The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-16
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT THE
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
No Report on the Bids for the
Oquirrh SchooI--AdditionaI BuiId-
sngs Needed-reachers Employed.


Messrs. Dolly. Young, Pendleton, Bald
Hansen, present, Aft being the only
absentee.
Contrary to all expectations, the COM
mittee on sites and buildings failed to
make report on the bids received for
the erection of the Oquirrh school and
that matter viii be under considera-
ton by the board tonight, an adjourn
ment having been taken to 1880 o'clock.
The committee opened the bids at a
O clock yesterday afternoon DuI desired
more time for the preparation of its
report None of the figures were made
public.
Promptly at the usual hour Presi-
sent Nelson called the board to order
and after the usual preliminaries. the
business on the table was considered.
James j. Phillips and Annett Burkett
applied for positions as teachers. The
applications were referred
City Recorder Backman notified the
hoard of the city councils favorable
action on the petition asking that
fences in the block on which the jack
son school is situated be brought to
proper lines. The city engineer win
attend to the matter
William Newton submitted a PROPOSE
uon to put on marble finish on the
Eleventh ward school, which went to
the committee on sites and buildings.
The committee on sites and buildings
submitted report on the heating and
venthaung system Of the Franklin
school and recommended that the same
be accepted and the final estimate paid.
The report was adopted
superintendent Millspaugh submitted
"a statement of the present urgent
need of new buildings. The report
recommended additional buildings for
the First, Second and Third precincts.
The report went to the committee on
sites and buildings.
me following report was presented
by the Chairman of the committee on
teachers and school work
Salt Lake City, Feb. 15 1894.
To the Honorable Board of Education,
Salt Lake City:
Gentlemen - Your committee on
teachers and school work presents the
following report and recommendations:
First-At a meeting of this commit
tee which was held on Wednesday of
last week it was shown that there
was urgent need Of increasing the num-
Der of text books which had already
been ordered to make it sufficient to
supply the needs of a largely increas-
with their prices are as follows:
100 copies SheIdon's Complete
Arithmetic, at 81 cents. ..S 81 90
so copies Hyde's Language Les
sons. part ,, at As cents. ..... % so
30 copies Domestic Science, at 6S
cents OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a 90
15O copies each part, 3 and A Ge-
ography Readers, at Sc cents. 16S 90
Making total cost of books. .$278 50
AS there was immediate demand for
these books, your committee made use
of the authority which had already
been conferred by the board to make
the purchase and afterwards present
the matter to tire board, the books
w2re accordingly ordered one week
ago.
Second-It is also found now to be
necessary TO purchase chalk for the
use of the schools We accordingly
recommend the purchase of twenty
five gross of Alpha dustless crayon. at
a cost, approximately of go cents per
gross, and 100 gross of enameled soft
crayOn. at cost approximately. is
cents per gross
Third-As some of the books in use
in the schools are becoming loose in
their binding, and unless repaired will
soon be complete loss, we recommend
the purchase of pint bottle of library
paste for the use of each of the schools
By the use Of this, at a trif1ing ex-
pense, considerable saving will result
TO the board,
Fourth-We wish also to report that
our supply Of copy books used in the
schools is completely exhausted. and
we recommend the purchase of the fol-
lowing to supply the present need:
1000 copies of Graphic series. at
q cost 1927 81
1,6OO copies of the Alichaers ser
les, al cost or .--..--..... 70 80
700 copies Of Appleton's series,
at a COST o.. .................. Al rs
Making a total for copy books ofs24s 81
Fifth-There are several teachers
now in the service of the schools who
have been employed on trial periods Of
one or two months, and as these teach
ers have taught the time prescribed
for trial period satisfactorily we rec
ommend that they be Put on the LIST
Of permanent teachers under the usual
contract with the board. The LIST is
as follows:
Maud Hardy, $50 per month.
Mrs. Brunton, S55 per month
Laura Foster. $50 per month.
Frances Qualtrough, S55 per month
Mary Lotus, $50 per month.
Harriet Hobart $40 per month.
Ida M. Chandler, $50 per month
Alice J. Suydam. S65 per month
Jessie Hedges, $50 per month.
SlHth-We wish to report the resjg-
nation Of Mrs. Kelson from the Bry-
ant school and to recommend as her
successor Miss Harriet N. Logan 81
a salary Of $40 per month. Respect
fully, BALDWTTNS
Chairman
Adopted. '''ii iiian'
William J. Newman submitted a pro-
poSal to sell building site, situated in
lot 8, block 30, plat B, for $500. or ex-
change the same for the present Tenth
ward school property and So 500 He
also makes the offer Of exchange Of
lots and g. block go plat 3. for the
school property in the Tenth ward. the
old Sixteenth ward site and 81. 500. Re-
feired to the committee on sites and
buildings.
The finance committee submitted the
following report:
Salt Lake City, Feb Is. 1894
To the Honorable Board of Education.
Salt Lake City
finance begs to report that they have
audited the following bills and recon-
mend that appropriations be made in
payment of same:
Tribune Job Printing Co.'s 2l4 60
J. {. Jensen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
H T. Duke ..................... II 96
Lee d Shepard. 1890 .--.......... 140 90
Tribune job Printing Coz 10 Is
MacMillen x Co. -..--....-.-......... 10 IS
J.. NJ. Dearborn Paper Co.. &c 90
w G Pavey < Co...,......,........ 26 80
S. p. Teasdel & Son. y IS
George NJ. Scott & Co.......... 10 40
John bearing ..-.--.-.--. --..-.-... "a 50
II, Dtnwoodey Furniture Co... 205 13
Utah and Montana Machinery Co.. 5 IS
Cunnington a. Co. .......-.....-..--.. 20 50
Wolstenholme q Morris............ 1894 %
Elroy Schiller. .......-..-.... 9 S.
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