The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-09
WOMAN UNDERBID
 ALL COMPETITORS ON HIGH SCHOOL
Board Swamped With Figures WithhoIds Final Action Un-
 til Tomorrow Evening
Every Estimate is in Excess of AmOund of Funds Available
 for New Building

Twenty nine contractors submitted bids to build the new High school and every one of the bids was far above S215 GOO, the sum which the board or education has at it's disposal to build the school The bids were opened il public by the board last night So many contractors and their represent atives were present to hear the bids read that an adjournment was taken to the common council chamber.
 The lowest bid was submitted by firm of which Mrs. Emma J. Durliin is the hea l., It was the bid of Durkin & Lass of New York, firm which has been getting many contracts to build schools lately. The bid of this concern was S316,O0O, this for the build ing, less plumbing, heating and veu- tila ting apparatus If the proposetl north wing is not built the firm bids S27, 800 less or $2S8, ,50O. If lime stone columns are used the firm adds $5, 400 to it's bid.
 The low bidders on the other work were: Heating and ventilating, Sheh- lin, Miller & HaneS company, $43,05O with addition; $4o,O50 without addition. Electrical work, Stehlin, Miller Hanes- company, $6,180 with addition; $5 915 without addition. Plumbing, George E. Gibson company. $18,595. Tho total cost of the new building if the contract is awarded to these firms will
 be $3S0, 1925 provided the wing addition is built, and $353. .060 fit is not built--a | difference of $27,760.
 The recent bond issue voted, was for
 $4O0.00o- Already $85,000 of this has been expended as fo1loWS: Lot, $62, ,000; 1 architect fees $21 LOGO; grading, etc, | g, GOO At present there are 40 rooms in use for high school purposes and it l is proposed to have the new school l with 60 rooms at least. 1 Although the bid of Durkin & Lass 1 was the lowest there was such a diff l ference between the bid of that firm and others that me1nDers of the board 1 thought they would investigate before voting that firm the contract. Board l members thought under the circum- | stances it might be necessary to call a. | special election to raise more money
 in bonds to build the school. Each bid on work was accompanied l by a certified check and the board 1 voted last night to return at once the
 checks of all except the five lowest 1 bidders. The five lowest bidders on l the school except for plumbing heat | ing and ventilating *besides~Durkin & 1 Lass were:
 House Construction Co.,, s319, TOO; l without addition, s293, 200; with core I tile floors. $1,S00; with lime stone col i u1lns, s6,670 more.
 l John Y. Brady & Co, s329, $40; with | out addition. $3o0000; with core tile | foors g, GOO less; with lime stone col
 umns. s7,OOO more
 | Oscawana Building Co.,, $s29, TOO; without addition, $3o4,So9; with llme
 stone columns, $7,9oO more.
 Shafer Construction Co.,, s331, ,566; II without addition, S301. .513; for core tile
 floors, s6,0Oo, less; for lime stone col
 umns. $6,0OO
 None of the firms made any spec Il ifcatiors regarding the probability of | in highest bidder was Peck, MeWilliams
 s- Go. The bid of this firm was $41e,- 500; without addition, $3S0,935; with
 core tile floors, $2,0O0 less; with hme
 stone columns, $7,00o more. This firm
 specified it must be paid s Fer cubic
 ward for all rock encountered in ex-
 cavating and promised to credit S1 per
 cubic yard for all such rock used in
 the building.
 After the steh4in, Miller & Haines co, the four lowest bidders on heatlng
 and ventilating' were: Rourke Bros Go with Fitzgibbons boilers, $46,19O ; with tubular return boilers, $44.4Se: : without addition, $9S9 less
 P c Woolfork Co, Inc, with Fftz- gibbons boilers. s48.745; with tubulal ! return boilers, $4e,245; without adol- l tion, $1,580 less
 McGuinness CO, with Fftzgibbor T boilers SAT, ,994: with tubular return v boilers, $47 564; without addition, Sl'OS' r less
 t Albert B. Franklin, with Fitzgibbof |. boilers. S4S,97O; with tubular return : boilers. s46,474; without addition, $l,629 The bids for the plumbing work wer l, as follows:
 f M J. Dairy & Sons for Mott IroI r Works fixtures. $23,1S7; Crane ValV n Co. fixtures, s22.sss; Peck Bros fix h tures 21,9S9; omit addition ana cal h plumbing, $198 less q William P Kirke Co.,. Mott Irol q Works fixtures, $22.534; Crane NatE' r Co., fixtures, $19,534; omit addition ant r cap plumbing, $200 less. f Ralph B. schmidt Inc. S20,289: omi 5. addition and cap plumbing. sSso, less George E. Gibson Go, s1S,59o; omi :. addition and cap plumbing, $250 less l. Rourlxe Bros Co, s19,457; omit addi : ton and cap plumbing, $2o less. $ Wells & Newton CO, S20.48S; omit ao = dition and cap plumbing. $50 less.
 c. S. Flames & Co. $23,s7 omit ad
 dftion and cap plumbing, $150 less. N
 1 rock excavation is figured in this b1d-
 These were the bids on the e1ectrics f work. the smaller sum in each Did U be deducted in case lne north wing
 not built on the school: = stalen Miller Eames Co, S6.1so; les l. $26a. 2 W. W. Gale & Go, Inc, s7.e5O; les l. $4CO.
 = Lord Electric Co., ss.5ss; less, s26o. n Ioorsth Electric Co., S6,S00: less $50 J. John T Williams Co.,, $7.299; les
 2S7.
 Edwin c Lewis. Inc, $s.97o; les
 s3S9.
 re Flynn & Powers Co, Inc, s7,7G9; Ies t s395. ys Gale Electric Co.,. $1o736: less, s580. II kitpatric & Hotz Co.. $7.599- 4s Carlisle Connor CO. 37.600; less. $500 "a United Illuminating Co.,, $S330; les
 $23o
 '. Conn. Electric Equipment Co, s9,62
 less $500.
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