Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-08
majority report relative to accepting the
nav Lemon street RchOOl building


new Lemon street school building:
To the President and Members Of the Ldneas-
ter School Board.
GENrLEMEN 1t is with pleasure We
announce the completion Of the Lemon
and Lime street school building, By the
contractor. Daniel Mclaughlin, in accord
ance with the plans and specifications Of
F. E. Davis architect.
We therefore recommend that the
board accept the same, Withholding $500
from the last payment till the completion
OF the paving as per contract, which can
not be done until the weather has finally
settled.
We congratulate the board on havin.
two of the best lighted and ventilated
school buildidg in the state.
And We further ask for authority to dis
pose Of the two old buildings at public
sale when vacated.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
III. E. SLAYMAKEn,
CHRISTIAN ZECHER,
LUTHER RICHARDS,
w. MCCoMsEY.
ROBERT A. EVANS,
J. l. HARTMAN.
Tho following minority report, signed.
by Mr.. Cochran, was read
HARRISBURG. April g. 1881.
To the President and Members Of The iSchoc,
Board OF Lancaster City:
GENTLEMEN As i member of the
building committee desire to enter every
protest against the payment in full to the
contractor Of the contract price for the
construction Of the new school building,
corner of Lime and Lemon streets, this
- A.
the building was to have been COM
pleted on the first day Of December
last, and in case of failure on the
part of the contractor to do SO it was
expressly stipulated that he should forfeit
the sum of ten dollars per day for every
dNy he was engaged in its constructions
beyond that time. As the period of four
months has elapsed since tho time fixed
it's completion, it is but just to the board,
to the public and to the scholars and teach
ers who have been greatly Inconvenience
thereby, as we'll as to the other bidders for
the contract, that a proper deduction be
exacted by the board for the delay Oh the
part of the contractor, which consider in
q great measure lnexcusable.
Very respectfully,
T. Il. COCHRAN.
Mr. Johnston said he was rather sur
prised to see the same committee which
insisted OH 4 strict compliance of the con-
tract in tho matter O.: the James street
school, Immediately thereafter propose to
release the contr tctOr for the Lemon street
school from the $40 per day penalty in
Cured by him by his failing to finish the
building within the time agreed upon. 1t
might be said the winter WAS an excep-
tionally bad one, and therefore the won k
could not be done within the time spaci-
fed but on the other hand, might
it not be said that the abscOnd
ing contractor for the James street
school was an exceptionally bad
contractor. and that the sub-cOntractors
who furnished the material and did the
work on the new building. and lost heavily
thereby without any fault of their own,
ought to be paid for their work, and not
be made to suffer for the fault of others
Mr.. Johnston said he did not think Mr.
Mclaughlin ought to suffer the penalty pre-
scribcd in the contract, but he thought it
looked strange to see the committee so
ready to exOnerate him, and SO unwilling:
to afford relief to others. equally deserv-
ing.
Mr.. McCOmsey said the committee had
treated both contractors alike both had
failed to finish their buildings within the
time named and it was proposed to exon
crate both from the penalty for their fail
ure. Mr.. McComsey ut some length
eulogized Mr.. Mclaughlin for the faith
full manner in which he had performed his
work. He had done more than he had
contracted to do had added several valu-
able improvements to the plan at cost of
several hundred dollars to himself without
any additional cost to the board.
The committees report was agreed to
unanimously.
Superiutentient's Monthly report.
The monthly report of the city superin
tendcnt was read as follows
LANCASTER, Pa, April :, 1881.
10 the Board of School Directors:
.GENTLEMES: | herewith present my
report of the public schools for the month
of March
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