Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-31

for temporary needs and tearing out and
rebuilding when the needs increase.
Resolved. That in view OF the fact
| that neither the board Of tax commits
doners nor the state board Of accounts,
both politically appointed boards, is in
any way responsible to the citizens of
| indianapolis, this board, elected by the
people, is not willing to surrender its
Judgment or discretionary powers to any
advisory committee not authorized or
contemplated by law. nor to the State
board Of accounts, whose sole province
is the examination of accounts and not
the exercise Of supervision over the dis
cretionary acts of any municipal body
or board; nor to the board of tax COM
missiOners, whose sole responsibility in
this case Is not the coercion of municipal
bodies but only the approval or disap
prevail of bond issues. The recon-
mendation' that the nature of the school
buildings for the housing of Indianapo-
lis children, the location, the cost and
other details, shall be determined by an
advisory committee of outsiders Is so
audacious as to cause grave concern to
| believers in local self government. If the
school city of Indianapolis is to be domi-
| mated and controlled by bureaucratic
! boards end commissions in the State
House, the efficiency and standing of
our splendid school system is doomed.
These outsiders, greedy for personal
notoriety and willing TO buy 1t by
! paudering to the demands Of a news
! paper that ratters whom it controls,
| while it flags and persecutes by statute
! in an effort to compel the school popu-
! latiOn and the school authorities of In
| dianapolis to submit to their control.
! Resolved. That q copy Of these
resolutions be forwarded to the board OF
! tax CON missioners as a reply to their
/ communication, that 1t be printed In the
/ Indianapolis School Bulletin and that a
/ copy be furnished TO each of the news
papers that the public may be informed
as to who is responsible for the delay
/ ia schoolhouse construction
BUILDINGS AT
OTHER POINTS.
In part the report submitted by Mr..
Gadd as to facts disclosed by investiga-
1 ton buildings at other points is as fol-
/ lows:
CENTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL, MA
RION COUNTY.
This school is being built Just be-
yond the southern limits of the city and
Is q building which viii contain six
I classrooms and a study hall or assem-
bly, room which Is the equivalent in size
or two classrO0ms. In the basement
/ there are rooms designated as domestic
science and manual training rooms and a
room designated gymnasium, as well as
I the two toilet rooms and a boiler and
/ fuel room. Two visits for the purpose Of
inspection have been made to this school
I va me nIal WISH u was lOuQQ InaJ
/ this building was non fire proof build
Ing throughout.
| by a careful examination OF the whole
structure It was found that this building
/ could not possibly be erected In the city
Of indianapolis because of tho fact that
1t could not comply with numerous re-
quirements Of the Indianapolis building
code.
"On the second visit to this school,
when Tax Commissioner Brown was pres
Of fofa al s>4
In the building was observed by him and
I ne made the remark to Mr.. Douglass and
9ir. Snider that such material was not
/ Mt for use In any kind of a building ana
that he would not use it himself in the
construction OF a barn. He observed the
I gymnasium In the basement, which he
would nave known to be gymnasium
only by receiving the information that
II was such by referring to the plan
ium.'
MOHAWK.
This was the place where Commission
! or Hough informed US that a good, mod
ern school building was being construct
ed, where the common brick used in the
building cost Sl1 per thousand delivered
on the site.
I'VE found the contractor TO be a Mr..
Duncan, who lives In Mohawk and whose
home Is adjacent 10 the school site Mr..
Duncan was questioned q to the cost OF
common brick. He stated that the com
mon brick had been selected by the trus-
D LNfn hhA LttlA fA1efA from the bIOOhl II
Brick Company, Brooklyn, Ind. He stat
"a that he was very much disappointed
a think that the trustee had selected
second quality or Gull brick when first
quality common brick could have been
/ purc hased at 81 more per thousand. The
| brick purchased are 10 be furnished
| I, o. b. cars, Mohawk. Ind. for S1+ per
1T IS useless 10 make any further ref
erence to or comparison with this Mo-
haWk school for the reason that It would
! IN no sense answer any purpose I'm the
city of Indianapolis and instead Of pay
Ing $50 10000 for a two classroom build
Ing, II would be better for Indianapolis
TO put up a two-rOom portable building
at a cost OF about $4,000.
MUNCIE.
IF a comparison is made between this
building and any Indianapolis building
/ Il should be the first unit at Arsenal
/ Technical Schools. which Is likewise a
high school without coat rooms. The
FIRST unit building cost 81 cents per cubic
foot. as compared 10 31.5 cents for the
Muncle building. The same thing can
be done in indianapolis as was done in
Murcie II 1t is deemed advisable to have
cement doors throughout in all Of the
rooms and cement window stools which
win crack, instead of Terrazza floor in
corridors, maple floor IN class rooms, and
more permanent window stools.
EVANSVILLE.
III we consider the $4,000 90 worth Of
extras above the contract price at the
Howard Roosa School we find that that
building cost more money per cubic foot
than, for Instance, the first unit build
ing at Arsenal Technical Schools which
was contracted for a practically the same
time ana even on the basis Of contracts
rs ava rded the indianapolis school cost
cents per cubic foot more and a very
much superior building was obtained.
The statement of the tax commits
sion to the effect that school build
ings were being built now at a cost Of
20 cents per cubic foot, was very inter
esting when 1t was found by visiting
the school board offices IN Evansville
and examining contracts and plans and
specifications, and also by visiting Mr.
Clifford Shopbeu, the architect for the
schools under construction. that the con-
struction contracted for was costing 20
cents per cubic foot, but instead of being
school buildings, the additions consisted
mainly OF gymnasiums.
at was very interesting to note in one
of the schools that the contractor, on his
own accord, had used radiator bronze and
gilded the name and rivets on the front
of the boiler. This of course, did not
cost the school board in Evansville any
money. neither did 1t in indianapolis"
SHOP EQUIPMENT
BIDS REFERRED.
Bids for about $4,000 of machinery for
the shops at Arsenal Technical High
School were received and referred to a
supply committee for analysis, as were
bids on various kinds of school equip
ment.
c. w. Eurton, superintendent Of build
ings and grounds, announced the follow
ing appointments OF custodans for Ar
senal Technical High School; W. C. Oren
John Spilker, ]. w. Tyler and Sidney
Robertson. All will draw monthly sal
aries of $50.
A communication asking that in honor
oF the ruemory of Miss Charity I've for