The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-19
C0sT OF INSTRUCTION.,

IOoA VI lNaINGblluN'
Amount Iiil for InsftlGaOb, EnglIsli pe- ] 4.
ar!n,;e@t pay schools q
partment, Day Schools. $50 o.
Amount IaId for Instruction, Evening
bCh0Olsu"",,,,,".,,.",,,,,, ,.",,",",,.," 40 o.
TOTAL Tor tulti0ll.",.",","".."'" So 0C
am requested by the publisher, ia
again invite the attention Oftle Board ia
the Natural History Charts, by Proi. G
Gilbert Wheeler, n set Of which may be
seen suspended upon the walls Of the
Board room. The object Of the publisher
is, 10 secure, II possible, the adoption oil
these Charts for use In the schools Of the
District. With reference to these Charts
l may repeat, IN substance, what | took
occasion to state 10 u meeting of the form,
or Board, IN December last For classes
pursuing the study OF the several branches
Of Natural History to which they relate
they would prove invaluable aids. AZ
will be seen, the set consists Of five mum.
bers, one each Of the following; lat,
Malnmalia; "a, Birds; 3D., Reptiles, Am
phibians and Fishes; itll, Invertebrates
9TH, sMiWrals, ROck4 and Fossils. Eucl
Chart isscompletc ID itAelt twill bc
observed tllat tho Plates are nat printed IN
eOlOrs, but are Autographs, coIored by
hand. Tho price per set Ia thirty dollars
IdeairC to call the attention Of tho BoartI
to the fact that the furnace in tho north
basement room Of the Eighth Ward
school building Is in n seriously damaged
condition, 10 much so that the gds il con.
tinually escaping into the hot air cham.
Der, and thence finds its way 10 several Of
tho school rooms, damaging the air oil
these rooms to such an extent as 10 render
IL unfit for respiration.
ID l would advise that the Commissioners
Of Richie school he authorized to have
the needed repairs made 10 this furnace
without delay.
When tho furnaces were first placed in
this building, | suggested tho impor lance
oil having the joistS and floors Immediate
ly over the smoke and hot mir hues or
pipes in tho basement protected from LA.
bility to take fire. This was done only in
part. learn that at the present tint, lin
consequence Of some changes recently
made, the danger Is more imminent than
befQre, the wood In proximity toothe
pipes being often so highly heated as to
produce pain when touched with the
hand. Tho Principal and teaehera acem
to be quite Npprehetsive that the building
will take fire. Should this occur during
school hours II Ii quite probable that
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that the Committee on buildings be in.
strlICted to adopt immediate measures for
having the woodwork In proximity 10
the smoke and hot mir nucs protected by
means Of some rejecting metallic plating,
leaving space in which cold air may
circulate between the plating and The
wood. In the First and The Fourth Ward
buildings there Is some danger Of fire
from like causc. @ .'
! would also advise that the Committee
be instructed to arrange with the archi.
teCt and builders to place q movable par.
tilon In the Webster school building be.
tween the present room In the southwest
corner Of the ID story, .and the adjacent
room on the south, in The addition about
y 20 bulls II ID often ded talDe bIbrink
the pupils of two or more rooms To-
gcther for general exercises; and on the
occasions Of public examinations and OK.
hibitiOns II iS y matter important to have
a room Of sufficient sic for the audience
and for tho classes Under examination,
In the lat, 4th, 9Th and new 81 Ward
buildings, large halls or rooms are bFo.
ylded for these purposes. In THO 9th
Ward building there IL 10 provision Of
this kind. bit II two rooms eau tC pelt
aratcd by movable Partition, rs sug.
geSted, these rooms can he thrown Into
one al any time when occasion would call
for the tiSe Of n large hall. .t
Respectfully submitted,
~" +. =. WILLIAMS, Sapi.
The Commissioners Of Richie district
were authorized To make The repairs re-
commended by the Superintendent.
On motion Of Mr.. Scott the Committee
on Buildings and Grounds were author
ICED Il. make such repairs as are necess-
aty ID protect the First and Fourth Ward
from fire. ''.'
Mr.. Miller Offered the following reSo-
luton, which was referred u die C0rds
mittee on Buildings aud Grounds for
report, oCn
ReOtNi, That the Committee Oh BRld.
ihgs and Grounds bc instructed 10 arrange
with the architect and The builders 10 |
place movable partition In WebStef
school building between The foonR tiAaikd
In the Communication Of the Supetihteiil.
ent Of Schools.
Tho Committee on Accounts fepbAed
bills amounting In the aggregate 10
$434 00, which we're ordered paid.
The bill Of b. +. Caldwell, amounting
10 $40 was referred 10 the Commission.
ets Of Union district fof report.
The bidt received for furnishing heat.
Ing apparatus for the Second and Third |
w4td schoOl building were read add re-
ietredA 10 the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds fOf report 81 The next meet
Ing Of the board, .u, al
The matter Of tcdisttichng Madison
and Clay districts was discussed by sew
,tal members Of The Board, and finally re-
erred to a special committee Of three,
Of McSsts. Ewing, Todd and
Wheat,
The Board then Adjourned with the
expectation Of holding 4 special meeting
u lhecAl q The Com miltee on Buildings
Ind Grounds.