The daily gazette., 1881-01-11

The bill of Gawthrop 81 Bro, $775.
for putting steam heating appara, us in
school No. 3, was read aud passed, and
.lso for the same amount for School
No. Q.
The Printing Committee was au-
thorized to have some examination
papers printed.
On motion of Mr.. Furry, No. Q was
authorized 10 employ Chas. +. Nos
trand, janitor Of No. 1, as janitor aud
engineer of No. @, at the Same salary
now paid the janitor of the school.
The COmmittee on legislature presen.
ted the following rspor
WILMINGTON, Jan. 10, 1881.
To the Board Of Public Education:
GENTLEMKN:-Your CoAmittee on
Legislation, In compliance with reso-
luton passed at the last NEE log OF The
Board, GIN which the Committee on
Legislation was authorized tO procure a
certified copy uf the charter aud amend
ments of the Board), would report that
they have directed j. l.. Wolcott, Esq,
secretary Of State, to furnish the Board
Elth certified copy Of the charter, with
all OF the amendmants, from iIs incpiSncv
TO the present Time, at al expense of
from $35 to $40.
Your Committee would also report
that alter a CAREFUL examination OF the
demands now made, aud which will be
made upon this Board during the next
Two years, believe that sum not less
than $60, 900 will be required for school
,xtension, based upon the following
facts:
Flrst-a school house will be required
| for school No. n, over Eleventh street
| bridge the present building we are Occu-
| pying at heavy rental aud subject to
| many Inconvenience; there are some 40
| pupils In this school and some 80 others
| living quite near that nov attend scuool
| IN otber districts. There Will probably
| be a large Increase OF population Ia this
vicinity within few years.
Sec0nd-The Board requires a new
school building Tor No. Is, the school
| for colored children In the Second ward
| There are 10 or 50 co!oted children in
this district.
Third-A new building Is required for
| No. L., the school now held At l. Jrd aud
Pine streets. There are 3lS pupils IN
his school, aud here again the Board is
,ur ject 10 very heavy rental.
Fourth-A building for a Grammar
| ,chool is very much needed, TO receive
he 200 grammar pupils that are now In
| No. 8, 200 more that can, AT any time,
te collected from the primary school in
tue same building.
| Fifth, A new building for a primary
school will be required in the western
part Of tue city, for the purpose of re-
levlng the present pressure ON that side
II Lhs city.
You will please note the first three
buildings asked for here, ARE To supply
,chools now existing in rented build
Ings.
] Nos. Is AMI II would seat l30 pupils
more than are now In No. IL aud No. II,
he new school, 400 pupils, and the
primary, 420, making u totai OF 900 new
tiLtings.
There are now about 300 applicants for
teats, aud the Increased per year may be
,stilnated at $50, so that In two years
from the tiRe these buildings eau be
feady for use, all the seats IN them oau
70 filled.
The vacancies now existing in Nos. II
IL aud IA will no doubt soon be hlled up
~ the increase Of population near these
schools.
The other scattering vacancies that Ap-
pear upon The monthly report OF tue Su-
perin.endent will always appear. They
rep esent the unavoidable waste result
ing from irregulsrity OF attendance and
the difficulty of tinding exactly pupils oi
he right scholarship 10 keep such grade
full. In view OF these facts, your com
mIttee would recommend that Ia pre-
pairing the bill to be presented TO thu
General Assembly by this Board, asking
the issuing OF bonds 10 be raised by CITY
Council for their relief, there should be
inserted In said bill the amount of $780,
900, believing IL will require thai
| amount to meet the required changes
WA. j. MORROW,
MM. KYNE,
LUTHER w. PALMER
= CHAs. BAIRD,
3 W. w. LoBDELL.
; The report was adopted.
Mr.. Lobdell, chairman OF the FlnAnc
q Committte q asked what amount had bee
Il appropriated for Public schools for 1881
't aud being informed 1t was 1900, sal
J. thai Council had acted with great fairnes
: :, aud llDerality, and given the Board al
= that had been asked tor.
y Mr., L0bdell called attention TO
y growing evil in some OF the primaT
schools, whereby very small pupils wei