The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-20
TO &c HANDSOME NINETEEN
ROOM STRUCTURE, AND
WILL COST NEARLY
$4,000.
Connmissioner Mckee. Of Madison. and
Or. p. > Rec Have Warm
Tilts At Meeting.

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The adjourned meeting OF the board
81 education was a. warm" a session
A. Il was lengthy. and Il lasted from
o'elocx Monday evening until i2:O5
O'Clock Tuesday morning.
The meeting was featured by the
semiheated n also heated personal.
discussions between two OF the mem
beers. and the general
among the majority OF the other mem
bers.
The adjourned session was called
for the purpose OF deciding upon the
plans and specifications OF one of
the three local architects plans for
the construction OF the new Madison.
Island. school building. The contract
was awarded to r. p. Faris. following
q two-hour discussion. while the bal
ance OF the time was spent In hearing
reports Of h buildings and grounds
COMMITTEES and che two architects. r
Y. Paris and c W. Bates. explaining
the merits OF their plans.
The Farls contract was for s92.63T
for a broom building. while he sub
mitted plans for a i7-room building nj
fs5.f37. The 17-room building will
not be further considered. The build
Ing is to be erected on the Madison
school site. Mr.. Faris IL to give a
$1,000 bond to carry out h terms OF
h contract The building will be 1876.
feet long and its feet wide. OF three
stories. including the basement. and
Is TO be 80 constructed that the highest
water will not get into the first school
room floor. II Is 10 be OF gray brick
and conform with the school building
laws OF Ohio. which are considered
among the best In the country. The
structure will be absolutely freproof
n modernly equipped in every de-
tail.
Other Bids Not Complete.
The bid of Mr.. Bates was for $50. $50
for a 17-room building. while that of
Architect NJ. F. Giesey. ss3.646. Mr..
Faris's plans call for a completely
equipped building while 1t Is said that
the other architects plans are lack
ing i'm certain things 10 make the build
Ing complete. The old building Is not
to be molested while the new struc-.
ture Is being erected.
At h last regular meeting OF the
board OF education the buildings and
grounds committee. OF which J. A.
Gollner Is chairman. recommended to
the board that the plans OF Mr.. Faris
be accepted.
Al the meeting last night immedi-
ately upon the boards going into ses-
sion with 10 members present. Robert
III. Mckee. member from Madison
district, made a motion that the Faris
plans. as recommended by the build
ings and grounds committee, be
adopted. This started the ball to
rolling by DIR. Robert J.. Reed making
an amendment to the Mckee motion
that before the plans OF Mr.. Faris
should be accepted that the COM
peting three architects appear before
the board in person and they explain
their respective plans"
i insist that they be present." ex-
claimed Or. Reed. He continued by
saying that the board was spending
the peoples money and that the
members wanted and should know all
before the plans shall be finally acted
upon Superintendent OF Schools
Citizens was Instructed To call the
three architects by phone. Mr.. Giesey
could o be located. but Messrs.
Faris' and Bates appeared and ex-
planned their plans. While awaiting
for the architects several OF the mem
bers In general and DR.. Reed and Mr..
Mckee In particular. debated back
and forth as 10 the ~advisability of
having the architects appear: some
c%ontending that the recommendation
OF the buildings and grounds commit
tee should be taken without going
further into the plans. while the Or.
Reed faction was equally as insistent
"that each architect should appear in
person and explain his plans" giving
each a square deal" as expressed by
Dr. Reed.
Climax at Midnight.
Following the buildings and grounds
committees explanation a. TO why
they had recommended the Faris'.
plans. n in the absence OF Mr..
Giesey. Mr.. Gollner explained his
plans. the motion made by Mr.. Nc.
kee was again read. that the plans OF
Mr.. Faris a. recommended BY the
committee be Adopted. This again
started the debate between DR.. Reed
and Mr.. Mckee. with intermissions be.
tween them filled In by some OF the