The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-10
IMPORTANT MATTER Is lNDEFI.
NiTELY POSTPONED.
Director Beach Replies to Remarks
That Were Made at Commercial
Club Banquet; Janitors Elected
for the Ensuing Year; Building
Plans; the Wiring Contract; Do.
mestic Science Lunches.

TIdHS, tHc wiring SoHtrdct, DO'
mestic Science Lunches.
From Thursdays Daily.
Details connected with the cree
ton of the. new high school build.
ing occupied the attention of the
board of education during a consid
cradle part Of its regular monthly
meeting last night The election OF
janitOrs was also taken up. The
teachers will not be elected until
a special meeting to be held in
about three weeks.
4 communication was received
from City Clerk A. H. Scherer in
forming the board of the action OF
the city council i'm requesting that
the drainage from the boilers of the
new high school building be car
red into the storm sewer on Hick
'Ory street instead Of into the SAM
tary sewer. G.. NJ. Masters. the
plumbing contractor, said that he
would make the change without ex
ira charge, and the board instructed
him 10 DO so.
Treasurer Beach reported that he
had not received any more money
Oh the state loan and that the dis.
tricts account at the bank is over
drawn.
Mrs. Smith and Superintendent
Sperry presented report OF the re
cent banquet prepared by the dOmes
tic science class for parents of the
pupils and board members, and said
that two more of these would be
given soon, for the rest Of the par
ents and board members. The ban
quet already had only cost $1O14
for food supplies, or $121O in all
and thirty persons were served
The plumbing and heating con
tractor was instructed to place low
radiators under the windows on the
first floor of the new part that the
building contractor got too low. The
building contractor will stand the
extra expense Of this, which will
be little over 500.
Return to Original Plan.
The board decided to rescind 6
change that it made at the las
meeting in the wiring contract and
cut out the piping for a stationary
vacuum cleaner to be installed
later, and to have receptacles and
wiring put in for portable cleaners
as at first intended, and as bid on
Mr.. Davies, in bringing this matter
up, said that investigation showed
that the cost of stationary vacuum
cleaning outfit would be $4,000 tc
$3.50, and he considered it poor
policy to go to this extra expense al
present. If, later on, such a plant
should be desired, the piping could
be done then. Mr. Masters, the con
tractor, said that a plant would not
cost that much, but that it seemed
to be question of what is a good
vacuum cleaner. Some manufacture
ers claimed that 100 feet OF hose
would work all right, and others that
fifty feet was the limit The archi
tect had specified twenty-one open
ings to connect the cleaner.
The board reconsidered it's pre-
vious action and accepted the orig
inal bid of Mr.. Masters. Mr.. Scherer
stated that Manager Ferguson of
the Mankato Citizens Telephone
company had offered to assist In
seeing that the wiring for the in
accommodating telephone system
is done right
The board decided to instruct the
finance committee to place $4,000
additional builders risk insurance on
the new building 1t was also voted
to follow the specifications of the
weather strips used for the windows,
instead of the American, as desired
by the contractor. An agent for the
National company was present with
models of his cOmpanys weather
strips, showing how well it excludes
the cold air and dust, and it was
satisfactory to the board.
No Savings Bank System.
On motion of Mr.. Scherer, the mat.
ter of introducing the school savings
bank system into the schools was
Indefinitely postponed.
DR.. Beach referred to the remarks
made by a speaker at the CONNER
cial club banquet, when the board
was roasted for having so much
as considered the matter, and said
had been opposed TO adopting the