Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-03
EDUCATIONAL.
The Board Holds its Regular
Meeting.
PLANS FOB NEW BUILDINGS.
communications Received - School
Rooms Offered in Various Places
About Town.

AAne, AAooAuont Iom0rOy IN the chair,
and full board present. On motion,
Mr.. Baker, Assistant Superintendent Of
City Schools, was elected to serve as Sec
retary in the absence of MIR. Cox.
A communication from H. @. Wiley.
offering to rent the store rooms Nos. All
to 4l9 s. Fort street for school purposes,
at reasonable rate, was presented and
read. Mr.. B. H. Mckinley offered the
rooms at 1164 Georgia street for rent.
Both communications were referred to
the Building Committee. Mr.. John W.
Ellis offered some tables at low price.
and the matter was referred to the Sup-
ply Committee.
MIR. Powers said he had a talk with
Mr.. Ellis about the desks which he had
at his college, and thought he wanted
immediate action taken in regard to the
purchase of them.
The room at number 62 Amelia street
was offered for rent by Mr.. Ducommon.
Mr.. Whaling read communication from
MIR. O'Donnell, offering his building on
Also street for school use, and recon.
mended that his room be accepted bv
the board. Referred to the COMMITTEES
on Buildings.
Applications from G. W. McCsbe and
r. H. Flynn, for positions as ianitors.
were read and referred to the proper
committee.
Mr.. Mcintosh said there was no report
from the Committee on Buildings and
Sites. Mr.. Whaling thought the Com
mittee on Schools should be requested to
make a report in regard to the rental of
buildings and schools, so that the board
would know about the rental of school
rooms.
The Committee on Furniture and Sup
plies reported progress.
Mr.. Ellis, on behalf of the Committee
on Teachers, reported the resignation of
Miss Mary s. Moody, of the Tenth.street
school, on account of ill health, and
recommended that the resignation be
accepted and regrets sent to Miss Moody.
The committee recommend the appoint
ment of Miss Maggie Desmond as reg
ular and Misses Lena S. Reed and Emily
r. Reynolds as substitute teachers. On
motion the report was adopted.
The Committee on Janitors reported
number of applications and recon-
mended the election of Mr.. Armstrong
as janitor Of the Brooklyn.street school,
and asked for further time in which to
decide the matter of appointing a janitor
of the Spring street school. Adopted.
On behalf Of the Classification Com
mittee Mr.. Woodbury. reported in favor
of and recommended the adoption of Mrs.
Brad6eld's system of drawing, and that
her books be procured in place of the
ones now in use. Mr.. Whaling objected
to the adoption of system of which the
board knew nothing, in the place of q
system which had oeen used for the past
three years. The report was adopted as
read, and the system chosen.
Mr.. Whaling read a resolution in
which he recommended that the board
secure regular clefK, and take the work
out of the hands of the board. The res
olution was laid over until the next
meeting.
Under the head of new business Gov.
Gosper brought up the bond question,
and moved that special committee of
three be appointed to take into consid-
GRAFTON the matter of disposing
of the bonds, and to confer
with the Council on the mat
ter. The motion was carried,
and Mr.. Gosper moved that President
Pomeroy be added to the committee. An
amendment was offered and carried that
the President act as President ex-officio
of the committee. The motion carried
and President Pomeroy appointed
Messrs. Gosper, Ellis and Mcintosh as
such committee.
Mr.. Powers moved that the clerk of
the board advertise for bids for desks
and school furniture. Carried.
MIR. Woodbury. moved that the clerk
be instructed to advertise for proposals
for supplying coal for the ensuing year.
Carried.
The clerk then read the following bids
for the retaining wal. Of the Temple
street school: Blythe Bros, $500; John
Frohlinger, $500; J. B. Frick, $S4S so;
Andrew Young, 662.50; Camp & Caril-
lon, 500; Robert Berrill $3.50; Alfred
Jose, $3.50; H. Roster, $500.
MIR. Powers moved that the lowest bid
be accepted, and the work ordered done |;
provided, the bidder file proper bond,
and do the work in accordance with the
plans and specifications furnished by the
architect.
Mr.. Whaling objected to the expenii-
ture of any money for the building of q
wall when there was 80 much needed to
pay the necessary expenses of schooling
the children. A vote on the matter was
taken, which resulted in favor of build
ing the wall. Mr.. Whaling was re-
minded that there was a balance of
$34, 845. .33 on hand.
The Finance Committee reported q
number of demands, which were ordered
paid.
The board then adiournad