Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-18
SNYDER & ROTZ
MAY BE RETIRED
TO AID BOARD.
Agreement Reached With
School COmmissionerS-Now
Up to the Attorney.

Providing Frederick E. Matson, attorney
for tie Indianapolis Board Of School Com
.nissioners, approves, the firm Of Snider &
Potz viii De re-employed as supervising
engineers in the construction Of school
buildings. as a result Of an agreement
reached at a meeting Of the school board
Saturday afternoon. The firm recently rs-
signed from the employ Of the board fol-
lowing q report Of the State board OF &C
counts which objected to the employment
CT the firm in a supervisory capacity at
the same time L. A SniGsr, who also has
resigned, was employed as building ad-
visor.
The motion re-employing Snider & Rotz
WIS adopted three to two. Mrs. Julia
Belle Tutewiler, Bert S Gsdd and Clar-
enee E. Crippin voting for it and Charles
Z. Barry and W. D. Allison voting
against. The board also adopted a mo-
ton presented by Mr.. Barry providing
that neither Snider & ROtz nor Mr..
Snider individually should be paid any
more money until the legality Of such
payments is determined.
PAYMENT UNDER
Old TERMS.
Snider & Rotz will have under the
present plan, supervisory charge OF
building projects now under way bat no
action has been taken TO employ them
on buildings not already started. For
the work they will do they will be paid
they have been in the past, providing
the payment Is found to be legal.
Mr.. Barry and Mr.. Allison objected TO
the unemployment of the engineers with
out a conference with the board Of ac-
counts and the attorney general to de-
termine whether they would give the
proposal their approval. Mr.. Allison also
suggested that c. ". EuEton, superin-
tendent Of buildings and grounds, en-
ploy Snider & Rotz, or some other engl-
neers. on a salary basis.
Ralph Douglass. business managsr,
when the meeting opened, told tbs board
that he did not see how any other firm
Of engineers could take NJ the unfinished
work eff Snider & Rotz and carry II on
He cited instances in which work already
Is being delayed because of uncertainty
concerning the supervising engineers he
suggested that they be re-employed TO
finish work already undertaken.
Mrs. Tutewiler agreed, adding that she
believed they should be employed per
nanently. Mr.. Allison countered with
the objection that the board Of accounts
had said supervisory work should he done
By the Superintendent Of buildings and
grounds and suggested that Mr.. Burton
do the work by employing engineers
This view was supported by Mr. Barry.
TAXES OUT SPITE
AGAINST BOARD.
Later. In discussing the board Of &C
counts attitude. Mrs. TUtewiler declared
that this board can never reach sn
agreement with the board Of accounts
as long as Walter Twiname is permitted
10 vent his spite on Us"
Mr. Allison objected TO this statement
declaring ttst personalities make ne
tired" He referred TO the refusal Of the
board to employ Mr.. Twinames father
as superintendent Of buildings and
grounds and said he believed the board
should have found someone TO be super
intendent Of buildings and grounds who
could comply with the law.
The motion to employ Snider & Rotz
was then made and Mr.. Barry moved to
substitute q motion calling for the en-
ploynent Of engineers by the superin-
fendsndt OF buildings and grounds. This
motion was lost three 10 two and the orig
inaI motion passed by the same vote,
the division being the same IN each case.