Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-16
st CONTRACTS
FOR TWO NEW
CITY SCHOOLS
Buildings to Be Erected When
Proceeds of Bond Sales
Come In.
BAKER rs REINSTATED


Contracts for the erection Of two new
school buildings, one ut school No. %,
Arizona and Talbot streets, and
another at school 10. &c, Columbia ave
nue. and Sixteenth street, have been
awarded, but the construction Of the
buildings will not be started until the
proceeds of the S1.645.o00 bond sale be
gin to come in.
The contracts were awarded by the
hoard of school commissioners last
night after bids had been under con-
sideration since a special meeting Of
the board last week when they were re
. ceived.
The Cornell Engineering Company was
3 awarded the contract for the construc-
I@<Ton of the new building at school No.
% on a bid of $422. $50, and Charles j.
waeker. who bid S24S,5ss. was awarded
the contract for the erection of the
building at school No. &c
CONTRACTS FOR
INSIDE WORK.
The Hatfield Electric Company was
awarded the contract for the installation
+ Of electric wiring and fixtures for school
No. 90 on a bid Of S1O.697; Hayes Bros
were awarded the contract for the plumb
ing in the building on a bid Of $4,000,
and Freyn Bros. the heating and ventilat-
ing contract on bid OF S76.76O.
The Hatfield Electric Comapny was
also awarded the contract for the elec-
trio equipment of school No. -, making
a bid of $500; Hayes Bros. got the
plumbing contract at S23.024. and tne
heating and ventilating contract again
went to Frevn Bros on Il bid of S4S,033-
The school building for school No. 70
will be a brick fireproof structure
equipped with three manual training
shops, three domestic science laborato-
ries, a gymnasium, a library, restrooms
and a dispensary, and viii contain TWEEN
ty-fcur modern classrooms.
The building for school No. % will lie
a smaller structure than that at school
No. 20. containing only twelve rooms
hut will be equipped with gymnasium,
two manual training shops and DOMESTIC
science laboratories.
This building viii be built OF brick
with terracotta trimmings. which vii,
make the cost approximately $500 less
han if stone trimmings were used. tie
hid with stone trimmings being S25o,655.
The cost of the building a school No.
90 was reduced $3.50 by the boards
taking the alternate of red quarry tile
flooring. the original bid of the Cornell
Engineering Company being $i31.J00
10 ACTION
On RUST CASE.
A bill sent in by W. E. Rust. archi-
tect. for the drawing of plans and
81 etches for the building Of a school
shcp at Yandes and Sixteenth streets
we're taken up by the board. but no
action was taken the matter being
A placed in the hands of a committee.
NsIr. Rust last summer was authorized
~ the board to draw sketches and plans
or such a school shop at an estimated
,ost OF $4,000 with q 1 per cent basis
or the drawing.
These plans, although ordered by the
board. were not approved and Mr.. Rust
was again ordered 70 make plans for Il
building which he estimated at 500 coo.
Mr. Allison said chat since the plans
,ould not be used by the board he
thought that a special price should be
made by Mr.. Rust and that he had no
light to charge on an estimated cost
II 100000 when he was ordered by the
board TO draw plans for only $4,000
building.
TAKE UP
BAKER CASE.
Although no official report was made
by the committee composed of Bert s.
Gadd and William u. Allison. which was
appointed at a former meeting of the
board for the investigation Of the cause
Of dismissal Of George Baker, forman Of
the custodans and laborers at the city
school buildings and grounds. by George
H Rickes, superintendent Of the city
school grounds and buildings. Mr.. Gadd
said that more than sixty persons had
been interviewed and that the only per
sox he found who said anything against
MSSker was a janitOr whom Baker had
made sweep a floor twice.
He said that so far there was aprar-
entity no plausible reason given for the
dismissal Of Baker.
Mr.. Allison said that he had found that
several times Baker had left work at
o'clock in the afternoon and gone
home in order to get ready for some So
cial function.
Mr. Gadd then called Mr.. Anison's at