The sun., 1898-11-29
}NEN SCHOOL BUILDING
y VI Education Advertises
for Sealed Proposals for
Ito Construction.
kUST Be WILMINGroNlANs
Iiarman Hartman, Of the Finance
Committee, Announces That
There Will be . shortage of
"a. 900 Within the Next
Seven Months.


AT the meeting OF the Board of Educa-
Dn last evening 1t was decided to ad
Iertis- for sealed proposals for the new
High School building.
The bidders must be residents OF viii.
.ingtnA, and each must depOsit certi-
nd check f'r 81 900. Prop'rals will be
Received from Wednesday, November 30,
"a January ..
w The plans and specifications can be
zen at School No. 5, on Walnut street
bei wpen Twelfth and Thirteenth.
MIA neither interesting matter that came
SNp bef,re the beard was statement ut
|Slle financial condition OF the board,
= MADE by Chairman Hartman, of the
Finance Committee. s.s.. r..r
He stated that If the Boards expenses
Tor the next seven months continued at
the same rate there would be shortage
4 of from, between $1,000 and $3OOl.
This wond not include the $4,000
taken last year from the incidental fund.
The Board will receive from the city
during the next seven months the sum
Of $86, 1873 80 N arly 5000 will be re-
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schools. .D
Chairman Hartman said he felt sorry
. that the finances were in such condi-
ton as no one was more in favor of new
buildings than he.
He felt that he should give warning to
the new building committee, that it
would not be safe to go on regardless of
expense, Owirg to the condition OF the
finances of the Board
In the absence # President Shortidge,
who was in attendance at the bazaar of
the Teachers Mutual Beneficial AssOcia-
tion, which he formally opened, Senator
Pyle was called to the chair The Sena.
tor begged to be excused. The motion
to have him preside was, however, unani-
mously carried and the Senator grace
fully took the Presidents chair.
The teachers committee reported that
atbay had opened an additional m-nain'
school and appointed Annie E. Forrest
as teacher. A new school was opened
in school 2S with Ly dia w. Downey as
teacher. The report was adopted.
Chairman Belts, of the Fuel, Heating
and Ventilation Committee, reported
that it would be inexpedent to put in
new boiler at school IA, and also mex
pedient to raise the salary of tie janitor
of school H.
He reported that the contract for glaz-
ing school buildings for the year had
been awarded to the James Bradford
Company. 1t was decided to raise the
salary Of the janitol OF school Is to 500
after December.
An order was drawn for $37S to pay
the insurance on the furniture of school
%.
I 1t was decided to purchase bookcase
| and rug for school 5 and two curtains for
school Is.
Senator Pyle reported that the new
school known as 2S was doing fine
work.
The United Labor League sent COM
munication protesting agains the closing
Of the schools on the Friday following
Thanksgiving Dav. 1t is held that if the
expenses of the schools are almost the
! same as when the schools are open and
no benefit is derived by the pupils there
is no necessity fol closing the schools on
that day, and it is contrary to the by
laws of the board. The communication
was signed by the secretary Of the League,
N. A. Ruth.
A discussion ensued over the state
,inent made by Mr.. Belts, that there
should be change made in the steam
heat return pipes at School No. "a. He
Thought the change could be made at a
cost under $40. He said if the change
was not made the boiler would likely be
huined. He said check valve would be
needed which was said could be put in
for $40.
( Mr.. Kommel thought a check valve
lcould be put in for from $3 to SIS. He
was told that a lot OF brick work would
have to be torn out to get at the back Of
the boiler. He moved to ammend Mr.
Belts motion to have the system changed
by adding that plumbers be asked to bid
bn the work. Mr.. Turner thought the
chairman Of the Fuel, Heating and Ven
tilation Committee should be allowed to
eelect the plumbers. The amendment
WAS not seconded and Mr. Belts motion
WAS passed.
N The heating Of one of the rooms in
School 8, was referred to the Heat Fuel
gand Ventilation Committee.
A The designations of two teachers were
VitceNcu, ViaV VI MaSgle "A. Molicy, VI
(School p, and of Marion L. Powell, sec.
ond assistant of School IL.
\ On behalf of the president of the
board, the members were invited to at
jtend the teachers bazaar at the close Of
the meeting.
Well.knOWn Minstrel Ill.
Frank Moran, the well.known min
tstrel, is lying seriously i'll at the German
Hospital An operation was performed