Omaha daily bee., 1892-09-06
THEY ALL WERE INTERESTED
Candidates for Favors from the Board of
Education Attend Its Meeting.
SALARIES OF THE PRINCIPALS FIXED
Contracts for Heating School Buildings
Awarded After Some Discussion Funds
on Hand-An Interesting Batch of
Routine Business Disposed OF

There was a large lobby at the meeting of
the Board OF Education last night. Janitors
and contra ctors and men of various walks in
life thronged into the rooms to see if the
board would turn the stone so ms to grind
their little axes in satisfactory manner.
MIR. Irving f. Baxter attorney for the
board, recently elected. shed the light of his
countenance upon the meeting.
The city treasurer informed the board that
the following amounts stood upon the books
to the credit of the Boaru of Education:
General fund. ...SlG1.3r4 81
SINK ny funa s-9 9'Gi Gsi % -
Miss Minnie Knowlton requested the board
to give her years leave OF absence.
Granted. .f
The board decided to transfer $4,000 from
the site and building fund TO the Lothrop
building fund. s-a
Miss Cora b. Smith resigned her position
as teacher at the Bancroft school.
Comptroller Olsen, notified the board that
there was delinquent sidewalk tax stand
ing against the High school property and he
believed the board should pay 1t. Referred
to the judiciary committee.
The resignation OF Fannie G. Fernald was
read and accepted.
Want the Janitor Removed.
petition from citizens who live in the
Eckerman district, asking that the janitor
OF tnaL SCHOOL Dc renOVeu, WAS reau ny tuc
secretary. The petition stated that the JAM
itor was not only physically incapable OF
performing the work devolving upon the
jani or but he was also bringing up a lot OF
criminals who are a pest 10 the community.
Referred to the committee on heating and
ventilation.
The board entered upon lengthy discus
sion of the heating apparatus for the Wind
sor and Saratoga schools. The committee
on buildings and property recommended the
Mil 4, Warr AZ hnta air pnlt
of s2S7O each.
Dr. Spaldiug called Mr.. w. N. Babcock
to the chair and made vigorous speech in
opposition to the acceptance OF the Fuller IL
Warren bid because tho bid OF the Smead
company was much lower aud he thought
the system just as good. The Smead bid
was Sl610 for each building. Some MEM
bers Of the board hintea that the Smead
system had been tried in the schools of Chi
cago ana had been thrown out.
DR.. Spalding declared that the Smead sys-
TEN mad never been placed in the school
houses of Chicago He said it was the old
Ruttan system, with part OF the Smead
patents attached, and the effect was dlsas-
trous and the apparatus had to be taken out.
Morris Morrison asked some very peril
nent questions as to how IL came that tue
Smead company had asked over 80, 900 for the
heating apparatus for the kellom school and
now came in and offered to heat The Windsor
and Saratoga buildings for $1,000 each. He
| thought that the Smead company had robbie d
the board on the Kellom contract or that it
was the intention of the company to do a
slipshod joo on the new buildings now under
| consideration
Mr.. Smyth held that the Fuller e. Warren
system would secure good ventilation, which
was of vital importance, while some of the
cheaper systems would not.
The report OF the committee was adopted,
| and the Fuller a. Warren system OF hot air
heating and ventilatipg will 90 into the
Windsor and Saratoga schools.
Salaries of Principals.
The committee on salaries reported the fol-
lowing scale OF salaries for principals OF the
various schools for the coming year: