The weekly tribune., 1894-10-12
INTERESTING SCHOOL MEETING
The School Boa rd Orders the Old Outh
s de School House Fitted Up
and Opened.
A Lively Discussion Over the Ap.
pOintment. Of an Inspector Of
COnst ructiUn.

The regular meeting OF the school
board took place last night ut Chairman
Pomeroy's office. There were present
Trustees EARL, Pomeroy, Gocksetter,
Poole, and Enerton. The principal re-
ported that the tifth-grade C ass in the
North side school had tiety-eight pupils
and the sixth grade class in the South
side schoo. folty nine pupi 8. These
classes were altogether too large for the
teachers to do justice to the scholars,
and he recommended that the old South
side school house be fixed up and por-
tioD of each of these grades be sent there
under new teacher. The board adopted
his suggestion, ordered the old school
building furnlshed with forty de sks, and
about thirty five scholars from the two
grades mentioned sent there. Mrs.
BeDa Mitchell was appointed teacher of
this new grade.
The principal further reported that
| the enrolment this month amounted to
0S4 against Sl4 tins month last year
| The attendance aud record Of hardness
showed great Improvement He
recommended the granting of a half
holiday to the boys and girls when the
attendance of either showed 90 per cent
and no tardy marks. The rule was
adopted.
Mr.. Conroy WAS ordered to make GER
tam improvements at the Coon school
house.
A number of bills were reported by
the auditing committee favorably and
passed.
A. p. Curtin was awarded contract
fol $50 new desks to be put in the old
South Side, the Chichester, the Ulm and
other schools.
Bids for furnishing coal were read
from Geo. Boomer. Frank Lewis,
}. II. Rice, the Goodrich Lumber com
pany, r. B. Catlin and Tod and Kelly,
The contract was awarded to the Good
rich Lumber com bany for Lethbrldge
coal at the following prices: Lump, 30
per ton, carload lots 81 75 per ton; large
uut, 50 80 per ton; small nut, $2.25 per
| ton.
A petition was received from George
Chichester and others asking that a
school house be built for them at the
mouth Of Sand Uoulee. Filed.
II. p. A. Howe, who WAS employed by
the board to check the grade at the new
| high school site, reported that he found
the grade as given by the city engineer
as correct, but recommended that the
board petition the council to lower the
grade at that point two feet.
The clerk stated that the expenses OF
| the board for the month of September,
including building estimate, were
S4379 "a
An estimate for $1,57O.5O in favor of
| Mckay Bros was reported by Architect
White This included $50 for prospect
ing for bedrock for the foundations and
two thirds of the sum of 1892, the cos of
laying pipe to connect with the city
mains. Trustee Emerton kicked on the
latter item on the ground of the charge
being excessive, and it was referred to
the building committee for investigation.
The chairman presented resolution
reciting the fact that a number of teach
ers were without certificate from the
county super lntendent because they
| bad not an opportunity to attend legal
examination, and calling on the new
county superintendent to hold a special
examination for their benefit The reso-
luton was adopted.
Trustee Emerton then brought up the
question OF employing a superintendent
of construction. and an application was
read from w. +. Gay for the position.
Also an Endorsement from the Trades
council and by the Mill and Smelter-
mems union. A communication was
also read from the Builders Exchange
asking tha F. d. Joscelyn be appointed to
the poei ion. Also petition from 7S citi-
zens asking that the place be given to
Ira w. Thrasher.
Mr. Emerton moved that the position
be given % w +. Gay at $40 a day, and
the motion was seconded by Trustee
Poole.
Chairman Pomeroy thought the figure
was too high, and suggested that % 9
day would amount to about $1,000 adj
ditional cost on the tuildiDg and was
enough to pay.
Trustee EARL said that il they needed
an inspector at all it should be mason
and not a carpenter at this time, wher
only stone work was being done.
Trustee Gockstetter was opposed II
having an inspector at all as waste o
money.
On vote the motion WAS defeated
Poole and Emerton voting yes and Earl
and Gockstetter no. Chairman PomerO!
decided the vote in the negative. stating
that the board could not spare the none!
and could appoint an inspector later IL j
was found absolutely necessary.
Considerable feeling was developed II
the matter during the discussion ant
some hot remarks passed between tn
debaters.
Two insurance policies were ordere.
renewed and the board then hastily al
, journed to catch the last street car hoC'