The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-29

bilty somewhere in this matter. No risks
should be run. 1t would be much better TO
tear the whole building Town now, than
complete it, and then hav- it Insecure.
e. W knight; of S. r. Hauser a. Co.--No
risks ought to be run. Better tear the whole
building down at once than endanger a sim
gls child.
J1dge iryine--1 agree with every one with
whom / have talked about the school house
business, that the MINERS position in this
matter is exactly right.
Mr.. Z, B. Waterbury--The building ought
to be torn d0wn 10 the ground. That is the
only plan which will restore public con-
fidence.
Mr.. Brophy, of Casey & Bropby-The
building ought to COME down. Where a civil
request waa made for inspection of that con-
tract, it ought certainly to haue. been granted.
Chas. Fiske, Of the Virginia Chop House
They are a set Of fools to Expect people 10
pay a public school tax, and then be obliged
to send their children to a private school, as
they are now.
II. L. FrAuk-l have not examined tie
question, but l would never consent to send
a child of mine to that building unless it WAS
a tirst-class job.
j, Il. Clsrk-There has been very bad
management in this matter. If my children
we're old enough l would not send them to
that building unless it were taken down and
rebuilt from The bottom.
John h. Curtis-No child of mine shall
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good, safe public school building | would
patronize it. This one ought to come down
to The last Stone.
Patrick lalcot-I would never send a child
Of mine to that building, 1t ought to come
down.
l.. K. Maillot-If unsafe, as l baliev. it to
be, it ought TO come dswI to the foundation.
Fred Gilbert, Clerk Of the Board of Trus-
tees-As an individual 1 think it would be
better and safer if that building should come
down.
George W. Irvin-The bonds, contracts and
all official proceedings of the school trustees
belong to the public and are open to the in
spection of any and every taxpayer.
Messrs. Davis, Of Lipman d avis, and
Butler, of Richardson & Butler, with a score
Of others, expressed similar opinions. Many
went further, and applied to the conduct Of
McMurphy, the alleged ~trnstes, terms which
would make his side whiskers turn White in
a single night.
Mr.. Joseph A. Harper, a skillful mechani;
and engineer, and q member of the commit
tee to whom the trustees delegated their au.
, shority, expresses his opinion as follows: Til
contractor, seem to feel that they can make
the building safe, and | feel as if they ough
to have a chance to do so. The committee dc
not say that the plan the contractors propose
to pursue will render the building safe. Ate
the contractors have done what they CAN, the1
! the committee will condemn or approve thu
work. AS a private citizen, however, it is m,
opinion that it will cost nearly as much to re
/, pair this building properly as it will to tear i
down and rebuild it, consequently the latte
would be the safer plan.
A petition will be circulated to-day anon!
I the taxpayers of this district, calling pub
: lie meeting, in order to take action in tn
matter OF demanding that the Trustees o
this School District tear down the recent,
I constructed school building.