The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-22
TUE CITY SCHOOLS,
Regular Meeting of The Doard!Of Education
last Evening.

Regular Meeting OF the B0ard!Of Education
last Evening.
The Board Of Education met in reg
ular session last evening, and between
the peals OF thunder produced by an
active class practicing in thegymnasium
overhead whose principle exercise for
the evening seemed to be trying to jump
down into the Boards quarters through
the ceiling, managed to dispose Of the
business presented. The absentees were
hlessrs. Acker, EsChstruth, Mccoy, Shat.
fer and Waterhouse. The Committee
on Accounts presented bills aggregating
$62 80, and that on Public Library for
S07, all OF which were ordered paid.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported that there had been
submitted 10 them In response TO adver.
tisenents calling for plans for a new
school house on the Island, six plans for
q twelve.roomed building and two plans
for an eight.roomed building; that they
had carefully considered and studied
both the coming wants OF the Island and
the merits OF the plans submitted, and
they had arrived at the unanimous con-
Clusion that twelve.roomed building
was the proper one to erect and that the
plans submitted by Mr.. i. w. Wells
were in every way tho best. They &C.
cordingly recommended the adoption OF
his plan. Accompany the report was a
letter addressed by Mr.. Wells to the
committee, before referred 10 in this
paper, asking that in case his plans were
adopted his firm, Kleivis, Kraft & Co.,
be prohibited from bidding, and express
ing q willingness to forfeit oil right to
compensation for his plans II the build
ing could not be put up for $23, 900.
This was read with the report.
Considerable discussion followed in
which several showed a Captious spirit.
The idea was advanced by one or two
that the building was sure 10 cost about
$4,000 and that while the Board would
be out several thousands, Mr.. Wells
would only be loser Of his time In max
ing the plans. Tho cha rge was made
that in the case OF the new Washington
school, tho building had cost over
$4,000 more than originally called for.
Mr.. Harrell dispelled both these by
showing first that II the bids
Of responsible contractors made TO the
Board should show that the building
could not be put up for $4,000 or less,
then the Board was not holden TO MIR.
Wells for any compensation for his
plans. No work would be commenced
till a contract based on q bid was made,
and once made the Board would de.
mand that 1t be carried out without any
additional cost. he showed iuther that
the Washington school building had
been put up for Just what the con-
tract made by the Board called for.
There were others who argued that an
eightroomed builning would be large
enough. President Miller lectured the
committee for not having presented To
the Board all the plans sent In aud civ.
ing 1t u chance to exercise It's judgment
and make choice. The committee
wanted 10 know for what reason the
matter had been referred To them
II they were not 10 study the question
and report In favor OF some one plan.
They had spent the greater portion ol
two nights studying tho plans, listening
to explanations and trying TO determine
which was the, best pan. They had
come 10 an unanimous conclusion,
and naturally excepted to the Chair'i
lecture. Mr.. Ellingham, chairman oil
tho committee, informed the chair that
no such report as he had said the com
mittee should have made had ever been
made. To this the chair excepted, and
made some further remarks, In the
course OF which II was developed that
Colonel Miller was strongly In favor oI
the plans made by Mr.. Yost, Of Colum
bus, which he had caused To be promi
nently displayed in the Board room.
The report was finally adopted with
the Wells plan and the. committee In
struCted to advertise for bids for doint
All the work, or parts thereof each bid
10 be- accompanied by bond conditioned
10 iulhll the work called for In the Con
tract; tho committee 70 be governed by
the $4,000 limit.
Superintendent Anderson's report O
the schools for the month Of February
was presented and ordered filed. Fol
lowing are extracts iFomit