Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-18
SLUMP N POPULATION
As we'll as in the Aggregate Of School
Children in Wheeling.
ANNUAL JOKE OF SCHOOL ENUM-
ORATORS NOT FLATTERING TO
THE GROWTH OF THE CITY
CONFIRMATION OF TEACHERS
APPOINTED FOR LINCOLN AND
MADISON SCHOOLS ~ REPORTS
OF COMMITTEES.

The Board of Education met last
evening in regular monthly session,
Judge Cranmer acting as chairman in
the absence of the President. The
members responding to roll call were:
Messrs. Battelle, Birney, Grammar, Dud-
ley, Ford, Hubbard. Jefferson, Max
well, Mcconnell, Hildreth, McNash,
Miller. Nesbitt, Schaub, Warehouse.
An item which will be observed by
citizens with more than casual inter-
est is the report of the school enumer-
ators. According to the figures OF
these officers the population of the
city has during the past year suffer-
ed a decrease of 755, and the number
of youths of school age has undergone
a slump of 233. The wards that show
a population less than that of 1898 are
the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth.
The total decrease in these four wards
is 1,271 against an increase of GIG in
the Second, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth.
A peculiar fact shown by the report is
that the number of school children in
the First ward has increased 65 while
the population has subsidized to the
number of $50. The same condition is
found in the Fifth ward, where the
youth have an increase of 8, while
the poulation as whole has gone
backward to the extent of 1877. In the
Second ward a reverse state of affairs
is observed. There the population
has increased rs while the number of
youth is less than in 1898 by 46. The
table appended gives the figures for
each ward.
Much of the business of the session
was devoted to getting matters in
shape for the opening Of school on
Monday, September 4th.
The committee on teachers and
school recommended that Miss Eliza
GLASGOW be confirmed as teacher in
grade G., of Lincoln school in place CT
Miss Ada V. Lewis, resigned, and that
Miss Mamie Walker be appointed as
teacher in D grade, First ward
Finance committee submitted the an
nual settlement of Collector James K.
Hall, and offered this resolution: That
the settlement of James K. Hall, Col
lector, which shows balance in favor
of the Board in the school fund of $21.-
1879. 50, in the building fund of So
921.. and in the library fund of 49,,
431. 10, be received and recorded on the
minutes of the Board. The resolution
was adopted,
Committee on buildings and grounds
recommended the payment of the fol-
lowing bills: Clanfield & Koehnline,
on estimate, $4,000; Giesey & Faris,
s175; T. W. Jackson. 1892. 40; total,
$3,567. 40. The report was adopted.
Martin Flanagan was allowed $3.50 on
contract for laying sewer at Centre
building.
Committee on Public Library recon-
mended the payment of divers bills
amounting to $1SS.46. The replace
ment of books amounting to sos. 80
was ordered.
Committee on Accounts reported bills
audited amounting to $223.75.
Moved that Frank Stanton be award
ed the contract for furnishing supplies
for the ensuing year. This was after
wards amended so as to include such
supplies when prices had been submit
ted Carried.
1t was decided to make Friday Of
Fair week a holiday.
Bond of City Collector James X.
Hall for $4,000 accepted. John Frew,
J. ]. Jones and Augustus Pollack, sur
cites.
The report of the school enumerators
for the eight wards of the city was read
and approved and the tabulated re-
suits are here given:
Report Of enumeration of youth and
census Submitted August nth, 1893:
Population. Youth.
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