The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-31
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
The Board Will Burn Wood and
Will Test Coke.
NUMBER OF TEACHERS REDUCED
No More Salary for Sick Teachers-Hixh
school Course to Be Shortened
Glasses TO Be Combined.

The question of obtaining fuel with
which to keep the school children of Seat
tie warm during the coming winter was
an important one before the school board
last evening. Bids for supplying coal had
been opened at the previous meeting aud
rejected as being too high, and a long list
of bids for supplying the city schools with
wood was opened last evening. These
bids ranged in price from Sl.95 to S.. 25 per
cord. different prices being asked for wood
delivered TO different schools. according to
their distance from the source of supply.
The board also received several bids from
outside companies for supplying coal. The
Alta Coal Mining Company offered coal at
S. so per ton on cars here, which is 81 per
ton cheaper than offered by the local COM
panies- The Wellington. B. c.. mines Of
fered coal at 81 per ton on the wharf at
Departure bay. The Seattle Gas and
the attention of the board to
ton with which to experiment. The pro-
position of the Alta Coal Mining Com
pany and the one in reference to the coke
were referred to the purchasing committee
with power to act. The committee will
the coke, and if the coal is found satisfac-
tory 1t mar be purchased for use in some
OF the schools.
the schools, and bids were accepted as fol-
lows: A. +. Tucker, for supplying the b.
+. Day school. at Fremont. az Sl.95 per
cord; 9Th. Nelson, for supplying the
Columbia school, st $40 per cord. and of
w. II. Lightly, for supplying the Minor
and Pacific schools, AT 81 so per cord.
Superintendent Barnard spoke of the
question of shortening the course of study
In the senior grammar school. The course
now carries pupils beyond what is re-
quired for admission into the university,
and until the standard there was raised,
pupils could go from the high school to
the university and continue their studies.
This wassmade possible because the city
had university. which other cities had not
He thought that by proper classification
the children could be given an education
in shorter time, and favored a three-year
course in the senior grammar school in
stead Of the four-year course as at present.
The superintendent was instructed to
draw up report on the subject and SUBJ
NIT a course of study and suggestions re-
gardingit.
Bids for furnishing supplies were re-
ceived from the Z. Lobe Company, w. III.
Humphrey, Lowman IL Hanford and ]. ii.
Calvert e. Co., and the contract awarded to
Lowman 81 Hanford, as being the lowest
bidder.
On motion of Mr.. Prosch the board de-
cided that hereafter no allowance in salary
would be made to any employe of the dis
trict on account of sickness. Heretofore
il has been the custom to allow full salary
to employees when sick. provided such dis
ability was for period of not more than
twenty days each year.
The office of vice principal was abol-
ished. The South. Central and Denny
schools only have had vice principals, who
were paid 500 per year extra for filling the
position.
The following resolution was adopted:
''Resolsed, That at the opening of the
schools Tor the ensuing year the city SUI
perintendent shall assign such teachers as
have been elected ana who shall report for
duty 10 the school rooms belonging to the
district for the best advantage of the pu-
pills that when the pupils in any grade in
any one division of the district can be ad-
vantageously consolidated with the pupils
of the same grade in another division of
the district the superintendent shall make
such consolidation, and that in every way
the superintendent shall use his best en-
deavors to reduce the number of teachers
to be employed without regard 10 strict
compliance with division boundaries"
The designations of Nell +. Cogswell,
Marion Easley and Lillian Burrows of their
positions teachers were received, Lizzie
G. Hill, Bertha Breckenfeld and NJ. f. Nc
MILAN we're granted leave of absence for
one year and Katherine Beman. May VIII
lard and Charlotte Rice were granted q
short leave of absence.
Ii was decided TO reopen the night school
on September Ill under one teacher, but
the question of prlncipalshIp was not de-
cided.
The secretary was instructed to have the
Cascade school building insured.