The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-23

Buiiding--PiansO Ordered For New
No. 3 in the Eleventh Ward--To
Fight the Quo warranto in Court.
The Notz family scored three times
at last nights meeting of the board of
control. Herman Notz resigned as
controller from the Nineteenth ward,
his son, Alfred r. Notz, was elected to
fill the vacancy, and Notz, the elder,
was appointed janitor of No. 10 school
building in the Nineteenth ward, vice
his daughter, Miss Bertha Notz.
Bids for furnishing coal for the many
buildings for one year were received
and referred to the supply committee.
The bids were made separately for the
First district, the central city; Second
district, South Side Third district,
West Side, and Fourth district, North
End and Green Ridge. The bids were
as follows
NJ. }. Ruddy-l'iist district, egg, stove
and chestnut COAL s2.55; pea coal, $3.50;
Second district S2.47 and sl.49: Third dis
trict. S2.i9and $l50; Fourth district, $3.50
and $l.jO.
James NJ. Murray-Seoond district. egg,
stove and chestnut, S2.1s; pea coal, $l.iO
Clark Tunnel Coal cGmpany-Fourth
district, egg, stove and chestnut coal.
&.4S; pea coal, S1.i5; buckwheat coal, So
cents.
Consumers Ice compai y--F'irst, Second
and Third districts, egg, stove and chest
nut coal, $2.4S; pea coal. $l.i5
William Connell & Co.-First and Second
districts, egg, stove and chestnut coal,
$50; pea coal, S.5O; buckwheat, 80 cents.
Michael Gibbons-F'irst and Second dis
tricts, egg, $40; stove and chestnut, $3.50;
pea, $780, buckwheat, 80 cents; Third as
trict, eggs, stove and chestnut, $3.50; pea,
Sl.50; buckwheat, 80 cents.
West Ridge Coal company-First and
Fourth districts, egg and chestnut, &.i5;
stove $3.50; pea, Sl.iS; Second district, egg
and chestnut, $3.50; stove, $21O; pea, Sl.63;
Third district, egg and chestnut, 50. jj;
stove, $685. pea, $l.5S.
James Kearney-First, Third and
Fourth districts, egg, stove and chestnut,
S2,i5 pea, s1.45; Second district, egg, stove
and chestnut, $780, pea. Sl.50
James Flynn-Third district, egg, stove
and chestnut, S265; pea, s1i9.
NOTICE OF THE ATTACK.
communication from the boards
solicitor, II. a. Knapp, gave formal
notice of the quo warranto proceedings
in court, brought by John Jermyn, to
determine the boards right to exist as
body containing one member from
each ward instead of six members at
large as previous to the act of 1874.
which, by two learned lower court
judges, has been declared illegal. On
motion of Mr.. Gibbons, seconded by
Mr.. Devanney, President Jennings was
directed to appoint two members in
addition to himself to act as q COM
mittee to secure additional legal coun-
sci to assist the boards solicitor if such
action was deemed necessary. This
motion prevailed only after consider
able opposition and counter motions
by Mr.. Barker and Mr.. Schriefer who
wanted the matter of additional coun-
sci left to the discretion of Mr.. Knapp.
President Jennings appointed on the
committee to act with himself Messrs.
Schriefer and Gibbons.
The building committee presented the
following:
We recommend the purchase of three
lots located on Fillmore avenue, in the
Fourth ward said lots being each 80 by
$50 feet and the price sl,lOO per lot.
We recommend that John a. Duckworth
be instructed to prepare plans for a 12-
TOOln DullulnS take the place OIL NO.
g. the cost not to exceed 5000 per room.
Mr.. Walsh saw no necessity of a
new building in the district mentioned
inasmuch as no information to that eff
feet had been received from Superln-
tendent Howell or previously, from the
committee. Mr.. Barker disapproved of
buying lots for building purposes un-
til provision had been made for new
buildings in the Tenth and Seventeenth
wards.
Mr. Davis, chairman of the building
committee, and Mr.. Gibbons advocated
the purchase of the lots which are on
the westerly side of Fillmore avenue,
between SHETLAND and Pettebone
streets. The site, they said, was an
ideal one, and a new building was alb
solutely necessary to relieye the over
taxed old No. 10 building, which had
been condemned and had only two
rooms and three teachers to accom-
modate the 200 pupils. On motion of
Mr.. Barker, action was postponed un-
til the next meeting.
NEW NO. 3 BUILDING.
a year ago the board entered into a
contract with Architect Duckworth to
prepare plans and specifications for a
l5-room new No. building in the
Eleventh ward, payment for the work
not TO be made until 1898 On recon-
meudation of the building committee
last night the architect was directed
to prepare plans for a twelve, instead
Of n J5-room structure.
Before Mr.. Notz resigned and made
Iii I,., ,p1 nr, Il L
had one request, a last request, to
make. 1t was for an electric bell for
No. 10 building. The request was re-
ferred 10 committee.
After Mr.. NotZ's resignation was ac-
cepted, on motion of Messrs. O'Malley
and Devanne", the retiring controllers
son, Alfred r., was elected, on motion
Of Messrs. Gibbons and Langan, the
former vouching for the junior Notz's
character and fitness for the trust.
| He was elected unanimously, Mr.
| Welsh not voting. Later in the session
| the new member was sworn in by Sec
retary Fellows. 1t was voted to close
| the schools on Friday, as we'll as on
| Thanksgiving Day.
AS it is desired to open Nos. and
| Is buildings on Monday, it was decid.
| ed to inspect them Thursday afternoon
| but the board slipped a cog somewhere
! by not providing for a meeting of the
board meanwhile. This point escaped
| the controllers in the opposition of a
| few of them to doing business on a
| holiday, and their efforts 10 have the
| inspection made tomorrow afternoon
and the building accepted at a special
| meeting tomorrow evening.
| lust before adjournment. Presiden,