The record-union., 1898-01-27
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
NO BALLOT YET FOR SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT.
The Board of Education Tra1sacts
Ordinary Routine Business
and Adjourns.

At the regular meeting of the CITY
Board of Education last night, at which
there was a full attendance, Director
Atkinson of the Building and Supplies
Committee, reported that the commit
tee had ordered the heating pipes Oh
one Of the heaters at the Sacramento
Grammar School, at Sixteenth and
streets, wrapped in asbestos to keep
them from losing heat While convey
ing it to the school rooms.
The committee, Director Atkinson
said, looked on the wrapping process
as a matter of emergency, brought
about by the present cold spell, the
heating apparatus, as it was, being in
adequate. The committees action had,
he said, been severely scored, and it
was possible, being new to the busi-
ness, that they had acted hastily Il
so he was ready to make amends 10
the board. He understood that COM
municatjon touching rather stringently
on the committees action had been
received by the Secretary, and he ask
ed that it be read.
There being no objections, the COM
muuication from Holbrook, Merrill &
Stetson, per T. L. Enwright, was ac-
cordingiy read. 1t follows:
ITO the Honorable Board of Educa-
tion Gentlemen: Your Directors,
Messrs. Atkinson and Ransom, asked us
to call al the Grammar School, Six
teenth and ] streets, to figure on wrap
ping hot air pipes, ETC.; also to give
them a report as to why the vario US
rooms did not receive the necessary
amount of heat.
BEG to state that we sent our fore
man and writer out and they made an
examination of the various rooms. We
had our report ready to submit to you
this (W ednesday) evening, also the
cost Of wrapping each pipe, furnace, etc 4,
and we now find that a portion of this
work has been done without asking US
for our opinion as to what it could be
done for
1--WE telephoned Mr.. Ransom to-day
about this matter, and asked him how
it was that this undue haste was made
without giving US a show to figure on
the work. He replied that they had
found some poor devil and put him
to work at the job This we do not
object to, but we are taxpayers in
this city. as we'll as the other fellow
is, and we hire a great many poor
devils and keep them employed.
Again, we went to considerable trouble
and expense in order to prepare the
necessary report as per the above
named Directors instructions.
we quote the above remarks with
out prejudice, as we are desirous OF
placing the matter before the board
Awaiting your reply, we remain
yours very truly
Director Atkinson again took the
floor and explained that there had
really been cause for haste. The rooms
We're cold, and additional heat was
needed. IT was true that himself and
Director Ransom and called on Ho1-
brook, Merrill & Stetson and requested
that they furnish a report such as that
referred to in their communication, but
in the meantime Director Ransom had
found a man named Smith who agreed
to do the work for S25, and he was
auth orized by the committee to So
ahead and do it.
Director Sherburn said that while The
committee had expended more money
than, un0er the rules it was author
lied to dc, he believed all was done in
good faith. and he moved the ratifca-
tion of its action. He explained that
under the rules no committee could,
without consulting the board, expend
more than S15.
Director Johnson said the committee
ought to be kept within the limits al
lowed, and Director Panabaker sug-
gested that the several committees
should be given authority to expend a
larger sum than $50 in case Of an emer-
gency.
Director Perkins, however, protested
against giving any authority for in
creased expenditure of funds to the sew
eral committees, and contended that a
special meeting could be called in
case of an emergency.
Sherburn's motion to approve the ac-
tion of the committee was carried by a
unanimous vote, and Holbrook, Mer-
1iII & Stetson's communication was Or
dered placed on file. Panabaker's sug-
gestion was dropped without further
action.
Bills aggregating S49S a. and salaries
aggregating S9557 S5 were approved
and ordered paid.
A communication from VIM. Beckman
and A. c. Hinkson, Of the Executive
Committee on State Conventions, re-
questing the board TO use its influence
to secure the Democratic and Republi-