The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-30
Action Of the Board Of Edu-
cation Is Severely
Criticised.
Y ADOPTING PLA n s.
And Friends Of Education
Are Saidft to BE Deserving
Bond Issue.

fDOHa ISSUE.
The question OF new school build
ings Is agitatiag me residents Of
Weston but more partieulafls Is the
proposed bond issue Of $40 900 for
the purpose Of raising funds for tie
purpose. Heretofore the proposition
has been defeated on the ground,
Is isssald. that the board Of eduea-
tion. failed to give the people any
satisfaction as to what the character
of the buildings would be- seeming
ly preferring to keep that part OF
the movement to itself as pro-
found secret, one guarded 10 studi-
ously that but few. II any. ever as
certained the real Intentions OF the
board.
The school board proposes again
to submit the question and has ads
yertised for an election to De held to
determine whether the people want
$4,000 borrowed on bond issne.
for school house purposes The
board also through advertisements
invited architects 10 sGSmit plans
for three buildings slxteen room
building to cost $50 900 and two
tour-room houses 70 cost the resi-
due of the $4,000.
Architects E. j. Wood, S. w:
Ford and Holmbos & Lafterty, of
this city. and Mills q Pruett, of Co
lumbus, o., made plans and submit
ted them. Last Tnsday night the
board Of education met and, gave.
.Messrs. Wood, Ford and Lanerty. OF
the clarksburg Arms hearing. G..
w. Denman, representing the Arm
of Mills 6 ;Pruett, was also accorded.
a hearing by the board at the same
time.
Wednesday morning she school
board tnforems the arehitects that
the contract had been awarded to
Charles F. Allen who was not pres
ent at the meeting, and who has NOT
been known as an architect. The
school board stated that Mr.. Aliens
plans had been accepted, strange
fact, those who know about 1t. say.
as Mr.. Allen has not been an archi-
tect- This action OF the board Is
looked, on with suspicion by the
people of Weston.
The only excuse the school board
gave for notsaccepHng the plans of
some one of,the architects. who sub
mitted them, were. that they were
too expensive for the $4,000, but
every architect emphatically denies
this by declaring that every firms
plans easily came within the amount
named.
Friends OF the bond issue and theI
proposed school building insist that
plans of reputable architects should
have been adopted by the board and
that they would have been satisfied
with any Of, the plans submitted by
the clarksburg or Columbus archi-I
tects. and the action of the board
will in all probability convince them
that 1t would be a mistake to carry
the bond election at this time and
under present conditions.
The absence Of Mr.. Allen from
the hearing given by the board and
the announcement next morning
that he had been awarded the con-
tract have aroused suspicion Of the
boards intention and that action is
being sharply criticized by friends
of education in Weston.
While the board announced that
It would exhibit the plans it should
adopt so that the voters might see
what the board Intended to build,
yet the action OF the. board toward
the several Arms who went to great
expense and spent much time in
drawing the plans appears to De
driving many from the support OF
the movement. There Is consider-
able indignation over the shabby
treatment given the architects and
good deal Of guessing as to why
the board acted as-ltdid,
The situation has IN fact become
very much. muddled and the oppo-
sitioh s rapidly tetsiopthg strength
this week. Unless something can be
done to stem the tide; it is safe to
say the election wiz result in over
whelming defeat Of the bond issue.
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