Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-17
might be referred to the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds.

might De referred TO the Committee on
Buildings and Grounds.
MI. Miller favored a special commit
tee, to be composed of the Centre dis
tr1ct commissioners, as they were IA
miliar with the situation. and made a
motion to that effect. that committee
to report at the next meeting of be
Board.
Mr.. Waterhouse differed decidedly
with Colonel Miller, saying the mem
bers from Centre were perfectly salts
fed with the examinations they had
made, and he would rather see the mat
ter in the hands of the regular Commit
tee on Buildings and Grounds. The
business belonged to that Committee,
and it had authority and power to ex-
pend money, while the local commit
sioners were restricted to SIS. The To-
cal commissioners would do their part.
Two Of them had been at the building
daily for nearly a week, and knew
pretty well what was needed.
Mr.. Maxwell seconded Col. Miller's
motion. The latter then said his only
idea had been to expedite matters and
withdrew his motion. Mr.. Dudley's mo-
ton to suspend the rules was then
adopted, and the chair (Mr. Bowers)
announced the standing committees of
the Board as follows:
Finance-Jefferson Hubbard and Nc
Cornell.
Accounts-Ford, Garden and Nc
Lure.
salaries-Miller, Birney and Max
we'll.
Text Books-Schaub, McNash and
Milligan.
Rules and Neutrality-suspicious.
Cranmer and Dudley.
German Language-Schrebe, Wendell
and Nesbitt.
Teachers and Schools Dudley,
Schaub, Waterhouse, Nesbitt, Cranmer,
Hubbard and Garden.
Buildings and Grounds-Maxwell
Jefferson. Birney, Ford. Wendell, Nc
Nash and Mcconnell.
Public Library-Noble, Schrebe, Mil
1igan, Miller, Mcclure, Battelle and Mr..
President.
Mr.. Waterhouse then moved to refer
the Centre school matter to the Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds. with
power to act. This was opposed by
Colonel Miller, because the Board met
in regular session Thursday evening,
and the Committee would probably
know by that time how much money
was needed. and could report to the
Board for further action.
Mr.. WaterhOuSe suggested that the
Committee only needed power to act as
to an investigation. I'VE do not in
tend to have the house torn down and
build a new one by Thursday night"
More digging was necessary, in order
to tell the condition of the founda-
lions.
The Chair ruled that under Mr..
Warehouses; motion the Committee
could have unlimited power.
Mr.. Waterhouse said that m piece
of work demanded immediate atten-
ton, or further damage would result,
| and that related to the foundation I'M
der the tower, for a distance of about
twelve feet.
A general debate followed, after
which DR.. Birney amended Mr.. Water
houses motion so the matter might be
referred to the Committee on Build
ings and Grounds for investigation'an and
report to the Board. Mr.. Waterhouse
accepted this, when Mr.. Maxwell called
attention to the fact that there was nc
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money.
Mr.. Giesey here asked for the priv
lege of addressing the Board, and said
it would be necessary to dig entirely
around the foundation on the inside
n make a complete examination, and
this work could not be done by Thurs
day. The work necessary under the
tower could be reported upon, how
ever. Engineer White also explained
his connection with the matter, saying
he had been called in as a city official
and while the Board of Education was
a separate corporation, his services
would cost nothing.
Finally the Committee was author
lied to expend money and the pending
resolution was adopted.
Mr. Noble then called attention to a
resolution introduced at the November
meeting, relating to the control of Lin
coin school, which has no local com
missioners since the change in Madi-
son district, the school standing on the
line between Washington and Clay.
Mr.. Miller said to take the matter up
at a special session would not only
necessitate another suspension of the
rules, but also a suspension of parlia-
mentary law. The matter was debated
for a while and "a finally ruled out of
order, and the Board adjourned.