Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-06-14
LET CONTRACT
TO 0VERGAARD
lswest Bidder for Addition
to High School, Fig
urs Is S17,997.
COAL BIDS ARE OPENED
Dealers Again Form Combine
SO Per Ton If Delivered
Before August |.

Contract for the high school ad-
dition was awarded to Andrew r..
Overgaard, of this city, for SIT, ,997,
and thirteen coal bids were received
and referred to the building commit
tee, each proposal quoting a price OF
Sc per ton on all coal delivered be-
fore August /, and 1925 per ton for
all delivered after that date, at last
nights meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation.
Mr.. Overgaard's bid was the sew
enth read by Clerk Jesse Colyer, and
relieved a monotony existing be-
tween the figures offered by the 9TH
er contractors He was 1896 lower
than the next lowest bidder, Andrew
Federsen, but as this proposal was
not received until 8:15 P. NJ, 1T Is
understood 1t was not considered.
Excepting Mr.. Feddersen's bid, the
next lowest contractor was Ira R.
Grouse, whose proposal of $19, 9,685,
was read first. The highest proposal
was by the Ross Bush Company, an
out-of-town concern, with a figure Of
$22,095.
The Bids In Full.
Following the completion of rou-
tine business, committee session
was called, and the motion by Com
missioner Frank x. Urbanski, to
award the contract to Mr.. Over
gard, followed this session. Fol-
lowing were the bids received:
Ira R. Grouse, $19,685; J. c..
Fowler, s19,877; Wester and Grei-
sen, $19,S10; Ross Bush Company,
$22,095; Fred Christensen Construc-
ton Company, s20,10O; Meagher
and Smith, s19.940; A. R. Over
293. Bids for extra "dormers"
$3.50; Fowler, $50; Overgaard, $50.
The Sub-Contractors.
Contractor Overgaard's sub-con-
tractors are: Carpentery, Andrew
Feddersen; electrical work, Guth
Electrical Company; painting, T..
Ernst; plumbing, Richard Calvin;
roofing, Chris Andersen; iron work,
Arthur Smith; metal ceiling, Perth
Amboy Cornice Works.
The Board of Education trans
ferred $4,000 to the building fund
for the purpose Of erecting this addi-
ton. But regardless of the fact that
the successful contractor is $4,000
under those figures, 1t is understood
some Of the commissioners and Ar
ehitect j. K. Jensen, who drew the
plans, are of the opinion the bid is
about $1,000 too high.
Bids For Coal.
AS is usually the case, the coal
bids received were alike in every
particular, except in one instance.
The Perth Amboy Supply Company
drifted from the narrow path, the
commissioners thought, and offered
a proposal to deliver all Lehigh hard
coal at Sc per ton, providing same
was ordered before August 1. After
that time, S625 a ton. All other
bids read: Delivered before Au-
gust /, S6 per ton; after August /,
$6.25. Regardless of the Supply
Company's so-called slip" the COM
missioners referred the bids to the
building committee with power, on
motion of Edward L. Gridley.
Following were the bidders, all
local concerns: H. w Kinsey, Pat
rick Convery. Consumers Coal Com
pany, George ]. Haney, Peter Lar
son, John Shultz and Co., Adolf Koy-
en-, j. Fingerote, Rarltan Mercantile
Company, G. M. Peterson and Com
pany, E. j. Dorsey and Company,
Perth Amboy Supply Company and
Perth Amboy Coal and Ice Company
No check accompanied Peter Lar
sons bid. The Perth Amboy Coal
Company's bid was received at 8:17
P. NJ.
Contract For Supplies.
Bids for supplies, including man
ual training, general kindergarten
supplies, etc, followed the coal bids
and contracts were awarded to Frank
Neer, William J. Donnell and Steger
and Company.
Following Is the list of bidders,
and to whom the contracts were
awarded: Manual training supplies,
Milton Bradley Company, $1,036.-
80; Frank Neer. s935.37; contract
to Neer. General pplies-Frank
Neer, s2,169.79; contract awarded.
Kindergarten upplies-William j.
Donnell, s201.54; Steger and Com
pany, s163; contract to steger and
Company; lumber for manual train
Ing work-William ]. Donnell,
$105.25; contract awarded.
Advertise For Heating Bids.
Clerk Colyer was authorized to
dd NCl tlSO lOl Uiu5 iOT uedlluB ana
furnishing the new high school addi-
ton, returnable June 27, at a special
meeting. The specifications, ETC.,
have been prepared by Architect
Jensen. 1t has been found consider
able changes will be necessitated in
the heating apparatus and the con-
tractor will be urged to have the
work completed before the fall term.
Raise Salary Of Mr.. Kleinhans.
The salary of Edgar H. Kleinhans,
principal of the high school, was in
creased 800 a year.
Clerk Colyer was granted a vaca-
ton from June 28 to August 4. He
will visit his old home In London,
England.
For the benefit of the teachers not
residents of this city. 1t was moved
to spread on the minutes the fact
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