Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-18
BOARD Or EDUCATION
THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING HELD
LAST NIGHT.
tn. Lincoln School Matter About Setlsd-Amsnd-
msnt to the Rules Dsfsatsd-0thsr Unin-
portant Business Transacted.

The regular montnly meetiuk Va WIG
Board of Education was held last night
with a bare quorum present President
Dickey was absent and Col. ]. A. Miller
was chosen Chairman pro tenn.
The minutes Of the two preceding
meetings were read and approved. The
Committee on Accounts reported bills
amounting to 80, 1876, which were or
dersd paid. The Committee on Public
Library recommends payments OF &C
counts aggr egating s61.64, which was
concurred in by the Board.
The Lincoln school middle came up
again in the shape OF a report from
the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds, with favorable recommends
ton of bills aggregating S1,4S5 for
work on the new Lincoln school build
ing, which were ordered paid. The
committee further reported that II
paid to Mrs. Henderson $500 for vacat-
ing her house adjoining the school
property. The Board only appropriat-
ed $3.50 for this purpose, and the COM
mittee asked that IL be reimbursed for
the difference. Mr.. Ellingham stated
that the wall at the Lincoln school
building was pronounced by the archi-
tect as too light, and 1t would have TO
be taken down.
Mr.. Buckman-"Don't you think 1t Is
the fault of the architect?"
Mr.. Elingham-"That is my
opinion"
Mr.. Buckman-"I beg pardon Of the
Board for diverting from the subject,
but want TO state that was connect
ed with an institution which had sim
/ liar trouble, some time ago, and we got
another architect, with better results.
There has unquestionably been gross
error, and don't think the Board should
suffer because OF the mistake OF any
person employed by it. If l am in order,
| would move that the Board secure a
new architect, in case the present one
will not reimburse the Board from his
fees for any loss sustained by the de-
fective wall"
Mr.. Buchanan afterward amended his
motion to withhold the fees OF the
architect until the matter was fully In
vestigated. The motion was adopted.
1t was stated in the discussion that no
contract was made with reference to
the wall, but that it was an 'extra."
The commentator Of the Com
mittee regarding the Henderson prop
erty was also acted upon favOrably.
The Committee further reported that
il met with the Committee on Streets,
Alleys and Grades Of the City Council,
! and the following resolutions were
adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Build
| ings and Grounds ask the City Council,
| through the Committee on Real Estate 10
! lease or grant the use of the piece OF
ground now occupied by Mrs. Henderson,
north of Lincoln school, for school
| purposes
Rssolred, That the Committee on Build
! inRs and Grounds ask the City Council,
| through the Committee on Streets, Alleys
and Grades, 10 permit them to occupy
that portion Of Tenth street, now occupied
by the new wall, for school purposes, with
the understanding that whenever the city
desires to grade that street the Board oil
Education will vacate the ground.
DIR. Ulrich made an explanation OF
the resolutions embodied In the report,
and they were adopted.
The committee also reported that 1t
purchased the Smith property for use
as Janitor's house, at Madison school,
for S1SIS, and recommended payment OF
the same. The recommendation was
concurred in. The committee sold the
Henderson house for 500, leaving bal
ance Of $50 due the committee. The
action of the committee was approved
by the Board.
The special committee appointed to
adjust the claim of d. r. Brooks, and
sub-contracto=s for the Fourth ward
school building reported that it
settled with all the parties, and secured
from each written release for all liza
bilities for their respective claims,
amounting in the aggregate TO 1887.
The report Of the Finance Committee
submitted the annual settlement with
City Collector John A. White, showing
balance In favor Of the Board on the
school fund OF SC, 266.71 on the build
ing fund, SIS, 421.14; on the library fund,
S5,253.46.
The Committee on Salaries recon-
mended that the salary Of the janitor
of Centre school be fixed at $40 per
month, which was favorably acted up
on. The report Of the librarian showed
an average daily circ ulation OF ISIS; cir
culation in reading room Csc; amount
received from fines S11. The Commits
sioners OF Union school were authorized
to purchase a blackboard for $40. The
Board adopted a resolution to advertise
on bids for coal, for the ensuing year.
The amendment to article /, OF the
General Rules, offered at a previous
meeting. came up in regular order.
Mr.. stanton advocated the change, and
made strong speech for a
shorter school term. He referred
to the argument that children
would be deprived OF q portion Of the
benefits resulting from longer term,
and asserted that, as the weather was
hot for a portion of the school term,
the children never accomplish much
during the time which the resolution
proposed to cut off. He also favored
Teachers Institutes early in September
in order that the teachers might step
right out of the meetings into their
school work. Mr.. Buchanan opposed
the amendment. He had heard no com
plant from teachers or pupils, and as
everything was moving along smoothly
he could not see the necessity for max
ing such radical change. He moved
to Indefinitely postpone action on the
resolution. Carried.
A motion was carried instructing the
Clerk TO retain sufficient sum out OF
the purchase money for the Smith prop
erty to pay taxes and other liens upon
the OrODertV