The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-17
COST OF TUITION
OF Wheeling Pupils of Fulton
School the Basis OF Settlement
BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARDS
Decided on Mt Meeting Of Board OF
Education Last Night-An old Con.
trovcrsy-The Spring Vacation Pre-
f, cipitatcd mn Avalanche Of Debate.
DR.. L. A. Hildreth, the New Clay
Commissioners, b. S. Mcclure Resign
ing.

The city board OF education held n
regular meeting last night and trans
acted the usual grist of routine bust
ness. The Fulton school board. contro-
versy which has been hanging fire for
several months. was settled by agreeing
to pay the Fulton board the actual cost
OF teaching Wheeling pupils OF the Full
ton school. Mr.. B. S. Mcclure. one OF
the Clay commissioners. resigned his
seat and DR.. Eugene A. Hlldreth was
elected to the vacancy.
Clerk Halls roll call showed the fol-
lowing members present: Cranmer.
Dudley, Ford, Garden. jefferson. Nc
Connell, Miller, Millisan. Noble. schaub.
Schrebe. Warehouse and President
Bowers: absent, Battelle, Blrney, Hub
bard. Maxwell, Mcclure, McNash, Nes-
bit and Wendell.
The board secured quorum by
O'Clock and the first proceeding was ac-
tion on committee reports. The COM
mittee on accounts submitted bills to-
falling 1893 %: On public library, $40 60.
The public library committee recon-
mended a renewal OF the library lease
from the Masonic temple be extended
for two years, beginning April /. 1899.
and expiring April 80. 1901, at a rental of
81 900 per annum. 1t was favorably acted
on.
The committee on teachers and
schools recommended payment to Full
ton school board OF SIS per annum for
each Wheeling child a pupil of Fulton
school: progress was reported on the
question Of Clay annex being put in
charge of Clay or Union districts; also
recommended that Lincoln school be
placed in charge of the committee on
teachers and schools. The Fulton SUI
perintcndent Is to report on the tenth
OF every month. the number of Wheel
ing pupils attending. and Wheeling chill
dren desiring to attend Fulton school
must report to the Wheeling superin-
tendcnt.
The report was adopted after little
discussion on the Fulton controversy,
Colonel Miller thought better terms
might have been secured than SIS
wear. and he moved TO insert actual cost
of tuition to the Fulton board instead
of the committees figure.
Ncssrs. Waterhouse and Dudley in
quired what the actual cost would be.
In Wheeling the cost per capita Is SIS a
year. at least, in Washington district.
In support OF his amendment. Colonel
Miller said he was willing 10 pay what
the tuition cost, no more or no less. and
it could be ascertaincd by the Fulton
board
4 motion to refer back that portion of
the committees report was defeated.
Colonel Miller's amendment was then
put and carried, and 1t was further
amended by Mr.. Warehouse that the
payment shall not exceed SIS per an
mum. The committees report was then
adopted as a whole.
Judge Cranmer's resolution. introduce
ed at the last meeting. providing that
all resolutions offered shall be put In
writing, was next debated. The father
of It thought It would expedite business,
but Colonel Miller considered other
wise. 1t was adopted. however
Superintendent W. H. Anderson sub
mitted his report for January. which
showed the following statistics: