Daily Republican., 1881-08-09
nOARD OF EDUCATION.
school ut oak and Harrison
E,reets to be Reb"ilt-''A Niger
<bo NoOd PnIe,S

rbe REGULAR meeting of the Board 0
sncatiop. with President Conrad il
hair was held last evening. DR.
mshaw, from the Committee on In
,ance, reported that the Board hat
written policies in the Delaware Mu
i 10 Committee on school house a
hth and Spruce streets reported tha
!, had plans and would advertise fol
bposals.
*fhe committee on new school houst
~ ~ 10 he situated at Oak and Har.
II streets, reported that the plans
specifications had been prepared,
the following bids were opened and
bv the Secretary
Nv, Mason. ..........,..,......" .$l4,9s7
lcmma ChahuleF .........,......... IL, I43
ID. Seeds n Son. n.............,.... IL ,943
Yin W. Thorne N Bro.....,.......... Il, q.
Wman Il ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1873
bn motion, the bids were referred
TX to the committee, with power to
ceed with the work.
! report was received from the com
tee on No. is school house in which
stated, that it would be inn ossi-
to modify the plans to any advan-
aud meet the wants Of the colored
bile in that section; the committee
led u resolution, which requested
the building committee be author
to make the best possible terms
N the contractors, and proceed with
erection of the school house.
me report and resolution gave rise
h long discussion, in which DIR.
mshaw said. THAT while he did
thank the negro vote for the posi-
that he h.ld, nevertheless he was
ayDr of educating the black man."
Thought that there was too much
tcs in the matter, and he
always noticed that the Demo-
lie party opposed Education, more
cia]lv the education tf the colored
He thought if the matter was
ed into, all this fuss about the cost
fhe school for colored people over
fd street bridge, came down to this:
ar there was nigg'r in the wood
"Lr Lcbdell stated, that he was a
thern man brought up with pro-
ttrv proriivirlG', still experience bad
hit him that an educated negro
IT, a much better citizen than au
brant one, and although his taxes
e vrry large now, he was willing to
still more, if by that means he
hi be assured that The co 'ored child
Iii receive an education. Mr.. Nor
! was not in favor Of spending so |
n money for a school hvnSe over |
tc, and Mr.. Baugh thought that Il
strong frame building costing about
br twelve hundred dollars, would |
ver allpnrposes,a as he did not believe
in ten years from now, there would
negroes enough over Third street
|ee. I, fiji that. After further dis
non, the report Vas adopted by a
Ind nav vote as follows Yeas "A;
81.
mmittee on books reported in favor
Farding the contract for supplying
B for the ensuing year, to G. +.
has 4 Co., of this city, they being
invest bidders, which was unani-
v IN adopted. A number of repairs
&uthorized to be made to different
buildings.
notion was made to introduce
for hea:ing purposes in No. 7,
fter some discussion the motion
Ost, as the members wished to
From the finance committee before
away any more money. Con
|ble discussion arose on molten
~ the lightning rods on No. I re-
b several members said that they
lot think that the rods We're OF
use, and the schools would be as
without t. EN-. The whole subject
mall Y referred to a committee con.
e of Mcssrs Hilton, GrimShaw and
D, to report the best course for the
to pursue.
ORDERS.
following orders were drawn.
Les Shobe, s.; B. +. Townsend, s.
le x Bro SOS: }. Pickles, Sl.I5;
las Il. Hizar, IS So; Harry Lape,
James Bradford, 81 80 Allen
knan, S2.23 E. w. Hopes, 70
j. p. Almond Il Co., 81 so Il.
trkin-, S24. 40 John Greenl"e, 50
Henry Grebe, S73.lS Granville
BELL, 5, WIN. Pierce, 81 O5 John
y, so; w. S. Watt, 500 L. q. q
hman, $50 Catharine Haughey,
Adams Il Bro, 80 cents Ferris
$3.50 II. Il. Morrow, S232 in
cc, So officers and janltors,
3. Total, S7JG.ll.
"COrners" In the C.uri.
American Miller says : "Anoth-
|Al decision has been ia lied apainst