The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1916-08-26
A. j. Wick, Contractor at
Kiln to Construct Build
ing to Cost Over 5000
WAS LOWEST BIDDER
Bids Opened by Trustees for
Transporting Children To
and From School and Con-
tracts Awarded = Option
For School Site Asked.

State of Mississippi, Hancock Co:
Be it remembered that meeting OF
the trustees of the Kiln Consolidated
School was held at the courthouse, in
said county and State, for the purpose
or receiving bids for the erection OF a
school house, also bids for the trans
portation of children from the various
school routes. There were present A.
J. Mcleod, G.. ]. Pettibone and w. A.
Cuevas, trustees; John Craft. superin-
tendent.
It was moved by A. ]. Mcleod and
seconded by w. A. Cuevas, that c..
j. Pettibone be appointed secretary of
said board, which motion carried. The
board being now organized it proceeded
to do business.
Pursuant to an advertisement for bids
to erect a school building at Kiln for
the Kiln consolidated school, also for
bids to transport the children to and
from the various schools, the board
proceeded to open bids on file, which
bids were as follows, to wit:
Byrd Enoch, of Biloxi, Miss.,..... SS,963
A. D. Paine Construction Co., of
Hattiesburg, M;ssy y.......... 6,7S2
A. j, Wick, of Kiln, Miss, ........ 5,358
Chevally C Fursdon, Gulfport..... 1913
All bids we're accompanied by the re-
quired certified check.
The board having received and open
ed all bids retired to consider the mer-
it's of each bid, and, after, due consid-
Grafton, it was decided that the bid OF
A. J. Wick, of Kiln, was the lowest
and best. bid at and for the sum OF
$5358. 1t was, therefore, ordered that
the contract for the building be and it
is hereby awarded to A. j. Wick.
The Bids For transportation
were as follows:
Mcleod route, S. J. Haas, bid pei
month, $500.
Mcleod Route, A. j. Lott, bid pei
! month, $1,000 :
Nicaise Route, r. Brown, Jr,, bid pei
| month, $4,000
Nicaise Route, Calbert Smith. bid pei
month, $500
Fenton and Silver Hill Route, John
A. Thigpen, bid per month, $500 fol
| both routes.
After some deliberation it was moved
by A. j. Mcleod and seconded by w
A. Cueyas that the bids of A. J. Lott
r. Brown, Jr., and John A. Thigper
be accepted for the respective routes
viz: A. J.. Lott, Mcleod Route at S3t
per month; R. Brown, Jr., Nicaise
Route at $50 per month, and John A
Thigpen at $75 per month for both the
Fenton and Silver Hill routes, contract
to begin when school opens and contin-
ue throughout the school term.
Moved and seconded that r. B
Spencer, of Jackson, Miss, architect
make two trips to inspect building dur
ing course of construction-ope when
building is framed and one when build
| ing is completed. before acceptance by
trustees, the expense of said inspection
trips to be borne by the district, and tc
be approximately $3.50 each.
Upon motion of A. J. Mcleod, Sec
| onded by C. Pettibone, that the board
| proceed to secure an an option from
Salvatore Nicaise to buy a strip of laL6
upon which modern school building
shall be built, said land to be part Of
Lot No. 8, in j. B. Nicaise Claim, Sec
ton 30, T. 7 S. r. IA West, option tt
be drawn and signed Immediately, ane
| to terminate at the option of this board
not later than March /, 1917.
There being no further business th'
meeting adjourned.
G. j. PETTIBoNE. Secretary.
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