Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-28
CONTRACT FOR
new SCHOOL
IS AWARDED
King Lumber Company OF
Charlottesville Lands
Job at $63,467
HEAT TO BE WARM AIR
American Heating &Ventilating CO.,
on Bid of $4,000 and J Kent
White Gets Electric Work

The King Lumber Company OF
Charlottesville. Va, was awarded the
contract for the construction OF the
new public school building by the
Joint committee on finance and
schools of the city council at a meet
ing held last night in the chamber
! of the board Of aldermen. They were
the lowest bidders for the general
construction work.
The American Heating and Ven
tilating Company, with headquarters
in Richmond. was awarded the con-
tract for heating and ventilatlng
their bid of $4,000 being the lowest.
This bid includes the installation of
warm air system together with the
installation Of the Johnson System OF
Milwaukee for regulating tempera-
ture and humidity which system cost
SS15. this being included in the bid OF
the concern which is S9,3S5 for heat
inc less the cost of this system.
]. Kent White. of this city, was
awarded the contract for the cleo
tria! work. he being the lowest bid
der. The bid was $1.4l9.37.
The contracts awarded last night
bring the total up to S75.0S6.63.
The committee has not yet re-
ceived any bids for plumbing. Con-
crete walks and grading also are to
be done under the direction of the
city engineer. 1t is gnerally believed
that all of the work when completed
will come within the appropriation
made by the city council which IS
$50 900.
The committee last night heard
representatives Of the heating and
ventilating companies interested dis
cuss the merits of their systems.
Among those who spoke before the
Joint committee were: H z. Hunt
berry, of the Biggs Heating Com
panv. Washington D. e., who put IN
bid for steam heat for the building.
w. Roy Eichberg, Richmond. vice
president of the American Heating
and Ventilating Company. Richmond,
Va, and Fl. Hoffman. of Philadel-
phia. who spoke in behalf of the
Johnson Service Company of Mil
waukee. for installing the system
regulating the temperature and hui
midity. A demonstration was given
by Mr.. Hoffman with miniature Of
his system
w. L. Ticer. of Washington, who
prepared the plans for the heating
of the building under the direction of
City Engineer F. c. Dunn. also gave
his views regarding both warm air
and steam heating. The meeting was
presided over by +. f. Ticer. chair
man of the finance committee OF the
citv council.
Mr. Huntsberry. Of the Biggs
Heating Company. told the committee
that seam heating was the most
economical Of the two and that the
heat is more uniform. He asserted
that it is recognized fact that warm
air heating plants are more or less
antiquated During the recent bliz-
Zard in Washington he asserted the
schools that had steam heat were
kept open and chose that closed
were where the warm system was
installed. Steam heating plants he
said are good for twenty to twenty
five years and warns air plants after
seven Or eight years need renewal.
Mr.. E.ichbcrg declared warm air
Furnaces had been used for the past
half century and from time to time
had greatly been improved were now
being successfully used in the most
modern schools throughout the coun-
try. he giving list of the schools
where they were being used with the
greatest of satisfaction They he de-
clarcd maintain IN even tcmnerature
and through this system classroom
can bc quickly healed.
Mr. Hoffman explained the therm-
ostat and he gave aX demonstration
with his miniature plant
It was II o'clock hcfaro the COM
mittee completed its deli iberations in
connection with the awarding Of the
contract
The new school as heretofore stated
will contain seventeen class rooms
with capacity of forty pupils to
each room or d total capacity Of $50
pupils and it viii he erected on the
lot Of the Alexandria High School.
1t is expected that work on the new
building probably will be started
within The next thirty days and
The building will ne completed and
ready for occupancy by next Septem-
her for the new scholastic session of