Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-09-12
HEATING PLANT
CONTRACTS ARE LET
H. w. WELTERLEN LANDS CON-
TRACT FOR ERECTING BUILD.
ING AND SMOKE.STACK.
MANY BIDS FILED WITH BOARD
Lhehan & Molo of Dubuque Land Con.
tract for Installing Boiler and
Fittings of New Plant.

At a meeting of the school board
held in Secretary M. J. Yoran's office
Thursday night, bids for the erec-
tion of the building and smoke-stack
and the installation of a new heat
ing plant for the Central school
building were opened and the con-
tracts awarded for. the work Nu-
merous bids were filed with the sec
retary of the board, and when the
bids were opened representatives of
the several firms and the contrac-
tors bidding on the job were present,
to present their propositions to the
board.
At a special election held during
the early summer the district voted
to expend the sum of $1,000 for the
new heating plant. At that time it
would have been possible to get the
material and labor at that figure. Ma
terials of all kinds entering into a
job Of this sort have all advanced
considerably and when the bids were
opened the board was surprised to
find that the improvement will cost at
least $3.50 more than was at first
anticipated.
Three bids were filed for the erec-
ton Of the building and stack. Hen
ry Welterlen, A. J. Bruce, Of Man
chester, and G. w. Eller Of Oelwein.
Mr.. Welterlen's bid was $3.50; Mr..
Bruce, $3995, and Mr.. Eller, $4070
Mr.. Welterlen being the lowest bid
der, the board awarded the contract
for this part of the Improvement to
him. The work on the building and
stack is to commence in ten days
and is to be completed in 80 days
from the letting of the contract.
Six firms had filed bids for the in
stallation ~of the boilers and steam
fittings. Following are the firms
which bid on the job:
Messner & Company of Cedar Rap
ids, $47so.Oo.
Cyrus Metcalf, Jr. & Co., Cedar
Rapids, $5450.00. --.
Cross Hardware Co., Monticello,
$4492.00.
Hutchinson & Atwater, Manches-
ter, s475725. -.. gaaqA- 4.., .
Linehan & Molo, Dubuque, $3S75. 90.
e j. e. Nye & Co., Manchester, $4647.-
25.
Linehan & Molo of Dubuque were
the lowest bidders on the part of the
improvement which involves the in
stallation of the boilers and all nee
essary steam fittings, and were
awarded the contract.
When the new heating plant is
epce installed the Central school
will be one Of the best equipped
school buildings in this part of the
state. For some time it has been
very unsatisfactory. In extreme cold
weather it was impossible to proper
ly heat the building. Then, too,
there was the element Of danger.
The old boilers had been in bad shape
for some time, and when the inspec-
tors made their last inspection the
plant was condemned Hence there
was but one of two things to do
either install a new plant or close
the school.
The board is determined this time
to install a plant that will be ade-
quate to the needs of the district for
years to come, and are also installing
the plant in such a way as to remove
all possible danger to the pupils and
teachers. In the event of an acct
dent in the boiler room no harm can
ever come to the children in the build
ing.
TO be sure, the new plant will cost
a considerable sum of money, yet at
the same time no man would care to
live in a house with a heating plant
in the basement that might blow to
pieces when forced in extreme cold
weather.