In Board of Aldermen, March 26, 1855. Laid on the table and ordered to be Printed. Attest: S. F. MCCLEARY, City Clerk. CITY OF BOSTON. In Board of Aldermen, March 26, 1855. The undersigned, a member of the Committee to whom was referred the subject of the removing of the School House at East Boston from the site upon which it is now being erected on the Crowley Lot, has given the matter a careful investigation, and heard all the statements for and against the removal, and having formed a different conclusion than that of the others of the Committee, I offer the following REPORT. - The subject referred has its advantages and disadvantages, either by removing or completing the structure; in the first place, if the present location is abandoned and a new one selected, with the intention of erecting a cheaper style of building with the same thickness of walls, and connect therewith an Engine House, a saving may be made according to figures below: Amounts brought forward, $38,348.00 $56,094.92 10,960.00 Carpentry, Ventilators to correspond with first estimate, 1,000.00 Four inches thickness of wall to corres- } 1,000.00 pond with first estimate, If the Engine House is not connected with the removal, then the saving will amount to about $3,200, and this saving is based upon the presumption that the lot which has been purchased will sell at the same price the City gave for it. The present contractor made an error in his figures in estimating for the contract which he states to be $4,200.00; I have assumed that the City will allow him that sum, which is included in my estimate. If the City does not allow him the $4,200.00 (to which sum he probably has a just claim) then the saving by the removal will not, in my opinion, exceed $586.00. All of which is respectfully submitted. CHARLES WOODBERRY. |