The morning times., 1896-10-23
BIDS WERE ALL TOO H|GH1
REJECTION of Proposals for
Northeast School Building.
PLANS MUST BE MODIFIED
Four Members of the Police Force
Found Guilty of Neglect of Duty.
Three Are Fined and Warned-ca-
bell Contract Again Under Con-
sideratiOn-Ninor Notes.

The District Commi ssioners have rejected
all the bids received recently for the con-
Structiop of the Northeast school house,
the site for which has been already pur-
chased at the corner OF Fifth and h streets.
1t does not follow however, that there
will be material delay in providing that
section with the school, as the District
authorities announce the purpose Of i'm
mcdiarely rcadvcrtising for other bids, and
will do what is possible TO expedite the
matter.
The reason for rejecting the bids was
that to accept the lowest proposal would
make the cost exceed the appropriation.
Congress provided $50 600 Tor Tue pur-
Chase of a size and pa ying for construction.
The site cost 50 1893. As; the lowest bid
for building was $25, ,5O9, and the expense
of healins apparatus, as designed, would
be $4,000, an aggregate that was more
than $500 above the appropriation, to
say nothing Of the cost Of inspection.
pduuipI inspector Liady VIII nouIy the
plans, which, he says, can be done without
detrimcnt. The heating apparatus under
the new pecificatiuns will bc placed in the
basement instead OF an outside building, and
this, the inspector says, will reduce the cost
SO that there will be no doubt of obtaining
a bid that can he accepted.
OFFICERS CAUGHT MAPPING.
come To grief before the trial board, each
charged with neglect Of duty. The first
two were involved i'll the same affair, and
tie last two happened also to be together
when caught oiIchding against the rcgula-
tions.
lie names Of the dcrclict officers are W.
H. Fugett Z. S. Green, W. W. Wheeler,
and Is. T.. tatsun. Fugett and Green were
on duty one night recently in the southwest
section of the city and witnessed an assault
hy-Several colored rowdIcs upon some re-
spectacle culored women who were pass
ing. The ruffians We're arrested but were
later released ard the affair was not re-
ported to headquarters unt Il the IaI ties ill.,
tercsted made Aknown.
The trial board imposed fine OF $50
upon Fugett owing To the fact that Green
was Il late acquisition to the force, and was
influenced by his companion he was let
of with n reprimand. Major Moore ap
proved the findings in Green's case, but
recommended that the fine in Fugctts ase
be increased to S35.
This was iIalorsed by the Commissioners,
ami Fugett was warned that another offense
Of SO grave character will insure his re-
| moval.
Wheeler ana Batson W ere on duty in North
| east Washington last September. They
We're found one warm night by an in
| spector in vacant lot, each reposing on
the ground apparently asleep. When arous-
ed by the inspector Wheeler claimed to be
sick and that Batson was caring for bim,
hut neither he nor his partner was able
to make out good case when they came
TO trial.
The board fined them SO, but on invesu-
CATION il was found that each had been
previously tried for similar offense, and
upon Commissioner Trueslells motion the
fine was doubled in each case, and the Of
ficers We're warned that future violations
will work their dismissal from the force.
ATTORNEY THOMAS APPROVES.
The questions raised by the attorney
for Contractor Cabell's bondsmcn before
the Commissioners, as noted in The Even
ing Times, Were submitted last evening
| To Attorney Thomas, counsel for the Dis
trict.
The case was stated by the auditor to
be as To the right of the Com niissioners,
under the contract. to withhold the money
due on the latest measurement OF the
stephens School building, the const-hc
ton Of which was under considerati IN,
until such tlne as il might be shown that
| those who hal furnished material. already
used. had been paid in full. In short. to
see that these subcontractors should be
| recompensed before paying over any part
ofthc sum due TO the bondsmen.
| 1t Is understood the attorney comedies
Win iHe views oi the huultor, ana VIII
| shortly submit written opinion, approx
| ing his action in Withholding the ia onry i,r
| the benefit Of the creditors referred 20
| Fifty additional guns for the use OF the
| Colored High School Cadets We're asked for
| by the Commissioners in a Communication
addressed yesterday to Secretary Lamont,
| Of the War Department.
Owing to the death of II. G. McCauey,
lessee of the public hay scales, the Com
missioners find 1t necessary TO make other
arrangements for their management, and it
is probable that they will be sold at
| auc ton.