El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-21
HOUSTON FIRM
HAS LOWEST BID
10 General Bids Submitted
for Competition; High
School Holiday Oct. 26.

Bids for the completion Of the new
high schOol building were opened at a
special meeting Of the school board
held at the Bailey school Wednesday
night All bids were referred to the
external committee and trustee A. L.
Hawley.
Bids were submitted for the compile
ton Of the building. with the exception
Of heating installation. and separate
bids were submitted for plumbing,
heating and electric wiring. The low
est general bid was that Of the Ameri-
can Construction company, Of Houston,
amounting 10 $2T2,S00-
Ten General Bids.
There were ten general bids, as fol-
lows:
Central Construction company. Hous-
ton, $4,000: without wiring. 81 -0U1
less; without plumbing, S26,50O less;
with simplex windows. $500 extra;
white marble fc- lavatories, $500 less
Eubank < Dioreu. Galveston. S5o5. $50;
without wiring. S16,32O less. without
plumbing. S27,336 less; with simplex
windows. $3.50 extra
Pitts & Denning, sS29,3S6; without
wiring. S22.50O less; without plumbing,
S31.05S less; with simplex windows,
$500 extra
). Z. Morgan. S2s2.S47: without wiz
ing, s15.5f0 less, without plumbing,
S27.S07 less; with simplex windows,
$3.50 extra; with white marble. 1929
extra
Lowest bid
American Construction company,
Houston, S272.9G without wiring. Sl5,-
600 less; without plumbing. $4,000
less: with simplex windows. $4,000 eX-
ira; with white marble. S350 less.
Otto Kroeger and Eayfield * Shaw.
S2S1,91S; without wiring, S15,So0 less;
without plumbing. $4,000 less; with
simplex windows. S2IGO extra. with
white marble, S400 less
V F. Ware, S2SS.G05; without wiring.
$4,000 less: without plumbing, S26,f0O
less; with simplex windows, 800 extra
James Stewart & Co. Houston, $751;
345; without wiring, S15,S00 less; with
out plumbing. $@4,lc0 less; VITA simplex
windows, $50 extra with white mar
bic. $3.50 less.
A. o. Campbell mpa Oklahoma
City, S313,200; without wiring, S15.50O
less; without plumbing. $4,000 less; !
with simplex windows, 500 extra; with
white marble. S620 extra.
Buchanan & Gelder. S2SS.00 without
wiring. S1S,500 less; without plumbing,
$4,000 less; with simplex windows,
$500 extra {
pIumb,n= Bids
Bids for the plumbing were as fol-
lows: /
Johnson & Davis Plumbing and Heat
ing company, Denver. S29,11G; q com5i-
nation bid for plumbing and heating Of
SS7.55g was also submitted by this
firm.
Cris-Irving Plumbing and Heating
company, Denver, s2e,4SS; L p.
McChesney, S26-sS5; James Bren-
nan. S27,25O; J. G. s. John. Colorado
Springs. s3L.050; B. G-unwald, Omaha,
S29-526- Thomas Hare-ty company, Los
Angeles, S2S.965: r. G. Lowell Engineer
ing company. $S3,500-
HeatinE Plant.
Bids for insto ton OF heating plant
were as follows:
J. c. st John. Colorado Springs. S6I.-
offering TO deduct $1,000 if awarded
both heating and plumbing work; John
son & Davis Plumbing and Heating
company, Denver, S6O-209; Elliott En-
company. S52,2T0; G~ris-Irving
Plumbing and Heating company. Den
yer, S56-5T0; D F. Edwards. S5L500; T.
Omaha. S53,355; Thomas
Haverty company. Los Angeles. S69, $780,;
Sodemann Heating company. St Louis,
S5S,241, Elliott & Barry Engineering
company, S62,s5I; R G. Lowell Engi-
neering company, S~56,500; r. E. Huth-
stein, S53,907. 4
Electric Wiring.
Bids for electric wiring were as fol-
T. E. Newberry Electric company,
Dallas. S14,S0O; a bid for s57.45O for
and heating was also submitted:
Martin Wright san Antonio. SIG, 4S0;
Lawrence Electric company, SIS, 3OO- In
dependent Electric company. S2A.5OO;
Gem Electric company. s2S.9OO: Wright
Bros. san Antonio, S17,96O: NATIONAL
Telegraphone & Supply ompsny S21.-
500; Barden Electric d Machine com
pany, $1T,4S0.
Circus Holiday.
An order was passed granting a hall
holiday on October 26 to permit chill
to see the Al c. Barnes circus. The
resignation Of Miss Margaret Mcbride
as teacher was accepted An apprO-
p~riation Of SIS was authorized 10 nur-
chase talking machine records to assist
in the study Of music. The purchase
1f chairs for the manual training de-
partment Of the AOy school and the pur-