The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-30
ANACONDA NEWS.
FOR SPECIAL TAX Levy
School Trustees Fix the Amount
at Four Mills.
NEW HEATING APPARATUS
BIDS for Furnishing q stsan Plant for
b Bryan Advertised For-Bonds
Ordered Printed-Estimatee Al
lowed-Other Business.

The board of school trustees succeeded
in getting a quorum together last night
and held a meeting at which consider
able business was transacted. The most
important matter to come up was the
fixing Of the special school tax levy to
be submitted at a special school cleo
ton. The board, after computing the
approximate cost of running the schools
during the ensuing term, fixed the spe-
cial levy. at 4 mills upon the taxable
property of the district. The clerk was
instructed to give notice of the election
as required by law, and the election
will be held at as early a date as posi-
BILE after the period of publication has
expired.
The board also decided to provide a
new steam heating plant for the Bryan
school house. the apparatus now in the
building being unsatisfactory. The bids
for furnishing the plant are to be in by
. O'Clock next Thursday night.
The m OF the board present at
last nights meeting were Messrs. Tuttle,
Cuddihy. Welcome, MacCallum and DIR.
Mckenzie. The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
A communication was received from
Professor Stapleton. calling attention TO
the necessity Of having the furniture
ordered for the new Lincoln school,. Re-
ferred to the supply committee.
The resignation of Nettie f. O'Donnell
as teacher was received and accepted.
Trustee MacCallum said that the peo-
pie whose children attend the Levengood
school had asked him to suggest to the
board the substitution at that school of
a male f9a cher for the 1adv taarhpr the
reason for the request being that a man
could take care of the building. He also
m a teacher whose name had been
suggested to him. President futile
thought that the substitution would be
esta blishing a bad precedent. If the
board took n action in this instance
there would be a hundred other cases
where a change of teacher would be
wanted by ~disgruntled persons. Besides,
the people up there had agreed to take
care of the school themselves. No ac-
ton was taken on the matter.
After a lengthy discussion concerning
tn vacancies now existing in the corps
of teachers. the matter was left over to
another meeting.
A communication was received from
Joseph N. Smith of the former firm of
Smith & Black, architects of the new
Lincoln school, asking that no more
money be paid on the architects ac-
count until certain affairs could be ad-
justed. The board took no action until
further Inquiries could be made. The
clerk was instructed to request both
Messrs. Smith n Black to be present
at the next meeting.
The Northwest School Furniture COM
pany asked the board for a testimonial
relative to the satisfactory character of
certain articles furnished the district.
The communication was laid over.
The hf1i1dfp1 nnnanas+taA a,A~t1l 49, |
the new Lincoln school building was
progressing favorably and that the
building would be finished in ample
time for its use when the school opens
in September. There was some discus |
sion as to the fitting up of three rooms
in the basement of the school,. 1t was
finally decided to wait until il became
apparent that the additional class rooms
are necessary before they are fitted UP.
President futile suggested that it
would be a good idea to provide for each
of the school buildings a fire alarm box
by private wire with the de-
partment. The other members of the
board thought the suggestion a good
one, and the question will be looked
into.
Mr.. Mckenzie and Mr.. Welcome were
appointed a committee to investigate the
of connecting the Lincoln school
with the main sewer on Fourth street.
MI. MacCallum called up the matter
the new heating plant for the Bryan
school All the members were of the
opinion that a new plant was certainly
necessary, as the present plant is en-
tirely inadequate to do the heating of
the building. MacCallum moved tha an
advertisement be inserted in the Stand
ard calling for plans and specifications
for a steam heating plant, and for bids
for furnishing the same. The bids are
to be in by Thursday evening. Aug. 4, at
o'clock. each bid to be accompanied
by a certified check for 10 per cent. of
thea amount of the bid.
The most important business of the
was then taken up-the ques-
ton of a special tax levy to provide
money to run the schools during the
year. After considerable discus
sion relative to the amount of money
Mr.. MacCalium moved that the
clerk be authorized to give notice of a
special election for the purpose of SUBJ
to the electors of the district
question of levying a special tax
evy of 4 mills upon the taxable prop
.rty of the district. The assessed valua-
ion of the property contained within the
district Is approximately IS, 200, 900.
would give the trustees about
600. which sum. together with the
money provided by the regular school
evy fixed by the county commissioners.
will give the trustees a sufficient amnunt