Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-11-26
A GARD
To MeSSrS. f.. A. KerSten and
H. SChlueter

You have seen fit once more to rusl
into print, and once more [ repeat thai
you ought to be ashamed of what you
have done.
In the first place you visited Lincoln
school, in the opinion of the underslgn-
ed, not purely through being interested
in its sanitary conditions, but from in
formation at hand, your action smacks
too much of trying to "get even" with
somebody who may have run contrary
to your good wishes. You rush into
print, in your eagerness to criticise, be-
fore either architect or the board of edu-
cation had passed on the plumbing work
in the Lincoln school.
Secondly, you published over your sig
natures that the board of education had
refused to take action on charges said to
have been filed by you, when you had a
letter in your possession from the presi-
dent of the board, stating that when you
filed specific charges, they would be
given thorough investigation.
Was that an honorable act?
The board has not even to this day
been furnished by you with specific
charges.
All the board knows from your stand
point, is what it has seen published in
| the WatertOWn Daily Times and from
| hearsay.
Notwithstanding that you have seen
| fit to ignore it as you have, all things
you charge in the press and on the street
so far as the board of education has been
able to learn, has been given careful
consideration by it. The architect in
charge of the work has been called here
twice on this matter. He says Messrs
Biefeld & Co. are doing good work and all
the sanitary conditions of the school are
| being we'll attended to. Two master
plumbers OF excellent repute from out
side WatertOwn have been called here and
they pronounce the work and sanitary
precautions excellent, and one master
plumber OF WatertOWn says likewise.
Messrs. Biefeld & Co. are the equals, if
not the superiOrs of their critics In the
plumbing and sanitation line, and the
board of education are using care and
caution, and though they may err in
their judgment, they are doing all things
possible to protect the public in all the
details of this building. What more can
the public ask?
The building In its entirety is the
property of Messrs. Wagner & Baumann,
contractors, until it is accepted by the
board of education. and they have given
$4,000 surety bond to do good work, SO
the people are fully protected in the mat
| ter, and they may rest assured that every
member of the board of education will
see to it that their votes are recorded
rightly.
The public is not interested as to
whether Messrs. Schlueter and Kersten
are good plumbers, or if the editor of the
Gazette knows how to successfully con-
duct newspaper, but it is of vital in
terest to them that the schools are sani-
tary and that they get value received for
their money.
But enough said. conference.-the
board of education meets once a month
in regular session. Its next regular
meeting will be held in the council
chamber at the city hall at o'clock on
Wednesday evening, December 1, 1909,
so please file your specific charges by
that time, and be present yourselves and
you will find all your charges will be
fully and respectfully considered.
Unless you are willing to do that,
please hold your peace.
Very respectfully,
JAMES W. MOORE,
President Board of Education.
| Watertown, Wis, Nov. %, 1909