Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-27
SCHOOL

County superintendent scanland
Pays his Respects Go the Evening
Paper.
EDITOR SENTINEL An article which ap-
p~eared'in the evening paper Of Monday in
reference to the public school and the di.
version OF school funds, may have been
written in good faith and for the sole pur-
pose of eliciting the truth. However,
there is an appearance Of inuendo about it
which makes an unprejudiced observer be-
neve that the writer thereof was more or
less actuated by spite or the desire to SLAM
DER some one than to find out the facts,
1t is well known, and has been known for
months, that the available monies in the
Eureka school fund were exhausted. /
~emphatically deny that any monies have
been drawn out OF the school fund, either
by the present or the last Board OF Trus-
tees, contrary to law, as was insinuated.
l have signed no warrant or order, or have
l Issued any which was not authorized by
Trustees, and which was not legal. All
the money drawn from the school fund
has been for the purposes provided in Sec
ton AZ Of the school law, which reads as
follows:
TIT Board OF Trustees or Board OF Edu-
cation OF each city, town and district may
use the money from the County School
Fund to purchase sites, build or rent school
houses, to purchase libraries, and to pay
teachers or contingent expenses, as they
may deem proper The whole matter was
left to arbitrators (as provided in the con-
tract, and the arbitrators decided Thai the
contractor was entitled to the sum paid
him. 1t was ordered paid by the Board
OF Trustees under the provision OF section
Al Of the school law. 1t was admitted on
all sides that the price paid for the new
scbool-house was moi exorbitant. at the
time of its completion.
In the month of December, 1879, there
appeared in the evening paper-then un-
der the present management-the follow
ing, under the head of "a Fine Building:'
IAN the work, in its completeness and
the substantial manner Of its execution,
reflects the greatest credit on the con-
tractor, who has spared neither money nor
work fulfilling the terms OF the contract to
the letter. Indeed, he has gone far be-
yond that, and given q better building
than the contract called for. Many
changes from the original plans and speci-
fcations, entailing heavy expense, have
been ordered by the school authorities. |
For instance, the original idea was to roof
the building with corrugated iron, without
fire walls. As finished, the building has q
substantial fire-proof roof with six-foot
fire walls. Aside from the changes OF
which there were many, Mr.. Dimmock
performed the labor and furnished the
material for the Enclosures, etc., Of the
backyard. He also set up all the school
furniture and furnished the material and
put up all the hat racks; also the wood
boxes, etc. In our judgment, the build
ing, as it stands now, completed in q
w~orkmanlike manner and perfect in all its
details, is well worth sac, 900. Indeed, il
the courthouse, in its present state, cost
even S22, 900, the schoolhouse would be
dirt cheap at $25, 000."
l make the above statement for the ben
eft Of those whom it may concern. Re-
specially, G. j. SoANLAND,
County Superintendent.