The San Francisco call., 1896-12-29
The Directors Will Con-
slider the Various Tend
ers To-day.
A Formal Contract for the Pur-
chase of the Site Was
Entered Into.
The School on the Farallon Islands
Is Finally Established With
Regular Teacher.

Nineteen bids for the construction of the
building and sanitary arrangements of
the new Mission High School were opened
at the meeting of the Board of Education
last evening, and were referred to the
committee of the whole to meet this
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The bids ranged from $119 ,908 to S12S,-
991 and each bidder put in a number OF
tenders according to the character of the
materials to be used. These matters must
be considered before the lowest offer can
be declared.
The bids on plumbing and gasfitting
ranged from $4134 to $5O59, and those on
heating and ventilating apparatus from
$3.50 to $4,000.
Solomon Ducas, who negotiated the
sale of the Mission High School lot with
the board, sent IN a communication re-
questing that the board make a formal
contract for the purchase. He stated in
communication that he had been advised
that such a step was necessary for the
mandamus proceedings which he intends
to bring to compel the Auditor to sign the
warrant for the purchase price. The form
of contract was submitted and adopted by
the board.
The bond of Charles J. Havens, as archi-
tect and superintendent for the construc-
tion of the new Mission High School, in
the sum of 100000, was approved.
The following recommendations of the
committee on classification were adopted: :
That Miss Eva Fairwea ther of the day sub
stitute class be appointed q probationary
teacher and assigned to the Burnett Primary
School; that Miss A. NJ Grozalfer be trans
ferred from the irving Primary School to the
Adams CosmopO. itan Grammar School; that
Miss Sarah Gumaer of the day substitute class
be appointed probationary teacher and as
signed TO the Irving Primary School; that
Charles L. Turner be transferred from the
Polytechnic High School to the Franklin
Evening School; that Charles II. Ham be de-
clared vice-prin cipal of the Poly technie High
School; that Miss Ida r. Strauss, assistant
teacher in the Hamilton Grammar School,
be declared vice principal of the school;
that a school be established on the
Farallon Islands, and that Miss Daisy Annette
Doud be appointed probationary teacher in
the department and assigned to the new
school; that Miss Jennie Kinds be transferred
from the evening substitute class to the day
subs ttute class, and that Miss Helen N. Grace
be transferred from the day substitute class to
the evening substitute class.
Under suspension of the rules the fol-
lowing were elected memb bers of the day
substitute class: Helen NJ. Grace, Jose
phine Frank, Eugenia Brooks, Josephine
Dufficy, Flora Honigsberger, Mrs NJ. E.
Perlet, Mabel G. Perkins, Miss Lennon,
Miss Kate Lyons, Miss julia Kehedy,
Miss Lids Carroll.
Mrs. Josephine E. Gerichten, who has
been in the employ of the department for
more than twenty two years past, re-
signed her position and announced her
intention of taxing advantage of the pro-
visions of the teachers pension fund law.
The board accepted the resignation on
these grounds.
The resignation of }. B. Eckman, jani-
tor of the Girls High School, was &C.
cepted
Miss Edna Scott, teacher of kinder
garten music and kindergarten work in
the San Francisco Normal School. was
appointed probationary teacher in the
department. with the same school and the
same duties.