Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-17

work than was the board. The communica-
tion was then placed on fle,
Mary f. Simons, princioal OF the Cass
school, 10 a communicatIpn, stated that her
school children had coilecteG,s20 with which
to purchase flag She 'fedhestcd that the
board erect flagstaff on.iho school building
The committee on property ana buildings
was instructed to erect the staff on the BALD
ing If practicable. II not TO erect 1t IN the
school yard. ,..l
The same committee made report on the
resolution TO provide oil school buildings
with tlagstaffs, and submitted figures, leav
ing the board TO decide for.itsolf whether or
not tho flags should be provided. 1t was
shown that fifteen schools now have flags
floating and that the cost OF the erection OF
staffs in yards would be from S35 to SO, ac-
cording to the height OF the'pole. The cost
of staffs on roofs was estimated at about $40
each and flags ranged in price from 81 TO SO
Mr.. Mcconnell addressed the board in
reference to flags for the, Kollom school.
Wheu the school Is dedicated he SAID Mrs.
Kellom and her daughters would present the
school with silk flag in honor OF the man
for whom the school Is named, MIR. McCon-
nell also stated that Mrs. kelom would pro-
vide "A staif, but the board would not impose
upon her in that connection II instructed
the committee on property ana buildings to
cause q staff to be erected.
For other schools the question of flags was
deferred until another meeting.
BY resolution the bid of w. NJ. Wech to
make black boards OF liquid stating in the
kellom school at l6 cents square yard with
u g Iarantee for one year, was accepted
A resolution instrGcting the superintend-
ent Of buildings TO keep up fires In tho Kel-
lom school for at least a week for the pur
pose of drying the building preparatory to its
occupancy, was adopted.
Bids for the Central school site were opened
and the following proposals for the diposas
OF lots were read Charles Neiber, l62xl2o,
Twenty-fourth and Davenport, S25,5O0; John
Frenzer, 23lx129, Twenty-sixth ami
Davenport, $4,000; George c. Towle, 1G0x
1G0, Twenty fourth and Douglas, S3l, 200;
George G. Towle, 2I0xl60, Twenty fourth
and Douglas, S42, 900; Mrs. Gustave Aquist,
19Sxl32, Twenty-sevcnth and Chicago S2l,-
600; A. W. Clark. 16ixl32. Twenty-third and
Cass, $1,000; r. X. Darling l20xl32, Twen-
ty-frst ana Chicago, s26, 900; G. l.. Green, &C
xl32, Twenty fifth ana Davenport. s31. 900;
Byron Reed company, 1S4xl46, Twenty-sec-
ond and Dodge, $4,000: Mrs. Daralne
Schlesinger, three lots, Twenty-ifth and
Douglas. s25 0O0 John NJ. Frenzer, 2OSxl32,
Twenty-third and Cass, $4,000; Thomas
Grocox, G6x132, Twenty fifth and Davenport,
$ll,OO0; Thomas Grocox, lsOxl32, Twentieth
and Cass, $1,000; II. Stevens. l32xl32,
Twenty-sixtn and Davenport. $4,000; n. II.
Nelson, 2S4xS6, Davenport between Twenty
third and Twenty fourth, 5000; Thomas
Grocox, 19Sxl32, Twenty second and Daveu-
| port, 1913, 600; A. A. Parker, 12lxl60, Twenty
fifth avenue and Dodge, SaS,000; f. Il. Dar-
ing. Twenty-tirst and Chicago, S27, 900
The board then went into executive session
as a committee of the whole. After consid-
ering the locations of the various lots and
their values, 1t was decided to defer action
on determining the most desirable bid.