The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-19

The continuing Of an insurance pol
icy for $4,000 on No. 0 school building
was the cause Of much discussion and
debate at last evenings special meet
ing of the board of control. The argu-
ment began when the report of the in
surance committee was read awarding
$4,000 worth of insurance on the new
No. 9 building to James d. Evans and
Stark & Turn.
G. G.. Roland, who was seated in the
rear Of the room, was given the privi-
lege of the floor and stated that COM
panies represented by him had carried
$4,000 worth of Insurance on the old
building, which was, OF course, can
celled when it was torn down, though
there was still over two years yet to
run on 1t with an unearned premium
of over $40 He said if the board gave
the insurance to another firm. as ad-
vised by the committee. they would
forfeit this $40, which. If he again took
up the policy, would be applied to it.
on motion of Mr. Earker it was
decided that $4,000 of the old policy be
continued on No. .. the limit on that
building being 10000, and that the
remaining $4,000 be transferred to No.
surance al present
GRADING AT NO S.
The building committee recommend
ed that the contract for the grading
of the grounds around No. SO school be
awarded to Conrad Schroeder and that
the other two propositions included in
the specifications, namely, the grad
ing Of the street and the construction
of a retaining wall, be left till next
spring. Mr.. Gibbons stated that Mr.
Schroeder would not do this portion
Of the work unless he was assured of
obtaining the entire contract. He was
in favor of awarding the whole con-
tract to him with the understanding
that only the grading Of the grounds
be done at present.
This proposition caused much argu-
ment and motion finally made by Mr..
Barker was carried awarding the con-
tract of the grading to Mr.. Schroeder,
and if he refused to do only this por-
tion of the work to give the contract
to the next highest bidder.
A resolution which Mr.. Shires, of
the First ward has been deslrous of
having passed for a long time finally
went through despite most vigorous
objection on the part ot Mr. Francois,
of the Second ward. 1t re-establishes
the limits of children attending No. p
| school, which is in the Second ward.
1t was hinted by several of the men,
| bers last evening that the re-arrange-
ment will send large number of schol-
ars formerly attending No. 81 school
into the First ward schools, overcrowd-
! ing the latter and furnishing an argu-
ment for another First ward school
house.
On motion of Mr.. Schriefer an order
was ordered drawn for the payment Of
a claim for cleaning presented to the
board by Max Phillips, the deposed
| janitor of No. school.
EXEMPT FROM TAXES.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Jen-
nings was adopted. entirely exempt
ing the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation property from school taxes for
the year 1899 and from one-half of the
taxes for the year 1898.
A bill Of S1,367.37 from the boards at
torney, d. ]. Reedy, for the years work
was ordered paid. On motion of Mr.
| Schwass the superintendent of repairs
was ordered to fit up a room in No. 10
building for the use of a magic lantern
to be used for educational purposes.
Upon recommendation by the teach
ers' committee, Miss Gertrude McGee
was appointed Primary A teacher in
No. 8 school to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Miss Rosa Shields.
A communication from Superintend-
ent Bovard, of the Dunmore schools.
was read in which it was stated that
the number of Scranton pupils attend
ing the Dunmore schools was far
greater than the number of Dunmore
pupils attending the city schools. The
matter was referred to the teachers
committee for investigation.
On motion of Mr.. Williams, 1000 die
tionaries now at the supply rooms We're
ordered to be distributed by the super
intendent a his discretion. The Train
ing school class, on motion of Mr.. Glib
bons, were granted permission to go
through one of the mines today, as a
part of their regular work.