White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-21
BOYO.SM|TH SECURES
LIGHTING CONTRACT

At the meeting OF the board Of county
commissioners held last Monday after
noon the contract to furnish lighting
fixtures for the new county hospital
was let TO p. Boyd-Smith of McGill.
The proposal submitted by Mr.. Smith
covered the estimate for a system of
indirect lighting for the entire second
noor of the hospital. one hall light and
two outside front lights on the ground
| rt,or. The equipment purposed consists
OF sixteen Aiexxalite indirect lighting
| fixtures in sizes TO fit their respective
locations, three x-ray special all-steel
indirect fixtures. fitted with best grtie
silvered back refleetors for the operat-
ing room: i've Aglite direct lighting
fixtures for toilets and small rooms;
two castiron outdoor brackets Tor
mounting on columns at the front OF
Tie building. two porch eancpi7s FOR
the front porch. in b~rusn-brass finish.
and three hospital type totally enclosed
semi Indirect FRA scolite fixtures for tho
| sun Darlor at the rear of the second
floor. The contract price WAS S477.so.
which iaclndes all fixtures complete
With necessary glassware. trooper
.eneth of stem or chain ready for hang
ing, and proper supervision To insure
the correct hanging and location of the
fxturea.
owing to the insufficient amount Of
money I'm the county hospital extension
fund the board adopted a resolution
authorizing the county treasurer to
transfer s2i. 600 from the general fund
to the hospital extension fund. to be
used rs needed TO meet the payments
to the contractors. The resolution cited
that the county commissioners were
| empowered TO sell negotiable coupon
bonds aegregating $500 for the pur-
pose of building the hospital and that
the hospital could not be built for less
tia SIC. 900. there 'ofe il became rec
ossary that sufficient Money be trans
| ferred from the general fund OF tie
county to the hospital extension fund.
.. NJ. Wallace Jr. contractor for the
| hospital presented a bill for payment
of work on the hospital Of $4,000.
which was allowed.
The statmont made 10 the county
| board by J. y. Watson, superintendent
Of construction, determined the value
of the completed work On the hospita.
up to November Is 10 be se5,oil, with
payments made TO the contractor 10
that date eff sl6.432.S0.
The contract was let last May by the
county board TO o. NJ. Wallace II. for
the sun of s35.s26. which was the
lowest of the bids submitted by several
thousand dollars.
The contract for the installation OF
the Durham heating system for tie
new building was let TO w. Il. Joslin
for the sum of $500 and is now nearly
completed.
Proposals 10 MAKE repairs 10 roads
in different parts of the county. which
were presented to the board. were laid
over until some future date owing to
the u~nfavorabie weather conditions.
The bill sor the payment to the state
highway commission of $2.S6f.f5 on the
! highway from Robinson TO Keystone
summit was also allowed. The state
n,cnt from G. c. Co 81. state higaN1g
engineer showing the expenditures on
the highway to November | indicated
that the total expenditures on this
project had been s5o.379.62. of which
the federal government a paid S2s.-
72o.ss. the state ~s16.0s2.50 and The
county sie.626.23. The percentage paid
hy the federal government was As.
state - and The county .. The share
OF White Pine county was designated
| AS flDsD-u.sts VI Ahlth ''fHR "a
been paid. leaving due on the state
ment a balance of s2.365.79.
Tie ciaim OF Charles W. Eacke for
| plans made at the request of a former
board of county commissioner for the
J construction OF the proposed hospital
was presented and after EXAMINATION
by tho board il was allowed in the
amount of Sass. This sum was due
Mr.. Baci G for sory'tos as engineer In
1917 in making complete measurement
for n county hospital building prepar.
ing working plans, elevations. bid
forms and specifications. The o
struction OF the county hospital at that
time was postponed for the reason that
the contractors bidding were unable to
secure material. and later for the
reason that the government had sent
oul a reqneet 10 postpone all work of
this character. The board decided that
Nj. Escke was legally entitled TO the
Calm. IS IL had been Lied within the
time allowed b. law and the delay in
payment had been oecisioaed by cir
cumstances over which he had no con
troll.
Inc next meeting of ths boad was
set for Monday. November %. al 10
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