New Britain herald., 1925-01-24
MILLION DOLLAR
 BU|LDINGPR0GRAN
Needs as Outlined Include Ac-
 commOdatiOnS for Years to Come

Building expenditures totalling moro than 100000 are being and will be made by the school depart ment within the next few years, ac- cording to estimates made available at the meeting of the school board yesterday afternoon. Of this amount $505. 99O is already covered by ap- propriations, leaving an estimated $60O,OOO to cover further needs in the future.
 The present expenditures are as follows: Osgood Hill school addi- ton, $71,006; Smalley school addi- ton, $229,1Sl; Stanley school addi- ton, $1S6,OO1; east side lot, $17,000; boiler plant at Camp school, $l3,451; Lincoln school lot, S20,00O; changes at Walnut IIil school, $19,261; total $5O5,99O. The appropriation is $57O,- 900, leaving balance of s64,0l0.
 Looking to the future, the follow ing estimates have been made of fur ther projects which will be neces- sary; New east side school, $220,0O0; Viets lot school. $l0O,0o0: Monroe school lot, SSo,00O; Monroe school, $25O,OOO, total, SG00,000.
 Crowc Awarded Contract
 T. w. Grove was awarded the general building contract for the Stanley school addition at the meet ing of the school board in the Wal nut Hill school yesterday afternoon. his bid of $95.000 being the lowest of the four submitted. The other contracts were awarded as follows: Plumbing, Thomas Quinliyan at s6,- 24o; heating, A. A. Mills at $15,4S5; electrical, Billings Electrical Go. at SS,965. Joseph M Halloran, chair man of the school accommodations committee was empowered 10 sign the contracts when authorized by the corporation counsel.
 The bids submitted to the board follows:
 General contract-T. W. Grove s95, ,0Oo, Hayes Construction Co. 1 $lO4, 900. Standard Construction Co. $119,500. Torrington Building com pany s122,372.
 Plumbing-Thomas Quinlivan &C., 24O, C. J. Leroux S6,270, o. A. Peter son s6,a1O, A. A. Mills sG,5OO.
 Heating-A. A. Mills / s15,4S5. Ericson & Johnson s16,129.
 Electrical-Billings Electrical Co., s3, 965, Tucke X Parker s5,210 Spring S5 Buckley S5,223.
 Printing Contract Awarded
 The Kulpor Printing Go. was awarded the contract for printing 10000 copies of booklet entitled "A Picture Survey of the Schools This publication will show the classes, faculties and pupils in the local schools and will be distributed to the parents of the school childrer in order to awaken in them more lively interest in the educationa work in this city
 INdllOlldl EJuuCdllOH W tth, utSlS IT ed for q similar purpose. was not al together success, as the number O parents visiting the schools wal small, By printing and distributing these booklets, however, the school! go to the parents instead of vic' versa and, at the cost of six cents { child, President P. r. King of thu school board said that this was { wise means of stirring up interest
 The bids on this job were as fol lows: Kulper Printing Co.,, s624; Val Way Co.,, $675; ,E. k. Hitchcock 1 Co.,, $40; New Britain Record, $765 Adkins Printing Co.,, $500. The pic lures and copy have already beel prepared and the booklets will b issued in the near future.
 President Patrick F. King preside at the meeting, which was attende' by Commissioners Morris D. SaXe Joseph M. HallOran, F. M. Pratt William J. Kcrin, Henry T. Burr ant Mrs. Laura T. Mangan.