The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-23
ANIMATED SCHOOL MEETING
Trades Council Compliments Trustee
EmertOn-Building Inspector
Up Again.
The Subject Causes Some Lively Spar
ring-COuntry Districts Want
School Houses.

The board OF school trustees met last
Saturday in regular session. There we're
present Pre- sident Pomeroy, Trustees
Hanks, Emerton, Holmes, Poole, Cock
~stetter and EARL, a full board. After the
reading and approval OF the minutes OF
the previous meeting Clerk Garfield
stated that he had a communication
from the Trades and Labor Council. 1t
was ordered read. The communication
consisted Of a preamble stating that the
following resolution had been uuani-
mously passed by the Trades Council
and a request that it be read at the next
school meeting.
Resolved, That a vote of thanks from
this Trades and Labor Council is due
and the same is hereby rendered to
Trustee A. j. Emerton of the school
board for the able manner in which he
has conducted himself on the school
board, and the way he is looking after
the erection of the high school building.
The communication was received with
out comment and ordered filed.
The committee on insurance reported
that they would recommend dividing up
the school insurance AS follows: Phil
Gibson, $1,000; Wilcox & Rogers, Sl5,.
600; RecKards & Stanford, $1,000; Wads-
worth, Wells & Hanson, $1,000; P. b.
McNair, $1,000.
Will Hanks asked why the Fullerton
agency was left out IN the deal, and said
that it should be distributed evenly as
long as they were making a dizzy among
the different agents.
Trustee Holmes thought this was only
fair and on his motion, supported by Mr..
Gockstetter, the committee was ordered
to revise their list and give the Fuller
ton agency an equal share with the other
two largest firms. Trustee Emerson
voted no on the motion.
Chairman Holmes of the building
committee, to whom WAS referred the
bill of Contractor Mckay for laying the
water pipes to the new high school build
ing, reported that there was a difference
of opinion as to just what the contractor
was entitled to, aquestion Of fact as to
the number Of feet Of pipe laid and also
as TO what was a fair price for the work
of excavation, and he would recommend
that 1925 be paid on account of the bill
and the remainder retained until the
committee had further time TO ~investi-
gate the justice of the charges made.
Trustee Emertlon said that the work
was done by the contractor under an
agreement that the board should pay
two-thirds OF the cost and the contractor
one-third. He did not think that the
contractor was entitled to any profit ON
The job as it was a partnership affair.
The bill contained a charge of go feet
Of pipe and a like number of feet of ex-
cavation, and Duncan & Smith,
who furnished the pipe, had
informed him that they had only charged
or their books go feet of pipe to the
job. He thought there was some mis-
take there. Besides he thought the price
charged for the excavation was excessive.
The motion of MIR. Holmes to pay Sl25
on account, carried, Trustee Emertou
voting no.
The committee on laying the corner
store reported that owing to the severe
weather, they had not yet held a meet
ing, but that they would get together
Monday next. and with the assistance of
Prof. Largent would arrange a program
for that occasion, which could be- carried
out the first pleasant weather that came.
Supervising Architect White asked
permission to address the board and said
that the new high school would cost
between $4,000 and $4,000. and that on
jobs of that size it was customary to
give the architect an assistant, or clerk
of works. He could not be there
all the time and he was satisfied that the
work would be better done if he was
given authority to appoint an assistant
or the board appoint an inspector.
Trustee Gockstetter inquired il he
meant to resign as supervising architect
and Mr.. White replied that he did not,
hut he thought some one should be
present as inspector all the time, which
he could not afford to be. He had put
a man on at his own expense for a week.
Trustee Emerton said that Mr.. White
had expressed his sentiments all along.
The reason that he had opposed the
appointment of Mr.. White as supervising
architect was that he felt that tho board
could not afford to pay two men for the
job and he wanted some one there 10
look after the work all the time. He
made q motion that w. Il. Gay, the nom-
inee of the Trades council, be appointed
inspector for the time the work was
going on at a salary of So a day.
Trustee Gockstetter objected to the
appointment of an inspector on the
ground that the board could not afford
afford it and it would divide the respon-
sibility with the architect.
Mr.. Emerton said that il the board did
not like his man he would like them to
name some other, and il he was not a
rascal be would vote with them to con-
firm him.
The chair ruled further discussion on
the subject out of order on the ground
that there was no second to Mr.. Emer-
tons motion.
An estimate was presented, approved
by Supervising Architect White, Of
S3,942, being the fifth estimate ON the
school contract and bringing the total to
Sl3, 137, &C. The estimate included $500
for lime on the ground. but not used,
| and Trustee Emerton asked if the con-
tract called for payment Of materials not
yet used ia the building. In reply Mr..
| White informed him that he so inter