The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-03

/ At last nights meeting o. the school
| board a mixed up state OF affairs Caused
/ sons heatsd and emphatic Statements OF
opinions. The trouble arose over the let
! ting of contract for furnishing a boiler
for the High school furnace and the scene
was rendered dramatic by one member of
the COMMITTEES refusing to act aud one
giving notice that he intended to offer his
resignation at the next meeting.
AT a previous meeting of the board the
! matter of procuring a boiler for the high
school furnace was referred to the commit
tee with power to act. The committee
advertised for bids for boiler fifty inches
ia diameter and ten feet long. Bids were
sent in as follows: Bertram $40. Flag
$3.50 and Bennett $780, The committee
was then informed by Mr.. Bennett,
the lowest bidder, that such a
boiler as they had specified must
be made to order and then would not
answer the purpose for which it was in-
tended. He then said he would furnish a
boiler IS inches in diametar by I2 feet In
length for 1910 which was still cheaper
than the lowest bid.
The committee reported aud recon-
mendedthat the bid of Mr.. Bennett be &c
cepted for 1915. The motion accepting the
bid was made and was about TO pnss when
|. w. Gill arose and stated that he was IN
able to meet with the committee and did
not understand why the kind of boiler adj
yertised for was not accepted.
Hatton moved that il be the sense of the
board that the committee readyertise for
bids upon the II foot boiler. Bertram
Bros were there 10 talk in favor of the
question claiming that they had no chance
to bid on the l. foot boiler.
Otto Eckstein was there as the repre-
sentative OF Bennett and during the
wrangiing and mixed up state of affairs
which ensued Gill stated 20 the board that
he refused TO act on the committee.
HECK then said that as member of the
committee he had tried to do right aud
would always try to do so and he had done
all he could and now was willing to let the
matter rest entirely with the board.
irkbride said the same and so the three
members OF the committee had refused to
act. All three had taken the trouble as a
personal afTront, and Just as the meeting
was about TO adjourn keck arose aud in
injured tones said: Mr.. President, | wish
to tender my resignation as member OF
this board, since my laborS are unable TO
accomplish anything.
Hatton Immediately jumped to his feet
and moved that the matter be delayed one
week which carried.
Nearly half of Paramount attended the
meeting of the board, the object of their
visit being 10 have the board move the
Burton school house out in their vicinity.
They say that doing so will save the board
money and that in Justice they should
have the favor granted since Burton had
only 40 pupils. 40 of whom lived outside
the city limits while there are 150 bona fde
resident pupils In their district.
When the question was asked If the
building could be moved Mr.. Davidson
created amusement by saying, "Mr. Law
renee told me that former board had
built that building with the expectation of
moving It," The action of the board in
referring the matter to the building COM
mittee with power to act was greeted with
applause from the petitioners and q hap
pier set OF men was never seen than they
when they left the room.
DR.. Richardson reported 1854 pupils in
the schools, ninety-nine teachers, nine
High school teachers and 2'9 High school
pupils, OF whom l39 took Latin and twelve
Greek. The pupils, said he, were exception
ally respectful of discipline and twenty
four teachers had received less than ten
tardy marks during the Year
The bonds of Otto Ecksteiu as treasurer,
Dale Snively "a secretary and Miss Minnie
Mckibben were accepted and approved as
sufficient for their purpose.
Secretary Fuller claimed that the board
had elected him for a year ana that the
year WAS not up till July - aud he in-
tended to draw pay till that time. IC was
decided that he should draw the pay until
then and that Dale SnIvely should start
to. work and draw his pay
from yesterday.
Misses Jennie and Ollie TriDplet and
Miss Cox We're each excused for being alb
sent from their schools three days on &C
count of death in their families.
Gold berg started good debate and A
small deadlock for while resulted. He
asked that the rules be suspended and
that election of member TO I'LL the place
of Mr.. BLACK be held.
Hatton objected because be wanted 10
know who was TO be run aud asked for a
week TO consider the matter. lie put
the request in the shape of an
amendment which was lost because |
of its reaching the number of seven !
votes in the majority of the whole board. |
I he original question then came up and |
il, too, was lost for the same reason. The |
new memb Will be elected next meeting. !
In the absence of the president Mr.. Jen |
nings ably guided the body through It's |
rough and stormy deDa