Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-24
MUST TOE THE mark
School Board of Trustees
Means Business.
MORE GRACE FOR FINCH
he Is Given Until Noon Today to Have the
Deed for School Lots Ready for the
Commonwealth's Attorney.
PLANS Adopted.
Mr.. F. F. Finch has got to toe the

-H PLANS Adopted.
Mr.. F. F. Finch has got to toe the
mark.
The Board of School Trustees wants
a deed for the block of eight lots
which 1t agreed to purchase of him as
q site for the new high school build
ing. ana the members do not intend to
Monkey" over the matter any longer.
At the meeting Of the Board OF
School Trustees held last night DR..
carter Perkins introduced a resolution
giving Mr.. Finch until noon today to
place the deed for the lots In the hands
OF Commemorative Attorney j. X. M.
Newton. If Mr.. Finch complies with
the terms Of the resolution he will re :
celve $4,000 in hard cash, but If he does
not Mr. Newton will at once begin pro
ceedings to have the land condemned
by the Corporation Court The reso-
luton was adopted, for the board
means business. =
The city treasurer now has in his
hands s143175, the amount Of money
realized from the sale of bonds, and
lwork can be commenced Immediately
Pm the school building. as Messrs. Ped
licord & Co.. the contractors. have the
haterial ready to begin work.
AAs was stated in the Daily Press
leHed block of eight lots of Mr..
Flnh's land. as a site for the school
puN,ting. The price was agreed upon
ana Me deal practically closed AT
sneriq meeting of the board Tuesday
nightNt was learned that Mr. Finch
had opposed of one of the lots, sell
ing ~ Y leasing it to Mr. George w.
oauIosN This provoked the members
put altet communicating with Mr.
SaunnerS4e stated that he was willing
to take abther lot If Mr.. Finch would
yx-ac. t,o, III =,
mater way again settled. but at the
meetlnE laS night there was no evil
nence that De board would get the lots
desired. 80
1t seems tat Mr.. Finch offered to
give the boad the lots selected If it
paid him the interest on the money
from the dat of the time when the
site was selecta by the board. Several
members Wantl to send for Mr.. Finch
last night, but theirs protested. saying
that they ala no care to make verbal
agreement with him. Mr.. Saunders
had agreed to tae another lot and
they did not propse to parley Over, the
matter any longer.
Mr.. Finch yesteray stated that the
deed for the school ITS was made and
oeIverea 70 the comnonwealth's attor-
whom the deed sho,fa be made, and
the only complaint tn, board had wa.
that the lots COMMENCE twenty-f1ve
feet further from Washington avenue
than the board had epected There
are fourteen lots. ne sas. left in the
block for the board to Sect from.
After disposing of the inter of a site
for the high school buiidin the board |
proceeded to inspect the pins for the |
central and colored school Ebuildinps
submitted by the archite.s Plans
Marye. Mr.. W. D. Hill and Messrs
Connell &, Wagner. together 18th the |
estimates.
Mr.. Hills Specifications were or the
building the board proposes to Set NJ |
the corner OF Twenty-eighth Street
and Marshal avenue. to be knon as
the Central" school. He esta tad !
the cost of construction al abouts o0o |
and provided for an eight room i'd
ing to be heated by stoves, as stiMa
ted in the advertisement for propose
agreeing to superintend the work fo4
per cent. Of the contract price.
Messrs. Connell and Wagner submi |
ted plans for both the central and col
ored school buildings. the former IL
cost probably $4,000 and the latter IS
600. including the system of heating
The charges for experimenting the
work was fixed at three and a half per
cent. The building designed for the
catchy" and best looking of any of
the plans shown.
The plans exhibited by Captain P.
Thornton Marye's representative &c
for both buildings, one to cost about
$1,000 and the other $4,000. the architest
agreeing to superintend the erection
of the buildings for three and half per
cent. of the contract price. and for five
per cent. IL only the plans of the CEN
trail school building We're adopted AN
the plans submitted provided for eight
room brick buildings.
After going over the plans DR.. Per-
kfns moved that those submitted by
Captain P. Thornton Marye be adopted.
and the motion prevailed by a vote of
to 3. as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Robinson, Jones, Per-
kins and Cooper.
Nays-Messrs. Riley, Ford and O'Don-
nell.
The board then adjourned.
The members who voted against Dr.
Perkins motion will make an effort to
have it reconsidered at the next meet
ing. They claim that the other archi-
tects were unjustly treated as Captain
Marye was awarded the contract for
preparing the plans Of the high school
building without competition. and that
this work should have been divided
between Mr.. Hill and Messrs Ccnnell
& Wagner. Furthermore, they claim,
that the plans of Messrs. Cornell &
Wagner for the central school building
displayed more taste than the others,
though the cost was probably q little
more. Captain Marye now has the
contract for experimenting the erection
Of all the school buildings.
Police Court.