The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-24
BRAGG SAYS HIS SAY
WASHES HIS HANDS OF WEBB'S
MILWAUKEE, BILL
MONDAY DECIDES ITS FATE
Pico Heights School Contract Given to
Murphy & McLennan for the
Sum Of 10000
Pico Heir'

Only five members of the board of ed
at the special meeting. The meeting was
called to order at 2:15 by'President Davis,
and Messrs. Bragg. Braly, Poor and ST.
monitor responded to their names. The
others were reported away in the country.
The report of the special committee on
bids for the Pico Heights school building
recommending the acceptance of the bid
of Murphy & McLennan for $40, 999, with the
usual conditions embodied in the contract,
and that School Building Superintendent
Hogan take the place of an architect in
experimenting the contractors work. was
adopted, all voting in favor of it, excepting
Mr.. Bragg. who, as a member of the special
committee, had declined to sign the report,
and who now voted no. The building COM
mittee was then directed to request the
city attorney to draw up contract A few
slight changes suggested by Architect
Charles Strange will be embodied in the
specifications.
President Davis thencalled up the matter
Of ex-School Director Webbs bill of ex-
penditures as a delegate to the Milwaukee
national convention of educators. He said
that after the bill had been audited The
Herald had reported that one of Webb's
items was an imposition. 1t had claimed
that, instead Of getting and paying for
half-fare ticket to Milwaukee and return.
he had travelled on pass, and inquiries in
stituted left no doubt upon that subject.
Mr.. Braly moved that the warrant be re-
called for reconsideration, and that 1t lie
finally disposed of at the next regular
meeting. No second was Forthcoming.
After silence that threatened never to
be broken again-a very unusual thing, by
the way, at the meetings of the board of
education. where talk runs riot too often
Mr.. Davis requested Mr.. Poor to take the
chair. Mr.. Poor complied with alacrity.
and was mildly surprised when he found
out that the president had merely done it
to second Mr.. Bralys motion.
Mr.. Bragg said that, as member of the
finance committee, he had had Webb's
bill under consideration for a month and
had finally recommended it's payment. He
did not know what to do now, He was
very willing that such members of the
board who were acquainted with that bill
from Its inception should vote exclusively
on 1t. AS for himself, he did not believe
that he could again pass upon 1t intelligent
ly. One finance committee, with the mat
ter of Webb's expenses still fresh in its
memory, had passed the bill in lump; an
other finance committee, later on had
voted against it. He must confess that the
whole thing was a puzzle to him. On Mr..
Braly's motion. he would cast an affirma-
tive vote, but he had come to the conclu-
sion that it would be better for him to ab-
stain from voting when the warrant came
up again for final action.
Mr.. Simonton, the new member, on the
ground that he was unfamiliar with tha
Kaleidoscope phases of Mr.. Webb's bill.
excused himself from voting. Braly's mo-
ton was then carried by four votes, and
the meeting adjourned till next Monday
night. This leaves Webb's bill in the
hands Of the seven directors who were in
office when the member of the Ninth
packed up his grip and had a good old
time black east"