Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-13
Last School Site
Bought By Board

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vas instructed not to accept the title
to the Ite bought from Mary Davis
for a playground fol the north side
school until the paving taxes were
adjusted. as they were when the board
barganed for the property and the
pending mortgage was cleared OF rec
ord
According. to the report of rep
rcseutative Of the law firm Of Rice x
Lyons, who reported to the board on
the titles of the property recently
bought, the paving tax on the Mary
Davis site was paid in full at tho time
the board bought it, but the tax had
been recovered by the owners back
to the present time and the rest left
PAYABLE by the board. The matter
was left on advisement and the ac-
ccptance of the site deferred. All the
other sites previously approved were
accepted on the recommendation Of
the attorneys ard warrants ordered
T. be issued calling for payment for
them.
Mitchell Loses.
The clerk of the board was in
structed to make out bill of eX
pense against John O. Mitchell and
others for losses occasiOned by the
Injunction suit made last fall TO pre-
vent the sale of the school bond is
sue, and the attorney was instructed
to collect the bill. Mitchell and 9TH
ers. the plaintiff i'm the school band
case finally decided in favor Of the
school board. put up bond to cover
all losses of the board occasioned by
/ the suit.
1t is alleged by the board that the
schools suffered damages amounting
| To the bond and that they are now en-
titled to remuneration for the losses
oCcaHoncd by the suit. The motion to
initiate proceedings to collect the
bond was unanimously passed.
Only Unit Type.
IL was decided after brief discus
sion to adopt the unit style OF build
iugs i'm all ward schools and the ar
chitects competing for the work Of
drawing the building plans for the
unit schools will be instructed to sub
init tentative plans of unit type
buildings accompanying their bids
X. l.. Cross architect. has been adj
vised to complete the necessary draw
inEs for the Horace Mann school, and
the members of the board state that
the construction Of the additional
units at Horace Mann will start In
the near future Representative of
the firm of Mcdonald a Co, George
W. Winkler and A. II. Mott. archi-
tects. will meet with the building
committee Of the board and +. T.. OBJ
erholtzer, superintendent OF schools,
I'm Mr.. Oberholtzer's office at the
high school, Tuesday night. 10 dis
cuss the plans OF other ward schools
which will be built in the city In the
next few months. School authorities
believe that the unit schools will be
ready for occupancy by time for
school to open this fall.
The allotment OF Tulsa school dis
trict from the Oklahoma state school
fund being at hand, IL was ordered
turned into the channels Of school
maintenance. Reports OF various
committees were made. bills were ap-
proved and other routine business dis
posed Of Secretary Ray S. Fellows
Of the board and Superintendent f. f.
Oberholtzer were extended a vote OF
thanks for their efforts in behalf of
the Tulsa schools on their recent trip
east visiting high schools with view
of selecting model for the one soon
10 be built in Tulsa