The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-10

board The board passed a resolution last night putting a stop to such prac-
 tice. Many other matters of import
 ance came before the board Contracts
 to build the new Whittier school were
 awarded, though the board is at a
 loss to know where it is going to get
 the necessary money Options on the
 Kelly and Watson properties" which are part of the. desired Lyon Terrace
 site for a new high school, were re-
 neWed-- There was--a good deal of
 discussion over a resolution submitted
 by Attorney John J. -Cullinan advocat-
 ing increases, in the salaries of high
 the mem bers, departed for home.
 Messrs. Cullinan and N. ": Bishop
 reported on the matter relative to con
 unanimously adopted by rising vote.
 Opposition was anticipated, some of
 the members having previously stated
 their opinion that any member hold Ing ten per cent. Of the capital stock
 of a firm should not be barred from
 bidding.
 The new Whitaker school will cost
 $35, ,649. Gillette Construction co. got
 the contract to do the masonry work for $18,9 300; c. A. Bjorklund got the contract to do the carpentry work for contract to furnish the heating ap-
 paratus for s3,s4s- and also to do the
 plumbing for $2,944 and George A.
 t Reuga gs5n ma e1vsn 4s the ia 6 to t6e 6e
 total up to 5,022. but to this is add
 ed s617 extra for the Mills boilers which the board considers the best that can be secured for the school. :
 Before the bids were opened A. W Bell raised the question as to where
 the money for the work is. coming from. He said that he understood
 that the. new school building .appro- priation is already overdraWn. S89, ,00G on the contracts that have thus far been awarded. Dr. D.. H. Monahan proper for. MT. Bell to raise his objec- ttons before. MT. Bell said he wasn't t raising any objections but simply wanted to call the matter to the at, at argued that the work on the school buildings will not be finished until long after April when the Board of ent meets and that in the
 what money there is can be apportioned among the different con- tractors. It was explained that this was the usual custom and had been followed for years past.
 When the bids were opened there was one from S.. w. Hubbell Building Go. -on the carpentry work. offering to undertake the job for $5,941. This was g, 641 lower than the other lowest bid der. The bids were turned aover to the architect. Leonard Asheim, to tab-. ulate. MT Asheim went into the su- perintendent's office and called up m em bers of the HubbeIl company. He held a few minutes conversation with them and when he reported back to- the Board of Education on the bids, he stated that the Hubbel1 bid was with drawn. Members of the board want ed to know when it was withdrawn talked over the telephone with mem berS of the firm. He was asked If he had told them how their bid com pared with other bids that had been A ArE,1 !, he had not but that he had simply asked if they desired to Teave their bid with the rest and he was told to withdraw it Upon this explanation at one another, some smiled and otll- CTS glanced at the newspaper report CTS, and the subject was immediately @f v
 The bids submitted were as follows:
 Mason work, Gillette Construction Co, SIS. 300; earpenter work, A boilers. J J., scanlor, s4, ,ss5; plumb ing, with gas piping, J. J. Scanlon, s2. 944; painting, George A. Douglas: s74s; total, s35.649
 Mason work-Dowling & Bottomiey Co.,, $I9,171; Timothy O'Brien & Son, SIS, ,830; s. w HubbeII Building Co. s22, ,447; Torrington Building O., with work and electric wiring, s3e, $50; Tracey Bros. & Go, s21, 1895; Construction Co. $1S,soo; Jo- seph ph D,Agostino Co; 3,a sle, 800 os o s10, ,10G; C. A BjorkIund. $S, ,5s2; s. w Hubbe1I Building Co.,, S5.941; Schwarz Bros, $9, $50; Malcolm MacF'ayden, $11,- 800; Christensen & Christenson,- SIG, 900; Granite Constructione & Realty Co. BIO, ,OIe.
 Plumbing, inelud1ng a vacuum clean er-w P. Kirk Co.,, $3,132; c. s. 592 50; J. J. Scanfon. g. 944.
 Heating-W. P. Kirk Co, with Rich nond boiler, $4.213; with Mills boiler. s4, ,51s; e. s. Flames. with Richmond boiler s2 9S2: with Mills boiler, s, ,635; F. & F. c. Booth, with Richmond boil CT, S4,97S; with Mills boiler s5, 18o; J. J. anlon, with Richmond boiler, S3, S46; tn, Mills boiler, S4, 3S5s 8=.~
 *Paiht-George A. Douglas, $74S; F. E. Bursey, $9e8. .. =
 City. Attorney John S. Pullman ap peared before the board last night and reported what the situation is rela- tive to the condemnation proceedings against Frank w. Hurd for the ae- 1of property to make up the Lyon Terrace high school site. He gave brief statement as to how the case stands up to date and explained that there is little probability of the board knoVving--z-the outcome of it's fight against MT. Hurd until after March. He then reported new op- tfonaI agreement that had been drawn 1p by owners of the Kelly a nd. Watson estates.
 The previous options secured on the properties of Mrs: T.. L. Watson and Mrs. Gather Kelly expired Aug. 1 5. The option was held over until last night because the City attorney was out of town. The agreement as pro- posed by the owners of the property and which seem ed reasonable to m ena- bers of the board was that for option on the Watson. property the board pay over $2,5o0 more, making a total of s3,00e, this amount to apply on the purchase price when the board got ready to buy the property if it did so before June 1. <191 B. To this amount is to be added at the time the purchase is made, five per cent interest on the purchase price and the city will also be required to pay the 51e12 taxes which come due in the spring. Attorney Pullman ex- olained that this agreement was made SO that the owners of the property would derive the same financial re- turns from their property if they had ri rIn+ t. h q IL