Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-22
BOARD or EDUCATION.
Thanksgiving Vacation IN, Days
Long-An Extra school Room aud
Teacher for Center Ward.

The board Of eduoltion met last
nighi, President D)oIsy In the chair
and oil members prtssnt. Bus.ness
In brief, was transacted rs foliowii
Applications 10 teach we're made by
the following pefsous anu rtfefroi 10
the appropriate committee! Olga Ell
holm, Salt Lake city; L,ube HHmil.
ton, Sioux FALL, :. d, ~ z,beth
Knight EmpIria, KIN; Carrie d.
Hickman, Albumot,, L., and I. h,
speis, Butte, Mont
In response to the petition Of resi-.
dents OF Center ward tor smother
school room and teacher q report favor.
able ~ their request was adopted. In
accordance herewith the Benton
house was today rented and will at
once be put IN shape tot the opening Ji
school.
Tho fifteen boilers IN use In the
vafiJus schools Tor heating purposes
we're ordered insured Of tho 10 OF
$1,000 rer plant, Ia the FiIcity q Css.
uaity company Of New York. Il. w.
bloai acting a. agent, lot s2-5 Tor the
remainder OF the school year The IN.
suranoe includes monthly Inspection
aud reports by w. }. Silver, tue we'll
known engineer.
IL was decided onA vsio Of eight 10
two TO maEo tho Thanksgiving noli.
day Include FRIDAY ~ well NJ Thuft.
day. The members who voted In tbs
nel alive were DJoiy auI WlOlley.
w. ID. GabY was awarded the con.
tract i0t mailing two large library |
bookcases, Quo Tor the Grant AMI one |
for tue Oquitfh school, Tor $50, aud |
the lid VI T.. II, Rush 10 connect the /
Washington school with tho sewer for
slis 90 wss also accepted.
Tue committee on buildings and |
grounds recommend that the clerk u |
the board he Instructed 10 petition the
city council to look into Tue condition
OF tue sidewalks lea ling to the several
public school buiidiugs, as niauy Oi
them are In an impossible condition Ia
muddy weather. anu the same be- made
{ CONFORM 10 the gravel sidewalks made
by the board iu front VI tue public
school build ngs. Adopted. That tho
bid VI A. Mcdonald 10 iutlish seventy.
nve loads u gravel Tor tue Irving
school grounds, at 40 cents n loau
be- opted. Adopted.
This same recommended that John
Lees he appoiute lanitnr NJ tho lfv-
ing school at a salary Of sg6 per mouth;
that John q. Yves, be janiior VI tho
Wasatch school In place Of II. w. Wost,
nj q came salary; that the name OF
the Seventh acht oil be- changed ~ the
Whittier school; that heretofore the
wood purchased from the Coop Wagon
aud MaWHiUu NnptnunV Aa Int. ]
two.ieet lengths at 81 per cord bo &C.
ceptsd; that the committee be authot.
ICED 10 purchase a table tor the teachers
room at the Jackson school; that the
mmlttce be authorized 10 purchase a
furnace ior the assembly room at the
High School, anu two hati coal bur
nefs for the new rooms being lifted up
In the Irving school. Adopted.
Tue attorneys Of tho board reported
that the w o cases againpt John bryan
Involving the determination Of tho
question a, to who IL entitled to tho
money Tor the Bonneville aud Ulntah
tohoolhOuses, tho Teierroe has decided
that this money should be divided be-
tween The bondsmen ana tho conitac.
tors and the lAo0rlng men, bur tho
question ~ not yet finally determined,
as some OF the parties are going 10 Hp-
peal, but all the parties have stipulated
that the Stenogfaphei's fees and toe
fees Of tho referee mag be paid out n
the fund, and as the board IL perfectly
safe Ia making such payment We rec.
Ommend that payment be made nc.
cOruing 10 the written stipulation
signed by all tue attorneys and which
has been prFssn ted 10 the clerk Of the
board. Filed.