The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-27
NE LEAVES THE BOARD
CALLS IT A CONSPIRACY
Thinks II Would Have Bee Better II
the Rest OF ths Board Had Re-
signed-His Resignation Was
Promptly Accepted.

ed by the other members of the board
cause he had borrowed money from sew
eral Of the teachers. complied with the
request, and the board, at its meeting
last night received from him the fol-
lowing letter, dated May rs:
ITO the Board of Education, District
No. L.: In all elective bodies when a
member Is asked to resign and does not.
IL the other members adhere to general
principles, they resign. As I refused to
resign. and you insisted to hold you
seats, i, therefore. resign, feeling con-
fident that l am doing my duty as a
citizen, not willing to condescend to sit
with men who have n me a great
wrong. One of h members Of the
board said that all they wanted vas to
have me of the board. which lemon
strates a conspiracy. Tou rave brok-
en- the rules Of the board inc degraded
the dignity Of education"
After the letter had beer cad by
Clerk Richards. Mr.. Burke suggested
that the resignation should be sent to
the county superintendent. but the
board decided to accept 1t as far as 1t
was concerned and send the resigna-
ton to Miss Mullins with q request she
dIGCPl IL III oRtOaht y y WI
Frederic.
A warrant for $12 was ordered drawn
in favor of Mr.. Frederic In payment Of
the salary due him. One or two men,
bers of the board were in favor of TAX
ing some notice Of what was considered
insulting language in Mr.. Frederic's
letter. but the others thought IT best
to ignore IL.
A committee appointed at the previ-
niG maofinO m have n Cnrvav and Mat
mad of the new building site pur-
chased at the corner of Galena n At
lantic streets, reported that the grade
established by the city there was un-
suited to the surrounding property. n
was considered unreasonable, as 1t pro-
vides for a cut of seven and a half
feet at the southwest corner, and about
five feet at the southeast I'm The
cut, IL made. will leave some OF the res
licences In the same locality 13 feet
above the street. A committee, con-
sisting of Morgan, Clinton and Lane
was appointed to call on the city coun-
Gil n try to get the grade changed.
Clinton, Macdonald and Morgan were
also appointed a committee to examine
the abstract to the property and report
on Ii at the next meeting.
The following bids were received for
excavating for the new building: Karl
man & Jennings. go cents per cubic
yard, or, IL classified, 80 cents for earth
and 80 cents for rock. Western Asphalt
and Gravel Roofing company. Is cents
for earth; 81 20 for rock, and 81 so extra
for excavating for the boiler room. Led
ford e. Joyner, 6S cents straight. Tim
Reardon. 40 cents for dirt, so cents for
rock, or SO cents straight. j.. NJ. Blak-
ley, As cents for earth; 20 cents for loose
stone, and IS cents for rock. The lat
ter bid vas not accepted because it was
not accompanied by a certified check.
The contract was awarded TO Reardon
for IS cents a yard, and he will be re-
quired to give a $1,000 bond.
The following offers were also re-
ceived for the East Broadway school
annex property. a tract of ground IS
feet front by 100 deep, on the Baltic
lode, on the north side of Broadway:
william Waiting. 5000; John Toward.
s 1000: S. j. Reynolds, $4,000. The
bids were discussed. and 1t was the
opinion of every member OF the board
that the ground was worth between S.
900 and s1O.0 900, especially as an adjoin-
ing piece of half the frontage was sold
a few days ago for &5,0 0 1t was de-
cided, however, to accept the offer OF
in escrow in the First National bank
until the LIST Of June.
Architect O'Brien submitted modified
drafts for the new school building on
East Galena street, and they were ac-
cepted by the board. 1t was decided to
heat by steam, and the architect was
instructed to prepare plans and speci-
fications for the building.