St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-24
JAMES BOYD,
JOHN NEvIN,
ASHEL BASSFORD.

PROPOSITION FROM MR.. WILLARD.
Accompanying the architects report was
the following proposition from MI Mlllard,
Who has charge of the Washington school:
Tn reference 10 the conduct of the work at
thp Washington school, l beg leave to otfer
this nroposition. viz: That all parts OF the
work now executed which may be FOUND
defective. under the contract upon thorough
fest shall be rebuilt. No formal nor in
formal acceptance Of the work has yet oc-
curred. nor have any payments been MADE.
/ further propose, in addition 10 my gen
eral superintendent, to place on the Worh
at nv own expense in this case, satlSIac-
tory person who will see to it that my IN
structions are carried out IN all the pase-
ment masonry. Respectfully,
ID. w. WILLARD.
Mr. Gilbert moved to accept the prOpo-
Sition of Nr Willard, Mr.. Willis thought
this would be unWise and unsafe. Inc
hoard has engaged MI. Millard to act as SUI
oerIising architect. and as such he has du-
ties To rprform. The board ought not TO
do any4hing calculated to compllcate or
COMPROMISE itself. Mr.. Gilbert still con-
tended that he could see no objection to ac-
cepting Mr.. Alillards proposition. MI.
Fogg thought the point made by ME-. Wins
was GOOD one. MI. Kerr asked what MI.
NIiIlard,s duties were under his contract
with the board, and the secretary replled
that the architect had no contract WIN tne
hoard Mr.. Kerr stated that he had been
infornoed that the board had contract with
Afr MiIlasd of some kind. Mr.. Gilbert
said heAhought that Mr., Willard put in his
bid to draw the plans for certain
sum. and if he superintended the
oraci;on of the building, to be paid
A certain percentage for experimenting the
work. hut he (GilberD did not know what
that language meant. sIus -
Col. Kerr wanted TO know first Whether
Or not the board had an arcmtect. LII IL
had the way was to hold him to his agree
,nent and insist upon his performing MS
duty. Mr.. Gilbert withdrew his motion to
.enable Col. Kerr to introduce resolution
TO cover the case, which he did as follows:
Resolved, That this board holds its arch
stects responsible for the faithful perform
ence of all contracts made by the board 1or
+he construction of school buildings, which
snch architects have undertaken to super
wise.
This was adopted, and by general con-
sent the report Of the committee and MI.
Millard's proposition were placed on nie'
TOO MUCH WORK.
Mr.. Wills tnen OHoTou d A0ooIu'lon 'i1o
the committee on real estate visit all build
ings under construction once week. Inc
members of the committee thought that a
little TOO steep and objected. Finally the
: resolution was so modified that the COM
mittee was required to go as often as the
members conveniently could.
THANKING MR.. JOHNSON.
Mr.. Willis offered resolution thanking
the building inspector for his action in di-
recting the attention of the board to defects
in the construction of the school buildings.
Mr.. Gilbert objected to this for the reason
that the board ought not to thank an officer
for doing his duty. Mr.. Willis supported
the resolution by few remarks OF crltl-
cal character, in which he rasped the COM
mittee in rather tart manner. The reso-
luton was lost and the board adjourned
without having accomplished much.