The Portland daily press., 1899-03-21
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
Order for Building New School House
Laid Over.
STANDING COMMITTEES APPOINT
Ed FOR THE YEAR.

Deering School Teachers and Laborers
To BE Paid-Othor Business Tran
sseted4A Quiet and Harmonious
| Gathering.
The special meeting of the city govern
ment last evening was OF considerable i'm
portsnce, the announcement Of commit
tees being made and the building of the
new Park street school house being dis
cussed. Mayer Robinson and the entire
nine aldermen were present. In the
council the attendance was also large.
THE PARK ST. SCHOOL HOUSE. +
| Alderman Lamson presented an order
for the construction of the Park street
school house.
Alderman Merrill asked that the order
| lie over until the committee ON public
buildings should be appointed Several
members of the board needed time to ex
anime the matter.
Mr.. Lamson said that the present Park
street school had been condemned by the
board of health and he read those portions
of the report which showed the building
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and generally unfit 60 the school house
had been abandoned and the children
scattered. The last city government had
appropriated $500 for plans for new
| school house. Those plans had been made
and for several months had been open for
inspection. BY the LIST of May there would
be between 100 and 200 school children
without house to go to. The building
| should be begun at once in order that II
might be completed by the LIST of next
January. Therefore it seemed that the
order should not be delayed.
MIR. Merrill said that he had favored the
abandonment of the old school and was
as anxious as anyone to have the new
building built But he did want the
work done properly under such safeguards
as would insure that the work should be
done we'll and within the appropriation.
Alderman Moulton thought that $50, !.
| 900 was a large sum to be appropriated off
hand and it seemed that this matter
should go over until next week in order
! that the members might have an oppor-
tunity for examination.
Alderman johnson raised question as
| to whether or not the board of health had
ever condemned the present building. AL
| though their signed report had been
quoted he said he understood they never
had meeting on the subject
Alderman Smith suggested that an
| order be passed providing for tearing
down the old building and that mean
while action on the new building might
| be deferred until the committee on esti-
mates should report.
Mr.. Lamson replied that it might be
several weeks before the committee on
estimates could report.
MIR. Moulton Of Ward made formal
objection against present consideration of
the order and this objection was seconded
by Mr.. johnson of Ward 3. So under the
rule the order lies over until the next
meeting
The text of the order is as follows:
Ordered, that the committee on public
buildings be and it is hereby authorized
and empowered to take down the Park
street school house and to make con-
tract for the erection of new school
house in accordance with the plans
recommended by the school COMMITTEES
and the public buildings committee for
the year 1885 And the said committee
on public buildings is hereby duly author
ICED and empowered TO make contract
or contracts with responsible parties for
the erection of the said school house As
aforesaid, the contract price not TO exceed
the sun of $50, 600. The final payment on
said contract shall not be made prior to
April ! 1900
IN the common council Councilman
Waldron introduced an order as follows;
Ordered that new school building be
built on Park street at once and that the
committee on public buildings is hereby
authorized and directed To secure bids fer
the construction of such building in &C =
oordance with tie plans drawn by +. A.
Tompson, architect, and approved by
the school committee and the committee
on public buildings is also directed to re-
port on the estimated cost of the build.
ing.
This order when it was first introduced
was laid on the table. just before the
council adjourned the order was taken
from the table and was finally amended
to read as follows:
Ordered that the committee on public
buildings be and they are hereby author
lied and directed to secure bids for "a
new school house on Park street in se-
cordance with the plans drawn by +. A.
Tompson, architect, and approved by
the school committees and report tha, Ell
mated cost OF the same TO the committee
on estimates
This order as amended had a passage
and was sent to the upper board for con-
currence.