The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-21

The nine members of the board of edu-
cation who were present at last night s
meeting, shrank appalled, from the Ask
of reading all the bids for school books
submitted by various firms in the bust
ness OF supplying bids, and referred the
whole matter to the clerk with instruc-
tons to tabulate and present same at a
meeting of the board TO be called by the
president.
For several days an advertisement has
! been running in the papers calling for
! bids for books. Not oniy several days,
! but several weeks. The board wanted a
| lot OF books, too. The specifications called
! for the following:
Fifteen thousand Primers and First
Readers. 1900 Second Readers, 10000
! Third Readers, 10000 Fourth Readers,
1900 Fifth Readers. 10000 Supplementary
Readers, 5000 Elementary Language
books, 5000 English GrammarS or
Language and Grammar 10000 Spelling
Books, 10000 Primary Arithmetics, 5000
Higher Arithmetics, 5000 Mental Arithme-
tics, 5000 Elementary Biographies, 5000
Higher Biographies, 1900 Elementary u.
tories. 100 Physiology and Hygiene,
or elementary Science, 5000 Drawing
Books, 5000 Music books, 800 Beginning
Books in English, 200 American Litera-
ture, 200 English Literature, 200 Rhetoric,
1000 English classics, 200 Physiology, 200
Botany, 200 Biology, 200 Zoology, 100
Geology, 12O Physics, 20 Chemistry, 80
French Grammars 100 French Readers,
800 French Readings, so Beginning Ger
man, 50 German GrammarS, 50 German
Readers. 240 German Readings. so Span
ish Gramnars, 90 Spanish Readers. 200
English History, 200 General History, 200
Roman History, 200 Greek History, $50
Y: 5. History, 200 Civil Government $50
Algebra, 500 Geometry, so Trigonometry,
80 Bookkeeping. 200 Beginning Latin. 30
Latin Grammars, $50 Latin Prose, Com
position, $50 Caesars Commentaries. so
Woo GlrsaFf .arl Y sr-rrT1 4
Beginning Greek. 20 Greek Grammars,
70 Aenophon's Anabasis, 20 Homers
Responses to the advertisement were
several bids. Firms from cultured Boston
to golden San Francisco filed offers TO
furnish One publishing house, marked
London, also put in a bid. The reading
of the word London called forth a derl-
sive litter from some of the many agents
who sat in the back ground waiting TO
hear the figures. The following is a list
of the bidders: Indiana Publishing Co.
Robb & Co, Philadelphia; American Book
Co., Thompson, Brown & Co.. Chicago;
Public School Supply Co. Bloomington,
H.; Mcmillan & Co.. New York; Werner
Book Co.. Chicago; Mutual Book Co., !
New York; Whitaker & Ray, San Fran |
Krohn Bros. New York; Z. c. NJ /, |
city; Merrill & Co.. New, York; Educa- |
Smith & Co; Harper &, Bros, New York |
California Vertical Writing Co.. A. Lowell |
& Co. Chicago, New York, Boston and |
London; Longtines,, Green & Co, New
logg & Co, Bigelow & Main, Chicago; |
allyn q Bacon, Boston; George Rutlege |
& Co. New York; Sheldon & Co.. Salt |
Lake City; Henry Holt * Co., New York; |
John Church & Co. Cincinnati; Practical |
Text Book Co, Cleveland; Bechtel 6. Co.
ST. Louis; Leech, Sewall & Sons, Boston;
ditionaI bic: George g. Cannon e Sons.
city; Educational Publishing Co, Chi
cago; Central School Supply House: The
6nrls Sewer Co, Philadelphia; Silver.
Burdette & Co., Chicago: CHM & Co,
Chicago. two bids; Allyn & Bacon, Chi
cago. additional bid; D. c. Heath & Co,
Boston.
The bids as submitted meant the read
ing of over 1000 pages of tyoewritten
matter in order TO enlighten the board
as to their contents and so. On motion of
Mr.. WeSterfeld, the clerk was instructed |
to get all the additional help needed at
the typeWriting machine and tabulate the
same for reading at d meeting of the |
committee of the whole to be called by
the president.
The committee on buildings and grounds
knocked the bidders on the new Tenth
ward school out Every bid was re-
lecIed on a report from the committee on
buildings and grounds, as being excessive
me committee also recommended the
BOARD nave concrete foundation put in
ana that the balance of the work be let
instead of the entire build
ng at once, and this the board agreed to.
Applications to teach We're received
rom the following Maude Croft l. M
Gillian. Mrs. Lydia Snow Pierce. Nav
5rier alexander, city; John w Wilkinson.
Paris Tex, and Miss H. NJ. Hess. Huron
) D. They We're referred to the teachers
Inquiry developed the fact that the :
schools We're IN good condition for the ,
observance of Memorial day. They have
# bows have been drilling for the j
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