The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-26
BIDS FOR SUPPLYING Coal,
Read at Meeting Of Board Of Coatrol
and Referred to Committee.
TEACHERS COMMITTEE REPORT
W. G. o'Maiisy Eudeavored to Have the
Report Amended But Was Uusucccss-
fui-Protests Against the Late Hour
OF Calling Meetings to Order.

A formal protest against the late
hour at which the school board meet
ings are called to order was entered last
night by +. l.. Wormser n o. B.
Schriefer. When 8 o'clock arrived and
there was no indication that the meet
ing would soon be called, Mr.. Wormser
said 1t was time the tedious delays in
regard to calling the meetings were
ended. He was tired of the practice Of
having members consulting M conf
mittees meeting when the board should
be in session. That was business that
ought to be transacted prior to the
meeting night. SO that the board can get
down to business at $50, the regular
meeting hour.
4 moment later MI. Wormser and Mr..
Schriefer walked out of the room n
when President Carson and other men,
hers Of the board came out of the secre-
tary's office, where a committee meet
ing was in progress, they found them
selves without a quorum. Within a few
minutes. however, Controller Jacobs
and Williams sauntered in and Mr..
Wormser returned for his umbrella.
The meeting was at once called to order
n he remained. Mr.. Schriefer soon
afterwards resumed his seat.
Report OF Teachers Committee.
Chairman Williams, Of the teachers
committee, presented the following re-
port for that body: ---,.,-
That Miss Mary Connery be appointed
to the vacancy in primary A department
in No. G school, caused by the death of
Miss Sarah Rogers. w
That Miss Lucy Coggins he mpor rily
appointed to assist Mr.. Burdick, principal
That arithmetics be furnished to adj
vanced pupils in night schools under the
direction Nf the gInarintnnlant
That the principals of night schools,
where 1--WE or more rooms are In use, shall
be paid at the rate of s35 per month dur
ing such time as the attendance shall
warrant the keeping open that number of
rooms.
That the schools of the city be closed
from Wednesday afternoon, Nov. u, until
Monday, Dec. 2, for the Thanksgiving holt
day.
A. G. O'Malley moved to amend the
report by substituting the name Of
Miss Jennie Durkin for that of Miss
Mary Connery as the successor of Miss
Rogers at No. 6. The yeas and nays
were called n the amendment was
lost by a vote of II to 3. The report Of
the committee was then adopted.
h building committee reported ia
vOrably on a number of bills, among
them one of 81. LOG. sc in favor of the
Smead & Wills company for ventilat-
ing No. IL. The committee recommend
ed awarding the contract for heating
and ve~ntilating No. 23 to the same COM
pany n the appointment of David r.
Roberts as janitor of No. 2S to succeed
Peter Cavelle. deceased, the appoint
ment to date from Oct. l. 1896. The
recommendations were adopted and
bills ordered paid.
New No. 10 Building.
After the building committee had
made its report Herman Notz asked
why nothing was said in it about the
new plans for No. 10 building. Chair
mar Welsh, of the building committee,
replied to the effect nat they had not
reported in favor of adopting the plans
because they are for a building that
would be much wider than the lot they
have to put 1t on. Mr.. Notz said that
they can buy the adjoining lot from
Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips for $1,000 and
he produced an option from her to the
effect that she was Wiling to sell at
that price. He moved that the build
ing committee be directed to buy the
land at the price named, but as the
members could not see any money in
sight to pay for it the voted down the
proposition and referred the whole mat
ter of securing a building to replace
No. 10 to the building committee.
lHdt WIS OHly uCle, HOWeNSI, dIteT
a good deal of speechmaking and ex-
planning on the part Of the members.
The following bids for supplying the
district with coal were read and re-
ferred to committee for considerations:
w. H. Williams, First and Third dis
tricts-Chestnut, stove and furnace, $3.50;
pea, $l.50.
Consumers Ice and Coal company, Sec
ond, Third and Fourth districts-Chest
nut, stove and egg, 81. 49; pea, $1.65.
s. Short, First district-Chestnut, stove
and egg, s2.49; pea, .$1.65.
West Ridge Coal company. First n
Fourth districts-Chestnut, stove and egg,
2 80; crate, $40; pea, SLIGO.
James Flynn, Third district-Chestnut,
stove and furnace, egg, s.. rs; pea, SLIGO.
Fourth district, chestnut and stove. $3.50;
James Kearney, First district-Egg.
stove and chestnut, $3.50; pea, SLIGO. Fourth
district-Chestnut, stove and egg. $3.50;
pea, $1.75..
Mountain Lake Land and Coal company,
First district-Chestnut and larger sizes,
2 100; pea, $1.S5. Second district--Chestnut
and larger sizes, ST. 0 pea, $1.S5.
John Byrne. Third district-Chestnut,
stove and egg, $3.50; pea, $l.40.
The bids were referred to committee
for consideration.
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