Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-05
scHooLHousE MATTERS
Action Of the Board of Education
Tonight.


The board of education met in regular
session at s O'Clock last night, President
A. E. Pomeroy in the chair, and Messrs.
Ellis, Frew, Gosper, Mcintosh, Powers
and Woodbury. present.
A communication was received from
Mr.. E. j.. Cox rendering his resignation
from the secretaryship of the board, and
on motion of Mr.. Ellis, the same was ac-
cepted. Mr.. A. E. Baker, assistant
superintendent of schools, was then
elected to fill the vacant position on
motion of Mr.. Gosper, without any ad-
ditional salary.
A number of applications for positions
as janitors in the public schools were
received and referred to the proper COM
mittee.
A petition was received from R. A.
Todd ct al, asking for the reinstate-
ment of Miss Hattie Cover, one of the
teachers at the Temple-street school,
and was referred to the teachers COM
mittee.
Mr.. Powers, of the special committee
appointed to investigate the matter of
contributing toward the new Second
street cable railroad, asked for further
time in which to report, which request
was granted.
In accordance with the recommends
tion of the finance committee number
of demands, amounting in the aggregate
to $5, ,205.54, were approved.
The following bids for the erection
the Breed-street school house, according
to the plans of Architect Haas, were
opened and read: S. M. Stratton, SIS, 1873 !;
Sherwood & Johnson, SIS ,490; j. J. Hath
away, $5,665; Linkletter:. & Day, &c. 100,
and G. j. Kubach, 1884. All were re-
ferred to the building committee.
The following bids for the moving of
the old San Pedro-street school house
and add two rooms thereto, according to
Architect Forsyth's plans were also
opened: G. N. Anslyn, $4,000; A.
Swanson, $500; Sherwood Il Johnson,
$500, and Linklater & Day, $4,000.
Referred to the building committee.
Bids for the supply of electric ap-
paratus for the new high school build
ing were received from Rhodes &
Reese, L. 7. Clemens, Brown & Perry
and the Electrical Supply Company. Re-
ferred to the building committee.
For furnishing inside blinds for
eighty rooms at the various school
houses the following bids were opened
and read: Holland Manufacturing
Company, sliding blinds, $2,775. !;
Venetian, $2,9S3.23; and Bailey &
Barker, Holland cloth blinds, l,031.
Referred to the building committee.
Mr. Mcintosh, of the building COM
mittee made the following recommenda-
tions, which were adopted by the
board:
That the bid of c.. N. Anslyn, $4,000,
for the removal of the San Pedro-street
school house be accepted, and that the
president and secretary of the board be
authorized to sign the contract for the
same.
That the tanks referred to at the last
meeting be erected at the new high
school building, according to the specifi-
cations by Burleigh, at cost of $3S5.
That the bid of G. N. Anslyn, $500,
for the removal of the Sixteenth-street
school house be accepted and the presi-
dent and secretary authorized to sign a
contract for the same.
In the matter of the bids for the Breed
street school house, the building COM
mittee announced it's intention of taking
the matter under consideration until the
next meeting, and there being no objec-
ton, action thereon was deferred.
On motion of Governor Gosper, the
question of fixing the date for the open
ing of the schools was reconsidered; and
on motion of Mr.. Woodbury., the date
was fixed for October 9th instead of
September 18th, in order to allow the
work of erecting the new buildings to
be finished before the schools open.
Mr.. Mcintosh, of the building COM
mittee, recommended that the floor of
the basement of the new high school
building be cemented, the nature of the
soil necessitating this action, at an ad
ditional cost of $1,l00, which motion
was adopted.