Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-22
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
Steps Taken By tho Board Of Edo.
cation 10 Provide Moro Room.
NEW BUILDINGS TO DE ELECTED.
Improvements and Additions 70 Old
Buildings will also be Made
Whenever Practicable.

The Board OF Education held n
special meeting last night to hear the
report and consider the recommended.
lions Of the committee on site aud
buildings. In the absence Of Presi.
dent Scott, Vico. President Nelson pre-.
sided. The following members were
present: Goliath, Pike, Duke. New.
man, Young, Pratt and Baldwin. The
committee reported rs follows:
TO the Hon. Board u Educaiioni
Gentlemen la presenting tho follow.
ing report, your committee on sites aud
buildings desire 10 say that during tho
past week, Ia company with the super.
intnrdent, we have visited many OF tho
schools, aud find them so crowded in
every ward that ID il impossible 20 db
Justice 10 the pupils Tor lack VI tho uoges-
saty room. Aud especially h this tho
case In the sixth, First, Second, Ninth,
the Hunter building the Ninctucuih,
rwenucth, Iwcniy-ilrst and Eleventh
wards.
Your committee feel that valuable timu
II beng consumed that might be- Otn.
plovtd la the erection u much needed
buildings, and believe that they can be-
contracted for nt from 10 IN - per cont
cheaper now than next spring, because "
80 much labor being available. Aud oven
u this should not prove tn be tho case, the
neol Of additional school buildings IL ~
great that We arc Justified Ia getting
buildings under way.
We have no doubt of being able 10
secure all the sites needed aud buildings
erected for school bonds OF cash AZ tho
option Of the board.
Very respectfully,
T.. W. COtuAru, Chairman.
u. q. RAynouIp,
AWtiftin Pam,
ions piRE, Committee.
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
The following additional rccjmmon-
datiOns were adopted:
First-That u piece Of ground shall be-
secured NJ once, m mr. near the Sixth dis
trict, and recommend that thi- board
solicit tOuduri Of sii0s ON streets running
east and west In that district, the site 90.
quirci Ia be ten by twenty rods aud pay.
mint therefor made IN school bonds
Second That as soon a. q alto has been
socurod and approved, this board proceed
Immediately To approve plan aud erect
thereon an oight-room school building
With all modern cohNouioucos aud iui-
proycmont..
Third. That Ia tho erection ~ snlI
building, payment DO made tor suino in
school bonds or cash, at the option OF this
school board.
Fourth. We recommend that an ai-
dillon Of two rooms Ut about tho sllo OF
~ \ 90, on the wu-l side Of The present
building, ami ~ a. un tho east side, or
thereahont-, b. built Immediately ut the
Seventh school, and 81 brick.
A..
powered TO employ an architect, adopt
plans, procure bids aud award contract
Ia lowest bidder.
Sixth.-Thal this board proceed NJ once
To approve % plan aud invite bids for tho
erection at an oight-rOom school building
on the site Oftho Second school, which In
the opinion Of your committee Il large
enough, aud can be- erected with very
little Inconvenience 10 the school. And
In inviting bids Tor such building let Il
be understood that payment therefor
will be- mado In school bonds NJ par or
cash 10 the option OF the board
SONOnth--lhat au addition To the Ninth
school building be made In accordance
with the plans now ON llo, with such
notifications ~ tho committee may do.
turmlno on, and that this board invite
bids Tor such work.
Elghth--Ihnt u fOur-rnom building boo
erected In tho rear OF the Eleventh
school. In accordance with plans already
prepared, with such notifications a. tho
committee may determine on.
Ninth That thoplatiorm la tho Nino.
tocnth school should bn removed 40 A. To
increase the floor space, chimney or
chimnoys built aud spouilug aud condur.
tors erected. The ufic-ian wcll should
be repaired and a drinking fountain nut
M. Your committee recommend that
drinking fountains should be- erected nj
all schools where hydrant- arc now Ia
use,
Tcnih-Tha, tho committee on building
aud sites be- Instructed To invite bids tor
two sites IN the Third precinct. each 10 be-
approximately lux9O rods, and to be paid
for In cash or bonds or by exchange of
tho present site IN the Sixteenth ward,
and that two buildings be- erected thereon
~ either eight or Twelve rooms In the
discretion of the committee,
Eleventh That AN eight or twelve room
building be erected IN the Twontioth
ward on tho ground owned by the board.
said building can be erected without In.
toFicring with the school now In session,
the same to bo paid for Ia school bonds ur
In cash Mt the option Of this board
Twolfth-rhat two additional rooms be-
added 70 the Twonty-nrst school OF tho
same holght and adjoining tie same ON
the northwest.
The board then adjourned.
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