Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-12
DIRECTORS ARE
CRITIZED FOR VOTE
[Continucd From First ragcl

| posed as school designer, one had
not even sought preferment. several
are not reckoned as anything like ex-
pert schoolmen and the excuse of
giving the work to Harrisburg archi-
not borne out by the vote of the di-
rectors for out-of-town architects.
No Competition
There was not the ghost of compe-
tition in yesterdays voting. The five
| directors simply got together and
| patched up slate that all of them
would vote for. a million and a
! quarter dollars of money is to be
spent and Harrisburg has absolutely
no assurance that IL will not get a
mere hodgepodge high school system
| for its money. for the efforts of the
! architects will of necessity be at
variance and there is no requirement
eNacted of them that there shall be
! any uniformity.
So disgusted were several members
of the Board that they are to-day
| threatening to resign and let the fun
| responsibility for carrying out the
work rest upon the five who have as
sumed it. There is no criticism of
the architects. They simply went
| after the business and got it; the
whole blame being placed upon the
directors for the loose manner IN
which they made their decisions.
Boyer and Boil are hold-over mem
| bers from the old School Board. Keen
| was elected upon reform Republican
! ticket and has been repudiated by
| many who supported him. Bretz and
Werner are the personal selections of
| Vance c. Mccormick, the local DEM
ocratic leader. and were elected in
what the Democrats were pleased TO
term a protest against McIlhenny-
| ISM
The Vote
In selecting the architects, C. How
/ ard Lloyd. this city, one of the men
under fire in the scandal which de-
veloped. was given two OF the build
iEgs. Two other Harrisburg men
and one from out or town were given
the remaining work.
The program was adopted by
! five to four vote. 1t provides that each
| of the architects shall receive five
! per cent. commission and shall col
i laborate whenever necessary without
extra cost to the school district.
Architects elected and the work
they are TO plan follows:
RemOdeIinG Camp Curtin Building
for Junior high school, estimated cost,
100000, to VI. I. Kast, Harrisburg.
RemOdeIinE Central high school for
Junior high school. estimated cost,
$4,000, n. II. Hamilton. Harrisburg.
New Girls high school, to cost
&3S0,OOO, Ncrus Il. Ritter, Hunting
ton, w. Va.
New Junior high school, TO cost
100000. c. Howard Lloyd.
RemOdelinE Technical high school
for Boys high school, mt cost of $115,-
900. c. Howard Lloyd.
Voting for this program were Di-
rectors Boil. Boyer, Bretz, Keen and
Werner.
Balloting against it were President
Stamm and Directors Enders, Bacon
and Yates.
Seconded by Bretz
The motion dividing the work was
introduced by Director Werner 1t
was neatly typewriter. Director
Bretz. another of the five controlling
members. seconded the motion. There
was no discussion when the question
was called. Before the roll was
taken. however, DIR. c. z. L. Keen,
who lined up with the five yesterday,
read an opinion of the meeting ear
ler in the week between Mr. Lloyd
and President Stamm. In his opinion,
DIR. Keen stated, he did not believe
Mr.. Lloyd wilfully intended to swear
TO false statements but presented his
case as he thought it.
The meeting opened with a report
from Director Boyer explaining why
action was postponed on Tuesday. In
the report Mr. Boyer stated someone
had said affidavts would be furnish
ed by a manufacturing plant in York
TO the effect that commissions had
been paid George McIlhenny and Mr..
Lloyd to secure contracts in Harris
burg. An investigation at York by
Mr.. Boyer and DIR. Keen, the report
explained, resulted in the securing of
affidavits from NJ II. Lindemutb and
Robert Harrington, of the York En-
gineering Company, denying these
charges. The aff1davits were submit
ted with the report, which was or
dered filed.
Work TO start Soon
Work on the plans will probably be
started by the architects as soon as
SUPERINTENDENT +. L. Downes sends
them complete data of the require
ments of the district, the total num-
Der of pupils to be accommodated.
equipment and number OF rooms, labo-
ratories and other needs.
The statement by Mr.. Boyer and
DR.. Keen, explaining the certain
charges" mentioned last Tuesday, fol-
lows:
Mr.. Boyer Reads Report
When the special meeting opened
Mr.. BOYER read the following report
explaining why action was postponed
on Tuesday:
Mr.. Boyer's statement follows:
On Monday evening, last, when l
arrived home at six o'clock or little
later 1 had instructions to call upon
DIR. Keene. which l did. He told me
he must see me at once on import
ant business, the nature of which
he did not divulge over the phone.
1t was impossible for me to see him
Monday evening so l arranged to see
him early Tuesday morning.
After talking over little matters
he opened up a question that appeal
ed to me as being mighty serious.
AS I remember it. some prominent
citizen whose name was withheld
made the expression that affidavits
would be furnished by mannfac-
tGring plant in York to the effect
that money had been paid Mr..
McIlhenny and Howard Lloyd in
order TO secure, or after securing, a
contract TO install a heat plant in one
of the school buildings in Harris
burg.
This was rather startling to me
as | could hardly see how such an
ARRANGEMENT could be made. All
this information bound by a secrecy
.bot 1o pot anioy from the fap