The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-24

OyERCROWDED SCHOOLS
Concerning proposed new school
building in tbs Nine tsenth ward, the
building COMMITTEES presented this re-
port:
The building committee report that in
accOrdance with instructions of the board
they have made Investigation Of the needs
Ota new school in the Nineteenth ward
and find that the number Of children at
! tending school above No. 30 anG tile east.
| ern limits ot the ward 70 be- Ia the neigh
| boruood Of eighty odd pupils, We there.
! fore recommend that a suitable location be
| selected lots purchased aud o building DO
| erected 20 meet the wants Of that vicinity.
! In view Cf the fact that several suitable
sites may be offered, We recommend that
[ the secretary be instructed 10 advertise
\ for proposals TO purchase u plot Of ground
! $50 iy $50 feet, 10 he located between No
| ay and the eastern boundary Of tho Wasl,
! q corner 10. being desired.
We also recommend that the controllers
| Of the respective wards report % the
building committee such repairs as may
/ be- required. the same 70 be submitted By
the middle Of the week.
We recommend that the building COM
mi:toe be- empowered TO purchase a safe
LOT ELF NFEIfIdl DllEF hNA LAt HtNItNHFN
be authorized to advertise Tor bids Tor the
same.
The report was adopted. excepting
the portion relating to the safe which
was referred to the committee for as.
tiou
The finance committee repOrts1 the
following generations. II B. Chase.
Sixteenth ward, year 1891. $ij7 40 :.
Richard Gallery. Twentieth ward, year
1891. $}Si 81; penalty on assessment Of
lot a. block G Scranton Stove com
pany The committee recommended
that the bills Of the New York Tribune
and the Philadelphia Ledger for adyer-
Using bonds, .be paid
II WAS recommended that hereafter
all eIOueration lists bs referred to the
city treasurer for bis approval before
being presented 10 the board, and after
the same have besn allowed and acted
upon by the board they be returned to
tho city treasurer, and he be requested
to givs the different persons credit on
duplicate, per the exonerated list
The report was adopted.
BIDS FOR no. 27 SCHOOL.
Bids were opened for heating and
ventilatiug apparatus and closets for
No 21 school aud referred to the build.
ing committee as follows Smith Heat.
ing ana Fsntilating company, Boston,
$500, md for sanitary closets and
stalls, $50, b. q. Carpenter & Co..
Wilkes Barre. for the SturdoVant
Steam H9at Blast Apparatus company.
S3,4jO, and for urinals, ETC.. $3.50;
Sm"sd, Wills & Co, Philadelphia.
$1,000 The bid Of Sc, 600 of the Ben
nett & Peck Co., of Cincinnati.
was withheld until they furnlah a
complete estimate when II will also be
received by the committee.
Lieutenant Ezra Griffin post, No.
1870, Grand Army Of the Republic,
through Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Amsden,
subcommittee of the Decoration Day
committee, e,sskedthe boards permission
to aolicit II penny collection from the
scholars Of the public schools to pur-
chase flowers for decorating graves on
Memorial Day. The request was
granted
Mr.. Welsh offered an amendment
that such o fund be divided with the
Colonel Monies post. The amendment
was lost on the argument that the
board could only permit or reject the
Lieutenant Ezra Griffin posts request,
aud that any other post had the priyi-
lege of making the same proposal.