The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-28
TO BUILDINGS
TAKES TIME OF BOARD
School Trustees Discuss Plans at
Their Special Meet.
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AGNEW Is MADE THE JANIT0R
Two New Election Judges Appointed:
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AGNEW Is MADE THE JANIT0R
Two New Election Judges Appointed;
Number of Minor Matters Were
Taken Up; Considered.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
At special meeting of the board
of education held late Saturday after
noon the following members were
present: DIR. w. A. Beach, Joseph
Blissenbach, w 9B. Davies, G. w.
Scherer, Mrs. BID. Smith.
The discussions of the repairs need
ed on the school buildings occupied
most of the time of the meeting. 1t
was decided to- paint the walls of
the Franklin school and to have the
walls of the Union school and some
of the rooms In the high school
building tinted. Bids had been call
ed for on this HsSork, but none of
the bids were cOsipiete, and the mat
ter of awarding the contract was left
to the property and expense COM
mittee with power to act.
F. H. Neubel was given the con-
tract for a new roof on the back
annex of the Union building, includ-
ing labor and material. His bid for
the work was 1882.
Tower Needs Repairing.
The tower on the Franklin build
ing needs repairing or rebuilding.
Mr. Neubel refused to make a bid
on repairing the tower, giving as
his reason that the condition of the
tower was such that a satisfactory
job could not be done. The present
tower is twelve feet square and TWEEN
ty-two feet high. He proposed build
ing a new tower six feet square and
ten feet high and covering it en-
tirely with tin, so that the water
will not rot the timbers. The mat
ter was left to the property and ex-
pense committee to decide upon and
they will call for bids. j. B. Nielsen
Construction company also had sent
bids on this work.
Repairs On High School.
The old part of the high school
building needs either a new roof or
extensive repairs, and it was decid-
ed to have a new roof put on. There
are number of small things about
the roof which need attention and
as the bids which were received did
not say definitely that the prices in
cluded, it was decided that the prop
erty and expense committee should
make out exact specification for the
work they desired to have done and
then call for bids.
Other repairs on the buildings,
including new floors in the Union
school halls, rail around the lawn,
changing a number of desks and
other minor repairs were voted to
be done as recommended by the
property and expense committee.
Unable To Act AS Judges.
A communication from w. E. Pal
mer said that he was unable to act
as judge of election in the first pre-
cinct and John Kunz of North Fifth
Henry Hillscheim of North Second
also asked to be excused from act
ing as a judge and Ed Cousandier
was appointed in his place.
The school committee had a list
of the books and other general sup
plies for use at the opening of school
in the fall, whose purchase they rec
commended. 1t was voted to accept
the list as recommended by this
committee.
New Janitors Elected.
A. H. Agnew was elected janitor
of the high school building and his
salary was fixed at 1920 a year, he
is to hire his own help. Mr. Agnew
was assistant janitor part of the
past year and is familiar with the
heating plant and the building in
general
F. r. Field, whose lot adjoins the
Pleasant Grove school property ask
ed for permission to put up an iron
fence on forty feet of line between
the school property and his own.
This request was granted, and the
board feel that such a move will be
an Improvement to the property.
Several minor bills were allowed
ing.
Named Candidate For Governor,