The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-09
BOARD or EDUCATION,
Bids For Coal and wood Are UponeI. aud

Other hts nsHs Tran c,ed.
Bids for supplying fuel for the public
schools were opened by the Board of Edu-
cation last night. The bids were as fol-
lows:
George II. Mccall, broken and stove,
SiO6; egg. S.06; stove, 1896; nut, $751;
pea $500.
Charles Warner Company, broken,
1858; egg, 1917; stove. $3.50; pea. s3l2;
cleariield. 1885; Morea or Beaver brook
broken. s4i5; egg. s4,2oi stove. $40.
Consumers Ice and Coal Company,
broken, s3.77; egg. .3.S7; stove, s4i2: pea,
1907; btumnous. 297.
George w Bush and Sons Company.
broken, sAo5; egg, $500: stout Lehigh,
broken. 1885; egg. So IS; stove, $500: pea,
IS %; Silver brook broken, s. o.; Silyor
brook egg, 1905.
The bids for wood were:
II. T. Sergeant. $500 per cord; John
Hamilton, S525.
| 1t was committee night with the board
and the reports of the Health Committee
and the Committee on Teachers were Of
| special interest. Dr. Crumbaugh read the
report CT the Health Committee. In the
limited time at the disposal OF the COM
mittee. he said. only twenty OF the twenty
1
were TO the effect that the schools In many
cases were neglected. In many OF them
manifest neglect In sweeping cleaning and
whtewashing was evident. and in many Of
the cellars there were piles OF rubbish
and dirt Many OF the water closets wero
IN bad shape and some of the schools were
suffering from faulty drainage.
The Committee on Teachers made the
following recommendations: That the sal
airy OF the principal Of the High School be
raised $500, making the amount $1,000, and
that the following changes be made: Car
lie J. Vincent from No. 7. and Elizabeth
j, Patton from No. IL to No. o. Emily
baird to be promoted 10 be second assist
ant In the grammar department of No. 10;
that assistants Nos, p 3, and in No. Is
VIII not be appointed at present; that En-
lily Doherty be promoted to the place Of
assistant principal in No. 49, that Lillian
Spencer be made special assistant principal
of No. Is. her salary to be the same as
IN primary work, her work to be to teach
the class in cooking and other classes;
Elizabeth +. Briscoe to be made principal
at NO. y school at a salary of $3.50: Ade-
latde Shippers first assistant, Margaret
hammctsly second assistant, and Eliza beth
Halvey third assistant at the same school
at salary Of $500; Julia Boulder second
assistant in No. 7; May shuster second as
sis,ant in No. H. Mary j Kane to be trans
fered from No. "A to No. rs; Mary Taylor
NTH assistant in No. IA Clara Mendenhall
principal Of No. 25. Mary X. Thielman
sixth assistant in boys department of No.
4; Alice Jackman sixth assistant in boys
department of No. "a; Marian Brown as
slstant principal in No. 2, and Mary A.
Whitford seventh assistant in No. 3.
IIp alp q 49,
the supervisor Of drawing be dispensed
with The report stated that the changes
named were the only ones that would
cause a change In salary.
The amendments to the bylaws In re
gard to jantors, read at the last meeting
were up for action. and one was passed anG
the other defeated. The amendment passed
was taking the power to discharge janitor.
from the Fuel. Heating and Ventilation
Committee and putting it in the hands o
the Visiting Committee. When this amend
ment was passed Mr.. Belts gave notice tina
he would a the next meeting OF the boart
offer an mendmeut requiring that forty
eight hours notice be given the Fuel
Heating and Ventilation Committee. Tht
amendment making the Visiting Commit
tee instead Of the princiRl the judge o
whether the ianitors duty Aad been prop
erly done was lost by vote of to ).
!, On motion Of DR.. Shortlidge a proposition
to increase the salary OF the principal o
No school $500 a year was referred to th'
: Committee on Teachers.
Dr. Shortltdge offered a resolution tina
No school be named Willard Hail School
No. school Arthur II. Grimshaw, No. ]
, No. II, James A. Garfield No. II; No. q
Frederick Douglass school No. 81: No Z
: William S. Hilles school No. s; No. Z, Johi
II. Adams school No. Z.
George NJ Lane was elected janitor o
No. IS school and Charles s. Yates OF Nc
81 school. each at a salary of 5000 year
The secretary was ordered to draw 70
The monthly appropriation, and Edwi
) Talley was allowed s1lS for supervisor
| the work on school No ..
l President Baird called attention to tn
fact that many of the schools did not hay
flags raised on Independence Day.
MIR. Baynard made report of the CON
mencement exercises which were: Re
\ ceipts, S2466G; expenditures, S22991; bal
} ance, $l6.G9. The balance was by vot
voted TO Mr.. Berlin for the benefit OF tn
orchestra. Mr.. Leiteh made a report on III
, Howard School commencement, whic
showed balance on hand OF 10 GEMS
Caution! Keep away disease and fou
/ odors by the nse OF Banners man'sPhehyie
L for aaIe by all druggists,