Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-28
where the contractors had given bond
for the faithful performance of their
Ast-

9. X. Smith thought the discussion
entirely foreign to the motion, and
while he agreed with the majority who
had spoken, he thought it not the
proper time to discuss the merits of the
contract. II they had to pay 81, 200 OF
|2X per cent. for simply drawing the
plans, he thought the committee acted
wisely In getting the architect to
superint1nd the erection of the build
ing for the additional sum of S3O,,, OF
y, 800 In all. In referring to the sum
paid the architect of the Court House,
(about $4,000 he stated that II the
county could afford to pay that amount
he thought the Board could well afford
TO pay the 81, 800.
Becoming weary of the question, Mr..
Dunn moved for a postponement, and
urged tho holding Of . special meeting
10 further consider the matter, which
motion was not seconded.
Dr.. West thought the Board should
have the say in reference to how much
the architect should bo paid.
DIR. Keables arose TO explain matters,
- The members were beginning TO get
al at sea In reference 70 the subject,
aud stated that the attack on the COM
mtttee was unjust and ulwise at the
time. He then said that all matters
pertaining to the new building had
been done In q careful and system attic
manner, and further, that nothing had
been done without first submitting the
same to Mr.. Hoffesker, who was q
member of the committee, and whose
to the mind OF the speaker,
was just a. good as that of DIR. Short
lidge.
In reply DR.. Shortlidge said that
there seemed to be considerable physic
In the discussion, and he thought his
opinion in building matters was just as
good ~ any other persons, DIR. Keables
and Mr.. Hofecker not excluded. As
far ~ the latter WAS concerned he
(Shortlidge) did not want his opinion
second-handed but wanted to hear from
Mr.. Hoffecker personally. In conclu-
sion he stated that he intended to fight
the matter clear through and would
leave the present situation to any sensi-
BILE man, whether or not DR.. Keables,
the chairman OF the committee, had
acted ~ business man or even rs q
half-business man.
Mr.. Kyne again took the floor, spoke
Of the excessive expenditures on the
new building, and moved that the fur.
ther consideration of the subject be laid
over until the next stated meeting,
which motion was lost by close vote.
Mr.. Smith moved that the order be
not paid until the contract be properly
presented to the Board, which, after
being amended by allowing the order,
when the proper bonds were satisfac.
torily arranged, was adopted. s. R.
Smith reported Superintendent's an.
nual report printed and deli vered. On
his motion an order for Sl38 was direc.
ted to be drawn in favor Of Ferris Bros
for printing the same.
Mr.. Betts, of the Committee or
Trees, reported that i63 trees lad beer
planted around the various school
houses, at a cost Of $194.67, including
boxes, and an order was drawn In favol
Of VIM. S. Lavender for that amount.
The committee on openingsold No
Is school reported that the building
would soon be vacated. On motion
the committe WAS authorized to az
pend S35 In repairs, and to secure
janitor, (Mr. Evans) At 81 per week
and also TO procure stoye. On motion
Messrs. Trump and Palmer were ap
po inted IS the visiting committee an,
the school 10 be known ss No. %.
On motion of Mr. Singley, the Secre
tary was instructed to codify the rule
and bylaws, and have 400 copie
printed.
Messrs. shortlidge. singley and Hes
sion were appointed to confer with tn,
Superintendent upon the subject O
giving discretionary power to the teach
ers admin istering the rule relating Il
per feet attendance. There was consid
erable discussion over this matter.
Mr.. Belts called attention TO the
habit of teachers in sending children
home after an excuse for being late dur
ing school hours, and on his motion ths
superintendent was instructed to notify
teachers of the existence of rule for
bidding them to stnd scholars home
during session.
Mr.. Kyne requested that the Building
Committee on new high school inform
the Board at its next meeting when the
new building would be completed
After the regular business of the Board
was completed a bill amounting to $45G
for preliminary drawings for the high
school was received from +. W. Thorne
& Co., and letter from the same firm
accompanied it, which, after being read,
was referred 20 the Comm ittee on High
School. The letter is as follows:
We hereby present bill, which we
think just, and give reasons below why
it should be allowed First-The let
ter to architects inviting them to make
plans, is a stipulation that the total cost
of improvements specified therein shall
not exceed S45. 600.
Second-It is an agreement that no
II hon 10 .asA a
improvements will be accepted in this
competition.
Third-No right to reject any or all
plans Is reserved.
Hence, IL no plans is satisfactory from
rejected. But II 1t can be proved that
cond itions required in said letter, it
must be accepted, or the architect pre-.
senting said plans Is entitled to fees for
the work done.
Now, as our plan fulflls the condi-
tions set forth In said letter to archi-
tects, and no other plan did 30, our
plan should have been adopted. But
as the comm ittee did not permit the
Board to see our plan (this was very
|irregular), then worked the other arcbi-
tect's plan through, partially by mis-
representing facts before the Board as
to what was originally intended to be
included in the specified amount, S45,-
900. (Some of the Board since have
admitted this fact).
1t would be largely to the benefit Of
tax payers If our plans were built by,
but II they are not, we should be paid
for our work thus far on these plans,
considering the circumstances sur
rounding the case.
As these plans were made soon after
Graham's plans were thrown out, they
were examined by q member OF tho
committee, (Willey). And We notice
that, the letter to architects includes
many fine points which our plans con-
tanned before that letter was drawn.