The daily gazette., 1876-09-12
School Repairs.

WHAT IT COST TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN REPAIRS.
At the meeting of the Board of Educa-
tion, last evening, the report Of the COM
mittee on Repairs was read as follows:
TO the Board Of Education:l
The Committee on Repairs herew ith
submit their report, embracing a detailed
account of the work done under their
supervision, since their appointment on
the Oath day of April last
School No. 1-wiudow fasteninss,... $lS SIS
Schoo No. 2-Repa sto blacksoards -, y,
School No. 4wBiackbop rds repairs, 70 y
School No..7-Carpeting and back
board repairs and renewf ofroof. 10 IS
School No. 9-Training school alts-
rations, general repairs. IS new
desks, rear seats, teachers ta-
blcs,4 sett ,s.,.-.:... -.:.:.......... 337 81.
out. repairing and painting roof.
poin gchimneys. whitewashing
and Glazing, aud general repairs. a7S As
School No. 11-Dividing rooms. white
W" hing walls, general repairs and
two teachers desks..."-..;............ 1853 SO
School No. Repairing and paint
ing roof pointing chimneys, lay
ing $50 ieet OF board wslk, white
scho No. i4@Painting entire build ' "
ing and ROOT, dividing rooms. ela-
pairs, and q new rear seats......... SIG 70
ing yard and gener: repairs...... l2s %
Eoard-room-3o new desks. 81 new
chairs. hat racks and jobb' g..... 2o5 So
Making grand total of $3.50 II
The Committee desire to state that
most of these expenditures are fo- per-
manent Iepa IS, and haye been rendered
necessary Dy the great neglect Of the
Board, heretofore, In: not having the
school buildings properly repaired an
nually, This might have been done at
compP ratively small cost, but ha, 'ug
been suffered to run cong without at.
tention, from year to year-some of them
it may be, for o dozen years--many Of
the older buildings especially, became
very much d'lapitated, and therefore the
present, appe ~en.,y heavy expenditure
which the report exhibits was an abso-
lutte necessity, in order to restore some
Of them to respectable and comely apI
pearance. /
These buildings WI 'ch herein present
the hea, -er amounts to expen6 ;ture, will,
however, run several years with q very
small annua outlay upon them, while
several others will require r'most equal
ly heavy sums Of money to put them in a
corresponding comfortable con6 ;tion,
Among these wo name Nos. 2, 4, II, IL
and 16, which w ri need painting in
side and out, at the expira' .on O, the
present school year,
The expenditures on No. 8 (tra ming
SCHOOL, were incurr, at the request OF
the Teachers Committee. who had been
ordered by the Board to orga-:ze and
put said school in operation.
The erection of the stone wei ordered
to be built q ound No. 10 has been post
poned until October.
In conclusion, your committee would
say that experience has satisfied them
that while the prompt performance of
their duty has been attended with severe
and constant labor the returns have
been, thus far, saving to the T. .easury
of from 20 to rs per cent upon the old
hap-hazard method of repairing the
schoal property, to say nothing Of the
advantag' the property will derive from
the constant attention the committee
VII necessarily have to s.ve it from time
to time. And when the duties of the
committee shall be reduced Ito q more
perfect system-as we think they can be
we have no doubt but that yet great ,r
benenfits will thereby accrue to the
Board in the future.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
HENRY EcKEL.
CHAs. BAIRD.
ALLEN RUTH.
WIN. j. MORROW,
Committee on Repa rs.
Wilmington, Sept. IL, 1876.