The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
noanD OF sDUoATToN:
FRIDAY EVENING. October LIST.

FRIDAY EVENING, October LIST.
The Board met in special session.
Present = Messrs. Basset, Ewing
Faris, Hutchinson, Hamilton, Harrison
Launder, Mcclellan, Pollack, stewar
and Wilson.
The President being absent, Mr.. Pol
lack was elected President pro TEN.
Mr.. Fsris was elected clerk pro tenn.
The minutes of the preceding meeting
were read and approved. q = =
A bill from veseg & Marsh for repair
to Webster township school house, TO
sla Sc, was ordered paid. 4 = >
A bill from Mrs. wier for scrubbini
Washington township school house, fol
$50, was ordered to be paid.
The committee on Building and Rea
Estate made the following report:
a. WHEELING, October LIST, 1869.
To the Board of Education
At meeting of the committee or
Buildings, held at tho First Ward School
House on Tuesday, 18th inst, it was re-
solved to recommend to the Board the
adoption of Arden's Slow Combustion
Furnace known az the "Fiery Furnace
For heating the First Ward School build
ing, providing that satisfactory terms
and guarantees can be obtained from
the manufacturers, and that commit.
tee of three be appointed with authori'
ty to contract with the agent or manu-
facturers, on the best possible terms, fol
such number of said furnaces as the
committee may deem necessary.
The committee resolved, furthermore,
to recommend that the Commissio o ers
of Washington township be authorized
and instructed to have a door made in
the north basement wall leading to the
water closet in the northeast corner Of
the building, and such partitions as
may be needed to form passages from
the door to the water closets; to have
hydrants provided for the use of the
school; to have premises enclosed on
the north, south and west sides with a
substantial close board fence not less
than six feet in height, and on the east
side with a paiiirg fence, having two
gates, one on the north and one on the
south side of the johnson property; to
have wall necessary for the protection
of the property built on the line between
the school lot and the grounds of A
Kline, Immediately south of the school
building, and wall along the west line
of the former school lot; to have built
single flight of stone side steps, four
feet in width, from the door on the west
side of the building, with platform at
the door eight feet long and four wide,
with Substantial wrought iron railing
on the ontsr line of both platform and
steps, and that the committee be author
lied to contract with Mr.. Gunther for
and to have such other work done to
the building or grounds as in the judg-
ment of said commissioners is at the
present time required.
The Board at the last regular meet
ing instructed the committee to report
a plan for new school building in the
Fourth Ward. The committee would
state that several ground plans were
presented, and the committee further.
more recommend that the Commission
ers of Union township be instructed to
have the necessary grading done to the
lot; and that the committee on Build
ings be instructed to employ cOmpe-
tent person to complete the plans and
specifications, and report the same to
the first regular meeting of the Board.
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Stewart offered the following:
Resolved, That the Commissioners of
Washington township be authorized to
procure clocks and window blinds for
the First Ward school. Adopted.
Messrs. Hamilton, Harrison and Stew
art were appointed committee to pro-
cure the "Fiery Furnace" as recon-
mended by the committee on Buildings
and Real Estate.
On motion, the Board adjourned.