The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-19

ers Employed.
At the meeting of the board of edu-
cation last evening, all the members
were present except Young and Han
sen. President Nelson occupied the
chair and business as follows was
transacted:
COMMUNICATIONS.
Joseph F. Beates, pastor Of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church, asked the
privilege of using the drive on the
north side of the Oquirrh school
grounds occasionally for the purpose
of putting coal into the cellar under
the church.
Referred to the committee on sites
and buildings with power to grant the
request on the signing of contract to
avoid any claim for vested rights in the
future.
S. G. Brunton, janitor Of the Ere
mont school, asked for leave OF absence
for two days to enable him to attend
the /. o. o. F. grand encampment at
Ogden on October %.
Committee on furniture and supplies,
with power to act.
Superintendent of School Buildings
Pinney notified the board that the EN-
erson, Bonneville and Uintah school
buildings were completed and ready
for acceptance by the board.
Committee on sites and buildings.
D. II. Bowers asked to be appointed
janitor of the Grant school.
Committee on furniture and supplies.
j. G. Taylor B. S. Young and R. J.
Thomas asked to be favored with a
share of the boards insurance business
Committee on sites and buildings.
D. B. Mcbride stated that he had
performed extra work on the Emerson
school to the amount of $2S, and asked
that the sum be stopped from the
amount Off any owing to Mr.. Bryan,
the contra ctor.
Committee ON sites and buildings.
James Dwyer complained that he
had not had fair show in the matter
of the contract recently let to the
United States Scnool Furniture COM
pany for furniture. He thought ne was
entitled to the contract for the last
carload, as the desks offered by him
were better than those with which he
came in competition.
Filed
The treasurer's monthly statement
month of September:
Sept. /, amount on hand. .s43, 97S. II
Paid clerks warrants O.546 az
Sept. 80, balance on hand. rs 3,431. 2S
Filed.
Charles Childer, janitor of the Lin
coin school, sent in a claim for Sc for
extra help in renovating that school
building
Committee ON furniture and supplies.
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON SITES
AND BUILDINGS.
The committee on sites and buildings
recommended that drinking fountains
De placed in the Lowell, Wasatch, Jack
son, Franklin. Lincoln, Fremont, Ufn-
tab, Emerson, Hamilton. Sumner
oquirrh and Grant schools, at a cost
not to exceed $40 each, and also that
additional shelves be put in the teach
erS closets for the storage of books.
ETC. '0onS'
Adopted.
Inc same committee asked to be an
thorlZed to secure bids and let the con-
tract for lifting up the northwest
basement room of the Lowell school
the cost not to exceed 1925. Adopted.
The same committee recommended
that they be authorized to place S.. 900
insurance on each of the fifteen boil
ers in use in the school buildings. for
a
S225. the insurance to include inspec-
ton.
Adopted.
The same committees recommended
that the contract for building two ce-
ment steps in the Grant school be
awarded to John Allen at cost not to
exceed $50.
Adopted
The same committee reported that
the Salt Lake City corporation had
rendered bills for work connected with
the Oquirrh school building, to wit:
Engineering, s1525; inspection, s949S;
line and grade for the Grant school.
So: total. S115.23; and recommended
preparation list.
Adopted.
The same committee asked authority
to make certain alteratio in the
cloak rooms at the Emerson and Uin-
tab school buildings at cost not to eX-
coed SIS for each school.
Granted.
The same committee notified the
board that it had placed the follow
ing amounts of insurance on school
buildings and on furniture, making the
insurance on the several buildings uni
form:
satch 81 900, Twenty-first school $1,000
On ADMINISTRATION $1,000, Sum-
ner 81. 900, Oquirrh $500, Franklin 81, 000
Jackson s1,400, Washington $1,000,
Lowell $780, Wasatch $1,000, Bonneville
5000, Uintah S400, Emerson $500. Sew
enth school $3.50 Certain other insur-
ance was transferred from one school
to another. The total insurance car
ried on school property is now $751;, $780,
Adopted.
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
The committee on furniture and sup
plies reported that they had sold
twenty-five old double desks and two
single desks for $3.50 each less 10 per
cent, netting s60.75.
Adopted.
The committee on furniture and sup
plies recommended that the contract
to furnish shades for the Grant school
be let to the H. Dinwoodey Furniture
company for S202.49.
Adopted.
The same committee reported that in
accordance with the authority granted
them they had let the contract for the
supplying of a carload of furniture to
the United States School Furniture
for s1,566.
Adopted. -
AND SCHOOL WORK.
The committee on teachers and
school work recommended that the
resignation of Mrs. Mabel Y. Held, on
account of i'll health, be accepted also,
that Miss Belle Manley, of the Tenth
school, be granted leave of absence for
a few weeks to regain her health The
committee also recommended the tenn
porary employment of the following
tea chers. Mrs w r McCuhbin Jack