Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-27

pIication of the State board of accounts
itself
walter J. Twiname, field examiner,
SAYS that the superintendence Of install
Iation Of most mechanical work must be
done by the superintendent of buildings
and grounds" Mr.. Matson's opinion said.
For ten years this was not the inter
probation Of the school boards, coun-
sci Of the State board of accounts.
This opinion Of Mr. Twiname, unsup-
ported by the attorney general or other
legal opinion, can hardly raise the pre-
sumption against the actual legality Of
contracts of the character proposed, and
the legal right of the board Of school
commissioners TO continue 10 engage such
services should be presumed until court
Of proper jurisdiction declares otherwise.
It seems to me that the whole matter
has reached a stage where no one VIII
longer be content with opinions from
other attorney or public officials. The
question can only be set at rest by tu-
dicial decision. For these reasons l do
not feel justified in submitting any def
mite legal opinion on the subject"
, After the opinion had been read, MT
Gadd said, 1T is a case Of damned II
we do and damned If we don't
LOW ESTIMATES
RECEIVED.
The lowest estimates for school con-
structions submitted to the board in
several years were made by Vonnegut,
BOhn & Mueller architects of the pro-
posed new building at School No. 10,
Forty Sixth street and Central avenue.
Two estimates and preliminary plans
were submitted, one for an eight class
room building with no auditorium or
library. This estimate was from $10520o
to s114, 800; the building TO contain PCS
600 cubic feet. The other estimate, which
was based on tearing away the present
building instead of rebuilding II, was for
a sixteen classroom building, with library
and auditorium. TO cost from S261,0O0 to
S2S1, 800 This building would contain
$50 600 cubic feet.
These figures would make the proposed
buildings cost about IS cents a cubic
foot. exclusive of fees, which would
bring the total TO about 40 cents. At
the recent hearings before the State
board Of tax commissioners It was
shown that school building costs in In
dianapolis have been running from 40
cents upward a cubic foot, in one IN
stance the cost reaching SO cents a
cubic foot
BUCK REQUESTS
CASH ADVANCE.
1t seems that at last Shortridge high
school is to obtain permission to erect
a locker and shower bath house on the
North Side high school site at Thirty
Fourth and Pennsylvania streets, and to
use the grounds for athletic practice.
This long has been a Shortridge dream,
as under present conditions ShOrtridge
baseball and football must go to Fair
view park for practice with no locker
facilities.
Last night the board received letter
from George Buck, principal of Short
ridge. asking for loan of 5000 from the
school board to he used with SlJD now
in the school athletic fund for the cree
ton of the building In question. the 5000
70 be repaid ont Of the football receipts
this fall Ralph W Douglas. business
advisor. made a strong plea that the re
quest be granted and the matter was
referred to the finance committee with
power TO act. There was a marked una
nimity OF opinion among the members OF
the board that the request should De
granted
After considerable discussion author
ity to employ eleven custodians, two fire
men. one engineer. one electrical main
tenance man and one extra night watch
man for Arsenal Technical High School
was granted c. W. Burton. superintendent
Of buildings and grounds. While this
matter was under consideration it de-
veloped that it viii take $4,000 to pay
salaries Of this character at Technical
next year.
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