The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-14
BOARD WILL
ACT ON SCHOOL
BONDS AUG. II
Issues Will Be Dated
Dec. 80, Preventing Work
Start This Year.

Action on resolutions authorizing
bond issued totalling S1,215,0OO for
Irving high school. new Schools 81
and 81 and additions to Schools Is
and 40. will not be taken until
Aug. II, as the result of action taken
by the school board majority fac
ton Tuesday night
Lewis F. Whitemsn, -presi-
dent. who presided in absence of
President Charles w. Kern. declared
he wanted more time to study the
situation.
The proposed bond issues, $780,
200 for Irvington high school and
s415.O0O for the grade buildings, are
TO replace issues of 100000 for
Irvington and S395,000 for the grade
buildings rejected, together with all
bids week ago by the state tax
board. because bids exceeded the
Irvington issue by 100000 and the
grade issue by $4,000.
No Work This Year
The bonds are to be dated Dec.
30, and will preclude shy possibility
Of work on the schools being started
this year.
In rejecting the bond issues, the
tax board instructed that plans
and specifications for heating and
ventilating be changed to permit of
open and competitive bidding, in
stead of freezing out" competition
10 the direct-indirect ventilating
system manufactured by C. c.
Shipp.
Majority faction leaders, at a
committee meeting Tuesday morn
ing, refused to state whether or not
they proposed to follow out 5uggeS-
ton of the tax board on ventils ton
specifications.
Unless this is done, Theodore F.
Vonnegut, minority faction men,
her, declared, the tax board will re-
lect the new proposed bond issues.
Objects to Long Bonding
The proposed issues will bear A..
per cent interest. The Irvington
issue will be retired in 1862 and the
grade school issue in 1858. OBJ
iections to tying up the school bond
ing power for so long a period was
expressed at the morning meeting
by Vonnegut.
Steps to pay the architects and
engineers on the five buildings we're
taken with adoption of a resolution
for temporary transfer of 500, 400
from the grade and high school bond
fund to the building fund.
The majority faction approved a
report of H. F. OSler, assistant
buildings and grounds superin-
tendent. reporting dismissal of Ed
ward T. Castle. general foreman. and
reduction of his son, Dallas B.
Castle from chief clerk to clerk.
Vonnegut objected to action until
the reason could be learned.
No Reason for Discharge
II save many good reasons why
the cider Castle should never have
been appointed in the first place,
ano I was overridden by the major
ity faction, but I have heard no
reason why he should be dismissed"
Vonnegut explained. He also eX-
pressed curiosity why the son was
rot dismissed. instead of being re-
duCed
Appraisal of the Washington
township grade school in territory
recently annexed. at $4,000, was re-
ported by a special appraisal COM
mittee. The school is located at
Forty-siXth street and Keystone
avenue.
Report of Superintendent Charles
+. Miller, attending a convention in
Switzerland, was presented by Fred
T. GLADDEN.. transfer clerk, and was
accepted. The report was the same
one rejected two weeks ago when
only two majority faction members
we're present.