The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-30
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THURSDAY EVENING, September %.
The Board met in special session.

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The Board met in special session.
Present-Messrs. Bassett, Bickel,
Ewing, Hall, Hutchinson,
Harrison, Pollock, Pfarr, Scott, Stew
art, Wilson, and Weitzel.
The minutes Of the proceeding meet
ing were read, approved and signed.
The President stated that the object
of the meeting was to open the bids for
stating, and for furnishing coal and
stationary.
Proposals for stating Union township
school house were received from bod
son Brothers offering to do the work
for $40 90 per square.
Oberfeld & Emack, OF Philadelphia,
offered to do the work for Sl4.50 for
roof and Sic. so for tower, if black slate,
and SIS for variegated slate.
Aiken & Co., of Pittsburgh, offered to
do the roof for Sl2.65 and the tower for
$3.50.
The contract for stating was awarded
to Dodson Brothers.
Roberts d Co. offered to furnish coal
for the school houses OF the city at Il
cents per bushel.
John Nolan proposed to furnish IT at
81 70 per hundred bushels.
Philo Kimberly offered to furnish
the coal at I! cents per bushel.
The contract for furnishing Goa was
awarded to Roberts d Co.
Bids for School books and stationary
were received from Campbell a McDer-
mott, and A. W. PAUL g. Co. They
were referred to the Clerk and Superin-
tendent of Schools for examination,
with power to award the contract 10
the lowest bidder.
The bills of the Pittsburgh CONNER
cial, IS, and Post 81, for advertising
proposals, were ordered to be paid.
The following was passed;
Resolved That the clerk be author
lied to draw an order upon the treasurer
of the. District. for the sum Of 800, in
in payment of amount due on the first
dav of October, for use Of American
Hall, for branch of Western township.
The Commissioners of Union town
ship offered the following names for
confirmation as teachers in that School;
Principal,J. C.Tuttle Grammar School,
Jane Anderson; Division A., Marth,
McKelvy and Annie Ewing; B., Ella
Dillon and Annie LETTERS; c., Carrie D.
Agnew and Lizzie Downs D., NJ. L.
McColloch and Josephine Fulton.
They were confirmed. Miss Alice Ok,
toby was confirmed as teacher in Wash
ington township school house, in place
Of Miss Lizzie Oxtoby, resigned.
The committee on Building and Real
Estate reported that the Superintendent
of the erection of Union township
school house had called their attention
to the brick partition walls to be built
for the third story or Mansard Of the
building, as being but nine inch walls
and insufficient for the safety Of the
building and the proper support Of the
roof, and recommend that said walls be
increased in thickness to twelve and g
half inches, costing about Sl75. They
recommend the adoption of the follow
ing:
Resolved, That the partition walls o.
the third story or Mansard of Union
township school house be increased
from nine inches, as now provided fol-
in the specifications, to twelve and q
half inches in thickness, and that the
Superintendent he authorized to order
said change to be made. Adopted.
The following was adopted;
Resolved. That the commissioners o.
Madison township be and are hereby
authorized to rent a suitable room on
the Island for the purpose of opening
a school in Division D, and that they
be also authorized to furnish the same
at cost not exceeding $40, and also tc
employ a teacher for said school.
Mr.. Harrison moved that the com
missioners be authorized to employ
VIM. Hamilton to prepare plan for
building an addition to Webster town
ship school house Adopted.
Elizabeth Weir made application tc
have her salary raised from SIS to S2j
per month az janitress Of the Washing
ton township school house, during the
winter months. The petition was re
ferred to the committee on Salaries
with authority to revise the list of JAM
tors salaries.
Mr. Ewing offered the following which
was adopted:
Resolved That the committee on
Buildings and Real Estate be authorized
to inquire into the expedieucy' Of pur'
chasing the lot and half west of and
adjoining the Union township school
house, and the price, and report to the
next meeting Of the Board.
Mr.. Carnahan offered the following
! Resolved, That the Commissioners OF
Centre and Webster townships be in,
structed to have the pupils of their re,
pective townships attend the school OF
the sub-district in which they reside.
Adopted.
Bill of Mendel e. Co., Sl37 for goods
furnished Washington township school
house was ordered to be paid
On motion the Board adjourned.