St. Paul daily globe., 1886-06-30
LIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Tho School Board Makes Move to Look
Into the Acts of Its Building
Committee.
Half Hundred Members of Plymouth
Church VIII Leave That Church
and Build Another.
A Delegation From the Street Car
Drivers Union Presents Mayor
Ames With Cane.
The Exposition to be Ready on Time--
The Mexican Band--Other
Matters.
LIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Fun Promised in the Investigation

Eun PROMISED III the
of the Building Committee.
All the members of the school board were
present at the meeting yesterday afternoon
except Prof Oftedal in whose place A. T.
Aukenv was elected to preside as chairman.
A communication signed by F. G. Corser,
Martin s. Taft, George NJ. Goodwin and others
was read, in which the signers offered to join
hands in remedying past evils and prevent
ing future outlayS in mistaken directions.
''If the board fails to see matters in the same
light as ourselves, the letter went
on to say, 1--WE ask reference
TO an expert Jury satisfactory to your hon
orabe body and the subscribers The OBJ
jections raised to the methods of construction
OF school buildings were summarized as fol
lows: Risk of life of occupants, too great
an outlay of money relative to results, too
great cost of operating, too high insurance
rates. 1t was also asked that the work OF
erecting buildings should be thrown
OPEN TO ACTIVE COMPETITION;
that buildings in course of erection should be
stopped and expert advice employed as to
necessary changes that proper precaution
against fire should be taken; fair supply Of
fresh air be secured to the occupants OF the
buildings, the supply to be determined by ac-
tual measurement aud not ''gu6Ssed
at;'' that the plumbing be tested
and that Easements be cleaned and precau-
lions taken against befouled ground air, and
that the proposed three-StOry buildings be
not erected. In the latter connection it was
stated that lady school teachers and girls are
obliged to climb thirty-ive feet in vertical
direction to reach the third story. The slgners
stated they considered themselves on trial, as
well as the members of the board, and stood
ready to make good the assertions OF the
open letter as to the conditions of the public
school buildings, published a few weeks ago.
They suggested that a nonresident architect
should be appointed to examine and
sanitary
of the school buildings, as well as the general
economy and fitness of design and construc-
ton, all questions OF taste to be waived. The
signers also requested the privilege OF ap-
pointing one OF their number to represent
them without pay if their representations
were not fully sustained. 1t was also sug-
gested that the board should appoint heat
ing engineer who should be acceptable to
both parties. Accompanying the letter was
a petition. signed by $50 well-known tax
PAYERS, who asked that the board should
comply with the foregoing request for full
and impartial investigation.
TRUE TO ITS TRADITIONS
the board did nothing of the kind, although
RECOGNIZING the fact that the charges were of
q too serious a nature TO be overlooked. Mr..
Austin said he had been charged with ''lead-
ing the building committee around by the
nose" and moved that the balance of the
scocI board should be appointed as special
committee to make an investigation.
Mai Hale referred in fiattering terms to
the work of the building committee, and
moved an amendment to Mr.. Austin's motion
referring the whole matter to the building
committee again with power to employ such
expert testimony as may be necessary. Maj
Hale's amendment, it is needless to say, was
adopted and B. F. Nelson s motion to adjourn
over to July 9, when the building committee
will report, was adopted. The appointment
OF a superintendent to succeed Tousley was
postponed, the committee being granted
further time Bills amounting to S105, 81
were ordered Daid.