OCR Text |
Show BOND BIDS REJECTED BY SCHOOL BOARD Tho school board met ln the Alpine district offices Tuesday night to discuss dis-cuss th'olr building plans tor this coming summer. Illds for tho salo of their bonds were opened, Kceler Bros., offering $!3.G0 per $100; Palmer llond and Mortgage Co., $93.CG, on tho first $140,000 to be sold. Tho ocliool board felt, howevor, that they would rather soil tho entire bond amount of $65,000 do thoy considered consider-ed the bids for tho total Issue Tho bid from the Palmer Uond nnd Mort-gugo Mort-gugo Co., was tor $90.08 nnd tho Keo-Icr Keo-Icr Uros. bid was for $90.35. Tho' board felt like tho bids were not high I enough nnd decided to reject them. Illds will again bo received March , ICth. Tho architects hnvo been Instructed I to prepare plans nnd specifications . for tho Provo 'bench high school nnd ether buildings, so Hint bids for the erection of same may bo mndo. Tho building outlook looks better now thau II. did a year ngo when tho school board postponed their building plans, as soma bids hnvo been tot in different differ-ent parts of tho stnto during Mnrch ul 35 per cunt below prices of July nnd August, 1920. This securing of .the bids, etc., Is n preliminary step .which will help tho board dctcrmlno .whether or not thoy will proceed I with tho building program or not. Tho matter of the salo ot the old East School lot to th'o city for n camping camp-ing ground for tourists, Tvns left In tho hands of tho local member, Dr. J. F. Noyes, who will confer with lho city about It. |