The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-30
School Board Stands Pat ON
Awarding Coal Contract to
Weber Firm.
PROTESTS ARE FILED
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
Oliver HOdgsOn Gets Contract on
New Technical High School
Building.

Tho conl combine Of Salt Lake City
will not furnish the coal for the pub
lic schools of this city for the year
l9l0-l911, The final Jolt to the COM
biue came at a meeting of the boaro
of education Thursday night when the
board by the vote of the eight mem
bers present. ordered that the commu-
nications on the subject be received and
fled This means that the board Will
stand by its contract with the Weber
Coal company. which offers to furnish
coal TO the board /, o. b, Salt Lake
City at $3.50 "A ton, the board TO pay
for the delivery of the coal to the vari-
GUS school buildings.
Three communications were received
by the board on the matter Thursday
night One was from r. p. Morris, who
is said not To be member of the com
binc Mr. Morris objected to the award.
ing of the contract to the Weber Coal
company on the ground that the bld
had not boen received within the Tune
specified.
The second communication was from
the Central Coal and Coke company
which protested on grounds similar to
IUoSc OF W.T. MOTT Is anu Sldl'b 'h', -
the board intended to do its own dellv-
cring il would like TO have chance
TO bid on that part of the contract as
il had It's own teams and wagons. Inc
third communication was from the
Western Fuel company, one OF the un-
successful bidders on the contract. This
firm urged that the board stand by It's
bid and not readVertise.
Protests Filed.
Mr.. Giauque moved that the commu-
nications be received and filed The
motion was seconded by Mr.. Newman
and carried with the following vote:
Aycs-Bailey, Barrettc, Giauquc,
Hammond, Martin, Newman, Park, Van
Pelt
Abscnt-Moyle and Thomas.
There were a number of coal dealers
present. but they left as soon as tho
board, bv its decisive vote, announced
that it did not propose to dilly daily
any longer with the coal question.
Prior to the meeting Of the board the
committee on buildings and grounds
held "A two hour session, after which it
submitted its report to the board which
was adopted by unanimous vote. The
contract for the new technical high
school was awarded TO Oliver Hodson
for a reinforced concrete building TO
cost $7A.44o. IT was stated that this
bid called for AL steel doors and all
steel window frames and that the com"
mittcc and the architect may decide
to have the doors of wood with steel
covering and some other little altcra-
tions, reducing the cost about $l100.
The contract for the heating and
plumbing was awarded to the Green
Heating and Plumbing company on its
bid Of $1,000.
High School Site Grades.
The city engineer will be asked TO
survey and establish grades around the
new high school site, known as the
Boutwell, site. and to give grades and
lines on all four sides of the site. The
buildings and grounds committee was
given authority OF employ competent
engineer to make Typographical surveys
of the new high school site and was
also given additional time in which to
make the ground tests on the site
The same committee was also given
authority to connect the Franklin school
with the sewer at cost not to exceed
$50
KimbaIl & Richards offered TO sell
the board a piece of ground in lot 4,
block ,, five-acrc plat A. ia rods BY
10 rods for $4,000. Ashton & Jenkins
offered to sell the board two lots be-
tween the Waterloo and Forest Dale
schools for $500. Both offers were re-
ferred to the committee on building
grounds.