Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-07
NEED60F THE YEAR
THEY WILL REQUIRE $4,000
Scheoi si,ss end Salaries Of Lihrsry As
sissnnn Dseussah- chsssa
IL he Fifsh ana Tenth WssAs.

AZ the regular meeting Of the board
OF education last evening all OF the
trustees answered to roll call but
Trustees LocheE. Msybury and Van
bsse- The committee 10 whom Vas
referred the cenmunicatiou Of Charles
w. smith offering TIVE sitss for the new
school in the Eleventh ward. reported
in favor of accepting the ate st the
southwest corner Of the Housemsn
plat with lee feet frontage on JsGerson
avenue, ct the offered price, 5000.
Laid on the table for one month.
The committee on library presented
. list Of ll9 new books. list price t2lo,
net price tliz. Laid on the table.
The committee recommended IN
crcasing the pay OF essistanee IN the
library who have bad full years
expei fence to e37 40 per month. Trus-
tee Fisher favored the report giving -
his reason for dong % that teachers
who do not work 20 hard as they do
and have no greater attainmeuo re-
csive more cempsusetien.
More help - Needed.
President Blair thought there ought
| to be larger force Of help in the IL
Orary but that Tho pay should not Be
increased.
Trustee Houssnan moved - . SUBJ
stituts that Mrs. Denman OF the refer.
ence library have her salary increased
TO $40 per month and that the other
employees 'salaTy remainsunchanged.
After considerable discusNon OF the
matter Trustse Houssman withdrew
his amendment and The original report
was referred to the committee on
teachers with Instructions to report at
the next meeting of the board.
The committee on ways and means
recommended that the $ll3,o00 for
building purposes Be raised next year
by issuing $ll3, 900 worth Of bonds pay
able as follows: In 1893, So, 900; IN
1898, $4,000; in 1899, ~, 900; in 1910,
| 81, 900; in 1872. SIS. 900, interest to Do
~ per cent. per annum payable semi
annually. The committee recommend
ed that the bonds b offered in parcels
% the money 10 needed and that citi-
zens Of Grand Rapids be gwen the
preference.
ravers . ueme Market.
Trustee Felker thought the offer
could b made collectively better than
| in parcels, but Trustee H0useman was
IN favor Of offering the bonds in parcels
90 that residents Of the CITY could have
| . chance 70 buy them. Presdcnt Blair
thought the people of Grand Rapids
should not be paid for buying them.
After considerable discueslng of the
matter the report was REFER ed back 70
| the committee with instructions to fix
the denominations Of the bonds and 70
insert the dates OF their issuance.
The committee on teacbers recon-
mended that the reslgnation Of Mrs.
James Middleton Bell of South Iona
street, be accepted, and that Llbble
Turner, second year cadet at South
Ionia street. be promoted TO the
| vacancy; that b. Eleanor Griffin of
| Wealthy avenue, and Miss Kennedy Of
Grandville avenue. exchange places,
beginning February 8; that leave of
absence Be granted 70 Estella Ford OF
North Ionis street, until the beginning
Of the school year. Adopted.
| school SITES and supplies.
The committee on claims and &C.
| counts reported the payment of claims
aggregating $l4O9.O2.
| The committee on apparatus and
school library recommended the pur-
chase Of list of books tor use OF the
Latin and English literature pupils IN
| the west side high school costing $50.
Trustee Husted moved the suspension
Of the rules And the adoption Of the re-
port. Carried. The committee pre-
sented list Of b0oks for use Of the
central high school, pupils costing about
$50. and recommended tho purchase of
an anatomical study for the Nerth
lonis street school. Adopted.
The committee on site for the
new school IN the Eighth ward re-
ported the following proposals. for sites
received: Site on Second street. from
Mrs. Julia A. Goldsmith. 500; lot on
the corner Of Fifth street and North
Colt avenue. l32x1oz feet, from D. w.
Comstock, y 500; lot corner Sixth street
and North Colt avenue. from c. &. Com
stock, 81. 400; lot corner Colt avenue
and Ann street. from A. R..Antisdsl,
for 81. 500; lot corner Wat9ous avenue
and Ann street, from Mrs. Thirla j..
Dale, for t2,775. Tho COMMITTEES rec
commended The purchase Of the aite
offered by Mrs. Dale ~ $:,776 and The
report wss adopted.
The committee on ways and means
made Ito amended report fixing the
time OF josue - June /, ard The demon
ination Of The bends 70 be Issued ~
| $1,000. The time was fixed for paying
interest on the bonds 40 April and
October 1. The time for paying inter-
Get was changed to June aud Decem-
Der upon the suggestion Of President
Blair.
Tho January list OF library books
was taken from the table and adopted.
| The board then adjourned.