The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-21

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When the matter comes down to a
question of law the whole thing is
illegal" said Colonel Meyer.
Will Moose" Contractors.
TN the first place the necessary le-
gal steps have no been followed in this
proceeding; secondly, the Central school
property was decided to the city of
Hammond for school purposes. We
will let Caldwell & Drake get into this
thing and slip the moose around their
own necks.
Il believe, furthermore, that the
members of the board of education are
teopardizing their bonds to enter into
a contract beyond the 2 per cent limit.
Says It Is Uncalled For.
"As taxpayer and private citizen
will say that in my opinion the amount
of money that the board proposes to
expend is uncalled for and that the
whole proceeding of letting the con-
tract Is unbusinesslike."
You can say for me that 1 am un-
equivocally opposed to the board of
public works spending the amount of
money that it proposes" said John L.
Rohde this morning.
Half The Amount Enough.
Il am not against having a high
school and all that. but / am not
satisfied that we can have it for good
deal less than s35o,0o0."
Attorney Peter Crumpacker said:
Half the amount the board proposes
to spend would be enough and we can
get along without many of the side is
sues that are proposed"
Lund Charges Collusion.
Eric Lund, when pressed for a reason
| for withdrawing his bid after he had
expressed his Willingness to go ahead
with the building of the school for $780,
900 less than Caldwell & Drake, said
| They undermined me with my bonds
men,
! Il was willing to go ahead, but ]
! found that certain persons had seen
some of my bondsmen and had con-
vinced them that could not build the
building for the amount of my bid.
Hostility To Him.
| Il then went to Chicago to see
surety company about the matter ant
was informed there that my bid wa.
all right and that 1 could get a suret,
| bond
When / returned, however, 1 fount
| so much hostility to my bid from Ger
tain quarters that / decided that 1 hat
better get out of the deal altogether
That's why l quit"
Paxton Calls 1t Rank.
W. g. Paxton, when asked his opin
ion of the schoolhouse deal. said :"
:
about this proposition for the reaso
that l own property on West Stat
, | street. and I am afraid my motives ma
, be considered selfish ones
However, desire to say that
! think this deal is one of the rankes
that has been put over in a longe tim,
t We just got through paying $4,000
, for the remodeling of the Lake superi
+ or court house.
Calls 1t Botch Of Job.
1T was a job which was such
s botch of affair that it had to /
V practically done over ten years aftt
: it was built and now the school boar
o is employing the same persons to but
: our s365,000 manual training scho
building.
After the experience that the peop
of Hammond have had with the bull,
ers of the superior court house it
inconceinvable that they would tl,l
right around and give the same CROW
job three times as large
Bicknell interviewed.
Henry Bicknell, a member of the |
cal school board, stated today that Il
impression that seemed to be gener
that the school city could not build 4
new manual training high school wit
out exceeding the bonded indebtedne
iserroneous
IF an effort will be made to enio
us from going ahead on this groun,
said Bicknell cit is doomed to faflu
We will have in the neighborhood
$7S.0o0 in the school funds before ,
begin to build the new building.
Will Issue Bonds.
we will get between 100000 a
S115.000 from the sale of the prese
school property. exclusive of the G,
of moving the building, then we "
issue bonds to the amount of sI20.O
which we can do without exceeding
. per cent limit of Indebtedness.
Another thing" he continued. :.
have estimated that the revenue fr
taxation is now $4,000 more than
was last year and this will cover
interest on the bonds and leave a 9,
margin
Increase In Valuation.
In addition to this we look for
l0 increase OF from, On0 mn - zoo