Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-26
NEED SOME MONEY.
SCHOOL BOARD ASKS FOR A LEVY
OF SEVEN AND A-HALF
MILLS.

At last nights meeting of the board of
education, a resolution asking for a tax
levy Of ~ mills for school purposes, vas
adopted, and this will be presented to
the board of county commissioners. The
resolution asks for a levy Of 5 mills for
the general fund, / mill for the building
fund, l mill for free text books, and the
fraction will be levied to the sinking fund.
The ~janitor and supply committee pre-
sented the following report:
Your janitor n supply committee
beg to make the following report and re-
Communications:
First. After examining the several
school desks offered, we find that the
desks offered by Davis & Green, non-ad-
Unstable. sizes srom one to six, at from
81 to $3.50 per desk. be purchased.
Second. That they be awarded the
contract for supplying hyloplate at IL
cents per quare foot, all f. o. b. Butte.
I'VE also recommend that the clerk be
authorized to draw up the necessary con-
tract with Davis & Green for desks and
h%yloplate, and that they be requested to
furnish a good bond in the sum of $1,000
for the faithful performance of their con
tract.
LAS to the blinds, the committee asks
for further time to report
Trustee Lane opposed the report. He
was in favor of an adjustable desk, but
after some discussion a motion to adopt
the report prevailed, Mr.. Lane voting
against the motion.
Bids for k~alsomining the Colorado and
East Centerville schools II painting the
old High school building on East Broad
"a We're then opened as follows:
George j. Dav. & Co.-Colorado and
East Centerville, $l60; Washington build
ing, $3.50.
Greggs Paint Co.-Kalsomining Color
ado and East Centerville buildings, 6
cents per square yard: roof of old high
school, G5 cents per square; wood work of
same, $3.50.
Charles Schatzlein-Kalsomining Col
| orado building, $50; kalsomining East
Centerville, s75; painting interior of old
high school building, 1853. No bid was
| received for the roof work.
Clark Notwithstanding Colorado
! and East Centerville buildings, Az cents
! per square yard; roof of old high school
building, so cents per square of 100 feet.
No bid for the painting OF the wood work
| was received.
Joseph Notwithstanding Colorado
and East Centervillc buildings, s cents
per yard; roof of East Broadway build
ing, so cents per square and wood work,
SLIGO.
The bids were referred to the building
committee with authority to act.
On Trustee Whites motion it was de-
cided to paint the interior of the old high
school building.
Architect O'Brien's report showed that
building material to the value Of SID, 1O1 AZ
had been supplied for the construction OF
the Atlantic street school, leaving a bal
ance Of Sc, 300 due the contractor, and a
warrant for that amount was ordered
drawn.
The building committees estimate o.
the cost Of repairs on the different schoo
buildings was as follows: Adams school
$3.50: Washington, $1,370: Lincoln, SAL;
Garfield, $74; North Walkerville, $3.50;
! East Walkerville, $3.50; West Walker
willie, SOL 80; Blaine, $500. The work was
authorized.
Tn board decided to insure the Attain
tic street school to the extent of ! 5000.
Unless Thomas Rowan signs the con-
tract for the construction Of the Alumni
UNI street and furnishes a bond by to-
morrow night, his contract will be re-
voked.