The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-03
NEW VOTE ON BONDS.
School Board Has Called IN Flee
ton for June "a.
FORMER ONE WAS ILLEGAL
Il Il Hsw Psoposed te Issse Bonds 90
he Amssns ss Two Hundred
1heussaA Dollars.

Al . meeting d the school hoard held
fast evening in the school board Office. oil
the NECESSARY arrsneements for new cleo
ton on The school bond question were COM
rlesed. Messrs- Coskett, Smith. Hughes.
MeDoueaIl snd Frink were present, and
Mr. Frink presided.
Through an error of the board the cleo
ton that was held on April Is was Illegal.
and il necessitxted . new election. Messrs.
White 4 Mandsy. lawyers. who repre-
sent the school board, were present and
drsfted in due legal form resolutions cali
Ing for an election on Tuesday. June n 1t
vas decided to have $4,000 worth OF
bonds issued. payable nineteen years from
January I. 1897, and bearing interest not
10 exceed ~ Pc. cent. the same payable
seniannualIy. The money II 70 be used
for schooihouses and schooIhouse sites
the same a. before. The election will be-
held from O'Clock in the afternoon until
7o'ciock in the evening and the polling
places will be At the Denny schoolhouse,
the Armory. the assessors Office corner
YssIer avenue and Third street. and the
rchooihouse corner Jackson and Market
streets. The resolutions we're unanimously
clerks and inspectors were deferred until
the next meeting.
Superintendent Kennedy requested the
board to take some active steps toward get
ting new teachers for the next term. She
said that when the new schools were CON-
pleted they would need At least twenty five
new teachers and four principals. She
urged the selection of teachers from the
~. ~ - s3ss 4. har
state could not supply . sufficient number
of competent teachers. The matter was
laid ever for further consideration, and
Messrs. Smith. Hughes and Colkets were
appointed committee OF three 70 look
over all applications that have been re-
ceived up 10 date, and select the best for
consideration.
A communication was received from
Mrs. A. l.. Wcinhagcn, asking the priyi-
lcgc of the Denny schoolhouse for two
hours day after school sessions. in which
10 form classes for instruction in German.
The board refused to grant the request and
passed resolution not 10 allow the schools
to be used for outside purposes by anyone.
request was made by Supt. Kennedy
that some one Be elected to confer diplomas
on the graduates at the commencement OF
unanimously elected to that honor.
The following letter was received by the
hoard in regard to the bill OF Richard
Nesins. IT,. for $223 for work performed:
SEATTIE. May Is, 1890
hereby enter protest agsinat your paying
Mr.. Sevina over 500 for stalking ont those
scboo. buildings. He hired the work done for
less than so. ALsRo GARDNER.
The board considered the bill and it was
referred To . COMMITTEES appointed to wait
upon Mr.. Ncvins and request that his bill
be reduced to q reasonable amount
The following bills were then considered:
J. r. Elliott. $500. first payment on
Jackson street school; allowed
C. Calvert $50. for painting roof Of
Denny school: allowed.
J. H. Calvert. SO. 20, stationery supplies:
Oregon lmprov.m4. Company. $40,
coal; allowed.
Spring Hin Water Company. ss7; al
lowed.
Sunset Telegraph Company. So 50: al
lowed.
r. II. Stormfeltx, SOS; allowed.
II. NJ. Jones $50 for moving building at
South school: allowed.
Saunders 4 Houghton. architects, ST.
500. part payment for services rendered;
allowed.
u. c. Miles, $t4. ~. plumbers supplies: al
lowed.
Post-inteliigcncer Company. slio5o, ad-
vertising: bill referred for vouchers.
Lowman & Haniord. statiouery supplies,
$50; allowed.
c. +. Weber. school furniture, sl75; al
lowed.
G. A. Wilson. for digging well for Pom
titus school. slsi.50: allowed.
Bsrne & England. $500. part payment
on Mercer schoolhouse. Sio 900 allowed.
NJ. Jones. work performed grading and
terracing grounds around Central school,
1854. allowed.