The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-19
THEY'RE A BIT EXCITED
Soma One Is "Or" On This Mixed
School House Work.
AN EXPENSIVE STRUCTURE
Comment en- the Matter IL INDUCED
In BY About Everybody In Great
Falls and for Miles
Around.


GREAT FALLS, April 1s.-"I was sur
prised" said the gentleman who expressed
his opinions on affairs of this school dis
trict in Tuesdays STANDARD, lat the ex-
element my remarks produced and the
general commendation of the STANDARDS
course in affording mo an opportunity to
disclose the existing corruption. II such
facts arc proven in . court of justice. as
they will be, the scoundrels will be ire
parably ruined. The facts had been pre-.
sented before, but the engineers of the
job were too shrewd TO do two pieces of
dirty work at once, and the array of the
proof of guilt in q connected chain has
aroused the people to "a dangerous point. /
have made further investigations, and
the deeper / 60 the MASTER becomes the
mess. fr.rl ~
"Thc original contract was let to Mckay
Bros. at 58,940, and Architect White
agreed that IL the building could not be
completed for less than 10000, he would
not claim anything for his plans and
Specifications. The board did withhold
500 for q time from White, but have
since paid that and nearly $500 more, and
what will the building cost? Whites
plan provided for no heating or plumbing
apparatus. This will cost at least 81, 000
Already nearly $4,000 has been expended
for extras. This will make the building
cost at least $50 900 without furniture and
equipments, which will cost $4,000.
Now, the trustees that are in the dirty
work are attempting to place the bla me
on the board that served prior to April,
1894. They even attack the ladies that
we're then on the board, and yet, when
that board arranged to issue $50, 900 bonds
it was expected that, with that sum, q
central school should be built for the ac-
commodation of the High school and GER
tain grammar grades, this building to be
ornate, we'll arrayed and equipped, and
TO be designed for future additions.
ut was intended that q school house
should be built at the Montana smelter
and possibly a primary school, with a
kindergarten department, at the proper
place within the city; also two more
school rooms were to be finished in the
west side building and necessary repairs
were to be made la the north and south
side buildings. Under last years regime
these repairs were made from the general
fund. The central building alone will
cost more than $4,000. According to the
plans and specifications, the architect
was to fix the compensation for extra
work. On the extra foundation White
fixed the rate, but Mckay refused to ac-
cept the work at his figures. and the school
board was more soicitous OF the con-
tractors welfare than that of the district,
which they had pledged to protect; and
advertised for bids, an illegal proceeding.
Then, in some mysterious manner, Nc
Kay, evidently through collision, got his
work in and the extra work was done
and paid for at illegal rates.
~ understand that Mckay says that
White tested the soil in only one corner
and based his calculations on the amount
of extra work on that test, but in his re-
port White says that tests were made in
five different places, yet he made q mis-
take that cost the district 5000.
There is another circumstance, and
want to see if the district is protected.
McKay's bondsmen are b. ID. Hatcher
and j. A. Coram. The law requires that
bondsmen shall be owners in fee simple
of property of the value of the bond in the
county, and / want to know if the bonds
men meet these qualifications. The peo-
pie have the gang ON the run already.
and more dirt is coming to light. be-
lieve that victory for the taxpayers is at
hand, and 1 am still at work on this ques-
ton. want to know how soon the board
will start to build on another site aud al
low moro extras on a foundation. For,
under the terms of the sale of bonds
on Dec. "a, 1894, they can do
so.
1.-THE trustees are protesting innocence,
put will not believe them. In one par
icular, either Hanks or Holmes is in
error. Both claim to have voted for Cau-
ield for clerk. He received three votes
md Cooper and Poole, as is we'll known.
'oted for him. Cooper nominated him |
md Poole seconded the nomination. |
There is only one other ballot to account |
or aud either Holmes or Hanks must be |
,ff. 1t is not hard to prove which is mis- |
aiken and somebody will be surprised |
when the revelation comes"