The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-09-14
SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEETING
Contractor Dan Mckay Presents His
Bond for the New High School
Building.
Another School House Wanted by the
Residents of the Boston and Mon
tana Addition.

The school board met Thursday in
special session to take action on the s1O,-
600 bond Of Mckay Bros, contractors
for the construction of the new high
school, which was presented for their
approval. The bond bore the signatures
OF Joseph A. Coram OF Lowell, Mass,
one Of the directors of the Boston and
Montana Consolidated Silver and Copper
Mining company, and b. A. Hatcher,
cashier Of the Northwestern National
bank of this city.
The board discussed the bond offered
at length and decided to defer the ap.
prevail Of the bond till this afternoon at
3 o'clock in order to make an investiga-
ton as to the financial standing {. the
bondsmen. The action of the board is
understood to be more a matter of form
than otherwise, as Mr.. Coram is a cap
italist Of large wealth and Mr.. Hatcher
is a gentleman Of well-known financial
standing, 80 that the contract for the
construction of the new high school
building may now be considered com
plete. and it is expected that by the first
of next week work will be commenced
on the excavation for the foundation.
The principal reported that Miss
Trigg desired in the primary grades
Of the drawing classes to have the
children cut out the objects with scis-
sors instead of using a pencil, and for
this purpose a supply of paper and
about 100 pairs OF scissors would be re-
quired. The school board took steps to
M thu onh1olc No ro.,Ark
1t was voted that the copper smelter
school house should be supplied with
new desks at the request of Miss
O'Grady, teacher, the present ones be-
ing unsuitable.
A large number of bills were then
audited and warrants ordered drawn.
A petition was read from the residents
Of the Boston and Montana addition set
ting forth the fact that the school In
that addition was very much crowded,
and that it was the purpose Of the old
board to have erected a 5000 brick
school house this season in the addi-
ton. They asked that the board carry
out this plan.
A letter was also read from
w. d.. Dickinson manager OF the
Boston e. Montana Land company re-
citing the fact that the present school
house was on a lot belonging to the
company, the use of which had been
granted to the district for a temporary
school house structure. Also that the
company had heretofore offered to deed
three lots free to the district on con-
sideration of the construction thereon of
a brick school house to cost not less
than $1,000. They had hitherto re.
Trained from bringing the matter be-
fore the board on account Of the con-
dition of the building fund, but as the
board was now able to erect the con-
templated building they desired to re-
new the offer OF three lots either in
block % or block 80 of their addition.
They further offered to add an ad-
ditional lot to the number making a site
2OOxl5O on condition that the school
board donated 20 the company the pres
ent school house building.
cradle discussion in the board. Chair
man Pomeroy suggested that the old
city hospital building could probably be
purchased at a very reasonable price
and was we'll adapted for a school build
ing. Trustee EARL thought it was too
far from the center Of the present addi-
ton residences. 1t was finally decided
to investigate the matter of additional
school facilities for the addition and re-
port at another meeting.
Trustee EARL was instructed to look
after having certain school b~lackboards
reprinted. One OF the members looking
at his watch discovered that it was 1910
p. m. at this point, and a hasty adjourn
ment was taken till 3 p. m. today.