The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-28
CITY Has LIST MONEY
Rejection of Bids for Coal
for Schools Will Cost
the Municipality $3.50
BOARD OF Quotations DOINGs
Miss Van Wrinkle Succeeds Miss
Brigham as Principal of No.
lis Primary Mr..
Muller Objects.
BOARD OF Quotations DoINGs

III DOdIQ u E0uCdlith was oShStNANN
to meet at ten o'clock last evening, but
when the roll was called at that houi
only six-just one short of a quorum
responded. The absentees were sent fol
and the Board finally got to work twenty
minutes after the scheduled time. The
first business taken up was the new bid
for coal for the schools. There were only
two bidders: James Mannix and James
Coyle, whose previous bids had been re
jected. Their prices this time were q
per cent. higher han before.
Coyle's bid for egg coal was $4.25 pei
ton; stove coal, $3.50; nut, $4.25; pea, $3.50
The bid of Mannix was:-For egg, $3.50
stove, $3.50; nut, $3.50; pea. $3.50. The
contract was awarded to James Coyle, he
being the lowest bidder.
Director Mersheimer took occasion tc
say that the throwing out of the firsi
bids on account of a technicality had cost
the city about $3.50, the price of coal hav-
ing advanced since that time and could
not be furnished now at the prices al
which it was hen offered. Director Finn
made a similar statement.
The two new members of the Board
win AAth liz LIS L II
place of David r. DAILY, resigned, and
John ]. M~ulvaney, from the Fifth ward
in place of Thomas J. Degnan, also re-
signed, made their first appearance at the
meeting.
A model application for appointment as
~janitor OF caretaker of the new school
building No. 26, when completed, was re.
ceived from John Bailey, of No. 176 Webs
ter avenue, in which he told of his mfr.
mites, his good qualities, how many he
had in family, that his five sons are vo-
ters, all going to prove, as he asserted,
hat in that school building he would be
the right man in the right place." The
application was referred to the Commit
tee on Janitors.-
The resignation of Phoebe A. Brigham
as principal of the primary department OF
School No. Il, on account of failing health,
to take effect February IL, was received
and accepted. and the following resolu-
tien in relation thereto adopted
Whereas, Miss Phebe A. Brigham has
resigned her position as principal of the
primary department of School No. II, af-
ter a service of nearly forty years in the
public schools of this city;
Resolved, That this Board place upon
record their appreciation of her long and
faithful service and congratulate her upor
her splendid career as a teacher so honor
ably terminated.
Miss Van Wrinkle of No. II Annex was
appointed to succeed Miss Brigham by
unanimous vote, the appointment to take
effect February l. Miss Imogene L. Col.
vim N>School No. Z, was granted an Elk
tension 0f thirty days leave of absence
and leave of absence was granted to Miss
Eva Potter of School No. 5, both on ac-
count of sickness and both with loss OF
monitors pay.
A resolution was adopted by a vote OF
. to 4 appointing Mrs. Anna Brown, o
principal OF the grammar department OF
No. 2 School, head assistant of No. II An
mex, to take effect February /.
Director Muller voted against the reso-
luton for the reason, as he said. that
there was something about it he could
not understand. He could not see why
the rule of making appointments accord.
ing to the recommendation of the commit
tee of the school for which they were
made should be departed from in this
case. He did not think it right or Just tc
place a teacher from another school in
this position when there are Aplenty OF
teachers there entitled to promotion.
Director Allen said he believed in keep
ing up his record as an old member OF
the Board of always standing by the
committee, and therefore he would vote
against the resolution.
Director Nimmo said it was his wish
as he thought to be his duty, after I'M
Outstanding what had always been the
rule of the Board, to sustain the chair
man, and would, therefore. vote no
L iASeS IA civ
up the four who voted against the ap-
pointment of Miss Brown
On the recommendation of the Commit.
tee on Text Books and Course of Studies
Rand, McNally & Co.'S map of the Pacific
Ocean and Oceanica was ordered placed
on the list of text books, the price tc
be 1920 on common rollers and $4.2O me-
in diamond cases.
A communication from H. H. Brush
insurance agent of New York, amending
his former offer of insurance rates on The
steam boilers in the Public School build
ings, increasing the amount, was referred
to the Committee on Heating and Fuel.
Superintendent Snyder reported tina
these pupils had successfully completed
the prescribed course of study in the
Training School, and recommended thai
the diploma of the school be awarded t.
each of them
Eta Banfeld, Wilma Bauer, Edna
Beers, Anna Bristol, Ethel Cameron, Tes
sic Carlin, May Carly, Frances Corbett
Floye Dale, Grace Dodd. Mary Flanagan
Florence Graham, Mabel Grimes, Eleanoi
Guillan, Florence Harding. Marguerite
Higginbotham, Katharine Hunter, Anna
Jensen. Miriam Kanegsburg, Adeline Kos
ter, Rose Lascell, Elizabeth Mckernan
Peterson. Mabel Post, Katharine Rey.
nolds, Mabel Rinehart, Margaret Richie
Hattie Symes, Alice Waters, Minnie
Wheelihan, Mary Whelan.
Permission was granted to the Kinder
garten Association to use the building for
merly occupied by No. 10 Annex Schoo
on Wayne street, for the establishment
of a kindergarten school, and a resolution
adopted requesting the Street and Watel
Board to forthwith remove from sai6
building the park benches stored therein
A resolution was adopted placing on the
retired list Miss Imogene L. Coivin, wht
is incapacitated from duty as a teacher
by continued Illness.
Director higgins reported that the worl
on the new school building, No. IL, i:
embarrassing rani61v and that very S0nT
it will be ready for the laying of thu
cornerstone.
On account of the retirement of two
| membersfrom the Board and the advent o
| two new members the President report
| ed changes in the standing committees
as Yellowstone the special High Schoo
Committee, Mersheimer in place of DAILY
Committee on Teachers and Salaries
Mooney, chairman, In place of DAILY, ant
| Broderick to take the place of Mooney
Committee on Finance, Broderick in plac'
of Daily; Text Books n Hours of Study
! Mulvaney to succeed Broderick; Commit
tee on Printing. Nimmo to succeed Deg
nan; Inventory and Report, Mulvaney tt
succeed Degnan; High School, Brodericl
in place of DAILY; Committee on Schoo
No. ], Nimmo to succeed DAILY; School NC
10. Mulvaney in place of Degnan.
The special committee appointed t.
draft resolutions expressing the sentimen
of the Board on the resignation of Direc
| tor David R. Daily submitted the follow
ing. which was adopted
The Boar of Education having learne,
| that Mr.. David R. Daily, who has rep
| resented the First ward since May 6, 1896
has been compelled by pressure of bust
ness duties to sever his connection wit
this Board, takes great pleasure in placinI
on record this official minute of the es
TEEN in which he is held by his colleague
and the value of his services to the city
i David R. DAILY has been a member o
the Board of Education for almost tire
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