The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-21
CON DEFAMATION SUIT TO OBTAIN BEACH
 LOT IS DROP PED
Board of Education Will Not File Authorized Court
 Action.
BjorkIund to File Bond For Completion of Columbus
 Addition.

After deIiberattng a week, the board of education practically decided not to bring condemnation proceedings, as permitted by the common council, agaznat the property at Madison ave nue and Savoy street, owned by Fred- erick Beach, which has been under consideration as a school house site at its meeting last night. It is proioaL- ble that a. piece of vacant property at Wayne and WestheId avenues, and an adjacent lot will be selected for this purpose instead.
 The request that they be allowed to bring condemnation proceedings. was the result of the refusal of AHr. Beach, owner of the Savoy street property, to place a price upon one of the lots Sentiment entered in his denlinafion to sell. He told the board that the prop erty In question had been in the family more than 100 years. Another site only SDlock away, which he declared suitable for school house purposes, he offered to sell the board at reasonable hKure-
 The property which the board con- templates purchasing would make a. school site of 2o7 14sx15s feet This property was condemned for school house purposes some time ago because of the lack of sewers However, since that time, a. sewer has been ordered, which will be completed before the school would be, making it available. The property under consideration be- fore would cost the city $5,1o0, but was not large enough. An adjoining lot owned by former Councilman Den his 0gNeii can be purchased by the beard for s1.o6o, giving sufficient room upon which to erect a. school house. and allowing playground room for the children
 The contract forw the erection of an addition to the Columbus sehecl was awarded to Charles A. BJork1und, of 14eo Park avenue His bdd was 917,- TOO. and the lowest of the nine bids received The other bids were as fol- lows. Timothy O'Brien & Son, SIS, Oo9; Malcolm AGaeFayden, $1a-BG0; J. w. Davis. @1ass29; IT. J. Pardy Cqnstruc- tion En-, glR.RT7s aDoWling & BQttom lay%&1Ss SsQses CaSe% & Hurley, $1S,4TS GehvarH Bros. s1s,Bs5-s2; RE- Hub bell Building Co, $19,725-
 The contractor will be bOnded tn as- sure completion of the addition by Decemiber T. The bonding of the ron- tractor and the setting of a time limit was agreed upons as it was thought that some redress should be possible to the beard if the contractor holds up the work The architect notified bid derz and Eta&ed that they expressed Willingness to live up to the terms of the contract
 The cast of remedeIIing a. room In Prospect school to make it suitable for a manual training course would cost S5zG, and one in Shelton school, $213, according to a report made by Corn- MasHaoner Webster. who at former meeting, was asked to secure esd- rnateR The cost of equipment for 4Ooth schools would be approximately Sl,- 0a0- Alterations iR the BaFnpm ave nne school and equipment for do1nes- tic science course would cost In the neaghberheod of $s2e.
 1Glekael F. Delaney, of BOA Harral avenue waS appointed 1snitor of the Wheeler school to succeed Fred A. II ols4as who was killed by g. fall some time ago, upon the motion of Com missioner Challenger A petition ask ing, for am auditorium at MaDIewood school. and signed by more than thousand residents of tae district. which had been lost. was found among papers. The connm1ttee appointed to look into the matter reported that mora land must be purchased in order to erect the audftoFium- No action was taken.
 Because the board was not ready to install the vacuum cleaner system bids, with the accompanying chaekas were ordered returned