Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-31
SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS
A Superintendent of Boilers
~ to, Be Employed.
AT A SALARY OF $500 PER YEAR
Resignation of MIR. Trump of
the Eleventh Ward.
Made Necessary by His Removal from the
Ward--The Board Decides to Employ n
superintendent of Boilers, to BE Elected
Mt the Last Meeting In June--His Duties
and Salary.

The members of the Board of Educa-
ton considered an important matter al
their regular meeting on Monday. The
matter referred to was the proprlety of
appointing boiler inspector for. the
public schools in and about the city.
The adyisability Of employing such
persop was brought up at n previous
meeting and committee appointed to
give the matter their attention. This
committee made their report last even.
ing as. follows:
Gentlemen: Your special committee APP
pointed at the last regular meeting to con
alder the propriety of employing a boiler
inspector for our public schools beg leave
TO report as follows:
''As the Board OF Public Education has
about $4,000 or $4,000 worth of heating
apparatus in the public schools your COM
'mittee recommends that suitable person
be employed to snperintend that depart
ment at an annual salary of $500, paid
monthly. The name of the official be called
superintendent of heating apparatus of the
public schools; and he shall have charge
Of all janitors. examine them, see that
they are qualified and report to the COM
mittee of the schools; have supervision of
all work that is required of the Janitors in
the cellar of the school; sec that the eel
lars are kept clean and neat, and white
washed once a year, and instruct them in
economical use of fuel, keep account of
oil fuel that is used and make out reaui-
sitions for the same to the committee on
fuel; make annual report to board of all
fuel used in each school, the number and
kind of heater, and all repairs that have
been made, the cost OF same and any other
information that may come under his
observation relating to his department.
DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT.
During the time the heaters are in use
he shall nhearyp tho WORKING of draft
hampers, see that they are in perfect con-
dition and kept so, observe all stop cocks,
valves and joints, diaphrams and glass
tubes, wash out boilers when necessary,
at least once a month while in use, see
that the circulation in pipes is perfect and
where repairs are necessary, report to COM
mittee, and when fires are out for the
season, see that all the heaters are cleaned,
painted and protected from rust during
vacation, and before the 18th of August He
shall test all boilers by cold water pressure
up TO the pressure of Is pounds to the
square inch, and report needed repairs at
once. The superintendent shall be elected
annually.
Joseph Pyle moved to amend the re-
port by adding that the appointment of
an inspector be postponed until the last
meeting in June instead of the last
meeting night in March, which would
have been Monday evening. The amend
ment carried.
On motion of DIR. Shortlidge the words
''and he shall have charge of all jani-
tors" were changed so rs to read, "he
shall have authority to examine all jan
itors, see that they are qualified and re-
port to the committee of the school,"
John Pyle thought that the board
would be unable 10 secure the services
of competent man for 5000 per year us
1,..sI
quired TO wash the boilers and visit the
90 schools once month, ard that this
would require about 10 days each
month.
DIR. Shortlidge was inclined TO believe
that $500 was insufficient compensation
for the services of an inspector, although
he favored economy.
Mr.. Trump as member of the COM
mittee stated that the services of a
thoroughly competent man could be
secured for the salary named. lie also
denied that it would require 10 days
each month in washing the boilers Of the
school and attending to other matters
devolving upon the office. The janitors
could have everything in readiness for
cleaning the boilers when the inspector
arrived and it would only require Ii
minutes at each building to attend to the
Z boilers.
Mr.. Turner thought that the time
stated for attending to the boilers was
exaggerated. 1t would not take more
than 10 minutes in blowing the boilers
out
Joseph Pyle thought that once year
or perhaps twice a year, was Otter
enough TO blow the boilers out as did
President Baird.
At this point Joseph Pyle moved tc
lay the whole matter over until the mex
regular meeting, which motion carried
Mr.. Trump stated that as he was one
of the originators of the proposition Il
appoint boiler inspector he would
have liked to have seen the matter set
tied before he went out of office. How.
ever, he did not object to the motion tc
postpone.
JosephiP Pyle suggested that the board
would tak6 care of Mr.. Trump's favoritt
child and nurture il, while Dr. Short
lidge. would see that it was properly
vaccinated.
The committee on No. 90 school re
ported that they had been looking abou
for more suitable school building fol
school purposes and had about con
cluded TO rent Kingswood Church from
the trustees at $25 per month.
Joseph Pyle and Dr. Shortlidgt
thought $500 was pretty good price
to pay for the church as the board hac
only been paying So per month for thu
one now in use. On otion of DR.
Shortlidge the matter was postponed
until next September, as the boart
would be paying rent for the summe
months when there was no school il
progress.
On motion of Mr.. Hartman the motion
to postpone which carried, was recon
sidered, as the gentleman moving to re
consider stated that there were mum
her of pupils now asking for admission
to the school. The accommodations o
the present school are insufficient TIL
board will probably take charge of tn
new school on May LIST.
The resignation of $. N. Trump as
member OF the board from the Eleventh
ward was read and accepted with regret
as moved by Samuel Belts, Mr.. 1rum
having decided to remove from the ward
Orders for Small Boats.
Thomas Drein & Son have contracted b
build the following: Two ocean life raft