St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-16
A CONTRACTOR SKIPS
G. j. CasSell Would Receive a
Warm Reception if He Re-
turned Home.
Supt. Gilbert Makes an Inter-
esting Report on the Pub
lie Schools.
The Work Done and Proposed
to Be Done by the New
Board.
How Salaries Have Been Re-
dueed and the Saving
to Be Effected.

The board of school inspectors at its
meeting Yesterday was visited with sur
prise when a communication was read
from Henry and r. l.. Johns, attorneys,
calling attention to the fact that g, j.
CaSSell, contractor VINO has performed
certain work upon the public school
buildings, had left the city without pay
ing his employees. These lawyers have
been retained to secure these claims,
aggregating S19S. There is claim in
faYOrOf CaSSell, still unpaid, amounting
to $40. The purpose of the Johns Broth
ers is to collect from this latter sum the
money due the unpaid employees of
the absent contractor. The secretary
Of the board offered a verbal statement
that Banker William Blckel had adj
vanced CasSel money on the strength of
the $40 claim, and, moreover, that one
of the unpaid employees had turned his
clail., amounting to SD, over to his
boarding mistress, and that this claim is
now in the hands of the city comp
trOller.
The whole matter was referred to the
committee on finance, together with the
corporation attorney, to report upon in
the future.
The inspectors present were AleSSTS.
Auerbacb, Pyle, Stamm, SchetfeI and
President Baker. A communication
was received from the city treasurer,
retailing the receipts and disbursements
of the board from Jan. l TO Aug. l. The
figures have already been given publ
cation in these columns.
The city clerk communicated the ac-
ton of the common council OF July 1,
r.x-i, inf OF fO In InAFh fbot If
has competent authority in the organic
act to employ a mechanic to care for the
school buildings. and it was SubSe
quently voted to employ William Rob
eTJSOn at salary not to exceed 81, 200
year.
Mr.. Auerbach introduced a resolution
directing the secretary to transmit TO
the common council the pay roll of the
board, it having been shown that the
council is in error respecting the al
legged recent increase IN the roll, and
the resolution was adopted.
The committee on real estate re-
ported that repairs have been made
upon the school buildings costing
S2,619.75; and furthermore that there
remain undOne repairs that are abSo-
lutely necessary, and that will cost
81, 100 additional.
By resolution the position of first pri-
mary principal of the Franklin school,
occupied by Rachael ZhOnyi, was de-
| clared vacant and the superintendent
annual report. an epiIOme of which is
given below, was adopted.
The committee on courses of study
submitted voluminOus report of the
remOdelled system, the result of a vast
amount of attentive and intelligent
| labor on the part of the committee. Mr..
| Pyle, who has been absent from the
| city and had not been able to peruSe the
report, was unanimously excused from
voting upon its adoption.
Inspector Scheffer explained that in
| the readjustment of the salary schedule
! the pay of Prof. Anton JurKa, special
| teacher of German, had been inadyert-
! emily disturbed. He had been allowed
an additional $50 month by virture of
! his long and valuable service in the de-
| partment. The new schedule shut this
| off without intention, and MI. Schetfer
wanted the old pay restored, and it was
| so voted.
Inspector Pyle asked to be relieved
from the Craftsmanship of the committee
on real estate, because his professional
duties will preclude the possibility of
! his attending to the needs of a position
that must call him very frequently to
all parts Of the city. He offered to ac-
cept any other duties, such as can be
done in office, in lieu of the same. The
matter was held in allegiance until the
| next meeting.