The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-07-07
Annual School Meeting.
EDGERTON, WIS, i.

The annual school meeting of joint
school district No. of the city of Edger
ton and town of Fulton convened at the
school building on above date. Meeting
being organized by the election of W. S.
Heddles as chairman. Minutes Of last
annual meeting was read and approved.
The clerk then read the report of the
school board which, byvote, was adopted.
The School Board of Joint School Dis
trict No. 8, city of Edgerton and town of
Fulton, respectfully report to annual
meeting of said District No. 8, as follows:
The schools have been taught during
the past year for the three successive
terms without interruption. At the be-
ginning of the school year we had eleven
teachers, four of whom were teaching
their first year with us. Of these four,
the two assistants in the high school en-
tered upon their work for the first time.
During the middle of the fall term Prof.
Adrian received fattering offer from
the River Falls Normal School and
entered his resignation with your board
which was accepted, G. D. Rosa of Beloit
College, being elected to fill the vacancy.
This gave us an entirely new corps of
teachers in the high school. At the end
of the fall term Miss Kidder resigned her
position as teacher of the seventh grade,
and Miss Whitmore was elected to till
the vacancy. Under existing conditions
your board consider the years work a
successful one. All the teachers of the
past year have been re-engaged for the
ensuing year at the same salary as that
of last year.
The total enrolment of the past year
has beed 4S0. We have had thirty non
resident pupils and have received for
tuition 1910. A small amount is still
outstanding which we hope to collect.
At the last annual school meeting an
appropriation of $4,000 was voted for an,
addition to the school building. This
was built together with additional i'm
provements at an actual cost of S48S7.2O.
In the original estimate furnaces for
heating and seats for the new addition
were the only items considered outside
tic cost of the building. Later it was
deemed advisable to enter into con-
tract with the Edgerton Sewerage Co.
For consideration of $50 the School
District received the right and privilege
to enter said company's main sewer to
have such rights and privileges
as long as such sewer is in operation.
Said contract being on file in register OF
deeds office of Rock county. After care
full consideration the board found it ad-
visable to change the system of urinals
and closets, and therefore put ill., in the
new part two closets and one slate urin-
al also one slate urinal in the old build
ing, all of which were connected with the
sewerage system. The urinal in the old
building caused a great deal Of trouble
on account of it's unsanitary condition.
The board would state that the former
system of closets can be changed from
the old to the new system of water clos
cts and connected Wi til this sewerage
system at any time. These changes
made it necessary to take water from
the east side of the old building to the
new addition. We also found it neceS-
sary to put in in connection with the
closets a cement floor over the entire
basement in the new addition. Your
board feel amply repaid for the addi-
tional expense incurred through the new
urinals and closets.
The question of heating has been an
annoying one to your board and after
testing the new furnaces in the addition
for one year, the question arises whether
it would not be economy to replace the
old furnaces with the modern improve
ments. The fire boxes in the old furn-
aces will need to be replaced before they
are used further, and the saving of fuel
is estimated by the janitor to be 800
between the old and the new furnaces.
| The question of closets and furnaces is
left to the discretion of this meeting.
| Your board secured from the Tobacco
Exchange bank a loan of S3,500O0 at
four per cent. interest, according to reso-
luton passed at last annual meeting.
The financial report is af follows: