The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-24
HIGH SCHOOL SITE
CHOSEN BY BOARD
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naming TO commend the members 81
the board on the excellence OF their
choice.
Get Cheap Coal.
Next in Importance to the selection
Of the High school site was the AWARD
ing OF contracts for furnishing 5000. 900
pounds OF coal to the Weber Coal COM
pauy OF Park City at $3.50 a ton for
mine run.
The price is s1.75 ton lower than
the bid OF the salt Lake coal dealers
ombination bid on lump coal delivered.
but the school board viii have to pay
- cents ton for delivering the coal
at the schools. making the net saving
only 81 q ton. In letting the contract
to the Park CITY company. the board
turned down the recommendation Of
the committee on buildings and grounds
that the contract be awarded to r. p.
Morris. whose bid Of sf.95 a ton was 80
cents under the com binatiOn bid.
q. ). Martin and IT. e. Van Pclt were
unsuccessful in their attempt 90 post
pone action or TO bring about the award
Of the bid to me .l.ner OF the coal deal
ers' combination at S5.25 a ton for lump
coal. Mr.. Moyle who has led the fight
gainst paying trust prices for the coal
supply. said that postponement would
mean that the com bifTatiou would bc I'm
and the school board would be out. and
Mr. Barrettes remark that ne was i'm
favor OF going out and getting the coal
I'm spite OF the combination OF local
dealers closed the arguments and the
vote was unanimous. Tho successful
bidders will give a bond OF $4,000 and
deliver the coal on board cars at salt
Lake at $3.50 ton.
New Technical BuiIdinE.
Bids for the new technical building
for the West Side High school We're
opened by the committee on buildings
and grounds. TabulatiOu showed that
were the lowest bidders. but the COM
mittee asked for another week in which
to consider these bids and reach de-
oision. Nilladsen Brothers. making a
bid only on concrete construction
throughout. bid s69.226. while other bids
ranged as high as S91.Of3 for this
style Of construction The bid Of oliver
HodEscu on the contract work was S6'.-
oe6. while other bids were as high as
S13.I13.
The Inference given by the report OF
the committee last night is that i'm case
an concrete construction is decided
upon the contract viii 80 to Niiladsen
Brothers. while I'm case the other style
is adopted. the contract will 20 TO
oliver HodgSOn. The certified checks
rendered by Ashton Brothers. Cannon
4 Nilsson. o. Chytraus, August Rudin"
and the Campbell Building company
were returned.
on recommendation OF the committee
the contract for heating and plum bling
I'm the building was let TO the Green
Heating d Plumbing company for S15.-
497.
on reComme ndation Of the commit
tee on teachers and school work tho
board raised the salary or Robert Hart
lev from $3.50 TO $1,000 and Miss Erma
Eitncr was employed as special in
structor in physical education for tho
elementary schools at 500 a month.
The committee on buildings and
grounds will meet next Thursday even
ing and the board viii also meet after
wards to pass on the contracts Tor the
manual training building. 10 is likely
also that the deeds for the new High
school site viii be signed az this meet
ing.