The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-13
BOARD OF CONTROL MEETS
Transacted Large Amount Of R0ut Inc
Business Last Night-..Number OF
New Teachers Appointed.

The board of control covered good
deal Of ground during the forty-five
minutes 1t was in session last night
1t first adopted a number of important
recommendations of the teachers COM
mittee: That Miss Conner be made as
sistant to Professor Hawker and that
Miss Elizabeth Williams take Miss
Conner's grade; that Miss Rose Nee
han be permanently appointed to No.
"a; that Miss Eliza Lewis and Miss
Mary Harris be permanently appointed
at No. IL: that Miss Maud Powers be
appointed permanently at No. 81; that
night schools open on November 3. in
such schools as shall be designated by
the teachers committee at the next
regular meeting; that the matter of ar
ranging sessions at No. 10 school be
referred to the superintendent and the
South Side directors.
Upon the recommendation of the
building committee the contract for
erecting No. % building in the Third
ward was given to +. S. Williams. his
bid being s13.775. Mrs. W. H. Williams,
janitress of No. "a. was allowed an in
crease of salary of S. per month on ac-
count of the opening of an additional
room in that building. The proposition
of the Scranton Iron Fence company to
| erect a tire-escaDe for $2l0, at No. 25,
where the rooms on the third floor are
to be opened up. was submitted by the
building committee and adopted. des-
pite Mr.. Jennings protest against
awarding contracts without first secur-
ing competitive bids.
The next report of the building COM
mittee was a proposition from the
Peck Lumber company to build the re-
tanning wall at No. 10 for $3.50. Mr..
Gibbons and Mr.. Barker made the same
objection that Mr.. Jennings did in the
former case and the matter was re-
| ferred back to the committee with In
structions to procure bids.
MIR. JACOBS EXPLAINED.
Mr.. Jacobs. chairman of the commit
| tee explained that the Peck Lumber
company is working on the ground
now and as it can get the stone needed
| for the wall from the excavation, it
felt that it could do the work cheaper
! than any other contractor and there
fore submitted the proposition. Arch-
tect Davis was consulted and gave his
opinion that the figure was very rea
sonable Mr.. Jacobs added that the
committee was not to be understood as
submitting the proposition in the shape
of recommendation.
| Another recommendation Of the
|
position from Mr.. Gibbons. 1t was one
directing Architect Duckworth to pre-
pare plans for the remodelling and al
teration of No. 2S building in the Thir-
teenth ward, represented by Mr.
Jacobs. the building committee chair
man. Mr. Gibbons argued that when
Mr.. Jacobs committee was considering
the enlargement Of buildings 1t should
not stop at the chairman's ward, but
include all buildings which are over
crowded and need alteration. ITS
ridiculous" said he. 1.-The way the chill
dren are crowded into the South Side
schools. particularly Nos. and 3. The
| children are coming upon us so fast
down there, that we can't keep track ut
them. | have no fault to find with that
Let them come but let us provide. foi
them as the law Directs
Mr.. Jacobs explained that he did not
expect to have this work done until
next summer. He was simply taking
time by the forelock as a precaItiol
against contingencies arising such at
in the long delayed No. 10 building IT
Mr.. Notz's ward. Any other member
who wanted to emulate his example
was at liberty To do so. The recon.
mendation was finally adopted.
ON The recommendation of Chairman
| Mitchell the question of securing an as
sistant to do the office work for Super.
intendent Howell. i'm order that he
might be able 10 spend more time IN
visiting the schools. was referred Il
the teachers committee, with power (,
act
SALARY NOT INCREASED.
The sum of $1,000 was voted To- In,
high and training school committee foi
the purchase of appara us a nd chemical Is
for the high school chemical laboratory
Mr.. Gibbons made u plea for Il raise in
The salary of Miss Sykes. principal OF
he training school. who now receives
ZOO per year, but the board turned q
deaf ear to his entreaty.
On motion of Mr.. Welsh. G. B. Der.
man was re-engaged as vocal instructor
for the public schools at u salary of S.;
per month. Part of his duties will bt
to conduct the singing at the higl
school each morning.
A request was received from Enter
prise lodge, Patriotic Order Sons O
America, and the Royal Arcanum O
the West Side for permission to rails,
flag over No 16 school in the Four
teenth ward when the building is com
pleted. Mr. Jennings said the school al
ready possesses flag and that the pu
pills are taking up penny collections t.
secure larger one. He would ID,
pleased, however. to have the board ac
cept the offer of the two societies con
ditioned that the children themselve!
fail to secure enough to buy flag.
The pay roll for the month of Septem
Der amounted to s15,3532S. divided a.
follows: Teachers. $13,4O7.OS substi
tutes S4751O ianitOrS 81 40 20