St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-25
MUCH CRY AND LITTLE WOOL.
Unimportant Meeting of the Board OF
Notwithstanding of Con-
cpnnanca Done


The board of education held a very extra
ordinary meeting last evening, continuing
from z 80 till II o'clock, and when the in
spectors got through and looked back over
the three hours and a half that they had
sat there in the board, and swung
around in these pleasant, square, revolving
chairs, they all looked in vain to see any
thing of any Importance that had been ac-
complished. The inspectors were compelled
to admit that they had Whiled the whole
evening away.
WHAT IT WAS CALLED FOR.
The meeting was called for the purpose OF
opening the bids for the construction Of the
new building in Siegers addition, and those
for moving the Nell and Adams school
buildings. The bids for the new school
building were limited to two. B. j. Grim
shaw bid $4,000 and Daniel G. Doyle bid
S14, $50.
Mr.. Horn raised question that they had
no title to the ground, as the money had not
been paid over. To coverthis point he offered
the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the notice to the city au
thorities to suspend payment of the lots in
Siegel's addition, purchased of the late Adam
Gotzian, be withdrawn, andthat the purchase
money be directed to be paid.
DIR. Schiffmann made a motion that the
contract be awarded to Mr.. Grimshaw at
1920, he being the lowest bidder.
Mr.. Horn and others claimed that the con-
struction of the Adams, the Humboldt, the
Neil and the Rice school buildings would be
delayed if other buildings were to be COM
menced, and that the four building last
mentioned ought not to be hindered in their
construction by the money being diverted to
other buildings. He therefore offered the
following.
Resooed, That the sum derived, or collect
able from the last levy and from other
sources Except the real estate ordered to be
sold), shall be first applied to the construc-
ton of the additions of the Adams and Hum
bolt schools and the Neill and Rice school
houses.
To this Mr.. Officer offered the following as
an amendment.
That no contract for the building shall be
signed until the attorney for the board shall
have reported in writing that the real estate
purchased from A. Gotzian is perfect.
Mr.. Donnelly raised the question that there
was but one bid, one of those received was
straw bid. On a vote being taken the reso-
luton was lost.
Mr.. Officer made motion that when the
attorney of the board reports in writing that
the title is in the board, the secretary adver-
tise for bids. Lost.
DIR. Schiffman, feeling sore at the loss of
the Siegel building, moved a re-
consideration of the vote ordering the con-
struction of the four other buildings, but
finally he withdrew it.
After this good deal of sparring in which
all the speakers gave their views in very
artistic manner, the whole subject was finally
dropped.
BIDS FOR REMOVING TWO SCHOOL BUILD
INGs.
The following bids were received for NOV
ing the Neill and Rice school buildings:
j.. E. Norton, move Nell shoot building, 1915 {;
Rice school, $500.
C. Latham, for moving the Neill, $3.50; moving
Rice, $2f5.
Lewis H. Smith will move the Neill school for
S975; the Rice school for $685..
Every member of the board said that there
was no chance of doing anything and from
this time out everything went wrong. A
motion to Suspend the rules was lost, and
a motion to refer the matter to the commit
tee ON property to report whether the board
had title to the Siegel proper ty, or not was
lost
Mr.. Officer raised a question that there
were no plans and specifications and nobody
knew anything what the moving amounted
to, or what kind of foundations the buildings
were to be placed on.
Finally everything was lost, and all the
members were out of sorts. Mr..
McCaine declared that the members had been
playing the part of boys and that it was
time to stop. Finally Mr.. Horn made mo-
ton that was adopted that the matter of the
Neill and Rice buildings be referred to the
committee on real estate, to prepare plans and
specifications for the removal, and to adver-
tise for bids; and this is the sum total of what
was done.
A fer this the hoard adio11rned