The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-01-12
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF ED.

LCATlON.
special Mex ting Of the Board Of Ed
ucatlon OF Independent School
District OF Virginia December Is,
10l1:
Meeting called to order at s:37
p. M.
heading of the Call. There will
be special meeting OF the Board
OF Education of the Independent
school District of Virginia No. %
neld in the superintendent Office in
The technical high school Monday
evening, December 18th, for the pur-
pose OF meeting the architect and
talking over the plans and estimates,
etc., for the proposed new school on
the North Side; also to consider the
bid for the purchase of the house
and outbuildings on lots Is and IA,
block IL, of the North Side Addi-
ton. (Signed) C. E. Hendrick.
Clerk.
roll Call: Present, R. J. Nc
Chez, Mitchell Stewart. J. H. Flem-
ing, C. E. Hendrick, G. H. Moore.
Absent, Joseph Roskilly, Lafayette
Bliss
The chairman. R. J. McGhee, first
took up the matter of unfinished
business. The clerk reported that
Jour members of the board examined
the house on lots 13 and IA, block
IL, North Side Addition, in accord
ance with the action Of the board in
is regular meeting on December l 9Th
and decided that the bids, the high
est of which was $4,000, which
were put in for the purchase of this
house were too low and the COM
mittee recommended the rejection of
these bids and the checks accompany
ing them returned to the senders;
and that new notices be issued, call
ing for other bids, and said bids to
be opened at the next regular meet
ing. In accordance with. this the
chairman entertained the following
motion:
Moved by G., H. Moore, seconded
by r. J. McGhee, that the question
of the sale of the house and out
buildings located on lots - and a.,
block IL, North Side Addition to
Virginia. be reconsidered. Carried.
After this motion the following
motion was entertained by the chair:
Moved by Mitchell Stewart, second
ed by G. H. Moore, that the bids for
! the purchase of the house located on
lots 13 and IA, block IL, North
Side Addition to Virginia, be reject
ed and the clerk be instructed to
return the checks accompanying
these bids to the senders, and that
new notices be issued calling for
other bids and that said bids be
opened at the next regular meeting
Of the board Carried.
Mr.. David Forti and Peter Borse
appeared In person, wishing to buy
the house for cash at higher price
than the highest bid received pre-
viously, Mr.. Forti placing a handful
of gold in front of the board, but
was requested, however, to put in
his bid in the regular way.
Mr.. F. G. German architect, and
Mr.. Larson, consulting engineer on
ventilation, etc., being present, gen.
eral discussion of the plans, speci-
f1cations and estimates took place.
i Entered Lafayette Bliss at $40
p. m.
| The estimates varied from &c.,.
900 to about $4,000, depending or
the amount Of fire-proofing, etc, de
sired by the board and the materia,
used ~
Il Exit J. H. Fleming at 1910 p. m
The matter was discussed pro an(
con and as the board felt that 4
desired a little more accurate esti
mates than Mr.. German could Civ
: at this time, it was mutually agree(
: that Mr.. German prepare more care
full estimates and present to th,
board alternative estimates, that ID
for strictly nre-proof huildtug. !,
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