The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-23
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Sale Of the Seventeenth Ward Property
Ordered.
The Question of Salaries Is Discussed
Some Members Date Their claims
Prior to the Legislative Act
The board ofeducation met last evening.

Erior 20 the Legislative Act.
The board ofeducation met last evening
Thomas Jones, Edward D. Cox, Mrs
Lloyd, Jacob Chatterton, w. w. Bean
W T. Ayland, E. Mcpherson and VIII
lam Eamunds sent in petitions for til,
position OF janitor. Referred to the com
mittee on furniture and supplies.
The committee on school work recon-.
mended the adoption of Johnson's United
States History Tor use IN the high school
and that ten copies be ordered. The re-
port was adopted.
The committee on sites and building
reported that they had decided tc address
q letter to the Handy and AIeyes Engineer
ing company agent calling upon him to
put competent engineer in charge of the
heating and ventilatlng apparatus at the
Lincoln school TO test its efficiency. The
report was received and filed.
The committee on sites and buildings
recommended that an appropriation Of
Si2S.oO be made TO Heesch, Davis d Co.
lcr laying pipe at the Bryant school:
S5l.S0 for placing sewer pipe at the Lin
coin school, and S112.7 for laying water
service pipe with curb cock and street
washers in connection with water mains
ut the Bryant school. The report was
adopted.
THE SEVENTEENTH WARD SALE.
The report of the committee on sites and
buildings, recommending the sale of the
seventeenth school site to the Seventeenth
Ward Eccles iastical association for the
SUN cf s., 800, the board to retain the use
OF the lower rooms for school purposes
until a building is erected in that vicinity.
was adopted and the sale ordered made.
Young introduced a resolution that the
superintendent of buildings be authorized
10 arrange with the ontractors OF the
Lowell school Tor platforms for teachers
desks and incur the expense incidental
thereto. The resolution was adopted.
Young offered a resolution that the
committee on sites and buildings be di-
recte5 TO contract for the laying Of a
proper soil pipe for carrying away the
water from the roof of the Lowell school
building. Adopted.
Pratt introduced a resolution that the
superintendent Of buildings be directed
to suspend work on the heating and ven
tilating of the jackson and Hamilton
schools until the success o. the system be
demonstrated in the Lincoln and Bryant
schools. Adopted.
Raybould moved in the matter of selling
the Seventeenth ward site as fellows:
That on payment OF 3, 750 cash on ac-
count OF the purchase ct The Seventeenth
ward site by the Ecclesiastical association
OF the Seventeenth ward, that a quit
claim deed be executed by this board and
a note for 3, 100 be executed in favor of
the board without interest, secured by
mortgage on the properly conveyed. Or,
If preferred by said association, that a
quit claim deed be executed by this board
and placed IN escrow until the whole
sum Of So 500 is paid. The motion was
carried.
Raybould moved that the sum of 1915
be appropriated to pay for the sewer con
nection with the Lincoln school bu ilding
when the voucher now in the hands OF
the clerk be sworn to by the superintend-
ent OF sewers OF the city. Carried.
THE ANNEXED DISTRICT.
In the matter Of the payment of the
teachers IN the old Slxty-sixth district,
Dooly moved that they be paid in full to
December 81 inclusive from date of exami- !
nation The motion was carried.
Baldwin moved that the committee on
sites and buildings be authorized to lease
two school sites IN the annexed district, |
and construct thereon movable buildings. |
The motion was adopted.
Pratt moved that the committee on sites
and buildings be thorized to obtain
more suitable quarters Tor the superin-
tendent of schools in the Hooper & Ed
redge building. The motion was carried.
THE QUESTION OF SALARIES.
The matter OF salaries was called up by
Raybould indulring as TO why payment
was not upon his voucher of
1852 by the finance committee. He was
that the majority of that COM
mittee did not think that members
should present bills Tor services rendered
prior to last March, when the act of the
legislature providing for compensation OF
Members went into effect. 1t appears
hat there is a diversity OF opinion as to
.he matter and some of the members are
presenting bills for the entire time that
hey have been members while others
only ask for compensation since last
March.
Mr.. Duke moved that the appropriation
n favor of Raybould for 1892 and Aft for
AL be made, and the motion was carried
~ vote o. seven for and two against.
Appropriations were made as follows:
I. Raleigh hauling dirt ...... - 526 50
feesch. Davis & Co., labor and ma
leflal- -------.---- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SOB 90
ieesch, Davis & Co.. tile sewer pipe. = rs 50
.hoit Plumbing company. street
washers lead pipe, ETC.. ....--..-.. 50 40
parry, material and labor ..- ~ % %
Jays contract. ..;.,...-.........-... IS co
lans Aversion. tenth payment on jays
contract. .....-....... -. is 90
iidgiey i Sons Co. heating contract 800 90
tan Montana Machinery Co, janitors'
supplies -...-..-...--.-... 30 -
ieesch, Davis & TO-, repairing hydrant. 275
/, Stiefel freight Observation-Disclosures. 6i2
!. W. MadSen chairs. ......... 80. a. 90
eve & Child. window shades. ....... IS ~
Z Dinwoodey Furniture Co. Gag poles. 20 %
ton M M '''-1' -a-- el9D Is 90
oseph T. Game. rent. 800 %
l. =. NoolleY. rent. ..-....-.-.... 20 90
gorge r. Emery, rent................. 80 90
81 Blazer, rent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50 90
G. Armstrong, rent. 100 60
Aeiss, rent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 60 %
lIst Presbyterian church. rent. -. 70 co
! j. steele, rent. ............-........ 80 20
lillian Taylor, rent. ........... Is 90
tab National hank rcnt........... Goo
iiliam Roberts. rent............... 20 90
aac Clayton. rent .-................. I43 IS
7. Duke, treasurer. -........... 475 co
: z Duke. services as a MEMBER Of
The board. j. ............... ........ 2ST 90 I
ne board; ..s.........s...... sOs 50 {,
aarles Baldwin for services as q
member of the board .........- 3o3 90
c. haybould. for services as q men,
Der OF the board ........ 432 90
AlH for services as a member of the
board ..........-. .-...-.....-. AL 90
4Ot'1i -----.-.-..--.-.. %. III u
for one week. Il
Christmas presents. Johnson Pratt