Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-19
MEETING of THE TRUSTEES OF rHx PUBLIC

MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF THK PUBLIC
ScHooLs.-A special meeting Of the Board was
held yesterday afternoon, at O'Clock, the object
Of which was to take into consideration a report
OF the committee which had been appointed to
urge the claims Of the Board before Congress.
Present-Messrs. Randolph, Harbaugh, Will
son, White, Bacon, Ironside, Walsh, Chaplin
Willett and Young.
The Board came to order, and in the absence
Of the Secretary Mr.. Harbaugh was appointed
Secretary pro TEN.
Mr. Ironside. from the committee which had
been appointed above stated, reported, with
an explanatory statement, the following:
Whereas this Board has heard with pleasure Of
the proposed taking of a census of the children
of proper school age Of this city by the TEACHERS
Association, and of the tender of the committee
of the use of the statistical information to be at
tanned Observation-Disclosures lie il
RsSo!rsd, That the thanks of this Board be
and they are hereby, rendered to the Teachers
Association for such information, and for the
deep interest manifested by the said Association
i'm the prosperity of our Public Schools
RsSOErsd, That this Board cheerfuIly concur in
the object for which the committee OH statistics
has been appointed by the Teachers Association,
and agree to aid them in carrying out their de-
sign.
The Board was then addressed by various gen
temen, after which the report was accepted and
the resolutions Were adopted unanimously
Mr.. Chaplin moved that as some time would be
consumed In performing the work Of census
taking, that committee be appointed to ask the
City Councils to make small appropriation for
the purpose Of employing persons to assist in do
Ing this worA. He proposed the following reso-
luton:
ResOlred, That a committee of three be ap
pointed to confer with the City Councils to pre-
sent the subject for their consideration, and to
urge the adoption Of some measure by them to
aid in accomplishing that object adopted
The Chair appointed Messrs. Chaplin, Wilson,
and Bacon, to serve as the said Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Chaplin, the Treasurer was
authorized TO loan to Such schools AZ left
second district.
Mr.. Walsh offered the following resolution:
ReSOLrsd, That committee of three from the
Board Of Trustees of the Public Schools be ap-
pointed to cooperate with the committee of the
Teachers Association, tobe called the Committee
on Educational Statistics.
Adopted and MeSsTs. Walsh, Young and Price
were appointed TO serve as the aforesaid commit
tee.
Dir. Willet, from the Sub Board of the Fourth
DisI:r~t presided a statement, asking an addi-
tional appropriation for the schools of that Dis
trct, and for an additional teacher in one of the
schools also, for the removal of two of the male
primary schoals from their present location, to
locations better suited to the purpose
In connection with this subject the Chair con-
hrmed the statements made, aud thought that "A
great necessity existed for an additional school
and teacher IN the Fourth district, and offered
resolution calling for such additional appropria-
ton as had been suggested. The resolution was
adopted, and then the BoaTd adjourned
The OMyIBUsEs.-We publish the following
communication by way of affordng vent for
the complaints of the writer; prefacing it, how
ever, with statement of the fact that as the ON
buses at night only run one every half hour
II Is highly probable that our CORRESPONDENT man.
aged to be ready 10 take one at 10 D. ma few
minutes after one had passed up the avenue
We may not appropriately add that Mr.
Ndnderwerken does not take his avenue omni-
buses OF the route, under any circumstances
whdteveT-but runs other coaches when called
grievance in the other case to which he alludes
Is probably based on wrong information The
truth Is as conducted the Georgetown and Can't
tol OmnibuSPs embrace substantial reforms and
conveniences for the public. But such line of
coaches can run anywhere, under any Circum-
StanceS-experience provss-without affordiny
some opportunities for grumbling:
Mr.. Editor Can you inform the public what
are the arrangements of the Omnibuses after dark
Last night when ] left the Concert about ten
O'Clock there was not an omnibus to be seen
and it must have been fully half an hour before
one appeared going west. and had to 90 home
on foot. have experienced similar inconye-
nlence before when returning from place of
amusement, and discovered then that the omni-
buses had been chartered and taken from the
route. This consider uni ust to the public The
pToprietors having announced that tue omni-
buses would run at short intervals until certain
hour at night, he is manifestly under an oblip
ton to the public TO carry out that arrangement
faithfully, and no consideration should induce
him to withdraw the omnibuses from the route
for other purposes, and thus subject his patrons
to disappointment and Inconvenience Besides
such course is calculated to iniure his business
in the long rum for in such state of uncertainty
persons will resort to other modes of convey.
ance. Pro BoNo PugrIco
November 18th, 1857.