The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-19

At last nights session of the board
of education the nine members pres
ent gave an imitation of doing Whole
lot of business in a short time Inc
board is noted for covering a whole lot
Of ground in a given time, everything
being cut and dried before me meeting
opens, but last evening distance was
annfhiIated as concerns the precious
moments For instance: The com
mittee On buildings and grounds, to
which was referred all the bids for the
new Tenth ward school building, came
in with a report again rejecting all the
bids for the construction OF the same
claiming they were too hlgh py iar.
Then occurred a remarkable event.
rrbA committee suggested the passage
of a resolution authorizing 1t to Soilctt
bids for the work. by sections, and
when this was adopted made a report
giving the concrete work to Jim Aus
tin, the. brick, stone and cut rock "oIh
to Craig & Atkinson and the carpen-
ter work. exclusive of wainscoung, TO
Che Salt Lake Building and Manufac-
turing company. These bids came IN
exactly one minute after the report
authorizing the solicitation-the quick
est bit OF labor on record. The recon-
mendations Of the committee were
adopted and business Will now pro-
coed.
Explaining this bit of official legerde-
main, Chairman Dooly said the COM
mfttee merely took the lowest bids ON
the work and offered them TO the con-
tractors. which were accepted. by
this the board claims to be able to
save nearly $500 in the cost of con-
struction.
But the building matter was not all,
by any means. The board ratified the
matter of the selection of text books
for the coming five years, and Tor the
first time in lc. these many moons,
there was a difference of opinion, even
in voting. the main chance carrying
by a vote in which there were two
negatives, while one of the resolutions
of the committee passed by majority
of one. This close vote in the board
of education caused a great deal OF
surprise on the part of the few spec
tators, who are not used to it.
The business OF the board, condensed
into readable shape, is about as fol-
lows:
TEACHERS APPLICATIONS.
The following applications to teach
were read and referred to the teach
ers' committee for action:
May Hartwell, city; Lily S. Potter
city; Eve Winberg, city; Anna h.
Wade. city; Libbie Edward. city; Anna
Nebeker. city; Maude Paul. city; Del
bert W. Parratt, city; Hattie Dunn
city; A T. Waltz, city; Geneva Egbert,
city; Caroline Harrison, CITY, Hyrum
/. Nelson. city; Fanny c. Allen, city;
c. Z. Christensen, American Fork,
Utah: Anna SpOnberg, Logan, Utah;
r. Vaughan. Logan, Utah; John Hoh,
South Jordan, Utah; Winnie b. Smltn,
Ogden, Utah; Janet B. Glen, Medina,
o.: Herbert b. Swobe, Chicago, H.;
Florence NJ. Richardson. Duluth, Mimi;
Hattie c. Wheel, East Peppereil, Mass;
Carrie L. Stockwell. East Peppereh'
Mass: q. w. Mcintyre, Normal. III;
Lavina z. Roberls. Milton, Ill; Mabel
Bosworth. Ann Arbor, Mich; al
lah Croker. Jackson. Mich; Selma
Wasweyler. Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
6 A Mcbride. Helena, Montana;
L. d. Owens, Elwood, Ind; William L.
Crossthwait. Lebanon, O.; Grace j.
Whittle. Spokane, Wash; Kate NJ
FAIR. Belgrade. Mont; Ada Wheeler,
Denver Colo; Nj. Adele Dwelly, Drum
mond. Mont: Dele Duncan. Princeton.
Ind: F. +. Noyes, Indianapolis, Ind;
]. f. Wilson, Elk City, Kan; d. NJ.
Bales. Elkton, Colo; D. f. Lyons, MARI
nette. Wis: Bertha Skidmore, Noun
tainhome, Ida; Fannie OLeary, Ne
gaunee, Mich; Frank Dunkin, wichita,
Kan; Leonard X. Smith, Denver Colo;
w l. Riggs. Kirkville. Mo-; Arlington
c. Harvey. Columbus, o.: l.. A Jeftery,
Polo. Ill: W. c. Blakeslee, Milwaukee.
Wis; j. z. Whist. Ann Arbor, Mich;
Helen X. Palmer. Fremont, Neb.;
Laura NJ. Guenther, Madison, Wis;
Jennie w Clute, Montezuma, Ia; Mary
Z. Harris, Ann Arbor, Mich; Willford
]. MCGEE. Chicago, Ill; Elizabeth L.
McCuskey, Woodbine, Ia.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Ex-County Collector John D. Spencer
filed the following statement OF finances
for the year 1896 all of which was re-
ferred to the finance committee for its
For treasurer to collects rs o.
Uncollectable, double assess
Sales TO county ..--------.--- so1 -
Payments to board .......--.. 19s,O0S 90
COMMUNICATIONS.
This bit of business being disposed
of the clerk read the request
of James Pullen TO be appointed janitor
of some school. Referred to the COM
nittee on buildings and grounds.
State Superintendent John r. Park
sent in a communication stating that
under the law the board had been ap-
portioned seven scholarships in the
state normal school, of two years dura-
ton. which were at the disposal of the
board and when made should be re-
10 the STATE 81 MS
matter was referred TO the teachers
committee
Nellie Smith. Clarence Post, Lizzie
Post, B. r. Howell May Hartwell,
Charles Peak, d. NJ. Ross and Celia
Swenson asked 20 be appointed census
enumerators and their requests were
referred to the teachers committee
also. They will be reported on at the
next meeting of the board, which oc-
ours next Thursday evening.
NEW SCHOOLMAAMS.
The teachers committee submitted
the report of the board of examiners
in the matter of teachers who had
been before il and recommended the
issuing Of certificates TO the following:
Grammar Grade-Jennie Garfield.
Katherine Parson, Genevieve NJ. Elan
agan, Katherine Jellich. May Thomas,
Caroline Olsen, \. c. Harrington and
Grace Smith.
Primary Grade-Annette c. Banker.
Cora Truitt, Annie r. Loda. Lillian E.
Thompson. May Kimball. Mrs. jean
nette Richards, CRAZE II. Stanchfield,
Amy Bowman, Ida NJ. Chandler, Lua-
Gene Hoge. Susie Mediil, Mary Carruth-
ers. Ada NJ. Pratt, Maude Paul. Maud
Z. Miner, Rose Jenkins, Florence Lee
Garrett, Helen C. Burbank, Irene
Elarth and Harriet Z. Turner. The or
der for certificate was issued by the
board.
1t viii be remembered that some
weeks ago The Herald directed atten-
ton TO the contemplated employment
of d. +. Augsburg as professor of
drawing and George c. Young as