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1896-11 WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for November 1896WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for November 1896 Volume 01 - Page 041 1896-11-06 Board met at 10AM pursuant to call of the chairman, with all members, the clerk and architect Skillings present. The minutes of the meetings of Oct. 1 and Oct. 9 were read and approved. Mr. Skillings presented and read his reply to the communication of Supt. Lee, referred to us the record of the meeting of Oct. 1, relative to alleged deviations from the specifications. He also presented and read his reply to the resolution of Mr. Higginson, which is a part of the record of the meeting of Oct. 1. Both communications were ordered filed and the resolution referred to was withdrawn by Mr. Higginson with the consent of the board. WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for November 1896 Volume 01 - Page 042 1896-11-06 A proposition was submitted by J.W. Montague and W.S. Quinby to wire the school building for a program clock, each room to be wired separately for $10.00, to cover expenses for labor and wire. The offer was accepted. Mr. Skillings presented the 11th monthly estimate in favor of the contractor which estimate bears date Nov. 6 and is as follows: Metal work $450.00; Plastering 801.00; Mill work and glass 704.00; Carpenter work, lumber, shingles 14 780.00; Granite work and brick work, pressed and common 750.00; Stone work 153.90; Tin and copper work 100.00; Plumbing 600.00; Painting 75.00; Sewer work 75.00; $4488.90. Extra stone work on foundations, 63 p. @ $2.70 170.10; $4659.00. (Signed) Skillings and Corner W.P.S. The estimate was approved and vouchers were ordered certified to the state auditor for the issuance of warrants in payment of claims allowed as follows: Voucher No. 53. Favor of A. Lee. $59.00 for 14 3/4 days service as building superintendent during month of October. Voucher No. 54. Favor of W.B. Davey, $3169.12, being 80% of 11th monthly estimate in building contract, less $592.10 temporarily retained, and $170.10 for 63 (?) of extra stone work. The question of necessary excavation and filling about the building was discussed and the board decided to engage Engineer A.R. Campbell to make an estimate of the amount of earth and rock in the excavation to be made and the cost of doing the work. It was then noon and a recess was taken for lunch. In the afternoon the board met at the building with Engineer Campbell present, and after a careful examination directed him to make an estimate of the amount of earth and rock in the rear of the building, above the grade line, from a sistance of thirty feet back from the wings and forty feet from the north wing to the back line of the 30-ft (?)- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for November 1896 Volume 01 - Page 043 1896-11-06 the corner to be circular instead of right-angled and the (?) to have a proper slope. He was directed to make a drawing of the proposed work and report to the clerk as soon as possible. The board then returned to the meeting place and after some discussion as to the best manner of doing the work requested the chairman to confer with Mr. John Breckenridge, of Fairhaven, and obtain his opinion as to the comparative cost of doing it by (?) or day labor. Adjourned. Approved Dec. 7. O.H. Culver, clerk. Eli Wilkin, chairman. 1896-11-10 Board met at 2PM pursuant to call of the chairman with all members and the clerk present. The clerk presented the report submitted by Engineer Campbell estimating the amount of excavation within the limits designated in the record of Nov. 6 at 323 cubic yards, 2 30 yards being earth and 800 yards rock, he estimated the cost of the earth work at 13 cents per yard and of the rock work at 60 cents, making a total approximate estimate of $795.90. The report was ordered filed. The chairman then stated that he had conferred with Mr. Breckenridge as requested and that Mr. Breckenridge had stated that he would visit the premises and report his opinion personally to the board, if desired. The clerk was directed to request his presence and did so. Upon coming before the board he examined the engineer's drawing and estimate and stated that from his examination of the proposed work he was of the opinion that the cost by efficient day labor would (?) little, if any, exceed the cost by contract, while it would leave the board free to stop the work at any time. After some further discussion of the matter, Mr. Breckenridge, at the request of the board, submitted in writing a proposition to superintend the work, hire the labor and furnish all the necessary tools and render a detailed account to the board once a week for $5.50 per day, on the basis of ten hours work, the said sum to be payable in warrants and all the labor employed and (?) on this material furnished to be paid for in the same manner, the laborers employed to be hired at the lowest price- WWU Board of Trustees meeting minutes for November 1896 Volume 01 - Page 044 1896-11-06 consistent with good service. The proposition was accepted and communication ordered filed, and the clerk was directed to notify Supt. Lee and contractor Davey and request the contractors to so arrange the remainder of the work as to interfere as little as possible with the work of Mr. Breckenridge. Voucher No. 55. Was ordered certified to the state auditor for the issuance of a warrant or warrants for $592.10 in favor of W.B. Davey, that being the amount temporarily withheld from the 80% of the 11th monthly estimate on building contract allowed Nov. 6. Adjourned. O.H. Culver, clerk. Eli Wilkin, chairman. ##