The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-12

The minutes of the last regular and ad
| journed meetings were read and approved
without correction.
The treasurer reported the following
| balances on hand:
| General fund. Observation-Disclosures. $500 6.
| Sinking fund. Observation-Disclosures. 1924 ),
| Library fund. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 20 D:
| Total. -............. s6,4fO q
| The committee on accounts recommend
| ed the payment of bills to the amount OF
S7S4.
The committee on buildings and
grounds reported that they had employed
| the following janitors for the different
| schOo; buildings for the ensuing year. as
/ follows:
High school,. J. Richardson.
Burton-E e. Fisher
Carleton-B. L. billiard.
College Hill A. Newcome.
Cleveland-George Finch.
Emerson-H. NJ. Rhoads
Fairmount-S. G. Corwin.
Franklin-C. r Stanley.
Harry sLreet-George H. Mann.
lrying-Robert J. Mckee.
kellogg-Y. S. Ingram.
Lincoln-Eli Hopwood.
McCormick-J. Bell.
Park-George Jones.
Washington-H. NJ Walton.
Webster-H. A. Dorsey.
Chairman Davis, of the committee on
heating and ventilation, asked for author
ity to make some improvement Oh the
heating apparatus at the Emerson Park
and Clevelan schoolhouses.
Mr.. Ward offered the following resolu-
ton:
WHEREAS, Between sixty and seventy
Thousand dollars of insurance upon the
school buildings will expire this year, and
TO renew the same will cost this city about
81, $780, and as all of the buildings upon
which the Insurance expires this year are
within the fire limits; be it
Resolved, That no insurance expiring
upon said buildings between the first day
OF May, 1892, and the first day of May,
1893. be renewed. A H WARD.
Mr.. Campbell amended the resolution,
that no building on which insurance ex-
pres during the present year be insured
for more than rs per cent. OF its value,
giving as his reason for offering the amend
ment, that the city was heavily bonded
and that if the buildings were to burn
down the board could not rebuild them,
and could not ask TO have the bonded in
debtedness of the city made still greater
The amendment carried, and the resolu
luton thus amended was adopted.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr. Ward.
Whereas, 1t viii cost at least 500 to
publish and distribute the annual report
IN pamphlet form. Therefore be it
Resolved, That so much of said report as
the board shall consider advantageous to
the public shall be printed IN public
newspaper agreeable to section 10, chapter
221. session laws of 1882 and that the
printing of said report shall be let by con-
tract to the lowest bidder subject to the
approval of this board. A. II. WARD.
After some quibbling over the wording
of the resolution it was adopted, and the
school board will not issue report i'll
pamphlet form this year.
On motion of Captain Davis the COM
mittee on buildings and grounds were au-
thorized to contract for whatever improve
ments were needed around the school
The question of janitor for the city
building, or the school board rooms in the
city building having been brought up by
Mr.. Van Werden, it was moved and car
rled that the committee on buildings and
with full power to act, should
meet with u like committee from the city
last evening and settle the matter
The secretary gave bond $40, ZOO, George
w. Larimer and Squire Mitchell being
the bondsmen.
The secretary was granted a summer
of two weeks, but the library
will be kept open while the secretary is
gone.
AT this juncture the members took
drink of ice water, and voted down u mo-
ton to adjourn.
On motion the declination of Superin-
tendent Stevenson was taken from the |
table and accepted, Notwithstanding the |
by Captain Davis that the de- !
clination be received and the request of the |
citizens, who petitioned the board to re-
tain the present system and superinten- |
lent of schools at a salary not TO exceed !
3, 800, be granted.
1t was evident that a majority of the |
board fully intended 10 elect superin- |
endent. The friends of DR.. Stevenson |
voted against accepting his declinatiou, !
put when overpowered acknowledged /
heir weakness, and seeing that the doctor |
Vas no longer in it, asked that they be /
given till August to look around for /
suitable man. reasoning that 10y that time /
hat perhaps both sides might agree on |
ome educator and that it would make il
10 much better for new man coming in
o find harmony in the board. Mr.. Fazel |
lid not like this way of procrastinatiug
md thought that their song might /
Tot be changed in August, apd |
hat the board should have a
superintendent before other boards had
Employed them all 1t was finally agreed
~ both sides that no superintendent
would be elected until the first meeting in
August. This ending, they adjourned.
SCHOOL ENUMERATION.
The city enumeration of the school
hildren this year is as follows: First
ward, l,195: Second ward, 1079; Third
ward, 1893; Fourth ward, 1905; Fifth
ward. l,050; Sixth ward, go Total, 1924;
# whom 6,S29 are white aud 405 coiored.
STRAIGHT GOODS.