Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-31
MUST ADOPT BOARDS
PLANS AND GUARANTEE
ENTIRE SATISFACTION
School Board In Quandry
. Over Working Principles
Adopted Heating Plant

After the adoption of plans and
specifications for the heating system
for the new Mckinley school, and an.
thorlzing the clerk of the board TO ad.
vertise for bids for same which are 70
be opened on the night of Monday.
June IA, the boaFd of school directors
were still cup in the air" as it were
concerning clause in the specifico.
tons which provides that, if the bid.
der accept the contract and install tbe
heating plant after hte specifications
winch were prepared by Architect Post
at the instance Of a heating engineer
or Portland, he must furnish a bond 70
cover guarantee of satisfaction of
she working principles of the system
Tor a period of not less than one wear
IL was estimated that the cost of tbe
heating system will be about $4,000 or
$27OO. ~ Y-o0o VI
When the specifications had been
read, section by section, and consid.
cred in detail and from every angie
director Lee "innocently,r as is bis
wont, inquired how the board could
reasonably expect heating plant con.
tractor to bid upon their specifications
whether he approved of them or NOT or
whether or not they were considered
practical, and to guarantee tbot tbot
certain plant would give entire salts.
faction. '"'i''
what is a guarantee good for, onv.
WaXF' exclaimed Director Bnrcn
we have guarantees upon every heat.
ing plant that we have ever installod
In the various school buildings and not
single one of them is giving entire
satisfaction. There are some Of them
@ enat never did i've satisfaction and the
guarantee we have never got us any.
thlng. The heating plants in two Of
our buildings have never been salts.
factory; they will not fill their re.
qulfements and have not been accented
out we have paid our 5000 upon them
anu ana l, for one, would like to get that
$500 back" 81 '""'
This led to a general debate of +bo
alleged farce or futility. of exocting
guarantees of satisfaction on public
WORKS, but it was finally agreed that
olds be asked for upon these snecifi'
'atlons and, if the specifications woro
wrong and would not work. il wouId
'e up TO the contractors to point onf
they were wrong and wbv. and
y !, Dius could be received from responsi.
1le parties guaranteeing satisfaction
heT could be accepted. If not tbov
'oulu accept some system of heating
nat did carry a guarantee of sotisa'
ae'lon a based upon the requirements of
he building. 20 VI 8
Ihe specifications calls for stand. /
Ird fan'furnac5 system with an all cast .
ron furnace and Chairman Miles want ;
a TO know if these specifications I
you'd not eliminate local competition I
was agreed that no furnaces of tTis ,
nuructei were made in this citv--ond Z
was also agreed that steel plate fur. 5
aceS were no good as compared to the
asst IRON type, but it was exnloinoJ
nat II local contractors wanted IN biJ u
pom the job there was nothing to pre. u
eht them purchasing their apparatus +
rom manufacturers of this grade of u
,urhaces' which, in all probabilities
hey would do anyway. ''''' ca
me specifications were f;ro1Iy q
dopted and bids authorized odvertisoS3 v v
or IN two local dalies and the BniId. -
$ journal upon motion of Director I,
'uren an seconded of Director Wbito ~.