Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-11
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Rock Island Board Of Edu Ca
ton Meets i'm Monthly Session.
R.perfs OF TruaneY. The Night
School. Etc, Recrived--fiBance
and lnsuranee-The New Baiid-
ing and the Contrz cters.

The board Of education met in regular
monthly session at the office of Supt.
kemhle last evening. President Barth and
Directors Carter, Dunham, Bernhsrdi and
Sears being present,
Tie report OF Truant Officer Kimball
for the month of January showed 50 csses
of absence investigated. 13 trusnts ar
rested and enrolled, and three placed in
school
The report of Principal Southwell of
the night sch DOL was submitted showing
a total enrol mept of 100 and an aver age
attendance Of 81 for the month ending
Jan. so. ard after discussion the COM
mittee on teachers was instructed to
limit the number of teachers to one, when
the attendance shall cease to justify the
continuance Of two. The question of
jsn;tor after the day school ceases. was
referredto the committee With power TO
act
The committee on insurance reported
the renewal Of 81, 500 on the High school
furniture etc, 10 the agency of J. 81.
Buford for three years from jan. 8 of
this year
The com nittee on hnauce repo, ted
selling at psr, $500 bonds dated Jan. 81
and running tive years at Eve per cent
interest per annum interest payable semi
annually. Tie same was approved.
The following bills were allowed:
W. A. Ohrst (No. y $40. 10: Au
gust Henke (No. p, Sl7 so; Hartz s.
Bshnsen. SI4 so; r. /. Gss Co. SIS So;
Henry Re;icter. sic SO; David Don.
S4S SO; Geo. Bck, S. IA; J NJ. Buford,
S21 60; Henry Darts Sons, So; Sievers &
Anderson, s3S 03; John T. Noftsker,
50. 80; r. l ARGUS, IS; S. s Kemble,
$50. Is; Andrew Nelson (No. y. $94 Sc;
w. II. Cook, S4 rs; W a. Smiley, s. so;
W. 5 Furniture Co. S51l; Voss Bros,
$40; R. l. Fuel Co.. S62 Us; ] A. Bishop,
$10.5l; Charles Smith, SIS; total, ST.
157 "a
The high school enter tsinment Of Jan
80 reported gross receipts of ga SO.
The matte. Of the tasl settlement with
Contractors Rtchey & DsGsar for the
erection of school bu'! ling No. 2. was
discussed at length with the contractors,
and the clerk wss authorized 10 secure
from the contractors sworn statement
OF each item of Indebtedness pertaining
10 said building. In addition 10 this the
clerk was autboIizad to inform said con-
tractors that if they would furnish sn in>
Identifying bood of $1,000 maturing
June l, 1891, the board would settle ia
full.
The board then adjourned
OCCUPANCY OF The Nsw NO ..
Though the building hiss not yet been
formally accepted by the board. the new
No. ? school st the corner of Third ave-
nue. srd Thirteenth street. was taken pos
session Of this II orniug with Principal Re-
qua in charge. Her assistants are Miss
Repine frs, grade, Miss jenkins second
grade. Miss Cooke third grade, Miss Re-
qua teaching ;se fourth. The frs: and
fourth grades are on The first door and
the second and third on the second. An
ARGUS reporter made hurried inspection
Of the new building this morning under
escort of John Bogue. and the structure
Is one which IS n 81 respects a model
modern school building. Ii was erected
rom plans furnished by Architect Ross,
Of Davenport, IS heretofore desert ped.
and was built by Ritchey & De Gear. 1t
will cost in the neighbr raood OF 81. 900.
Il is of brick. With terrs Gotta granite
,opings and furnishings. the wooiw ork |
inside being of yellow pine auG hard |
maple. Il is provided with the Ruttsn |
system of hea. and ventilation