The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-01

lIe COLlriCl wis t"HlNcu 10 BOSsuol
a Co.
Mike Gallagher was awarded the con.
tract for doing the plumbing ia the
North side school house at $J21.
The following were appointed ianitors
North side j. w. Allen: South side
Newbold: West Great Fails. Mrs. Rohl;
North Great Falls, Mrs. GOslin.
President Hanks said that as he no
ticed a number of gentlemenin the room
who evidently bad something to com
muulcate to the boar, he would like to
hear from them. j. l.. Harris, president
of the board Of trade, then stepped for
ward and stated the reasons which
brought them before the school trustees
He said that the members of the board
of trade and the citizens Of Great Falls
in general who had the interests of the
city and the taxpayers at heart, thought
the present times decidedly against the
proposition of awarding the contract to
build the new school house to the con
tractor who would take bonds in pay
ment for the same. as had been adyer-
tised by the school board He ques-
toned whether all the contractors in the
state coulG take the work under the
terms Of the advertisement and carry it
to successful completion without do
ing poor job or going bankrupt and
defrauding the laboring men out of
their wages. The money market was
in too bad shape to find IA relia-
BILE party who could furnish the work
ia justice to all. He said if the trustees
entered icto any such a contract they
would get themselves into big difficulty
Mr.. Hanks asked if all the members
OF the board Of trade had been notified
of last Wednesdays meeting and yester-
day afternoons meeting. He said he
was member yet no one had invited
him. Ira Meyers said if he was a mem
ber it was his duty to be present at the
regular meeting without an invitation.
j. +. Reynolds next introduced a set
of resolutions on behalf of the Trades
and Labor council to the effect that
there were many idle mechanics and
present and that they should be given
an opportunity to earn something to
support their families now and
winter; that the school ia
children, and that if the work could pos
tiply no sldIlCl SOOu IL WOuIU Db IL great
blessing to the whole town.
Henry Prcntis said that there was evil
IDENTIFY mistake somewhere, for the
school board never expected to give the
bonds over to a contractor for the work
The idea the board had in advertising as
they did was that some contractor might
he found who through wealthy and in
tluential friends in tho east could raise
the money on the bonds as it was needed
to carry on the work. lie said they did
not propose to start the work until there
was enough in the treasury to meet the
demands of the workmen aud others.
No warrant would be issued by the
board unless the money to meet it was
in the treasury the people could rest as
sured on that point. lie said the build
ing could not be completed much beyond
the foundations this year, and the money
paid for that much work would be
great benefit to the laboring men Of the |
city. Next year the contractor would |
have less trouble realizing on the bonds
and the work could be finished.
W. q. Downing spoke next on behalf
,f the board of trade and tho taxpayers
IF the city.
The propositiod as explained by Mr..
Prentiss was somewhat different from
he way he understood it after careful
y considering the advertisement, still
'vcn the method just stated was i'm
and certainly illegal. The I