The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-27
FOUR EXPERIENCED
A CHANGE OF MIND
Majority OF Building Committee Go Back
on Their Agreement.
THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS PUT OFF
Atthe Committee Meeting Three Bids
Were Unanimously Approved of, but
When IL Came to Signing the Report
Four of the Seven Members Baked.
Resolutions Providing for the Issue
of Bonds Approved.

At Thursday nights session of the
building committee of the board of
control it was unanimously decided to
award the bids for the proposed new
schools as follows: No. 6, Mulhern d
Judge. s19,655; No. Is, Conrad Schroe-
der. $40, Al; No. 2S Green Ridge Lum-
Der company, $23,43E- Last night when
the type written copy of the commit
tees recommendations was passed
around for the committeemen's sigma
lures four of them, Messrs. carson
Welsh, Conrad and Casey refused to
give to it their hand and seal. This
was great surprise to Chairman Da-
Wis and the other two members of the
committee, Messrs. Gibbons and Notz,
but when the order of report of build
ing committee was reached Mr. Davis
read the award agreed upon Thursday
night.
Mr.. Carson followed him with a re-
port from the majority of the commit
tee recommending that the matter of
awarding the contracts for the new
buildings be postponed for six months,
by which time the annual tax levy will
have been made.
There was a breezy bit of parliament
Chairman Jennings ruling that the
question before the house was a mo-
tion made by Mr.. Wormser to defer ac-
tion on both majority and minority re-
ports until after the tax levy had
been made. Mr.. Notz tried to table it
but failed, and it passed by an almost
unanimous vote. 1t was decided that
any bidder that cared to might with
draw his hid and the accompanying
check
TIB ATTACKED THE BOARD.
Following this Mr.. Notz secured the
privilege of the floor and made q
lengthy speech attacking the board in
general and Mr.. Wormser in particular
for keeping the South Side out of its
much needed school. Mr.. Wormsei
| called him to order with the remark
the gentleman from the Nineteenth is
making a harrangue which is not cred.
| liable to himself" The gentleman
from the Nineteenth was made to take
| his seat.
The finance committee reported a:
| per instructions of the previous meet
ing, "a resolution providing for the bono
issue. 1t was drawn up by the board
| SOlcllOr, Hon. H. a. hnapp. 1t sup
ulates that the issue shall be for $12O
600 and shall be known as the 1897 find
| ing loan. There are to be 120 coupon
| bonds of the value of 81 900 each
forty to expire in 1892; forty in 1872
and forty in 1927. They are to bear A.
per cent interest, the coupons to b
payable semi-annually, on April / an,
October |. They are to be sold for no
less than par and accrued interest. Al
additional tax of one-half of one mil
is to be levied annually to meet tn
interest and provide a fund for Nquidat
ing the principal The resolution wa
approved by a vote of IA to 4.
NOT YET DEFICIENCY.
Mr.. Notz and Mr. Langan wanted t
make provisions in the bond issue 70
the $4,000 debt on the lots recently pur
chased on Washington avenue fiat
and those purchased in the Second war
on which $4,000 is still owing.
Mr. Wormser explained that the com
mittee did not include these debts be
cause they do not fall due until mex
year and cannot legally be considere
deficiencies