The daily critic., 1890-10-08
NEW SCHOOLS WANTED
The BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUBMITS ITS
ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
II WIN Cost over = minton- Eight New
Buldines wapted--Dr. Grimks
ASKS some Pertinent
Oueaffonp


A special meeting Of the Schoo
\ Board was held last night for the con
sideration Of the estimates for the fsca
year ending June 30, 1892 Mr. John
/ T. Mitchell was elected president OF the
board and Mr. J. G.. Gurley was re-
| elected secretary.
A special committee consisting Of
Messrs. Thayer Wood and Grimke
sui mitted the following estimates,
which were unanimously agreed to.
one superintendent, 4,5OO; one superin-
tcudent. IS, 500: one clerk aud secretary.
$500; one clerk, $1,000; one clerk, 1900;
one truancy agent, 5000; one messenger,
1920, one messenger COO; ia oil, for ON
GERS, $4,000.
Eight hundred and forty-av teachers
at an average annual salary not to exceed
36SS, f5iS,S25 teachers In night schools,
I $1,000; contingent expenses Of night
schools, 81 600, rent Of school buildings,
$4,000 contingent expenses, t3O, coo; pur-
chase of library, 5000, fuel, $40, ,O0O tools,
machinery and appliances for Industrial In
struction, $4,000; furniture for new school
buildings $1,000 eight new school build
ings and sites, i2SS, 600.
Following were the estimates In de.
tail for sights and buildings:
Second division, one eight-room build-
ing, $4,000 Third division, one eight
room building and site, SS3,0U0. Sixth
division, oHe eight-room building, Mount
Pleasant, $4,000 one four-room building
and site, Brookland, $4,000; one eight
room building and site, Columbia road,
$4,000. Seventh division, one eight-room
building and site, $40, coo. Eighth division,
one eight-room building and site, S95, 900,
building for high school on Capitol Hill,
$4,000; IN all, for sites and buildings,
S2SS, 600.
Following we're the estimates In de.
tail for the pay Of ianitors:
High School, frst sir divisions, 2,4O0,
High School, seventh and eighth divisions;
81 ,2O0; jefferson, 81 400; Stevens, Si,1OO;
Franklin,- ianitor and storekeeper, 81, 400;
Force, Seaton, Henry. Webster, Gales, Pea
body, Walisch, Garnett, Sumner, Grant
tAnaloetanl, Curtis and DennisOn, 5000
each. Lincoln, Miner and Mott, $500 each;
Twining, Abbott, John f. Cook, Randall
and Berret, 500 each; Amidon, Cranch,
Morse, Brent, Banneker, Blair, Wormley,
Anthony Bowen, MAury, Weightman, Brad
ley, Blake, Carberry, Addison, Glddlngs,
Towers, Magruder, Phelps, Adams, Arthur,
LenuX, Smallwood, Corcoran, Bell, Jones'
Briggs, Mccormick, Madison (newl, Jack
son new, Monroe new, Garrison new,
Ambush lnew), and ave new buildings, ell
t500 Cach lllllsdale, Anacostia, ThOmson
aud Loveioy, $3.50 each; Biney, Mount
PLEASANT, Potomac, Greenleaf, Hamilton
Road, Chamberlain, High Street, Threlkeld,
BiightwOod, RenniDg (whitel, Benning
icoloredl, ilG5 each, for care OF smaller
buildings and rented rooms, including
msuual training and cooking schools,
wherever located, at rate not 20 exceed
SEQ per annum; for the care Of each school
room, IS, 220.
Afitr the adoption OF The schedule
Trustee GHmke started out Ia searct5of
Information, and submitted the follow.
Ing queries
Has a school trustee any right, aud, 10 SO,
what, in the matter of selecting sites Tor
school buildings within his divisony
Second What has been the usual method
pursued by this board In selecting school
sites9
Upon whom has this duty devolyed1
He was evidently dlspleased at Trus.
/ tee MilChelPs action At the District Com.
/ missioners' Office in the afternoon re.
/ Rarding the selection of school sites, but
the queries were referred 10 the com,
mitiee on buildings and discussion pre-
I vented
The official announcement Of the ap-
poiHtment Of the members Of the
School Board was read aud the session
/ closed