Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-11

the same place was legal, therefore Il
would be necessary to amend the plans.
On motion Of Mr.. Blodgett the commit
teo on property were given power to have
the plans amended 80 az to make 1t a six
room building.
High and Drawing School Teachers.
Mr.. McGregor made a report for the
committee on evening drawing school and
evening High school which met before
the meeting Of the School Committee.
The teachers selected for the evening
arc as follows:
Evening High School Principal, II. a.
Hastings; teachers, Mrs. Cora l.. Demp-
sey, Miss Adelaide J. Fleming, Miss
Mabel A. Perkins, Miss Edna Arnold, Al
bert Beech and Fl. d. Kenyon.
Evening Drawing School-Principal,
w. A. Newell; Z. III. Springer, A. b. Bah
bitt, q. A. Bartlett. A. +. Roberts, G. II.
Bennett; clerk, p. l.. Waterman.
Want More Money.
Mr.. Wilson made q report for the COM
mittee on finance stating that tie appro.
priations for the different departments
were nearly exhausted and that IL would
be necessary to have more money In order
to carry on the sc hool work. He offered q
resolution to the effect that the clerk ap-
ply to the City Council for the sum of
&c, 300, which will bring the sum for the
support OF the schools about up to the
usual amount. Tho resolution was passed.
On motion OF Mr.. Hartford the commit
tee on property and the chairman Of the
school committee were authorized to sign
bills for payments on the work on the
High school, Fairlawn school, the addi-
tion to the Central avenue school and the
improvements at the Church Hill school.
Bids For Fairlawn Opened.
The bids for the erection of the new
school building at Fairlawn were opened
and the lowest bidders were as follows:
Carpentry and masonry, A. 8. Whitford,
S12, ,79S; steam heating, Pawtucket Steam
and Gas Pipe Co., 81 $50; plumbing, Geo.
Thornley,, $500. The architects fees, $722,
will have to be added to this, W hich makes
the total sum $15, 1856 while the appropria-
tion IS $4,000. The matter was discussed
at length and Mr.. Blodgett moved that
the committee on property be given power
to make such changes In the upper stories
of the building SO 40 to bring Ii within
the appropriation. These notifications
can be made without changing the plans.
The motion was passed.
Mr.. Tobie moved that the contracts be
awarded to the firms mentioned with the
understanding that such publications
be made 80 az to bring the work within
the appropriation. The motion was passed
committee OF three, consisting OF
Messrs. Coop, Meikiejohn and Tobie, was
appointed by the chair on motion OF Mr..
Coop to consider the subject OF manual
training as recommended by the superin-
tendent.
The Superintendent's Report,
Supt. Fisher presented his monthly re-
port which was received and ordered
placed ON Ole. Asynopsis or the report Is
as follows: There were 121 teachers at the
close OF the Summer term. Four are SUI
pervisors, four are grammar principals
and 103 are In the grades below. or the
supervisors two are residents and two are
nom residents. The grammar school prin-
cipals are all nom residents. Sixty.three
OF the grade teachers are residents and 40
non residents. Rhode Island furnishes
20 OF tho nom resident teachers below the
High school, Massac husetts 13, Connect
cut 3, Maine 2, Pennsylvania and Ohio
one each so that So per cent oftbe teachers
live I'm Pawtucket. Pawtucket teachers
are teaching In all points OF the cou ntry,
therefore II 10 Impossible to hold our own
without going outside for some talent.
The Training School sont out In all 40
graduates and all are employed but two
who declined election. Teachers OF age