The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-06

ErrrgrAFE
the county superintendent Of schools and
=, sssua certificates Of election TO Messrs.
Chnberg and Wells for the full-term ana
Mrs Thomas fer the uneXplred term.
Then the cauvassjng board adjourned sine
die and the board OF education convened
The most important item OF business
turned M in the refusal 10 carry out Nllae
was claimed to be contract WIN we
ornson Tunprovement Company for the
rubIic school coal supply for the current
session. amounting, according 70 Secre-
tar,- O.,den's estimate, to about 1,zo tons.
,nba following extract from the journal OF
The hoard shows the beginning OF the az
fair BIDS had Just been opened ior 'he
coal supply. when IL was ..,.
Ordered, that the oregon inlpi o. L.,
C-ornnanv deliver one car load OF may
f,reclr dauble-screened lump coal 70 each
70 the schools. and IL the coal proves satiS-
Cartor,- the board would contract Win
tho oregon Improvement Company 10 lut-
r,ish coal TO the district for the Ieih'i4io0i
of the present school year. 49,
The proposition had been haaoe 70 "a
Oregon improvement 1ohp%i.s 40 ..So,,t..5
ance with this action, had been accepl1u
~ the cou,Danv. the coal had been tur-
nished the ianitors of the various school
buil5tnrs reported' thu coal satisfactory,
and last night Frank =. Burns, coal agent
for the Oregon Improvement company,
addressed letter TO the board ciali''4ils
the award OF the contract. Inc pt-ce
named in the bid was so a Ton. 49,
the letter had been read, King moved that
the contract be awarded 20 the oregon
Irpproyemeut Company, but MS hoCon
obtained no second NacDougaH moved
that the contract be equally dlvioeo De
tween the Oregon Improvement company
and the Seattle Coal and Iron company,
the latter having offered double screeiled
Il
a sharp discussion. during when NJ.
Burns appeared aud claimed mat MS
company had met satisfactorily he con-
dlt.ons imposed By the board, and was
entitled 10 the contract. He was contra
dicted by the following vote on the mo-
ton 70 divide the contract Ayes, Mac
DougaN, Churchill and Colkett; no, King
T. W. Sexton appeared with claim Tor
having been appointed clerk Of Saturday
election. It transp,red that he had been
appointed by MacDougal.. under the mis-
taken idea that each member OF the board
was entitled 10 name nine election oiii-
GERS. Ar the meeting OF October TO- when
election officers were appointed by the
board MacDougau was not present, though
one applicant indorsed by him was APP
pointed He states that he was Informed
by DR. Churchill that each member OF the
board was to appoint nine men. When
Sexton appeared before Secretary ogden
70 be sworn in for duty the secretary re-
fused to swear him Sexton thought he
wal entitled TO his pay. but the board did
not slink SO.
The balance Of $I9S on an old account OF
G. Davies & Co. against the schoo. dis
tr.ct for books bought for the district and
now in the libraries OF the various schools
was allowed and ordered paid, only King
voting against IL. with the statement that
the account had run ont of date, and he
IA not know enough about Il 10 vote for
paying IT, Mr.. Davies was present. and
looked happy AZ the prospect OF getting
the money for which he has waited four
and a half years.