The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15


gargee. Professor Cruttenden will look
after the English branches and Miss
INLAND the stenography and typewrit-
ing. The former was principal of No.
16 school. Miss INLAND is at present in
the Office of Jessup & Jessup.
The changes in salaries are as fol-
lows DR.. Phillips. $3.50 to 5000; Pro-
fessor Loomis, $3.50 to $50; Professor
Wagner, $12O to 15O: Professor
Schimpff, 800 to S11O; Professor Jordan,
500 to SilO; Miss Heath, $3.50 to s120:
Miss Mason, s75 to 500; Miss Nye, SO
TO 800.
4 western college professor has been
picked upon as principal for the high
school in case DIR. Phillips does not
! accept.
TEACHERS RECOMMENDED.
Through Chairman Phillips the
| teachers committee made the following
! recommendations: That Miss Mary
| Fitzgibbons be appointed principal of
| No. 16, in place of Mr.. Cruttenden,
| transferred to the high school; that Da-
vid Thomas be appointed principal of
| No. S, in place of Professor Beaumont,
transferred to the high schol; that
| Miss Christmas be transferred to
| Grammar c grade, in No. 25. in place
of Miss Laurent, resigned; that Miss
Estella McCulloch be appointed to pri-
mary Il in place of Miss Christmas,
transferred. and that Miss M. S. Mof-
fatt be appointed to intermediate
| grade, No. 2S.
Mr.. Jennings called attention to the
| fact that vacancy existed at No. 16
al 10 ,t,,g,
| school graduate for the place. With
the understanding that she was not
! to be assigned to any particular grade
until Superintendent Howell returns,
| the committee adopted this is a part
of its report and the report was then
unanimously approved.
Miss Fitzgibbon is at present assis-
| tant principal of No. 16. Prof. Thomas
is a Scranton man and a normal school
| graduate. His patron is Controller
Neuls, with whom he formerly worked
as a moulder at the steel mill.
Miss Christmas was in gyammer
b grade in No. %. Miss McCulloch is
a recent graduate of the training
school. Miss Moffatt is a reap
| pOintee.
on motion of Mr.. Jayne, the salary
of Miss Potts, secretary to Superin-
tendent Howell was increased from $50
to s65 per month and Miss Meredith.
assistant to Secretary Fellows, was
allowed an increase of from $35 to $50
a month.
After lengthy debate the board
decided to accept the offer of 81 1850 for
old No. 8 building, received from the
congregation of st. Mary's German
Catholic church, who wish to attach
it to their parochial school, which it
adioins.
EXTRA PAY FOR SECRETARY.
A proposition by Mr.. Barker to al
low Secretary Fellows SIS and Miss
| Meredith $40 for extra work entailed
by the high and training school COM
mittee's investigation, was referred to
that committee.
The board confirmed the text book
| committees appointment of seven
teachers to select the new text books.
On motion of Mr.. Evans, it was
decided to introduce the study Of vocal
music in the schools and the Normal
Music Course" represented by Mr..
Trask was adopted. Only material
sufficient for the primary grades is to
be purchased this year. The mate
rial" is $1,500 worth of charts. After
that comes text books for each grade.
Mr.. Trask dined the board at Zenke's $
after the meeting.
The building committee recommend
ed that the contract for erecting the
retaining wall and laying flag walks
at No. 80 school be awarded to S.
Sykes & Sons. for $l,771; and, that the
secretary be instructed to advertise
for bids to furnish the district with
four hundred single desks and the nec-
essary number of rears, the bids to be
in at the next regular meeting, the
sum of S75 to be enclosed with each
bid as a guarantee of good faith.
The recommendations were adopted
The supply committee recommend
ed the awrding of contracts for sup
plying coal as follows:
First district-H. j. Gilmore, large
sizes, S2,4O: small, $1.47.
Second district-Michael Gibbons large
sizes, $2.45; small, $l.6j.
| Third distriCt-M. j. Ruddy, large
sizes, S2.4j; small, $l.75.
Fourth district-James Flynn, large
sizes S26j; small $3.50.
The report was adopted, but not until
a
possibly the most heated exchange oi
personalities that ever occurred in /;
public meeting in this city.
THE COAL BIDS.
Captain May and Mr.. Evans aues
toned the committees action in award
ing the contracts, contending that the,
! had not gone to the lowest and bes
, bidders. Mr.. Evans argued that tn
Consumers Ice company's bid of $2.4
for large sizes and S145 for small size
I for the Third district, or West Side
I was in the aggregate the cheapest bid
and produced figures to show that 1
! the consumption of large and small
? sizes respectively would be the same al
last year, the board would save SIC b.
? accepting the Consumers Ice compan,
! bid. No response was made to this.
= Captain May inquired as to whethe
5 there wasn't a lower bid in the SecOn
= district, or South Side, than that q
Michael Gibbons, which the committe
t proposed to accept. Chairman Roche
2 of the supply committee, replied tha
D there was, but the bidders, Murray
\ Co., he was told, furnished poor Goa
[ which had al one time been condemne
| by the board.
= Captain May then went on to stat
I that he was in position to know tina
S the Murray coal was entirely satisfac
o tory. He drew an order every mont
), to pay for coal furnished by Murra
= and he had yet to hear the first com
[ plant about 1t.