Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-20
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
1t Discusses the Site of the
High School.
THE RESOLUTIONS BY MR.. ELLIS
A Variety Of Routine Business Trans
acted-Money Claims Allowed.
A Special Meeting.
THE RESOLUTIONS BY MR.. ELLIS

Ihe Board OF Education met yesterday
evening in the Council chamber, Presi-
dent Pemeroy in the chair, and all the
members present. After the reading OF
the minutes of the previous meeting,
various communications were read and
seferred to the appropriate committees.
The Finance Com mittee reported on
The following claims and bills: w. W.
Heron, painting. So; A. E. Ditch, car
pentering, $106; Underwriters policy on
iemple.street school, 40; Minnie Cole,
10 Roselle Bros, lumber, $293 Is; Los
An ales Storage Company, lumber, $243 /;
=. W. Golden, wooden boxes, So rs; 8.
II. Seward, labor, $54; s. D. Savage,
shor, $36; g. F. McClelland, insurance,
f5O;, A. W. Patton, painting, $42; MIR.
Frederick, insurance, $40; G. w. Ditch,
9srpentering, $66; Fl. r. Hanna, insur.
Ance, $50; Los Angeles Gas Company,
1910; Alfred Moore, moving Office furni-
cure, 81; S. G. Brummart, $43.50;
Brown & Foster, supplies, $l4 90; II. L.
Holcolm, stationery, $165; G. M. Craig,
painting, $36; G. W. Van Holt, painting,
$36; John L. Bradley, painting, $36 !;
Byron Oliver, insurance, $24.
Mr.. Whaling objected to some of these
Items on the ground that no bids had
been advertised for. The vote was taken,
he voting in the negative, the others in
the affirmative.
The Committee on Teachers reported
that designations had been received from
Miss Emily A. Rice and Miss Carrie
Brewer. They were accepted with re-
eret. A request for longer vacation to
the first of January from Miss Fannie
Wright was read and it was granted,
III health being the cause. Miss Calthen
Vivian, who had neglected to inform the
board that she desired to continue in
her present place and had not therefore
been elected to serve this year, presented
q arequest that her failure to eend in an
application in time should not prejudice
her reelection. She was by special vote
chosen to serve next year. A request
for place on the list of regular teachers
was received from Alma S Brigham, and
was granted.
The Committee on Classification re-
ported that they advised that s. H.
Moore be placed at the eighth grade,
Spring. street school, and in the night
school Alma s. Brigham, eighth grade,
Sand. street school; Orm F. Townsend,
sixth and seventh grade, Spring.street
school Carrie w. Roberts, third grade,
Saud-street school. This action was con.
Cured in by the board.
The same committee proposed that the
books of Miss @. P. Brodfeld, published
by A. s. Barnes & Co., should be adopted
for use in the public schools. Mr.. NJ
Whaling objected. The recommends
tion was put in the form OF motion and
carried.
The Building Committee reported,
through its chairman, Mr.. Mcintosh,
that they had hired room in the Hanna
College at $50 until school opens, and
$40 afterwards; that they had given up
the room in the Fortstreet church; that
they had instructed Mr.. Henry to see the
owner of the land adjoining the Spring
whose fence is four feet over on the
school property, and that MIR. Henry re-
ported that the man would not listen to
him but threatened to shoot him if he
undertook 10 make the change. The
latter matter was referred back to the
committee for them to confer with the
City Attorney and report later.
This committee also reported that Mr..
Preston, the architect, had given an es-
innate on the cost of the Temple-street
school retaining wall in the sum of
1904 rs.
IL was moved and seconded that the
Clerk of the Board advertise for bids for
the building of the wall. Mr.. Whaling
objected, believing that the money might
be more wisely expended. The motion
was carried, Mr.. Whaling voting no.
Mr.. Cox moved that the Building Com
mittes be authorized to learn the price of
rooms in the st. Vincent college and re-
port to the board. 1t was carried.
Mr.. Cox moved that as the board was
now provided with rooms of its own it
ought to keep the official paper, the
HERALD, on file. Mr.. Whaling objected, +,
as it was an unnecessary waste of money
The roll was called on the motion, all
voting aye except Mr.. Whaling and Mr..
Pomeroy. Mr.. Powers offered the fol-
lowing resolution: That in the future
all bills and accounts to be passed by the
board shall be presented to some MEM
ber of the Finance Committee ON or before
the Saturday preceding the regular day
of the meeting of the board, otherwise
they shall be passed without action until
the next regular meeting Of the board.
Governor Gosper thought tat this
would work ipjustice to working men,
who would have to wait week for their
pay. Mr.. Powers amended the resolu-
ton to read at the end of the last clause,
subject, however, to the discretion OF
the committee to take up, and, as they
may deem it necessary, to pass upon"
The resolution thus amended was
adopted.
Mr.. Woodbury. moved that the Super
intendent hereafter make his report at
the end of the school year instead OF at
the end of the fiscal year. The motion
was carried.
The board then went into Committee
of the Whole to discuss the question OF
the High School site. Mr.. Ellis offered
the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The lot on CASTELAR, street, near
| Sand street worth $25, 900, given by the city
for High School purposes, seems to many voters
OF the city unsuitable for the High School
building and
WHEREAS, The board has asked the voters Of
the city to vote for the issuing of 5000 900 in
bonds for school purposes without having pro
vided for the site for High school, having
deemed the above site, given to las free of cost,
suitable one. and
WHEREAS The importance of issuing these
bonds, irrespective of the question of the High
School site, Is manifest to all; therefore, be 1t
Rcsolued, That while we approve the site
given by the city, 1t is the sense of this boar
that the site for the High school building be
left at present undetermined and made the
| subject of a separate vote by the people, aud
with this view as preliminary step that offers
OF other sites be solicited at once giving size OF
lot description assurance Of title, price, terms
of payment and name of bona fide owner. and