The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-26
want SITE CHANGED
Large Petition Against Proposed Location Of
New School Building.
FOURTH ward Citizens OBJECT
Plot at Rebecca Avenue and Jackson
Street Not Satisfactory - High
School Pupils from Out the District
in Arrears Councils to Be Asked
to Open Wyoming Avenue-DetaiIs
of the School Board Meeting,

At last nights meeting OF the board
Of control thu question of the site for
the new Fourth ward school building
WAS again referred to the building
committee. Tho question has created
such an amount of interest thar a citi1
zens committee waI present at the
meeting and peti,ionea against tho To-.
cation lately decided upon
The pay roll for last month was
adopted as tollowa; Teachers. SO S57-
So; substitutes, $OS 20; o1icor5, 1923 ;
janitoS, $l,184 90; total, $l2, 56S O6
Secretary Follows informed the board
that the High school tuition for
number of pupils residing ou. Of the
district had not been paid although
bills had been sent several times A
motion by Mr.. Notz that the matter bs
referred to tbs teachors' committee
and that hereafter tuition fees be paid
quarterly in advance, was adopted.
Mr.. Wormser, Of the teachers com
mittee. reported the proceeds Of the
High school commencement 10 he $l0l =
~ and the expenditures $l5S.93 leav-
ing q deficit Of $j72l, for which the
secretary WAS instructed to draw an
order.
WANT THE SITE CHANGED.
The building committee report, sub
mittod by Mr.. Carson. showed tsat on
Thursday last tho proposed new site
for the Broom school building,
to be erected in the Fourth ward.
was visited by the committee. They
made a careful examination AMI de-
cided to recommend that tho present
site be retaidsd and that twlnty-fve
feet additional on the northerly sido
Of the lots be purchase ut satisfactory
terms. 1t WAS also recommended by
the committee that the jlnitors EN-
ployed last year be re-engaged at the
same salaries, except in the case Of No.
81, where So additional per month be
paid
Mr., Evans objected to the report bo-
cause 1T did not contain the prices for
which other Fourth ward school lots
could be purchased at the corner OF
Lafayette street and Everett avenue.
upon which to reconsider tue matter of
changing the site selected on Rebeoca
avenue. Mr.. Wormsar also favored
the referring back Of the report, which
should contain tho price for the ad-
ditional twenty-five feet.
M. d. Ainey, of the Fourth ward,
and three others, comprising COM
mittee, presented petition praying
that The site selected at Rebecca avenue
and Jackson street DO abolished and u
site selected nearer the upper part OF
the ward. The petition Is signed by IT'S
residents of the upper section Of the
ward and states that tho proposed site
is not central
REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE.
lho report was received except the
portion relating to the Fourth ward
school site which, on motion of Mr..
Evans, was referred back to the com
mittee until next meeting. On motion
or Mr.. Not2 the report OF the building
commuters tour of the schools with
the various and minor recommends
tionS for improvements was adopted.
The secretary was instructed to ad-
vertise for sealed proposals for the
erection Of the new No. 81 and the Nine.
teenth ward school buildings Mr..
Devsney. Of the Seventh ward, offered
resolution that councils be requested
to open Wyoming avenue between
Phelps and Ash streets. Mr.. Devausy
said that now in order to 20 to school
scholars are compelled to choose the
dangerous route along the railroad
tracks.
Mr.. Notz wanted to know why the
high school committee had not reported
and might have provoked a discussion
had not motion prevailed to adjourn.