Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-11

that peculiar character that required a
good deal Of talking. All the members
were present except one.
AMENDMENTS.
Fer some time the boards has advertised
for certain changes TO be made il the
manner of letting contracts. The proposed
amendments were very long and were read
by sections, and finally all that part re-
ferring to contracts vas adopted,
Another proposed amendment was ad-
vertised in regard to a superintend-
ent of buildings and repairs. The object
or purpose of this part of the proposed
amendment is to make it the duty Of the
board, at its regular meeting
in February of every year,
to appoint "a superintendent
OF buildings and repairs and fix his salary.
The duty of the superintendent is to super
wise and s~uperintend the erection and re-
pairs of all buildings contracted for or re-
paired by the board, to examine and in
spect all work done and material furnished
therefor; to report all cases of per-
Torrance, or mal-performance of con-
tracts, either in the erection or repairs of
buildings, or in the furnishing or delivery
OF fuel, or other property or supplies.
This superintendent is to have no
authority conferred on him
by the board or by any committee, or
member of the board, or furnish any ma
terial for the school buildings.
The reading of these amendments was
followed by a long discussion, in which all
the members of the board participated,
during which all the difficulties the board
labored under, and how it had been cheat
cd by other men who in years gone by had
been appointed superintendent to over
see the work of erecting school buildings,
the furnishing of supplies, etc.
During the discussion, or talk
the members very naturally
ran outside the record and talked of other
matters not directly under consideration.
In this way DR.. Murphy referred il a gen
eral way to the fact that we had had super.
lntendents who did not know the { ! renee
between dry hard maple wood and pine
slabs. and continuing this train of thought
said the board had been cheated in the
measurement Of wood. The doctor used
this language in a general way and applied
it to no n in particular. Mr.. Don
nelly, in replying to the DOCTORS
remarks wholly misunderstood them and
mistakenly applied item to the person
that is furnishing the wood for the pubilc
schools, and declared that the doctor had
stated what was not correct when he said
this contractor for wood did not give good
measure. AS soon as DR.. Murphy could
get the floor he explained that he did not
say what Mr.. Donnelly appeared
to suppose he said. He
wholly disolaimed such expression and
did not desire to be represented as max
ing use of such a statement, but this did
not satisfy Mr.. Dornelly, who still ap-
peared to hold fast to the idea that the
doctor referred to the present contractor
for supplying wood, which was not the
case.
Other members gave their views and all
had something in their minds against
these kind of superintendent. Some
wanted men who were architects, and 9TH
ers were opposed to architects, who, they
said, would walk around giving orders
in white kid gloves. These
members wanted a man as superintendent
of the construction of buildings that was
not too big to take hold and hang a door
or do any other little thing that needed
immediate attention, and that if attended
to in time would save a good deal of ex-
pense, whis h would follow if neglected.
Mr.. Harvey Officer did not want a man
who acted as superintendent to go around
purifying in glass and attending
to such little things. That was
not the purpose of the amendment at all
and if such a person as had been indicated
was selected the purpose of the amend
ment would be wholly defeated. On a
vote being taken the matter of superin-
terdent was referred back to the special
committee.
Ian SELECTED.
The committee to whom was referred
the plans of the new buildings, reported
that it had selected the plans of Messrs.
Gauge and Willard for the new buiIdings