The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

l 'CO4O44O4 OllIlletu ElcIlllEQ LLdL lIlG COIfl- mittee had faithfully carried out the instructions of the board as it under stood them.
 After very lengthy debate on the question of whether or not the school buildings committee had gone beyond the point of minor alterations, Colonel Ullman suggested that the, matter should be settled that night whether the board would authorize going to the board of finance and asking for the sum which the school as protected would cost or whether to alter the plans. He stated that the board of finance had not restricted the board of education to any set sum for the school and that the board should ask for tbA sum the bids called for if it agreed that the school as planned was the one the district needed or else scale down the bids to what they thought the school should be. He said that as there was held up in the certified checks sent in by the bidders some ac- tion should be taken at once so that they would not be held up too long.
 Thereupon MT. Wheeler started the fight on a definite course with the mo- ton that all the bids be rejected on the strength of Mir. Moran's point rel garding the unfairness of sealing down under the competitive system and the return of all the checks. He stated that he would not be in favor of any school in that district which would cost over $75,OOO.
 Colonel Ullman offered the amend ment that the plans be returned to the committee to scale down to the sum the board was willing to spend. He showed how enough could be cut out to bring the school down to the sum originally named in the estimate. The amendment was made in the form that the committee should bring the cost doWn to sum not to exceed the cost named in the estimate. Mir. Moran moved to lay the matter on the table until full meeting of the board and suggested the calling of a special meet l ing for action. The motion was not seconded and a vote by roll call was asked for on the amendment of Colonel Ullman It resulted: Yeas-JJllman. spank and Betts, 3; nays-Whitney Moran and Wheeler, 8. The motion was declared lost for lack of ma ' jority.
 Here it was proposed again to hold a special session on final action on the matter in the near future in order to have a full meeting. Mir. Jackson wa $ in New York yesterday and it was thought he might get home in time for a special meeting at Il o'clock this morning. An attempt was then made to find out his New York address in order to telegraph him to come up to the meeting to-day which resulted 4 in learning that he had just returned to this city. He was at once tele- graphed to come over at once to which he responded in full haste.
 l Upon his arrival the positions of each man was presented to him bv the man himself, after which he ex4 pressed himself as being with the op- position to the Ullman amendment. The vote was then taken on MT. l Wheeler's original motion to reject all bids and resulted: Yeas, Whitney, 1 Moran, Jackson and Wheeler-4. Nays, Uilman, Betts and Spang--3. l Then MT. Moran at once moved that I the entire matter be referred back to the committee on new school build- ings to get bids first for school with out an assembly hall and second with one. Colonel Ullman suggested that he would amend to have it referred to the school committee, as his commit tee did not seem to be considered able to take care of the matter. He then I moved to strike out the part calling 1 for bid without an assembly nall. as he said he considered one a necessity in that district. This amendment was lost by four to three, the same divi- sion as on the previous vote.
 l The vote to refer back to the com mittee was then passed with only Ull- man and Spang in the negative. Upon the announcement that it was carried the colonel arose and announced that he resigned from the committee on new schools buildings and Dr. Spang followed on the instant Consterna- | ton reigned in the board for a mo- rnent, and then someone asked wheth- CT action should be taken on accepting the resignations or not. Colonel Ull- man at once stated that he did not care whether the resignation was ac- cepted or not, he was through with the committee. q will not act on the committee any longer" he said, land you have got to have a committee. I consider that acting on this committee with the treatment we have received this evening is like playing the mes senger boy, and will not do it any longer"
 MT. Moran then said that general shifting of committees might be made, to which the colonel responded: "I will not serve on any committee of the board. I don't expect to remain on the board very much longer any way"
 No action was taken last evening on the resignations as the midnight hour had been attained, but all efforts to change the minds of the two mem- bers were unavailing, and the breach in the board stands unhealed
 The lowest bid received for the school under the plans as presented were $76,347 for the mason, carpentry and painting work from the Torrlng- ton Building company, and $14,sS7 from Rourke Brothers company for heating and plumbing.
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