Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-05-16
PLANS ADOPTED
For the New Ward School Building,
on Conditions.


ular session at the High School build
ing Monday evening. All the members
were present. The minutes OF the pre-
vlous meeting were read and approved.
Reports of committees were asked
for and Willis for the Auditing COM
mlttee, said they were only partially
ready to report, that Mr.. Curtis was
away and he had gotten Mr.. Hyde to
go over the books, but they had not
yet reported in full and asked for a lit
tie more time, wblch was granted.
Willis was also on the Teachers
committee, and stated that Mr. Will
llams was sick and Mr.. Curtis away
and nothing had been done He made
motion that when adjourned the
meeting be adjourned to meet Thurs
day evening for the purpose of consid-
ering petitions, electing teachers and
doing other business necessary. His
motion prevailed.
Mr.. Eyssen reported for the Building
Indl lhty ndu utth COuSlu-
erlng the plans for the new school
building for the past two weeks and
bad been giving them careful consid-
GRAFTON. OF all the various plans sub
mitted, those nearest to what we want
are the ones submitted by Morris & Co.,
and we recommend to the Board that
they adopt mis- set of plans provided
that the architects will guarantee and
give bond that the building can be
erected for the appropriation, and that
they would make the few changes in
the plans necessary to meet the re-
quirements of the Board. He said
he thought that TOR the small sum the
architects would get out of the fund,
they could not afford to slight The
work. That their price was but four
per cent for plans and experimenting
construction. They are willing to
give bond that the building can be
erected of vitrifled brick for the sum to
be appropriated and that there should
be no charge for extras.
Mr. Willis said that one architect
had said that pressed brick would cost
from 5000 to $500 more than vltriiied
brick, and stone would cost from $500
TO $1,000 more.
The general sense of the meeting
seemed to be that they would not
adopt the plans of any architect unless
he would give bond that the building
could be erected for the specified price.
The matter of superintendent for
the building was discussed and also
that of having an inspector to see that
all material was of first class and that
everything was just right.
The plans of Morris & Co. show the
most hall room for the size of the 9th
er rooms and the ground space occu-
pied is S2XS2 feet.
The idea now is to get the building
done by or before October 1st, and
there was some discussion as to the
propriety of Offering a premium for ev-
cry week that it is done before speci-
| fled time, and eXacting a fine for every
week it is delayed beyond the time
was discussed. The general opinion
seemed to be that dit would be a good
idea to have some incentive for the
contractors to work hard to get it
done, as there is great need for it to
be ready just as soon as possible.
Curtis moved that the plans of Nor
is & Co., be adopted conditionally
that they make the specifications to
satisfy the Committee and give bond
that the building will not cost more
than the stipulated sum. The motion
prevailed unanimously.
Meisenhelder said that the recent
filling and relaying of the Scanned
street sidewalk on the third street
school house grounds had raised it
above the rest of the ground and that
it would be necessary to haye some
filling done He stated that there is
some gravel on the hill which can be
had for 40 cents per load and that he
can get about a hundred loads of. it,
and he would like to know what to do
about it, He was told that it was the
place of the committe he was on to
see that the things of that kind which
were needed to be done were done.
After some more talk about the dirt
question it was decided that the Build
ing committee would see to the matter
of getting some more dirt to put into
the Willard school lot for filling it up
as there is an opportunity to get it now
from some grading that is being done.
Thomas & Campbell were allowed
75 cents for repairing a water filter;
Hugh Wheatley, $500 for dirt and
gravel furnished for the Third street
school sidewalk j, F. McIntire, $500
for laying the paving; Marietta Trans
fer Co., so cents for two loads of
wood furnished the Willard school
building; Marietta Manufacturing Co.,
$1OO for repairs on furnace doors; L.
.P. Schulz, $500 for a standard diction-
ary; Greenwood School Supply Co.,
$3.50 for stationery; Marietta Plumb
ing Co., 1925 for cleaning sewer at
Wash In ptnn street. building. The Iohn