Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-07
PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S MEET
ING LAST NIGHT.
A Number of Petitions Referred to Com.
mittees-Coal Still Too High-Resigna-
tions Accepted and Appointments
Named-Too Many Insurance Policies.

The board of education met in regular
session last night in the city hall. After
disposing of the usual preliminaries a
communication was read from H. q. Os-
borne ct al, asking the board to order
cement sidewalks to be laid on Eighth
street and Grand avenue in front of the
Eighth street school building, and also
that crossings be made at the intersec-
tion of Eighth street and Grand avenue,
in order that the children attending said
school may do so during the rainy season
without wading through sea OF mud as
formerly. The matter was referred to
the building committee.
A communication was read from S. A.
Waldron asking the cooperation OF the
board in the construction OF division
fence between his lot and that of the
Sand street school, which it adjoins, as
he intended to build there. The matter
was referred to the building committee.
A number of applications for positions
were referred to their respective COM
mittees.
A petition was received from the
Alumni society of the high school, ask
ing that it be allowed to conduct the
exercises at the formal opening of the
new high school building ,andwas referred
to specialcommittee, Mr.. Whaling OBJ
jecting
The following bids for 100 tons of coal,
as advertised for, were opened and
read New Mexico Coal company, SO :65
per ton; Crown Point Coal company,
SO 80; and Black Diamand Coal COM
pany, 80 AS. All the bids were referred
to the supply committee.
Supt. Friesner reported that there
were enrolled at the public schools on
the first day CLOS pupils, an increase of
80 over the first day last year.
A number of demands were approved
in accordance with the recommendations
of the finance committee. Mr.. Whaling
as usual voting negatively.
The Telephone company's bills for
the three months July, August and Sep
tember were approved as to half the
amount demanded, in spite of Mr..
Whaling's insistance that by so doing
the board was acting immorally.
In accordance with the recommended
ton of the building committee the clerk
was instructed to advertise for bids for
the construction of retaining wall at
the COllado street school lot, Mr. .Whal-
ing alone voting negatively.
In accordance with the report of the
teachers committee the designations of
Mesdames Wilson and North and Misses
Mathis and G.. Bayman were accepted.
Mrs. Haskell and Mr.. Lawson were each
granted leave of absence for three
months without pay.
Tn ononrd a, with tho ronnn,rnnndo- a.
tions of the janitors' committee, the fol-
school building. G. H. Axtell; CASTELAR,
street building, Mrs. Ynez Tapia; Sew
enth street school building, W. McPher-
son, colored; Ann street school build
ing, Mrs. Hattie Motion. The salary of
the janitor at the new high school was
fixed at 500.
d. Morris, of the insurance commit
tee, then offered resolution stating
that in consequence Of contractors plac-
ing policies on school buildings the COM
mittee could not tell how the insurance
account stood, and that no bills for in
surance be paid unless the policy ac-
companied it. This was adopted, Mr..
Whaling alone voting negatively.
The finance committee recommended
that the bids of the three coal COM
panies opened that evening be rejected,
and that the clerk readvertise. Gov.
Gosper objected on the ground that he
had been informed that a coal famine
was imminent. Messrs. Whaling,
Woodbury. and Powers had each been
informed that the price of coal would
decline in the near future, and that
there was nothing in the rumor of the
famine After discussion of the mat
tel, !, the recommendation was adopted.
Several other trivial matters having
been disposed of, the board adjourned.