New Britain herald., 1919-07-24
ALLEN IS AWARDED
 SCHOOL CONTRACT
Is Lowest Of Six Bidders Board
 in Session

At special meeting of the school
 commissioners held late yesterday afternoon, the contract for the con- struction of fire escapes at the High, Bartlett and Lincoln Street schools was awarded to William HI. Allen and company for $12,704. This figure
 was the lowest submitted and the commissioners chose this concern from a list of six bidders F'ireprOof
 staircases and fireproof partitions at the High school building will be in cluded in the work, which will start tmm ediately
 Those Who Bid. William H. Allen and Company
 High school, $10,295.60; Bartlett
 school, s1,912.5O; Lincoln Street
 school, s495.9O. Total, s12,7O4. August Bergstrom-High school, $1O,355; Bartlett school, $2,S08;
 Lincoln Street school, s777. Total, SIS, $40.
 A. N Rutherford-High school, | $10,7T3; Bartlett school, $2,643; ] Lincoln Street school, $629. Total, $14, O45.
 Leavitt and Hayes-High school, l $11,790 Bartlett school, $2,600; Lincoln Street school, $500. Total, $l4 990.
 B. IT, Hubbard Company-High
 school, s12,995; Bartlett school, $3,060; Lincoln Street school, $S50. Total, s16,9
 A. D. Clifford and Company-Bid on the entire contract, $15,000 George w. Traut read the figures to the commissioners and said that since the bid of the Allen company
 was the lowest, the finance commit tee, through him, would recommend that the contract be awarded to that concern, and, without any opposition, 1 the contract was awarded. The meet l ing was called expressly for the pur- l pose of awarding the contract and, 1 though no other work was sched duled | on the calendar, there was consider 1 able discussion as to the progress of 1 the plans for a new school in the city. Three School Sites. E. C. Goodwin, who appeared before the board of finance and taxation on Tuesday night. spoke for the school committee, stating that there are three pieces of property under con- sideration as possible sites. The To- ! cation for a new school in the north I ern part of the city has been chosen, but on which of the three sites it will ] be erected, MT. Goodwin could not l say. An option is held by the school committee on one of the properties, and complicated condition of af- l fairs is being cleared up in connec- tion with another property, with a final decision pending on the outcome of that mixup.
 May Retain Bartlett The question of what is to be done with the Bartlett school when the new
 school is constructed was then brought up by MT Andrulewicz. He added l that he had been told that different
 persons have been approached on the
 subject of purchasing the Bartlett
 building. The fact that there is a
 shortage of rooms in the different schools about the city. Judge B. F.
 Gaffney stated that there is every req
 son to believe the Bartlett school l building will be continued as a school.
 The board of finance and taxation Is
 the only body authorized to discuss
 the possibility of selling the school, 1 and that board as yet has not brought ] about any discussion.
 Needs New High School.
 The fact that the population of 1 1nany or the clues and towns about the 1 state has increased tremendously dur
 ing the past two years every city in 1 the state is up against the same situa-
 tion as New Britain, MT. Gaffney said. | Hartford, Bristol, New Haven, South l ington and practically every other
 city and town with any sort of exten- l sive school system, is behind in it's l school accommodations. Chairman l Goodwin of the school committee said
 that estimating 36 pupils to every 1 room, New Britain is 29 rooms behind, { instead of 16 as was reported by Su- l perintendent Holmes. That means l that there should be accomm odations for 1,0S4 more pupils than are now
 comfortably cared for. Judge Gaffney | reported that new High school
 eventually will have to be erected
 Those present at yesterdays session
 were Chairman B. F. Gaffney, Super
 1ntendant $. H. Holmes and Commits
 sioners Edward M. Pratt, George w. 1 Traut, Herbert H. Pease, Frank G. | Vibberts A. S. Andrulewicz, Henry P
 Roche, Joseph M. Halloran Edward C.
 Goodwin.