The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-09

Last nights meeting of the board of
control raised the salaries of princi-
pals of grammar schools $40 per month,
broke up in disorder before all the busi-
ness of the session was transacted, and
President Francois left ear will be apt
to burn for a couple of days from the
things said about him. Eleven men,
bers felt like retiring into the alley
behind the city hall and pummeling
one another for allowing nine of their
colleagues to outwit them.
Dennis Roche of the Seventh, told
Mr.. Francois it was the worst case of
film fam he ever saw. heard or read
about. And John NJ. Casey sad
Yes, Alex, you're a daisy. l must
give you credit for it,"
1t happened this way: The building
committee among other things reported
IN favor of referring the question of
heating No. 81 school back to the
board. Eleven members, Messrs
o 'Malley, Davis, Phillips, Casey, Roche,
Walsh, Jayne, Evans, Langan, Glib
bons, Leonard and Jennings We're pull
ing together on every question that
came up, anwd Messrs. Shires. May,
Schafer. Neus. Schriefer. Barker,
Schwass and Francois were the other
way.
The Hunt e. Connell company was
one of four firms that bid on the heat
ing contract and proposed to do the
job for $4,22l, and to connect the school
with the sewer some hundred feet
away. The agreement with reference
to the sewer was made to the bid after
it was sent in but before the commit
tee considered the bids.
CAPT. MAY APPROVED IT.
Captain May was opposed to con-
tract because the bid was irregular,
having been changed after it was sent
in. and Furthermore he was teetotally
opposed to it because it was expending
$4,000 on an $1,000 building that would
soon have to be torn down and re-
placed with a modern twenty or thirty
thousand dollar structure. 1t would
take a stenographer with four hands
and all of them going like sixty to
record the discussion that followed.
motion to lay the question on the
table indefinitely was voted down. Mr.
Jennings made a motion to readvertise
for bids and Mr.. Gibbons made a mo-
tion to lay Mr.. Jennings motion on the
table. 1t was lost by tie vote, 10
to 10.
At this stage Mr.. Shriefer made a
motion to adjourn. 1t was put and Mr..
Francois declared il carried. and at
the same time picked up his hat and
walked out. The members ran from
one to the other talking fast and loud,
and John Gibbons arose and announced
that all in favor of disposing of the
heating question remain and transact
business. He said there were eleven Of
them. Then himself and D. I. Phil
lips ran hither and thither to muster
a quorum but failed in the confusion.
Mr. Langan mounted to the chair and
Mrs. Fellows called the roll, but only
a few answered to their names, and
the attempt to go on again was aban-
doned' The ruling of Mr.. Francois on
the motion to adjourn was criticized
as equivalent to the most arbitrary
piece of business ever witnessed
Many verbal fling was aimed at him
as he strobe to the corridor
The teachers committee made the
following report:
| HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
! l. That the yearly average of the pupils
| in Grammar A grade be added to the av.
| erage of the final examination and those
| passing the mark of seventy be admitte
| to the high school. This rule to be in ef-
| feet this year only.
>. That transfers be made as follows
| Cara Niomeyer, from No. 35 to No. 2S
| Lois Sanction, from Nc. 2S to No So; Kate
A. Smith, from No. 81 to No. 2S elizabeth
| Duval, from No. 2S to No. "a. That Miss
Walsh, of No. be transferred from Pri.
mary a grade to intermediate b, same
| school. and that Rose Shields, of No. 2
| be transferred from intermediate tc
| Primary a. and that Agnes Murray be
| transferred from No. Is to the position va.
| Gated by Miss Fellows in No. 10, and that
Miss Daniels be transferred from the
| annex of No. IS to the main building.
] j. That the salary of all Grammar A
principals and principals OF all l2-roor
| buildings be made 800 per month. Thai
the salary of all Grammar b and prin.
! cipals be made $50 per month. That Mar
| tin Joyce be made truant officer for the
ensuing year at a salary Of so per month
Mr.. Barker led the opposition to tn,
| increase in salaries and took tn
| ground that it will involve the OUTLAY
! of an additional 81 900 for which n,
| provision has been made in the appro
| priation. He was reinforced by the
members of the minority given above
| except that Mr.. Francois was on tn
| strong side and Mr. Leonard was op
| posed to the advance. But Mr.. Fran
co.'s was the only one opposed to hirin.
Martin Joyce for the full term. II
thought a truant officer was not need
ed more than four months, as the Law
does not require a compulsory attend
ance Of more than sixteen weeks o
any one term.
The teachers who will receive a rails,
| of $40 and their present salaries, ex
cept in the case of Miss Lees. who get,
an advance of SIS. are as follows:
SALARIES RAISED.
No. 9, John p. Quinnan, $40; No. s
j. NJ. Beaumont, $40; No. 8, W. r
Graves, $40; No. 10, NJ. ]. Ketrick, $50
| No. -, NJ. d. McCawley $50; No. Il
David owens, $50; No. Is, j. f. O'Mal
ley, $40; No. 16, f. A. Cruttenden, $50
No. IS, j. T. Jones, s75; No. 10. JOSH
ID. Lees, SIS; No. 25, Henry Kemmer
ling, $50; No. 27, j. b. Hawker, $50; No
2S, IL. L. Burdick, $50; No. 81, ID. w
Phillips, $40; No. 80. II. l.. Morgan, $75
No 33, ID. A. Stone, $50; No. S5, l..
Mackey, $50; No. SO, E. r. Stephenson
$50.
The building committee recommends
that Patrick Whelan be appointed jani
tor in place of John Connery, of No.
the change to take place Sept. /, at
salary of $45 per month.
Tht Joshua Poppelwell be appointe
at No. "a in place of Thomas Apple
man. That the ianitors of No. s, /
and Is be paid for twelve months ser