The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-24
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE.
Contract Let for the Building
at Fremont.
ALL THE SCHOOLS CROWDED.
The Board OF Education sti1l Want
More Room-Can't Accommo-
date Outsiders.

The board of education last evening again
| discussed the best way of carving the school
population into sections that IT would fit into
| the school buildings. 1t also let the contract
| for the new brick schoolhouse at Fremont. All
the members except Mr.. spencer were present
The opening of bids for the Fremont school
had drawn a crowd of anxious contractors, who
81. in line awaiting the result The bids were
as follows:
p. C. shannon, 5000; Flynn Il Rockmark,
$3.50; Cawsey, Bromley d Co., SOFIA Wells
Bros, s27. 2i0 Nevins, KILLER & Roseleaf So $50,
heat aud ventilation 5000 additional: II. F.
Nommensen, s24,094: w. Crowell, &2a ,00O James
Spur s26s91; II. c. Davis, Us 800; ID. NJ Hughes,
SIS, $50
III. +, Nommensen, being the lowest bidder,
was awarded the contract, agreeing to present
himself today to sign the contract and furnish
bonds TO complete the work by April l. Mr..
Parkinson, the architect, said the work could be
done In Tour months, and Mr.. MacDougail said,
III SIX months was to be allowed, 1t was not
worth while to begin when the rainy season was
Just setting in, as the school year would be
nearly over before the building was completed.
Mr. Prosch pointed that three months of the
school year would still remain after April and
accordingly SIX months was allowed. The other
contractors had the checks accompanying their
bids returned to them and took their departure.
The next important question was the division
otthe school districts. Miss Coffin and Miss
Goodspeed, the teachers who have occupied the
temporary building in the South school, wanted
to know what was TO become of them II the or
der of the board that that building be aban-
doned was carried out. Superintendent Bar
nard told how he had been transferring classes
from one school TO another in order to make
room for the new pupils who continued to pour
in, and recommended that the building be re-
paired instead of abandoned. He recommended
some changes in the boundaries between the
South and Central and the South and Rainier
school districts, and that matter was finally left
to him. 1t ordered that the temporary
South school building be repaired aud contln-
ued In use.
Under the same head came a request from
Professor Heston, principal OF the Higa school,
for more room for both the Central and the High
school. The eligibility of several sets of rooms
In the neghborhood was discussed, and the
superintendent was instructed to rent two
rooms for the primary grades.
After having thus taxed it's ingenuity and
resources to accommodate the children OF the
city, the board quickly disposed OF an applica-
ton from West Seattle children for permission
to attend the city schools by deciding that there
war no room for outsiders at present.
The inal statement of p. ii. Felitz & Co. con-
tractors on the Latona school, was read, show
ing that of the contract price, 1920, there
remained due s47045, while $215 was
due for extras. 1t was ordered that a
warrant be drawn for s470.45, the balance due
on contract, leaving the extras for future con-
sfderation. II was ordered that warrant for
Sl,0O0 be drawn in favor of William Gardner &
Co. on account of the contract for repairing
closets. The contractor for making cesspools at
the Mercer and Rainier schools, was allowed
500 on account. ID. NJ. Hughes, contractor on
the addition to the Denny school, was allowed
70 per cent. of the amount due, the work being
completed with the exception of one coat of
paint.
The request of Professor Jones that change
be made In the partitions of the Denny school
basement was ordered complied with
superintendent Barnard reported the cases Of
several pupils who wished to study only one or
two subjects in the High school, and asked in
structions on that point On motion of Mr..
Prosch it was decided that pupils must take the
full course without exception.
warrant was drawn for $40 to pay the semi
annual interest on the Latopa school bonds