The sun., 1901-03-12
NO MONEY
TO PAY BILLS
Board Of Education is Entirely
Without Funds,
WILL FLOAT A LOAN
Mr., Ross Calls Attention to Expen'
sive Penhoulders Bought for One
of His Schools-An Explain
alton is Made

At the meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation last night President Shcrtlidse
stated that the board had no money III
hank and he did not feel like asking the
Union Bank to loan them any.
II was stated that Council had not
,,ssed the monthly appropriation but
would likely order Il check drawn at Tue
next meeting. ,., .,a
AIR. Koss stated that the bills Iof Tue
different schools were larger thah ever
| ,efore. He said that while the supefih-
4 repdent might endorse good goods, 1t was
.,.s, to look on the economical side. Mr.
,;oss called attention to the fact that
a. 80 had been paid for gross oi pens III
-. ~ his s..hunls ard "a prutn' nah phPtr
mr., h.,S,d nistend Of !" or u l"''"i.
President Sl,nrtli'is. il,'ugit 'hat '"''
.Slr,,,$iv. t..,, hoi'i"rS "'lglti u"t =" tt
r,ir.,aS.Ai.
Snnrin,"n.i"nl l'witnly.r aSi,iai'n"l i.'e
nc,,,"r. snAing that ''a't"rs s"',ip'"i''''i
hat the l,,uhrldrrS III Ms. wer. h""
.mat ,u.i ir. Si,owcd tnepi s"u,e ,te 'Ih''
used in his schools III Ielulsylyanln. de
afterwards showed them to Mr.. Butter
and the teachers ordered some lie sillu
no was not aware that the board had |;
schedule Of prices. lie thought one ol
!, no new penholders would outlast dozeI
OF the others. Lie stated that the II
pound paper was not fit for use IL
studying penmanship and by using bette
paper they did away with copy books
!, which was distinct saving.
: The legislative committee reported IN
Ia. In. n f.trtllt.ut q
, Of Indebtedness to the amount Of $4,000
:. and the one lcngthening the terms of tn
members had passed. The secretary wa
instructed to advertise for proposals 10
ioating the loan. The members think
iigh premium ought to be received.
The legislative committee presented Il
=. expense bill of $l55.60 which was passe
The new building committee reportt
that Harry w. Sherman had been e
!! gagged as fireman at the High School III
s' Marine W. Thomas as engineer. Fran
Jones has resigned as fireman.
ph George Il. Lyon of the Jr. .. Y. \.
~, committee of arrangements, presented
communication asking what kind of
he hag was desired for the New lii
~, School, as II illg is to be presented
the American .lechuuics. He also ASK
ii, the use of the assembly room on the d
Ia of the presentation, May 80. The matt
was referred to the committee of
l., schools.
hc The use of room in School 70.
ifs was granted the Chicago Univers
Center The society was recently form
Ill by d representative from Chicago. Abe
led IS teachers are in it and about $500
been invested.
vas Park Engineer Theodore a. Lei'
i've who made the plans for laying out
grounds and walks about the IL
ure School, presented his report and
ave voted 500 for his trouble.
The board was greatly pleased W
~, his work. He reported that the cost
=, cenentng the walks was $54l.9S and
-" other work $1,46273.
He thought that Monroe street she
DAY not he cut through to Delaware 4
car nue IN the manner now intended.
VI Turner thought the board ought to !
chase the piece Of ground adjoining
'eet, school,
ken President Shortlidge said some of
has ianitors were not doing their duty
said among them were the Janltors
hool schools Nos. 10 and 4. 1t was stated
for the cellar of School No. II was fot
has and it was decided that If the water
not run out within twenty-four he
il would be pumped out.