New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-03-11
Bond Election
Carries Safely
Additional Funds Favored
By A Vote of Nearly
Two to One.
Plumbing Contractor Re
leased From Bid Which
Was Erroneous.

With the necessary bonds voted to-
provide for the expenses Of building
the school board members got
promptly to work on signing up the
contracts with the various bidders
and few weeks at most will see
the beginning Of the new $95,OOO.O0
high school edifce which is to be
erected at once. The Board met Fri
day evening following the election
on Thursday and conferred with Mr..
Chapman Of the architects, lyric &
Chapman, relative to various matters
connected with the plans. Mr.. Chap
man remained over until Saturday
and practically all important details
were decided upon, leaving a clear
field of action.
One of the contractors who was
among the successful bidders, c.. W..
Masters of Mankato, appeared before
the Board and informed them that he
desired to be released from the neces-
sity of accepting the work. He stat
ed that he had by error omitted in
his bid an item of $500 for labor and
that he would stand to lose that
amount if he undertook to do the.
work at his original bid. It appear
ed that Mr.. Masters had been very
anxious to secure both the plumbing
and heating contracts and as the
heating contract was not awarded to
him he lost interest in the plumbing
contract and sought release from his
bid. His papers were returned to
him as the Board believed that to be
the wiser course to pursue, consider
ing all, things. The plumbing was
then awarded to the next lowest bid
der, the J. P. Adamson Co. of St
Paul, who also will install the. heat.
ing apparatus. The contracts as they
now stand are held BY the following
contractors:
General Contract.
J. b. Nelson Co. of Mankato.. .s6s,4s2.0o
Heating and ventiiat'ns: 90
J. P. Adamson, st. Paul. ST., ITO. 90
Electrical Installation.
Pierson Wilcox, Minneapolis. $4,13S.57
Plumbing.
J. P. Adamson, st. Paul. s., 800. 90
Fan Motor and Heating Coils.
Morgan Gerrish Co., Minneapolis 81 ,7sOs0t
Temperature Regulation.
Vacuum System.
Warren Webster Co... Camden,
An important action taken by the
Board at their Friday evening meet
ing had to do with the. matter of
plumbing fixtures. 1t had been pre-
viously decided to use the: Glow fix
lures for a part of the system and
a cheaper kind, the Crane Ordway
fixtures, for the balance. Is was
agreed, however, Friday evening, to
spare no expense but to get the
Glow fixtures thruout, thus insuring;
against frequent repairs in the fu-
l 4,,,.1 III ~ ho
less than 5000 and the Board decided:
that it would be folly to try to stint,
on so important an item.
| The election passed off quietly
Thursday evening, but a large vote
was polled, there being GIT votes.
counted. The early voters were OPP
posing the bond issue and for a time
it looked as tho the additional funds
would not be forthcoming Later,
however, the supporters of the ques-
ton began coming in and before the
polls closed it was generally conceded
that the bonds would carry by some,
fifty or more votes. An interested
throng remained to await the result
and were we'll pleased to know that
the bonds carried by majority Of
189 votes. A great many women.
were among the voters and were
quite as eager and interested in the
outcome as the men were.
This week will see the removal of
the children from the old Union
Building which will be torn down as
soon as emptied. The. first grades to
be moved will be those going into the
new Lincoln Building, the four lower
grades in the Union and also the
Fourth grade. The Fifth pro-
per and the Sixth grades will go,
into the rooms at the Methodist
church together with the Normal De-
partment. The Seventh Grade will:
be at home in the. Lutheran School
House on the upper floor. Within a.
week it is expected that all will be
settled in their new quarters.
Turnverein Elects Delegates.