Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-19
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
TRANSACTED AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING OF
TIE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Action on the Amendment to the Rules Postponed.
The Coal Contract Awarded Reports
and Other Matters.


Board OF Education was very interest
ing. and large amount OF important
business was transacted. The two I'm
portant matters under consideration
were the proposed amendment to the
rules, and the question of fuel during
the winter. There was large lobby Of
coal men, and all, or nearly all, made
speeches.
The first matter taken up after the
reading of the minutes was the report
OF the Committee on Accounts, recon-
mending payment OF bills aggregating
S31s. rs, which was received, and recon-
mendation concurred in.
The committee on public library ap-
proved bills amounting tos202. 81 which
were ordered paid. The committee was
authorized, to purchase books to the
amount Of S53.1O, which have be en- Sc
lected by the commit tee.
The committee on rules and reRula-
tions, to whom was referred the mend
ment proposed by Mr.. Jefferson, to
article of the rules, making it optional
with pupils in junior and senior classes
to attend any school they desire, pre-
sented a unanimous report against the
proposed amendment. Mr.. Jefferson
expressed surprise when the report was
read by the clerk, and Mr.. Maxwell
took the floor In support OF the views OF
the committee. He referred to the num-
Der OF petitions which have been refused
! by the Board, and gave the reasons
which Influenced itin exceptional cases.
He held that 1t was really benefit 10
the pupil TO change from one school to
another. Mr.. Jefferson replied to Mr..
Maxwell. He regarded the amendment
as an eminently proper movement,
step forward in the right directio on. He
pointed out the evil effect of changing
teachers and associations at a critical
time, ana argued that the pupil will do
better with the teachers and pupils with
whom he or she has been associated.
Mr.. Stanton favored the amendment.
DIR. Ulrich endorsed the views OF Mr..
jefferson, stating that he had an eX-
perlence OF thirty years in school rooms.
The report Of the committee was de-
feated by vote Of five TO eight. The
! question then REQUIRED to the amend
| ment a majority vote of all the mem
bers of the Board being necessary to
adopt. Ga motion Of Mr.. Stanton, the
amendment was laid over until the next
meeting of the Board.
The committee on buildings and
grounds approved bills amounting to
So. OS7. so, which were ordered paid.
The recommendation that natural gas
! be placed in the furnace and ventilating
| stack at Union school, and ventilating
stack at Richie annex, was concurred
10. The most important matter in the
report was the question of fuel for the
school buildings during the winter.
! The committee received bids for clean
! coal as follows: Joachim q Co., S6.75;
Coffey 81 Clark, So. so; l.. II. Hurst, A.
w. Kelly, Kasley & Son and @.
w. Rixey, each $3.50; r. d. d..
Willis, Sc. 371{; G.. w. Abrams, Sc 35;
Smith 81 Sweeney, S6.25; Glendale Coal
Company. S6.1O; John Gichrist and
George Naber, Sc; John FrohnaDpel,
! SIS. 81; Elm Grove Coal Company, $3.50;
Robert Teasdale, Joseph Hasenauer and
| Wheeling Ice and Storage Company,
each 1913. The Natural Gas Company
of West Virginia also made proposal
! to furnish gas as fuel for the same
amount that coal cost last year, 49,,
2O5. SO, or gas by meter measurement at
! fifteen cents per thousand feet, less 10
! per cent.
Mr.. Hubbard moved that coal be used
| in the schools during the winter. The
motion was unanimously adopted. The
| bids were read again by the clerk, and
Mr.. Jefferson inquired what proportion
| of the bids referred to coal mined by
persons living in the city Of Wheeling.
! Mr.. Elingham READ the bids OF Robert
Teasdae, Jos. HaseDauer, Wheeling
Ice and Storage Company, the three
lowest bidders. Mr.. Teasdae was the
only representative OF the three who
was present. He stated that he pro-
poses to get his coal from Glendale
| Coal Company, The question OF
screens and other technical points con-
nected with coal mining also entered
into the discussion. Mr.. GilchriSt made
a statement, and also Mr.. Sanders, a
miner employed at kasley's. Mr.. w.
| S. Berisiord also had something to say
regarding screens and stated that Kss-
| ley 81 Son were at disadvantage In
| bidding on the contract, for th9 reason
| that they use Pa inch screen, as
against 135 screen used in other mines.
| DR.. Uirich pointed to the fact that
Kasley e Son did not give entire salts.
faction last year.
Mr. stanton ended the discussion by
| making q motion to accept the bid OF
Mr.. GiIchrist. DR.. Ulrich moved to accept
the bid of Mr.. Tessdae, Mr.. Ellingham
/ the bid of Wheeling Ice and Storage
| Company, and Mr.. Walford the bid OF
Mr.. Kasley. The roll was called, with
the following result:
observation-disclosures. Hubbard, Jetfer-
son, Menkemeller, a., Ulrich, and
! Widener-5.
Gichrist - Messrs. Stanton and
Dickey-2.
Wheeling Ice and Storage Company
Messrs. Elingham and Maxwell.
Kasley & SOns-Messrs. Echstruth,
Medick, Park, Shultz, and Walford-5.
Another vote was taken with the fol-
lowing result:
Teasdals-Hubbard Jefferson, Max
well, MenkemeIler a., Ulrich, Wfd-
ener-7.
Gilchrist-Stanton-
Wheeling Ice and Storage Company
Elliogbam-1.
Kasley & Sons-Echstruth, Medlck,
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