Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-19
LOCAL MELANGE.
The Board of Education
Holds a Meeting.
SCHOOL DESK CONTRACT LET.
Two Bars of Bullion Found in the
Street-Residence Burned-A
Sudden Death.

ing, President A. E. Pomeroy in the
chair and Messrs. Cox, Ellis, Frew, Cos.
per, Powers, Woodbury. and Whaling
present.
A communication was received from
the Stanton Women's Relief Corps offer
iag to present flag to the High School.
On motion of Mr.. Cox the offer was &C.
cepted with thanks. The application of
o. L. Robertson for position as janitor
was referred to the Janitors' Committee.
The resignation of w. M. Blandford,
the janitor Of the Spring street school
house was accepted. The deeds of G. L.
Arnold and J. ID. Yoakum for school
sites in East Los Angeles we're on mo-
ton referred to the Clerk to be placed on
record.
| In response to communication from the
City Clerk, on motion of Mr.. Ellis the
Secretary was instructed to pay the sum
of $50 per month towards the expense
of running the elevator after 5 p. m. at
the City Hall.
The usual number of demands were
read and approved. amounting in the
aggregate to $513.33 as was also the
salary list Of the Superintendent and
teachers.
Mr.. Powers, of the Supply Committee,
recommended that the bid of the Black
Diamond Coal Company for $50 tons of
coal be accepted. Carried.
Mr.. Powers, of the special committee
appointed to investigate the request of
the Teachers Reading Circle for the
privilege of using the rooms of the board
for two weeks, reported favorably, and
n<1ks IS
WAS granted.
Mr.. Powers, under the head of "new
business" stated that diptheria was rag
ing in the Ninth ward and that after
consultstion with DR.. Morrison, the City
Physician, he thought it would be neces-
sary to have two weeks vacation. He
therefore moved that special committee
of three be appointed to investigate the
matter with power to act. After
lengthy discussion on the subject
Mr.. Powers withdrew his motion,
and it was resolved to leave the matter
| in the hands of Superintendent Friesner
and the Health Officer.
MIR. Powers stated that letter had been
addressed to the President by Mr.. McIn-
tosh, who was unable to attend owing to
death in his family, asking that, as a
special favor to him the rules be sus-
pended, and the matter of the school
desks, upon which he had given notice
of q motion to re. consider, be deferred to
the next meeting. He objected to the
granting of the request, as the matter
had already been pending too long.
Mr.. Whaling said that it would be but
the courtesy due to tho absent member
10 grant his request and accord him the
privilege of being heard on the matter,
and that it was only right and proper to
defer action until the next meeting. He
would, therefore, make motion to that
effect. Mr.. Ellis seconded the motion
but Messrs. Woodbury. and Powers were
of the opinion that it could not be done
with propriety or legality. On being put
to the vote, the motion was lost on a tie,
Messrs. Cox, Gosper, Powers and Wood
bury voting against it, and Messrs. Frew,
Ellis, Pomeroy and Whaling being in
favor of it.
Mr.. Powers then moved that the Pres
ident and Clerk be authorized to enter
Into contract with the Bancroft Bros.
Go. for their Improved Triumph desks,
in accordance with their bid.
Mr.. Whaling stated that it was much
to be regretted that any member of the
board should allow himself to be gov
erned or actuated by prejudice or pas
sion in the selection of and determina-
tion to purchase school desks from the
Bancroft Bros. Co. 1t had been shown
conclusively that they had hitherto
furnished the city with an inferior desk,
and had imposed upon the city. He
pledged his word of,honor as man to the
board, that if the desk question was kept
open until the end OF the year, he would
oh n Ioelr orrollx, ,oni - o-o-c
| respect as the one about to be accepted,
had no axe to grind, nor was he the paid
advocate of any firm but he worked for
the best interests of the city at large.
Messrs. Woodbury. and Gosper denied
that they were moved by either prejudice
or passion, and stated that in recon-
mending the adoption of the Triumph
desk, they had only the best interests of
the city at heart.
Mr.. Ellis said he always had been in
favor of the ma jority report and was still
| of the same mind. On the vote being
cast the motion was carried by to 2,
Messrs Pomeroy and Whaling being the
dissenters.
Mr.. Powers moved that as was the case
in San Francisco bond of $500 be re-
Quired from the local finn to ineure a
faithful fulfillmant in the carrying out of
their contract, and that as the manufact-
urers had offered to guarantee the desks,
the President and Secretary of the beard
obtain such guarantee from the Andrews
Company for ten years. On motion of
Governor Gosper the amount of the bond
was raised to $1,000, and the motions
were carried unanimously.
| Mr.. Whaling, under the head Of un-
finished business, moved that the
Supply Committee be authorized to pur-
chase the requisite number of poles and
flags, to be placed on each of the school
houses in the city, at the lowest possible
price. The motion was lost for want
of second.
Mr.. Cox's motion to adjourn then pre-
vailed, ia spite of Mr.. Whaling's objec-
tions, on the grounds that he had reso-
luton to offer, the Chairman informing
him that motion to adjourn was always
in order and took the precedence over
everything else.
A GREAT FIND.
Two silver Bars Found I'm tho