New Britain herald., 1917-04-12
PaalnV1ue News AWARD CONTRACTS
 FOR NEW ADDITION SChoolhouse Improvements Will
 Cost Approximately $19,OOO TORRINGTON co. SUCCESSFUL

Scl,afrcr to install Heating system Laying of Amicsitc to Be Started MOnday-Otilcr Matters.
 Except for the affixing of signatures to the agreements the contracts for the four room addition to the Broad street schoolhouse have been awarded.
 according to A. l.. Rogers, chairman of the committee in charge and it is
 expected that the figures submitted by the various bidders will be announced tomorrow. Chairman Rogers today vouchsafcd the information that the addition, properly equipped, and extra expenses incidental to it's construction will cost the town approximately $19,- 900 and the committee may be able to turn back to the treasury a few hundred of the $19,50O appropriation
 made by the recent town meeting for the work.
 The contract for the building itself goes to the Torrington Building com pany. The heating apparatus will be installed by the Schaffer company of Bristol and J. O. Mills will do the plumbing. The figures in the three
 contracts. MT. Rogers said this morn ing, total $17,2 ,262. To this must be added architects fees bringing the amount which the committee has al- ready arranged to expend up to $18,- 645. There will be additional ex- pense for grading and the equipping of two of the rooms besides the usual l ''extras'' and it is estimated that the l minimum cost will not be less than ] $1S.600. Chairman Rogers believes 1 that $19,OO0 will cover the cost of 1 the work without question and the
 committee may be able to turn back from $500 to $500 of the money ap-
 propriated for the improvement. 1 Figures submitted by the various l contractors will not be given out. un- 1 til the signatures of the successful
 bidders are secured to the agreements. l Architect M. J. Unkelback proposes to get the contracts signed before to- night and tomorrow he hopes to be
 able to announce the estimates. The schoolhouse to which the addi- ! tion is to be built was erected by the 1 Torrington Building company. which
 is to have the contract for the extra rooms. The concern did excellent | work in the original building, and if
 the addition compares favorably with 1 the main structure there will be no | cause for criticism, in the opinion of ] members of the school board.
 l Work on the addition will be start 1 ed as soon as the contractors can get 1 the materials here as the school board wishes to make certain that the extra rooms will be ready for occupancy ] when the school re-opens in the fall. Permission to award the contracts to the lowest bidders was given to the 1 chairman and Architect Unkelbach
 following Monday nights special town meeting which increased the appro- priation for the work. The bids had
 been viewed by the committee some time ago but as the figures were in
 excess of the $17,00O which they were
 authorized to spend the awarding of the contract was delayed until an ad-
 ditional appropriation could be se- 1 cured.
 l Start Pavement Monday. Highway Commissioner Bennett has
 arranged to have the Francis T. Ley company begin the work of extending the permanent pavement area next ! week and on Monday it is expected
 a force of men will arrive here to 1 start the work.
 i The contract calls for the extension ] of amiesite from the center through l'Whiting street to a point where the
 trolley tracks curve onto the Connecti- ! cut company's property. The pave- ment will be approximately twenty
 eight feet in width, the local select
 men understand, and will take in the 1 space between the trolley tracks.
 The entire expense will be borne
 by the state and the Connecticut com- [ | 1o contributing to have the pavement ex- 1 tend from curb to curb. To make the
 improvement complete the town
 would have to spend about $6,o00.
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