Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-09-22

Matters pertaining to the central
grammar school occupied the atten-
ton of the Board of Education for
nearly two hours at an adjourned
meeting last night. A written re-
port was received from Commission
er Harrington, chairman of the spec
ial committee which had charge of
It's erection, and on resolution Of
fered by Mr.. harrington and second
ed by Mr.. Seaman payment of
$1,000 was made to Henderson
Brothers, the general contractors.
After some parts of Mr.. Earring
tons report, which is given in full
below, had been discussed, it was
given to the secretary to file. 1t
contained a number of recommended
. tions from the committee but no
action ,wss, taken on them. After
reading his report Mr.. harrington
stated that as the building was prac-
tically finished, although not abso-
lutely, he thought 1t no more than
fair to give the contractors $1,000
of the $9,683.40, the 20 per cent
Of the contract price which has been
held back That would leave, he
said, $2,6S3.40 to cover any unfin-
ished work The contract price for
the school was $48,417. Mr.. Far
rington added that there was also
$3.50 over the 20 per cent, making a
total of about $3,160 left on hand.
After Mr. harrington had finished
reading the figures Mr. Seaman ask
ed a number of questions and then
said he would second the resolution,
which was carried unanimously.
New Resolution Asking Money.
On motion of Mr.. Harrington the
board rescinded action on resolu-
ton introduced at the previous
meeting relative to asking the Board
of Estimate for an appropriation OF
$4,000. A new resolution was
then adopted as follows; THAT the
estimating committee of this board
present to the Board of Estimate OF
the city council the necessity OF an
appropriation of $4,000 for equip
ping the new central grammar and
Neville street schools"
= Mr.. Harrington explained that
$3,8O0 was needed for the compile
ton of the Neville street school,
about $4,000 for furniture at the
grammar school; $2,622 for the ex-
ira work at the grammar school;
and the rest for anticipated improve
ments such as walks, fences around
the property, etc. Mr.. Seaman made
few remarks on the matter and
voted mo" when the roll was called
Electrical Bids Vary.
Bids for feed line necessary for
the operation of an electric motor
in the new grammar school were
received, as follows:
v. P. Christofferson S187 .9o
Coutts Electrical Co. ..... 1890
Anderson Electric Co. 80. 123.00
Palmer H. Herman ....... 10000
f. e. Badger .......... 5000
After considerable discussion the
contract was awarded to Mr.. Bad
ger. The motion stated that Mr.
Christofferson should inspect the
work.
Commissioner Brother Gets Job.
Commissioner Ratajczaks moved
that his brother, John Ratajczak, be
appointed assistant janitor OF the
new grammar school at salary OF
S65 month Mr.. Seaman objected
apyweoted no." but the motion was
carried.
Two motions of Commissioner
Larson, as follows, were carried:
"That the proper committee be
authorized to procure Acme fire ex-
tinguishers for the two new schools
That three also be purchased Tor
school No. 8, there being none there
now"
"That the proper committee be
authorized to procure four WORK
benches for the manual training de.
partment and about sixty additional
desks to be purchased and placed in
the class rooms at the grammar
school"
At the beginning of the meeting