The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-05-24
THREE TRUSTEES
MAY BID ON WORK
New School Buildings Repre-.
sent Big Contracts
Trustees karnes, Davis and Bramc
viii Resign II Their Bids On
Work Are Accepted.
BOARD WILL RUN INTO DEBT

Each of three members of the
school board are prepared to re
Sign their positions, should theiI
bids on the plans accepted by the
board in the called meeting last night
for the erection Of new buildings, be
Three members of the
board are contractors and all likely
will bid on the extensive work start
ed by the board with the call fol-
bids. on the Jackson street building
the North Twelfth street building
and the finishing of three rooms in
the Mckinley building. These .trus.
tees are Messrs. Karnes, Davis and
Brame.
Rules of the board forbid a men,
Der having a contract with the board
and if any of the three contractor
members should have the successful
bid. he would resign in order to
take the contract. While it might be
probable that one of these trustees
would have the successful bids on
the two buildings, it is improbable
that each would bid on all three
Jobs. SO that in any event two of the
trustees would resign, If they had the
successful bids, and it is entirely pos.
sible that each of the three members
would get one each of the three jobs
necessitating three designations. The
board has changed complexion con
siderably of late and three resigna
tions, two, or even one. would give Il
almost new face.
1t so happens that these tire,
members compose the building com
mittee Of the board and they arr
thoroughly familiar with. the plan
of the Improvements and new build
ings. Last night none would say pos
itively whether he would bid on tn
work, though each said he would re
sign If any of his bids were success
Iful. Estimating roughly, Trustee
Karnes said the Jackson street build
ing would cost SIP, 1000; the Nortl
Twelfth street building, $4,000
and the finishing of the three room
in the Mckinley building, 5000. Ag
gregating $4,000, the work is
plum, which even a trustee woul,
climb out of his position to get.
Plans of Building.
Bids were called for all the work
to be in by noon, June 4, the regu
lar meeting day Of the board. 1t 1
hoped that the contract can b.
awarded on that day. so that worl
can begin within week or ten day
thereafter. Trustee Kelley in tn
face of opposition, had the specifica
tions read in the meeting. Some hal
read them while others were restless
but direction by committees is no
Trustee Kelley's idea. The jackson
street building win be 6S feet,
inches, by n feet. inches. 1t will
be perfectly plain building, o
brick, with tin roof The lumbe
will be pine, and the long joists mus
be ordered from the south, requiring
at least a month to be imported
This is expected to be the occasion
Of the greatest delay in building, bu
manufacturers already have writtei
for prices and they ought to be her
by the time the foundation is laid
The rooms win be 25 feet, niche
by 80 feet, IA foot stories and
foot basement. The blackboards eth
er will be Ormstead's Artificial slate
presented to the board by the man
lufacturer's representative last night
or plaster and lamp black. An octs
gon Flagstaff is specified.
The North Twelfth street buildln
will be built from the specifications 0
the Jackson street building, with tn
exception that only the lower foo
and the basement will be finished
Half of the north side site may b
sold as the board owns a whole bloc
and the proceeds would be opportun
now in the Strengthened financia
condition Of the board On the ques
ton of finances. the board with tn
purchase of the Jackson street site
has used $1,000 out of the $500
received from the sale of the Long
fellow building This leaves $500
to care for $4,000 worth of wor
ordered last night, some $400 70
new desks for the High school, an
whatever furniture it may be nee
essary to install in the new build
lings Added to this, running expense
for May and June amounting to So
200 or $1,000 must be borrowed. Il
July the semi-annual taxes are pal,
and the school fund will be replen
ished but the board will close tn
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