The morning call., 1893-07-24
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Estimates for the School
Expenses.
THE SUNDAY-CLOSING MOVE.
An Expert Appointed to Test the
Sixth Ward Primary School
Building-Berkeley.

At the meeting of the Board of Educa-
tion Saturday night the following impor-
tant pre- amble and resolutions we're passed:
WHEREAS. 1t is not yet definitely settled
whether the Supervisors or the City Council are
to levy the special TAX in excess OF thr S ate
and county for school purposes: and, whereas,
the time as set forth in the charter to file our
estimates with the City Auditor is about TO ex-
plfe. and IN order to avoid any contingency
that may arise TO jeopardizs our school
moneys, now therefore be it
Resolved, That two estimates for expenses be
transmitted to the City Auditor, one including
other for the expenses of the High School only.
Resolved further, That copy OF these reso-
lutions be transmitted to the City Auditor with
the estimates.
Following are the estimates for the ex-
penses of the school department. for the
coming year:
Salaries-Grammar and primary. $174.-
900; high scho0l. S3S. SEQ: jantors. S14, 500;
superintendent and assistants. $450O; de-
partment mechanic and helper. $2512; to-
tai. $233. .92O. Apparatus. $500; books for
indigents, S40O; library fund. $3.50; care
of horse and buggy. $500; census. $1,000;
fire, $500; furniture. $1,000; light. $3.50;
manual training. $500; printing and
blanks. $500; repairs. S6800; scavenger.
5000; stationery and supplies. $500; side
walks. $500; street improvements, $1,000;
permanent improvements, S9S00: institute
fund. $500; washing towels, 5000; water.
$1,000; lum Der. $500; rents, $500; miscel-
laneous, $500; addition to Garfield School.
$4,000; grand total, S305. .1SO
A resolution was introduce ed by Director
Reed, requiring that all teachers employed
by the school department reside in Oak
land.
After some spirited debate on the sub
ject the resolution was voted down by
vote of to 4.
Director Girard is the chairman of the
Committee on School Sites. and as such
had in charge the Investigation into the
cement used in the Harrison-street school
found aton, about which so much has been
said of late. lie had retained an expert 10
examine tho work-Mr. ScbulZe Of San
Francisco-who had been recommended TO
him by Chairman Evans of the board.
Mr.. Schulze has examined tho walls and
stated that in his opinion the work done
was thoroughly good. With his report
came bill for $25. The members of the
board, or some of them. at least. did not
think that Mr.. Grard had right to incur
this expense, and feeling that bis motives
had been impugned Mr. Girard jumped to
his feet and stared that he did not want to
longer act as chairman of the committee,
and would not. After considerable
wrangle, however, the bill was passed by q
vote Of to 3, and oil was poured on the
troubled waters.
The Sunday Closing Move.
The Retail Clerks Association is making
rapid strides toward general closing of
the retail! stores on Sunday. and now but
two firms remain which have not signed
the petition for Sunday closing. These
two, it Is thought. will soon fall into line.
Only n Tumor.
The unjust stories relative to the con-
dition Of Mrs. Martin, now i'll at the
County Jail, which have been so freely
published. and which reflected upon her
character as wife ard OIL the previous
Sheriff's administration, seem now in a
fair way to be finally hushed. 1t has been
demonstrated that her severe illness has
been caused by tum0r, and by nothing
else. A sudden turn in her condition has
shown this to be the case.
In a statement recently made Mrs.
Martin denied that she could have had the
cause of her trouble known some months
ago if she had been willing to submit to an
examination and go under the iu fluence of
an anesthetic. The said this was first pro-
posed to her about week ago.
Spreading Out.
An addition to their present plant that
will cost 1000 is now being made by the
oakland Gas, Light ana Heat Company at
the foot Of Grove street. The new build
ing will be about the size of the old one
and will be furnished with two 400 horse
power condensing engines. The works
will then be- In position to furnish power
to run 1900 arc lights and 10000 incan-
descent lamps. Two hundred employees
are now on the company's rolls.
A Contractor Insolvsnt.
A petition in insolvency, with debts
amounting TO $3.50 SO and no assets. has
been fled by Niles Stendesup, sewer
contractor. His creditors are Isabella
Miller. S270; Street Sewer-pipe Associa-
ton. S169 50, and Oakland Bank of Saw
ings, $500.
To Test tho Building.
At 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon Com
missioner Miller of the Board of Public
Works and F. A. Grard. chairman of the
Committee on Schoolhouses and Sites of
the Board of Education, met and ap-
PORTED Henry r. Schulze as an expert to
make a practical test Of the walls of the
Sixth Ward Primary School building.
Other experts will also be appointed.
To Have . journal.
The Presbyterian organ. the Occident,
will be moved here from San Francisco.
This paper was founded in 1868 r, f.
Coyle and E. S. Chapman are editors.
BERKELEY.