commissioner Larson
Commissioner Moore and Commits
sioner Arner voted yes" Commits
sioners Seaman and Stack voted
"Yes" on all but the repair bills
On these they voted No"
The repair account OF the board /:
now practically exhausted, and the
new appropriation is not due until
June or July.