Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-14

or signatures and was referred TO the
Parent-Teacher Association of the school.
II the name is approved by that body
the board indicated that it will grant
the petition. The petition spoke of
Cripus Attacks as world renowned"
but school officials seemed entirely in
the dark as to his identity until it was
explained that Crispus Attucks was the
first man to be killed by British soldiers
IN the Boston massacre March .. ITO.
He is said to have been half negro and
helf Indian.
On recommendation or Superintendent
E. L. Graf the request Of William
hetcham. commander in chief Of the G.
A. r., that school children be given a
half holiday Sept. 2S in order TO see the
parade Of the veterans was granted.
BOARD DRAWS
Up RESOLUTION.
Tie resolution adopted by the board
and ordered sent to the State board Of
tax commissioners is as follows:
State Board Of Tax Commissioners.
"Ststehouse. City.
"Gentlemen
We acknowledge your communication
az the 9TH in which you say in con
%clusion. that
IF by the adoption Of the recon
NNNHNNLAOnS VI AEAS Do3Fu YOU Sn8U re.
ouce the cost Of the proposed buildings
as follows:
AT No. 1G to S1GO. 900.
AT No. sc to St90OOO.
a No. IS TO $4,000.
AT No. 81 TO 100000.
making a total Of S6G0.00O We shall be
glad to approve issues Of bonds in &C.
cordance Herewith. but we wish 10 be
assured beyond question that these
buildings viii be completed within these
And in reply thereto beg to advise as
First, The several architects and en-
glheerS for the four school buildings re-
terred to have been requested to make
re-eStimates OF the construction costs on
each or said buildings respectively, based
on present prices OF labor and material,
and have this day subuitted new est
mates as follows: No. 10 SI764S0: No.
81. S2Je, 500; No. IS, 5 .94O; No. 81, S1SS.-
VoO: These figures 90 not include archi-
tectS' and engineers fees. II NAV be ex-
peCted that competition will result in
blds being received that are somewhat
lower than these figures, but there IS no
means OF knowing IN advance what re
auctions tn bids viii show and the bond
issue must, OF course, be large enough to
cover the total cost based upon the estt-
mates. There is nothing further this
board can do by way of making a
closer Investigation into the cost OF all
building material as suggested in your
recommendation No. <. until bids axe
actually received. We can only repeat
the offer which was made to You in good
faith during the hearing on this h0nd
Issue, TO the effect that If the bond issue
Is approved in any adequate amount, this
BOARD is willing to submit all bids re-
ceived to You and let contracts for the
oulIdlnEs only upon your approval there
OF. We believe this fully covers your
recommendation Ne. 8.
DISCUSSES OF
BUILDING ADVISOR.
Second. AS to your recommendation
No: ], touching the employment Of a
building advisor on a yearly salary, we
beg 70 state this board has had no build
ing advisor since the termination Of the
contract with Mr.. L. A. Snider on July
IL, 1921. Under the terms Of Mr.. Snider's
contract, If the same is legal and binding
on this board, ne would probably be en-
titled 10 n foe of one-half of 1 per cent
on the general contract cost of each Of
these buildings tbut not including the
cost of any heating. veutilatiug. plumb
ing or electric wiring work., for services
heretofore rendered in connection with
the plans and specifications. If the suit
TO test the legality Of this contract. which
has been threatened for two and a half
months by the State board of accounts.
but thus far never brought. shall deter
mine the building advisors contract TO
be Illegal, then Of' course, this board Will
not ana could not pay any fees for the
building advisor on any Of these build
ings. On the other hand, If the contract
Is determined to he legal, then the for
mer building advisor will have to be paid
what the contract calls for. II IS plain,
therefore. that this item Of cost is en-
tirely beyond the control Of this board
and depends entirely on the determination
Of the legal questions involved. An
amount equal TO one-haif of / per cent
on the construction cost Of each of these
buildings should. however, be included IN
TIE bond issue in order to be available
If this board Is required to pay the
same. We believe this fully covers your
recommendation No. l.
Third. Your recommendation No. .,
touching the adoption of uniform or
standardized plans and specifications,
carefully prepared. to be used in all
cases where similar conditions exist and
like numbers of pupils are to be ac-
c~ommodated,' is not pertinent to the
bond Issue before you, for the reason
that complete plans and specifications. as
you know, are already adopted for these
buildings, and the preparation Of new
uniform and standardized plans and
specifications would only incur Unnc,es-
sary delay and additional expense. and
fer the further reason that the condP
tons are not alike as between any of
these buildings. The work at Schools 1G,
SO and s. involves remodeling ana i'm
prOvement of old buildings with new ad-
dltions adjoining the same, and the
work at School 81 is an entirely new
building. 1t is obvious that So-called
uniform plans and specifications that can
be used for duplicate buildings where
conditions are similar do not and could
not possibly apply TO the particular four
buildings now under consideration. We
believe this fully covers your recon-
uendation No. ..
DEFENDS PAYMENT
TO ARCHITECTS.
Fourth. Your recommendation No. 8
that where II is necessary to employ ar
chitects. not to exceed > per cent of the
total cost Of construction be paid for the
preparation of plans and specifications
and supervision of construction, is not
applicable to the particular four build
ings in question for the reason that spe-
cihc written contracts were entered into
with the several architects for each of
these buildings, respectively, prior 10 any
work done by them on the plans and
for each of the four buildings is dated
Dec. 81, 1920. These contracts call for
6 per cent, and were in accord with
the fixed rate of charges by hrst-cIass
architects in the city of Indianapolis at
that time and now. 1t is apparent,
therefore. that so far as these particular
buildings are concerned the item of ex-
pense arising from architects services is
entirely beyond the control of this board.
Amy bond issue allowed must include an
amount sufficient to cover the rate of
charges for services stated in the archi
tect's contracts. based upon the total
cost of construction. We believe this
fully covers all that can be said touch
ing your recommendation No. 3.
W believe, however. that In fairness
to all concerned a certain fact which is
not generally understood, and which m9y
not be known or understood by your
board, should be stated here, That is,
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