Daily Republican., 1889-08-27
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
pR. MORGAN STRIKES BACK
AT COOLEY.
A regular meeting Of the Board of Edu-
cation was held last night

| "A New Member of the Board.
A regular meeting OF the Board Of Edu-
Cation was held last night.
| Mr.. Coyle, from the committee on
printing, was instructed TO contract for
The printing OF $40 copies Of the annual
report OF the periDtendent of public
schools. Mr.. Coylo stated that, owinI to
the many changes male among teachers
and committees, he had de erred the
printing oi the manuals, which wou' d
now be hurried through.
On melton Of Joseph Pyle, an ORDER
was instructed to be drawn for $1,000 to
pay the syndicate OF the Wilmington In
proyement Company the balance on the
lot for the new echool-house In tie
Twel fth ward.
Mr.. Joseph Pyle presented communi
cation from the Board of Water Gem
missioners, stating that the board would
lay wat plpes ont saQprth street to the
new schoolhouse on pndition that the
Board OF Edacation ~onld pay for the
extra digging required to lay the pipes In
q street wb ch Is above grade.
Mr.. Pyle stated that be had spoken to
the directors OF the Street and Sew, r
Commission about grading the street,
and they replied that they did not sec
how they could do It as there were 90
many other streets that needed repairing
this yesr. The street at this Point would
have to be cut down three feet and this
extra three feet Is what the Board Of
Education was asked to pay for. He
thought the ex ra digging would be
about ts5.
A motion made by Mr.. Pyle that the
Board accept the offer of the Water Com
missi. ner, was adopted.
Mr.. b. tta, from the committee on fuel,
reported that the contract for furnishing
wood had been awarded 10 James Mills,
he being the lowest bidder.
On motion Of Joseph Pyle the vacancy
In the building committee OF the new
schoolhouse, In the Twelfth ward, was
hlled by the appointment Of John Pyle
TO the committee.
9. II. Smith, from the committee on
manual training school, reported pro-
tgress.
Mr.. Bayiiss, No. Q, was permitted to
have whitewashing done and repairs
made to shutters and gates to an amount
not exceeding SIS.
8. Il. Smith, No. 5, was permitted to
have whitewashing done not exceeding
On motion OF Mr.. MCCARTHY the COM
mttee on repairs was instructed to sk
f. bids for painting the exterlors of Nos.
10 and 23, the cost approximatinR about
si40.
A bill from e. Fl. Anderson for So, fol
cleaning out No. "a school, was on mo
tion Of Joseph Pyle ref, rred to the secre
tary and treasurer for Investigation with
Instructions to pay 1t If not already paid.
= The committee on teachers presented
he following report which was adopted
"GENTLEMEN:. To fill the vacancie,
caused by the declination OF Mise Kate z
Stewart, principal Of the girls depart
ment Of Nc. 4, and Misc NJ. Virgins
: Parker of No. Is, and that caused by tn,
3 death Of Miss Zillah Bareford of No. II
your committee recommend as follows
Miss Mary j. Francis, principal of tb
: boys department OF No. 4, to be princi
pal OF the girls department OF tha
school; Miss Emma johnson, to be sixth
, assistant in the boys department of Nc
&; Miss Sallie Evans, to be fourth assist
ant in girls department of No. B.; Mis-!
Amanda T. Medors, to be fourth assistan
In No. 8; Miss Mary N. Brady, to b,
first assistant In the grammar de
partment OF No. 13; Miss T.
: Louisa Gould, to be assistant princi
pal in No. Is; Miss Lizzie Wollastor
to te assistant principal In No. IL; Mis,
Ida w. Cleland, assistant principal In
Nc. 10; Miss Josephine Webb, TO be third
assistant In No. II; Mas Mary F. Corson,
to be fourth assist int in No. 8; Miss Bes.
sic Palmer, to be fourth assistant in No.
II; Miss Lena Dillin 10 he third assistant
In No. II; Miss Anna T. Burns to be
seventh assistant in No. 10; Miss Lizzie
Carpenter to be second assistant in No. 8.
Your committee also recommend that
George NJ. Warren of Westboro, Mass.
be employed to teach drawing and such
other branchts as may be assigned to him
in the two high schools, his salary to be
at the rate Of $500 per annum, and to re.
port to and be considered an assistant OF
the principal of the Boys High School. i"
DIR. Morgan, from Committee on Re.
pairs, ttated that the committee had ex.
amined the yard OF No. Is school and
found that the yard had never been
graded by the contractor according to the
plans and specifications; that a part OF
the yard was so high that the dirt wash.
ed into the drains, filling them up; that
the water also oVeIflowed on to the prop,
erty OF the Baptist Church, undermining
and injuring the foundations. The only
remedy he could see was to have it prop
erly graded and filed in with gravel, also
that stone wall be built along the lire
of the Baptist Church property and Q
grade established to throw the water the
other way, the whole of which would
cost about $500.
DIR Shor,lidge thought thatIthe whole
complaint was dee to the architect, who
dil not attend to tte duty he was SO we,
ra.d for doing. lie had better be stirred
up little.
Joseph Pyle was unwilling to pay &
second time for work that the contractor
should do, and he wanted the question
divided and the contractor and ARCHITECT
made to do what they had not done ant
had been paid Tor.
DR.. Morgan said that that part of th,
contract-the grading--would only
amount to $50.
Mr.. 4. r. Smith said that the boar
finds itself In the condition 1t alwayi
finds Itself In such matters-"leit." Bet
ter have the work done and then com,
against the contractors.
! DR.. Shortliige referred to stone stel
that tilted inward. He thought that the
J architect should have looked out for that
, and DR.. Morgan referred to a tin spout
ing that emptied the water ever the
, corner OF the building instead Of in the
drain.
: Joseph Pyle thought that It was time 9
stand was taken in the matter. The
board was getting chiselled out OF money
all around by contractors who did moi
carry out their contracts. We were
chiselled out Of $500 in the High School.
He bad the hardest kind OF q job to gel
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