Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING HELD AT
THE ROOMS LAST EVENING
Business Transacted By the BOdy-Mr. b. d. Pen
dlston, Clerk Of the Board, Resigns
His Position.


Board of Education was held last evening in
the rooms Of the Board in the Public Library
Building, and at roll call the following
members We're present: Acker, Dickey,
Dobbins, Eschtruth, Hannah, Jepson,
Miller, J. A, Miller, J. c., Wilson, A,
Wilson, W. A, Work and President Col
lier. The following business was trans
acted and passed off smoothly with the
exception of another little spat over the
CLAY district annex, which amounted TO
nothing, and little tilt between the
members of the Committee on German.
The Committee on Accounts reported
bills amounting to SlO73l, which were
ordered paid.
The report of the Committee on Text
Books stated that bids had been received
for furnishing the schools with books,
stationary. etc, and that Miss J. b. Will
sons bid should he accepted. The Com
mittee asked for further time in the mat
ter of changing the text book during the
last two years of the course in arithmetic
changing the kind of chalk and procuring
additional chemical apparatus. The report
stated that the suggestion of the Superln-
tendent that the senior class be examined
in definition along with spelling was
good one and recommended that the Super
intendent be authorized to take the neces-
sary steps to put ii into effect. The re-
port entire was adopted.
The Committee on Public Library re-
ported bills amounting 10 Sll1ls. The
report suggested that new books should be
procured for the amount of at least 81 600,
during the ensuing year. fhe committee
further reported that II had received the
resignation of Librarian II. ii. Pendleton
and had very reluctantly accepted 1t TO
take effect August 81 The Wheeling Pnb-
lie Library was established four years ago,
since then it has grown rapidly In public
favor, and now has probably larger pa
tronage in proportion to its size and the
extent of our population than any similar
institution in the land. During these four
wears Mr.. Pendleton has discharged the
duties of librarian faithfully, intelligently
and efficiently, he deserves some credit for
the success that has attended the library, and
it is regretted that Mr. Pendleton should de-
eide to retire from a position which he has
filled with eminent ability. The report
was adopted rs whole.
The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds reported that the frame annex in
Clay was completed and that the contrac-
tors. J. 4. Holiday x Son are entitled to
be paid 81 429 for which amount it author
lied the clerk to draw IN order. The re-
port stated that the committee had placed
81 900 insurance on the frame annex i'll
Washington district in the American In
surance Company; and 81, 600 on the frame
annex in Clay sub-district, in the Fire and
Marine Company The clerk was ordered
to draw orders for the amounts of the
premiums which on each building is
$10.14. The plans for the new
school building in Richie sub
district prepared by +. w. Wells were sub
mitted and ordered adopted. The com
mittee also stated that it had decided to
have the Ruttan-Smcad heating and venti-
lating process put in the new building and
asked that it he authorized 10 makea con-
tract with the manufacturers Of the said
apparatus To put the same i'll the building
ut cost of 81 500. The committee report
ed that it had advertised for and received
bids for the erection of said building and
that the lowest was of j. 4. Holh-
day Il Sons, for the sum of Sl2,-
095.j0, no payment To be made
until the building Is completed and finish
ed as required, which will be no later than
March J, 81. The President of the Board
was authorized, on behalf of the Board, to
sign a contract to that effect. T.. W.
Wells was recommended as superintendent
of the construction of the said building.
The proposal of MeSSrs Trimble d LutZ
for supplying the schools, Public Library
and Board offices with natural gas
was the lowest and the com
mite recommended its acceptance. The
petition of Mr.. Rosenberg asking for rein
burSCment for money lost by making too
low bid by mistake, for stone work on the
Washington sub-diStrict annex was refused.
The Committee, on suggestion, was author
lied to sell the west fifty feet ofgrOund at
ta"hed TO the Clay annex, fronting on
Fourteenth street The report was adopt
ed in full.
The Committee on Finance reported that
it will be necessary to borrow about -, 100
in order to pay the cost of putting up the
frame annex to Clay school and the cost of
ground for the new building in Richie
sub-district The contract price Tor putting
up Clay annex is 81 ,4!9 and the cost of
ground and condemnation proceedings for
the Richie ground will be between $3.50
and s.. GO The clerk was ordered to draw
two orders Oh the collector of the building
fund for the payment of such amounts. and
the report was adopted.
Superintendent Anderson announced in
his report that he had received from Clerk
PendletOn the results of the census and
enumeration of the school districts for the
year lssG, Of which the following results
are adduced by comparison between the
wears ot - and 81,