Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-28
CITY SCHOOL BOARD
A wARM DIsCUsaIOH OVER THE
NEW HIGH 0CHOOL-A LEE.

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President Baird presided At the stated
meeting of the Board Of Education held
last evening, and the following mem
bers responded 70 the roll. call : Messrs.
A lien, Belts, Dunn. Feukel. Heisler,
Hanson, HessioD, Kyne, Keables,
Shortlidge, SinRley, 8. X. Smith, Still.
ley, Trump, West and Moore.
The resignation OF Miss Lizzie Steele,
A. second assistant teacher In No. 20
school, was read and accepted.
DIR. Keables, Of the Committee ON
Teachers, submitted the following 70.
port, which was accented
Your Committee ON Teachers respect
fully report that Miss Delilah Brown
and Miss Mary @. Seal, two OF the tea-
chers who passed the examination held
last month, have presented certificates
that have satisfied the committeo that
they have taught successfully for .
period Of SIX months, and that the COM
mittee have put the pARes Of these
ladies on the lists from which appcint-
ments to regular posistions are made.
To fill the vacancy In No. 20, caused
BY the resignation Of Miss Steele, the
Committee have promoted each teach
or Of that school below the vacancy and
place and have transferred Miss Alice
jackson from No. 10 TO the lowest place
in No. 20. They have also appointed
Miss Bertha Lichtenstein to the lowest
position In No. 10 and Miss Delilah
Brown to the lowest position in No. IA.
On motion of Mr.. Hsisler the action
Of the Committee on No 8 school was
endorsed in reference to work done
without authority first given by the
Board, and on his further motion an
order was drawn in favor Of the chair
man of the committee, who had advAn-
ced the money for the repairs, for el3,.
%.
The following repairs and expendi-
lures were allowed School No. II, $l2;
No. Is, $55 No. IL, IS.
DIR. West, Of the COMMITTEES on No. II
school, informed the Board that the
janitor had asked for an increase in
salary on account of the extra rooms
recently opened In that building. The
janitor WAS now receiving el26, and he
thought 1t should be raised $50. This
caused spirited discussion between
the several members, all Of whom op-
posed the increase. A motion was &C.
cordingly made to increase the salary
$lO, which was lost, % was also .
similar motion making $15 increase.
The question was finally decided by
raising the salary to $50, an increase
of $25.
| MIR. Allen informed the Board that
there was no way to dispose Of the
ashes at No. ~ school, as the janitor
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the street, and that tho ash carts did not
in q Qiiandary as to what should be
done with them. Mr.. Singley stated
that he WAS In . position to know that
the city contractors were in duty bound
to remove the ashes, and that If the con.
tractors fail to 80 remove them the city
should have it done at their (the con.
trAc:ors) expense.
| DIR. Ksables, from the Committee Oh
new High School, submitted . bill OF
$54 to pay the Building fnspeclor for
the permit, etc., which was allowed.
He also made q statement in reference
TO the pay of the architect, for plans,
experimenting the erection of the build.
ing, ETC., which he stated would amount
to 81, 700, at the regular legal rates, but
that the committee had bargained with
the architect for the sum Of 81 800, which
hs thought was an economical sun. He
also stated that they had divided the
sum into three payments of $500 each,
and asked that an order be drawn for
the first installinent. This gave rise to
long and spirited discussion, during
which the committee were roughly
handled.
Mr.. Kyne first opposed the payment
Of 81 800, because 1t was not the regular
price, and further, that the same work
had been performed ON Nos. 10 and 20
schools, both large buildings, for $3.50,
and he thought 81 500 too much money.
In reply Mr.. Keables thought the price
a reasonable one, as it was only about
2H per cent.
DR.. Shortlidge desired to know how
much time and attention the architect
would give to the building before he
could vote on the motion. He also
stated that he would offer resolution
at the next meeting of the Board, call.
ing for the appointment ofa superin.
tendent to take charge of the erection
of the new building, giving AZ his
reasons that there was something about
the whole thing that he could not under.
stand, but he felt confident that the
committee had gone head over heels in
the matter without any regard to q
proper business course.
He could not understand how the
contractors and builders could give the
board S720, which they virtually did by
having TO lay out of their money for
two or three years without interest.
that they could not do it, and in view
of these facts he thought the Board
should look into the matter more thor
ough ly and ascertain who were the
bondsmen of the contractors, and
whether or not they were responsible for
the amount bonded for, rs the Board,
without being satisfied on this score,
might be placed In bad position. DIR.
Keables stated that he did not know
who the bondsmen were, rs the matter
had never been before tho committee,
neither was 1t any part of the husineas
Of the committee.
DIR. Shortlidge then stated the Board
should be apprised of the tondsmen
and the thing done In . business like
manner, a. there was too much At stake
to run any risks. He further stated
that he was deceived In the matter by
tho committee when the contract vas
given out. He then produced printed
circular, which Was sent out by the
committee, to the effect that tho build.
ing, complete, was not to cost more
than $42, 900, and he supposed that that
was what building was to cost, but tho
committee had misrepresented the mat
ter to the Board, and the contract was
awarded for building that would cost
far above that sum. He thought some.
thing was wrong and that the thing
looked crooked.
Mr.. Singlsy agreed with DR.. Short
lidge and referred to the remarks Of DIR.
Keahles, who stated that he knew
nothing about bondsmen. He was of
the opinion that 1t was the duty of the
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