Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-18
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Heating Matters Deferred-Contracts for Some
Of the Building Sites Ordered Closed.

! The board of education met yesterday
| afternoon in called session at the rooms o.
| the board in the Sedgwick building q
transact general business. The reading o.
| the minutes was dispensed with and the
board Immediately began to examine plats
for new school house.
! On the report and the recommendation
! of Mr.. Piatt the committee on buildings
| and grounGs was authorized 10 close con
| tract with Mr.. Davidson for building site
! at the Burton Car Works. On the recon-
| mendation of Mr.. McNair the committee
on buildings and grounds was further au-
| thorized to add two new rooms 10 the En-
| merson school building, at a cos,
not TO exceed $500, exclusive
Of heating and ventilating apparatus
A discussion then ensued on the question
| Of the legality of selling the bonds 10 the
state school fund which sale was effected
by meeting when it was questionable il
quorum was present. For the informs
| ton of the body the records were read.
showing that quorum under the rules
was not present when the bonds were sold.
On resolution the minutes OF the pro-
ceedings, inasmuch as they related to the
sale of the bonds and other business tram
sacted with a short quorum were stricken
from the records The chair announced
that the first business in order would be
be the sale Of the bonds On request Of
Mr. Fegtley the letter from the state
school fund was read. which stated that
the full amount of the bonds was more
than could be taken in its present finan-
cial condition. but that $4,000 could be
handled at par with the option of redeem
ing them at will. Fegtley thoughtit best
TO place at least $4,000 in order to have
enough money for immediate use.
A resolution was offered by MIR. Piatt
that $4,000 of the bonds be placed with
the state commissioners at par; carried.
A motion that the buildings and grounds
committee be authorized to advertise for
bids and let the contract for the buildings
in the Sixth ward. This was amended to
instruct the committee to advertise for
bids and report TO the board.
Several contracts that had been effected
at the short quorum meeting were then
ratified.
The question of readvertising for coal
contracts was reconsidered, but snch
course was ueCIueN 10 DC uuJuSI ~ tuc
other bidders.
Before finally settling the question the
committee asked for further time which
was not granted and the committee recon-
mended the contract be awarded to
Messrs. Schwartz and Neeley at 1886 for
soft coal and S1l for anthracite. The report
was adopted and the recommendation ac-
cepted.
In ratifying the list of the appointment
of teachers for the substitute list Mr.. Nc
Nair suggested the name of Miss Marie
Mathews of the Fourth ward be added.
The matter taking the form of motion
was seconded by Mr.. Fegtley, and being
put to a vote was carried.
Mr.. Clapp presented list Of the names
of the residents and the children be-
tween Thirteenth street and the
city limits, and moved that the
committee on buildings and grounds
be instructed TO employ teacher and find
room in the neighborhood of Eighteenth
or Ninteeth street between the rivers. The
idea being to take care of the primary
scholars and let the older ones come to the
Irving school. Mr.. Martin reported that
Alamo addition ought not to be considered
as it was outside of the city limits. Mr..
Clapp's motion was then seconded and be-
ing put was carried.
The list Mr.. Clapp presented contained
the names of fifty-six children, fifteen of
which were above the primary grades and
about one-half of which attended the
Irving school, the others being too small
to come that distance.
Mr. Piatt stated that Dr. Stevenson found
it avisable to have additional school rooms
in Mossman school, Washington and kel-
logg. The doctor was invited before the
board and reiterated his statements, and
added that arrangements could De made in
the Mossman school TO accommodate
about thirty pupils by renting lower
store room. DR.. Stevenson further recon-
mended that the noon hour be heightened
if necessary in order to send the children
home at noon TO dinner. Firstly, the
pupils ought to have a warm dinner, and
secondly the custom of keeping the build
ings open at noon where the pupils could
remain at pleasure was very bad and even
dangerous in its tendency.
Mir. Piatt moved, with Mr.. Howard
as second, that good attorney
should be employed to examine the alb
stracts of property which in some in
stances were very lengthy and compli-
Gated.
This was amended to employ com
peteut attorney by the year. The amend
ment was lost. It was moved 10 lay the
original motion on the table and was car
ried.
In view OF the Park and Emmerson
0Tc -ba~ &c
of white and cOlored children, il was
moved that the committee on furniture be
instructed TO purchase henceforth only
single desks and replace as far as practic-
able the present desks with new ones. The
resolution was reduced 10 writing and was
adopted.
On motion the committee on buildings
and grounds was instructed TO close a con
tract with Mr.. Hunter for building site
in the Sixth ward as soon as the abstract
was fav Jrably passed upon By the judici-
AIRY committee.
In regard TO the change of seats Mr.
McNair suggested that the best seat. in
Park and Emmerson be used in rented
school rooms and the old ones otherwise !
of and both the buildings be re-
placed with single seats as IL became nee
essarv to buy new seats. The committee
on heating reported in favor Of the Boyn-
ton furnace for one four room building
and the Smead system for one eight room
building provided the guarantees Of the
manufacturers were satisfactory. On
motion the matter was laid on the table
until the next meeting. On motion il was
fecid ID 10 meet again on FRIDAY evening