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Show "NONUNION" MAN IS REFUSED CONTRACT Board of Education Toms Down Low Bid, rearing Labor Troubles. Because he operates a nonunion s op "W J Wrght low bidder for the heat ng and vent atlng of the new Fifteenth East grade school, was refused the con tract bj the board of educa Ion- yester day The board feared labor troubles and consequent de ay in the comp etion of the building if Wright be gen the contract Cartbey Dun beck t e next lowest bidders we e g en the contract T ey employ un on labor Their bid was $8839 as compa ed with $S47 Wright s b d George M Sullivan and O W Mojle board menbers vigorous y opposed the board s act on insist ng that k ong as r ght was a respons be b dder and wo d furn sh a good and sufficient bond o guarantee that he t oud do the wo k the board had no ig t to refuse him the cont act I was no ho board s business to inquire whether or not he emp o s union la or they declared P D Ru herford arch tect for the board i formed the bu d ngs and grounds con m ttee, nhcn njet to con elder t e b ds prior to the oard met i g t at the board wou d be wa king in o ine I tab e troub e if It awarded the cont act to a nonun on man hn on men emp 03 ed on the construct on of the bu ding would qu t, he .said, as soon as the nonun on men went to work on the heating and ventilating contract, and intermlnab e de ays would resu t T e ! con m t ee spent se eral hours d scuss ng i the question and final y decided to rec I on mend that the contract be gi en to the owest b dder who w ould emploj un on labor The vote of the board was 6 to 2 on the adoption of tl e ecom mendat on The lowest of a 1 bids submitted cas tl at of the Jesse Coogao Engineering 1 co npany but It cal ed or a sjstem of hot water heat ng whicl is not In ac cordance with tie spec flcatlons adopted I by the board and t e bid was ellm nated 1 Two other bidders low er than Wr ght I were eliminated because the com m ttee deeded t ey were not respons ble flnan cla I The plumbing contract was awardedto 1 F Spencer who was low with a 'bid of $4440 |