The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-01
Contractors Make Another Demand
on the Trustees About Their
Bill Of Extras.
Trustee Langhorne Says That
Definite information About the
Items Was Refused.
Aspiration Favored to scttlo Some OF the
Points in Dispute Under tho
Contract.

There was d breezy session Of tho school
~truetees Yesterday for a time, growing out
or tho building Of a school house in tho
hrst ward. Trustee Jockey had the tioor
far several minutes. He thought the old
building. which has been sold to Alderman
1.issner. had been disposed of against the
wishes Of the people living in that ward,
md that II had been sold too cheap. At Q
special election held last year the nchool
board was authorized to sell the building
and lot and with the proceeds to secure
ground elsewhere in tho ward and erect q
suitable school house upon it. Mr.. Jockey
gnid il was the intent of the law that after
a location had been made by the trustees 1t
should BIO left to the people in the ward to
approve Of the place selected. The other
members Of the board did not
agree with him. Mr.. Joseph 9ahs
did not approve of taking back the
old buildings and favored adveF-
tising for bids for the erection OF a building
on the ground purchased. Mr.. Jockey dld
not believe it to be a wise thing to do. Ho
thought the board should 60 slow about OK
pending money. He was in favor OF pro-
tectinp TIL, school funds. There should not
BE any politics in the matter but II ought
to be a straight business proposition. Be
fore n contracts we're Thought OF they
should figure on the extras first. While he
was talking the clerk of the board brought
il q notary to take the acknowledgement Of
the trustees to the dead conveying the old
school building to Mr.. Iissner. Mr.. Jockey
objected to having this forced upon che
board while the subject was undo discus
sion.
It was a special meeting which had been
called to allow MIR. W. II. Orr $3,4O0 for the
work already done on a school building in
the seventh ward, but other matters got be-
fore the board. Attorney Miller, represent
ing Whalen a. Grant, contractors on the
Central school building, said he wanted
some action taken about the bill Of extras.
amounting to 1923, 900, which has been be
fore the board for some timo. HI
said that the contractors wanted
something lone at once. They had
already put more money into the
building than thoy, had received from the
board, and weTo obliged to borrow money
to 20 ahead with the work. This bill OF
extras was referred to acommittee OF which
Mr.. Langhorne WAS q member lie toId
the trustees yesterday that when the COM
mittee asked for definite information con-
Germ no items in the bill Of extrnB they viz
i tuRllV received all lllHu1bluN Ioplys Ab ~
as he was concerned, the contractors would
never get the amount demanded, except az
to a few items which he believed to be just.
until the end Of a lawsuit was reached: HI
was willing to leave the items which the
board conceded to be due, to arbitration tc
settle the amounts.
Mr.. Orr's bill was allowed, being pay
ment for tho completion of the first story
of the building in the Seventh ward.
Then a committee recommended the en-
ployment OF five ~janitors to take care of the
sohoolrooms, and the superintendent OF the
schools was directed to make a statement
of the number of teachers engaged and the
number of rooms.
There il considerable business for tbs
board TO do, but it had to go over unit!
Thursday evening, when the board viii
moot in regular session. So the trustees
met without acknowledging the deed to Mr.
Lissner OF paying Whalen q Grant any
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