The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-06
ELECTRIC LIGHT CONTRACT

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 ele to butcher calves at his place of business on DixWell avenue, The mayor called attention to the fact that the ordinances now prevented any such slaughtering in the city, He suggested that since there were others situated similarly to MT. Eisele the whole mat ter be referred to an appropriate com mittee. The veto was sustained and the matter referred to the incoming common council.
 communication was received from the board of finance stating that the board of education and the board of finance had voted to issue $20,000 worth of school bonds, the amount remaining unissued of the $50O,O00 worth author- ized by the legislature and asking that the court of common council to approve the issue. Alderman Wright of the board of finance said that the $20,000 was needed for the new high school to permit the installation there of some improvements not contemplated in the contract for the construction of the building and mentioned as one improve ment metal ceilings instead of plaster ceilings. He said that the board of ed ucation had authority to issue the bonds whether the common council approved or not
 Alderman Miller said that either unanimous consent for the passage of the order must be given or it must be referred to committee for a public hearing. He said that the matter of issue of bonds should have come to the common council first but that the board of finance and board of education had first passed the order and then finding they must have the consent of the com mon council to sell the bonds had at last come to that body. He said that many people were very much opposed to any more bonding and he moved that the matter beferred to a special committee to give a public hearing in order that the opinions of citizens might be secured.
 Alderman Wright hoped that this motion would not prevail. Alderman J. J. Walsh asked why, if the board of edcation had power to issue the bonds, they had asked the common council for approval. He thought that a public hearing should be given.
 Alderman Wallace protested strongly against bonding the city for any such purposes as metal ceilings. He said that there was something wrong in the whole system of letting contracts for new school buildings and said that some architects submit low figures and that when the contract was let for the new high school there was much doubt whether the work could be done for the price named. Now they wanted s20,000 more. If free opportunity to bid had been given the work could have been done at some reasonable figure instead of letting some firm get the contract at a low figure and then afterwards helping them out with another 10000 which didn't make the successful low bid so low after all He said that this bond issue was asked for a bad. There was no indication that plaster ceilings were injurious to the health of children He thought that they were healthier than open joins of metal ceilings. He opposed spending money in every shiftless way that some baord sees fit" The plans and specifications had been accepted for what was thought would be q model building and now more money was wanted. The board of edu- cation might have power to issue the bonds anyway but he thought that the