The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-14
COMMITTEE MET.
Regular Session Of School
Board Held Last Evening
Lengthy Discussion on Construc.
ton Of New High Street School


The regular monthly meeting OF the
School Committee was held last evening,
Chairman Blodgett presiding. Commit
teemen Emerson and Coop were the only
absentees. The records OF the last meeting
were read and approved.
A bill amounting to s522.55 for janitors'
wages, lighting and other incidentals, was
allowed and ordered paid.
Mr.. Pierce reported that the committee
on property had considered the bids for
the new High street school, but had not
come to any conclusion.
The contract for furnishing coal and
wood for the school buildings was awarded
to the City Coal company, their bid being
for coal $3.50 per ton and wood $3.50 per
cord.
The subject was then discussed OF be-
ginning school on the second Monday In
November or the first Monday In October.
Mr.. Cronin said he thought 1t would be
well to open the schools the second Mon
day in September, but as the School Com
mittee had no money they would have to
trust to the City Council to appropriate
money to pay the teachers. Mr.. Pierce
said that he thought it would be wise to
open the schools a. late as possible on ac-
count of the repairs on the buildings that
must be made and which they have not
yet provided for. After some further dts
cussion Mr.. Pierce moved that the Super
intendent Of Schools be instructed to open
the schools the 18th Of September and the
motion was carried. = -.s,..
Chairman Sisttery Of the COMMITTEES on
property recommended that the servicel
OF chief janitoR Benjamin r. Perkins
janitor John Gary Of Grove street and
Michael McCabe, janitor OF Brook snd
Summit streets, be dispensed with aftel
| the 3lst of July, and the following personi
elected in their place: Chief Janitor, Franz
| Aficck; p. Cauley, Grove street, and
1 Patrick J. Quinn Brook and Summit streets
] The Recommendation was adopted.
The new High str st school matter We
| again called up and . lengthy discussion
| ensued az to the advisability of changini
| the material with which 1t is to be built 81
as to bring 1t inside the limit Of the ap
| propriation.
Mrs. jolly said she thought that the con
| tract should be given to some Pawtucke
contractor II possible, and Mr.. Cronil
and Mr.. Littlefield agreed with her.
was then shown that the lowest bidde
was Z. e. Carpenter g. Co., of Worcester
and the next lowest bidders were BENJAMIN
| f. Smith and Sylvanus Mason of this city
Then followed lengthy discussion
| to the advisibility of re- modelling the plan
| and receiving new bids. After some debat
| the plans were remodeled. Mr.. Cronil
moved that the committee on property re
| ceive new bids from the three loves
| bidders based on the modification OF tn
plans and 81 ,cifications approved and tina
| they be authorized to contract for the new
building provided they do not exceed tn
| appropriation made by the Board for tn
same. This motion was passed.
The I port of the Truant Officer report
ing 81 absentees and 81 parents notified t
send their children to school was the
read and placed on file.
Mrs. Jolly said that the children at Far
lawn had received transfers sending then
| to the High street school, distance Q
two miles, and she considered it unjust I
send the children such distance elthe
| in hot or cold weather. She said II tn
teacher at Fairlawn had an assistant tina
all the children could be accommodate
there, as there was room enough. Sh
moved that an assistant be placed in tn
Fairlawn school. Her motion was referre
to the committee on promotion. Th
| meeting then adjourned.