The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-05-16
CITY COUNCIL
Important Meeting ileId.--ErectiOH
OF the New Public School
Building Ordered.
CONTRACT AWARDED TO Mr.. HELM
Action Taken In Reference to State Normal
Sohool-ApTopIlsilon For Summer Institute.
tic, etc.

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/ schools and Public Property 10 hear re-
port Ou public school building Every
| member was present except Mr.. Embrey.
/ Mr. S0mcryills. chairman OF the Joint
committee. presrnted this report:
Resolved 10y the committee. that
" hereas the bid made 20 the Council
/ by Mr.. He film through the Joint Com
mittee was accepted by the Council. and
sad helm was duly notified Tuesday
| April 18th. OF said acceptance, aud
Whereas said Helm has since said no
tihcatiOn found that "a Is impossible to
secure the Kind of floor timb-rs called or
by the specifications. viz. well season, Il
Long Leaf North Carolina Pine. and he
is, therefore. compiled to decline TO enter
into and execute the proposed contract
and
Whereas the said Helm has submitted
TO your committee, the following propo-
siuon, which, being accepted. be Is willing
To execute and perform said contract:
That the specifications be changed 80
Tar as relates to the seasoned coalition
OF the Long Leaf North Carolina yellow
pine. permitting the use OF the said North
carolina Long Leaf pine as well seasoned
As can be found IN the market; and
further. that the construction and cree.
ton OF the building shall be carried for.
ward IN such way a. TO permit OF the
seasoning oi the floor ioist before the
floors are laid thereon, and before the
ceiling laths are attached thereto. NOT
however, extending the time OF com.
pleting the said bull iing beyond the 18th
day OF February, 1909; and further. at
gravel be substituted for crushed stone
in the foundation work.
Your committee refers this to YOU for
consideration. ; W. Somerville. Henry
Warden. Henry Dannehl, A. NJ Garner
J. 7. Rowe, W. T. Bradley.
Dir. SOmeryiil- then offered "A resolu.
tion that the committee be empowered
10 make a contract with Mr.. Helm to
erect the public school building accord
ing 10 the plans and specifications as
presented TO bidders with the modifica-
tons named In the above report for the
sum OF SO .54I. This led to a discus
sion a. tine question and resulted In It's
passage by the following vote: For
Messrs. Somerville. Young. Warden.
Masters, Dannehl, Garner aud Rowe
Agaiust-Messrs Bradley. Lane. Gold
smith and Cole
IL was brought out during thu discus
sion that the building before IL f. ready
Tor occupancy will cost over 100000
Mr, Young offered the following reso.
luton, which was unanimously adopted.
whereas the Joint COMMITTEE on
schools aud Public Property have r.
ported 10 the Council a new propos'
tim from Nr Heh.n. embodied I'm said
report. and
Whereas said proposition has been
accepted 10y the Council.
Their, fore. resolved. that thesaid Join.
Committee for and GU behalf Of said city
/ ~ fredericksburg execute with the said
HELM contract for furnishing the ma
terial and building the school building.
In accordance with the plans and specih.
auon- furnished by him To the Council
subject only 70 the notifications con
tanned In his last proposition embodied
IN the report Of the Joint Committee
this night presented 10 this Council.
lt II understood that the filter pro-
vided Tor In his original plans and speci.
hcatious Is omitted. The last proposi.
ton OF said Hetiin. herein accepted is Ia
furnish said material. aud erect said
building Tor thirty hve thousand. Ave
hundIei and i0rty-fve dollars. 1915 :
545i, to be paid to him IN such install.
ments as the Joint Committee shall an
prove.
said committee shall concurrentlv
with the execution OF said contract take
from said Helm bond called Tor by origi.
nal specifications with security approved
| 10y the Joint Committee.
NORMAL SCHOOL MATTER
The rules Were suspended and Citv A..
/ toruey Fftzhugh spoke bril- nv Of the
proposed Normal School, and on motion
OF Mr. Bradley the following resolution
VAS present II and unanimously adopted.
W hereas the city OF Frede rick sburQ
has Tor the past two years made earnest
and strenuous efforts through its rem
resentatives Ia the Legislature to se,.us
the location OF one 81 the states Normal
Schools at our near said city; and
Whereas the General Assembly of Vir-
ginia, by an act entitled IAN at Appro-
priatlng the public revenue for the two
fiscal years ending respectively on the
2eth oil February, 1909, and the 2Sth OF
February, 1910, approved March 18th.
lSUo:did appropriate the sum of tweaty-
hve thousand dollars ($25 OOO) for the
establishment OF a State Normal and In
dustrial School for women nearor with.
In the corporate limits OF Fredericksburg
said sum to he available on aud after
the 18th OF February, 1909; and,
whereas, the said act Of the General
Assembly Of Virginia declares that the
establishment OF said school near or
WITHIN the corporate limits OF the city OF
frederlcksburg,in the county OF Spotsvl
vania, or Stafford Is conditioned mon
an appropriation OF not less than twenty
thousand dollars $500. 0OO) cash 10 be
paid by the city OF Frederick burg and
the county OF SpotsylvAnia, or Stafford
upon the establishment OF said school.
and
Whereas II Is the fixed purp )se OF the
city to comply with said condition 40
soon as 1t can secure from the General As.
sembly the requisite authority to do so
therefore
Resolved by the City Council. That #
doth hereby pledge the city Of Fredericks-
burg TO make application To the General
Assembly OF Virginia at the earliest nos.
sible opportunity for the authority 10
comply with the aforesaid condition bv
contributing the Aforesaid sum Of twenty
thousand dollars $3.50 OO0) a. required
by the Aforesaid act TO said Normal
school, and to contribute the same.
On motion Of Col Cole. City Attorney
tttzhugh was requested to present the
resolution as passed to the Board OF
Visitors OF the normal school at ths meet
ing to be held here May 10Th.
SUMMER INSTITUTE.
Col. Cole stated that all arrangements
had been perfected for the meeting OF the
summer institute here ia July, except the
appropriation of $3.50. or so much there
OF as Is necessary to finance same. and
on his motion this sum was appropri-
ated, and the Counsel adjourned.
POTOMAC ROE HERRIACS
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