The herald., 1894-09-25
.PLATT OBJECTS TO SOME BILLS
One Item in the Account Was
for Window Curtains.
Messr5. Platt and Wills Have an En-
counter OF Words.
Mr. Search, the New supsrin tend nut, Bas
Discovered n State of Affairs
Already-Last Nights
Meeting.

The matter OF allowing some OF the
bills presented to the board OF education
caused considerable OF rumpus among
the mem bers OF that august body last
night.
1t never did come out just what bills
were objected to. but there we're people
present who pretended to know. Mr..
Platt did the obiecting, and all the bills
were allowed except one for curtains,
and possibly one or two others.
Alter the reading of the minutes Of
previous meetings and their approval,
the application Of E. F. Jsnnsen as en-
gineer in the new high school was read,
and on motion placed on file.
H. A. Brown offered to sell several
maps and globes at half-prics for school
purposes, should they be needed. The
communication WAS referred to the sup
| ply committee.
A protest against having school
houses in thu city insured WAS read 1t
was aent in by VIM. II. Avery and s. w.
Little. 1t was filed.
A mum Der OF residents in the district
around the San Pedro street aChool
asked that more suitable quarters than
at present In use be secured for tine
overflow. 1t was referred to the teach
| ers committee.
Assistant Superintendent Jas. H.
Foshny requested and was granted Q
short vacation.
The matter Of paying per capita on
the nun ber OF pupils from the city at
tending the Fruitland school was
brought mp. Last year the board al
lowed the Fruitland district $40 for each
pupil, though intending that only $40
per pupil should be allowed. The mat
! ter was referred to q special committee
composed of Messrs. Track, Wills and
Stein.
The new superintendent OF city schools,
Mr.. Search. was called upon for his first
official report.
Mr.. Search had no regular report to
make, but spoke at some length Of the
inadequate facilities for accommodating
the enormous increase OF school children
during the last year.
II wish to emphasize the fact" he
said, 'that We must have more school
houses." He referred to the fact that
the board was asked to meet with the
city council today at 2 O'Clock to consider
the matter of new school houses.
1t was decided, at the conclusion Of
bis remarks, that the board meet at l
O'Clock in the superintendent's Office to
consider propositions to be submitted to
the council.
The assistant superintends reported
briefly that there we're 10.654 pupils en-
rolled In the schools during the first
week OF school.
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In regard to the allowing OF demands
was adopted, but when it came to allow
ing the bills there was a hitch. The
motion to allow the bills entire was lost.
Then it came out that all the bills had
not been passed upon by oil the mem
bers OF the finance committee. There
was little item down at the very bot
tom OF the Hist which read: "R. Mcgee,
curtains, S70." When reporter as ked
Mr.. Platt who WAS making the objec-
tions, whore the trouble was. he said
THAT 10 my business" Upon another
vote none Of the bills were allowed.
Mr.. Trask moved that the demands of
the teachers, janitors and laborers be
allowed.
Mr.. Stein said the proceeding thus far
were good deal like play. He wanted
the objectionists to state what the OBJ
jsctiouable bills were.
Mr.. Platt moved that the teachers,
janitors, laborers and supplies under
contract be allowed.
There was long by-play, the essence
OF which was that the board was en-.
deavoring to determine which bills were
Objectionable and who objected to them.
DIR. Wills said he saw the milk in the
cocoanut. "Plstt," lie said, "objects to
the Office salaries. Let's stop this boys
play"
Msssrs. Platt and Wills had little
spat, which was out of place, consider
ing that there were ladies present, and
then the question was put. the Office sal
aries being among those included in the
list to be paid. So the real objection Of
Mr.. Platt didn't come out, though Mr..
Wills mistake was evident.
Mr.. Stein said he had been requested
to build fence around the new Macy
street school house and around the Graf
ton street school. A division fence waa
also asked for ct the Arroyo street school
! by Mr.. Traek.
The building committee was ordered
to do the work asked for.
Mr.. Stein asked to be allowed to con-
meet the Tenth street school with the
sewer on Tenth street, and the commit
tee was instructed to do this work also.
When the report of the furniture and
supply committee was called for, Mr..
Ashman said there was no report except
that he would be ashamed to order sup
plies ID the future. and then he glanced
down toward Mr.. Platt.
Mr.. Trask reported that the teachers
committee recon mended that Miss Jes-
sic McGaw, Miss Jennie Potter, Miss
Ruth Chapman and Mas Una Davis be
placed on the substitute list OF kinder
garten teachers and that Mr.. @. e.
Locke be elected substitute teacher,
aud Prof. E. K Issacs q teacher OF writ-
ing at $50 per month. The report was
adopted.
MIR. Trssk moved that an allowance OF
$50 per month be allowed the deputy
school superintendent for horee and
buggy. Mrs. Hughes amended the mo-
ton to make it $25, because the horse
has to be shod. The amendment car
ried. An adjournment was then taken.
KNIFE AND BEER BOTTLE.