The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-28
THE CITY SCHOOLS.
Coal for the neutrality-suspicious.
Work on the Centre school, &c.

Coal for the neutrality-suspicious.
work on the Centre school, &c.
At the last regular meeting Of the Board Of
Education an adjournment was had to last
night for the purpose Of receiving bids and
awarding coal contracts for the ensuing year.
Special meetings are not In favor with the
members Of the board and 1t Is very hard to
secure quorums for those meetings; In fact, 1t
Is often hard TO get O quorum for the regular
meetings rs the board as at present constituted
contains several members who very seldom
attend and appear TO take no interest In
school matters.
Itseemed to be almost impossible TO get the
necessary eleven members last evening, and
Clerk Pendleton was kept busy working the
telephone and trying to drum up members,
Those who were present amused themselves
In various manners, Captain Wilson and
Solicitor Caldwell got their heads together
and talked politics; Superintendent Birch
showed with pride some Of the results Of the
new methods OF study adopted to two or three
members, Others. smoked and vented their
opinion OF those members who did not at
tend,
At o'clock Mr., ]. G. Miller strollod In and
the quorum thus being formed, President
| Wilson took the chair and the following
members responded to their names; Arkle,
Caldwell, Criswell, Jepson, Maxwell, McCul.
ly Miller, ]. G., sChockey, Todd and
Whalley.
The minutes Of several previous meetings
were read and approved.
The special order Of the evening, opening
Of coal bids, was taken up. The bidswere as
follows
P. L, Kimberly, schools north fthe creek,
OAc per bushel; south OF the creek 10; Island
schools 7Aci all the schools &c,
William Wilson. Eighth ward school &c; all
other sChoolssouth Of the creek, Sc.
The contract was awarded TO Mr. Kimberly,
his seperate bids being taken.
Mr., Maxwell offered the following resolu.
lions, which were adopted
ResOlred, That the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds be and they are hereby author
lied TO furnish plans and receive bids for the
following work required ut the new Centre
school house, and report the same at the reg
ular November meeting; First, building
brick walls In the rear on the MCGraw lot;
placing new wooden coping on the old wall
where needed, open and put In u gate so as to
admit the hauling OF coal. Second, putting
up building suitable for water closets, with
the proper plumbing and sewerage. Third,
Iron fence with stone curbing suitable for
the setting Of the same, to enclose the front
Of the school yard, and the laying Of the
brick pavement in front Of the house.
The Clerk was instructed to order certain
furniture needed In the Seventh and Eighth
ward schools from Andrews & Co., Of Chi.
cagO.
President Wilson stated that the building
fund was exhausted aud money was needed
TO carry on the Fifth ward school building
while waiting for the City Collector and As.
SCISSORS to got their books up and make the
collections.
Mr.. Ankle offered a resolution authorizing
the President and Clerk to negotiate loan
Of $4,000 at the lowest rate Of interest OBJ.
tainable for one year, which was adopted.
At 10 o'clock the Board, on motion, adj.
jOurned,