Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-27
NEW OFFICE CREATED
Superintendent Of Buildings and JanItors
Appointed by Board.

the primary object of Tile meeting be
ing to consider the feasibility of pro
viding a new building to relieve tn
crowded condition Of the city's schools
Messrs. Curtis, Eyssen, Meisenhelder
and Richardson answered tn
roll call.
After the reading and approval o
the minutes of the previous meeting
the Clerk administered the oath to Mr.
G.. A. Palmer. who was elected to fiji
the vacancy in the Board caused by
the resignation of DIR. o. M. Willis
After the required formality of as
senting to the provisions of the oath
Mr.. Palmer was declared a duly quail
fed member and took his place in the
! body.
The Interior object of the meeting
as before mentioned, was to consider
the proposition for building new
school building in the East End and
the best place to locate such an edlfice.
The Board, acting as a committee of
the whole, visited Norwood addition
Saturday afternoon and thoroughly in
spected the land in that suburb with a
view of selecting the cheapest and best
site for the location. The unanimous
opinion of the members was that
some provision must be made for tho
increase in the city's pupils and that
the proper place for a building of the
required size would be in Norwood
The Willard street school building is
filled to its utmost capacity, the Pike
street building is found to contain un-
sufficient room and the Fulton school
is also in a congested condition. There
accordingly being no place to relieve
the overflow and the building in the
East End being on the increase. it ha;
become a matter of the utmost neces
sity to provide suitable accommoda-
tions for the pupils, and nowhere does
the need seem more urgent than in the
East End.
The Board has several pieces of
property upon which it would be desir-
able to erect a building such as is pro-
posed, in view.
The general concenSus of opinion is
that the most desirable piece of prop
erty for this purpose was the lot own
ed by John G. Sterhenson.
In order to bring the matter to
head Mr.. Eyssen moved that the build
ing committee be instructed to secure
options on several lots in the East End
for school purposes and report at the
next meeting. The motion prevailed.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF
BUILDINGS AND JANIToRS
CREATED.
AS the time of both Superintendent
and members of the Board is taken up
in looking after numerous matters per-
tanning to the making of repairs, the
inspection of the condition of the
and other things of minor
importance and similar character. the
was made that these duties
could be performed at a reasonable
salary either by a janitor or other en-
1loye of the Board Mr.. Meisenhelder
therefore made motion that man
De appointed whose duty it should be
O look after the repairs of school |
and buildings and inspect the
work of the different janitors. This
notion was declared carried.
Mr.. W. A. Winston, who Is janitor
# the Third street school. was ap-
ointed for this position. His salary
or this work as janitor and as super
ntendent of buildings and janitors is
0 lbe $45 per month. If the Board
nds that the position is profitable to
he city it will be made permanent.
otherwise the Office is to he abolished
t the end of the present school
ear.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS ORDERED PUR-
CHASED.
The superintendent reported that
9th the Willard and Putnam street
lacked encyclopedias. Thi
Id set of the International Is in the
ublic school library. This the Su-
explained, could be rdad- {
in for half the purchase price of a
ew set. A motion was made that the
superintendent be authorized to pur /
base three sets of the International {
one set of leather bind
lg for the library and the remaining
wo of cloth binding for the Willard
nd Putnam street schools. Carried
Mr.. G.. G.. Derbyshire, representing
he Carey Safe Co., was present ami
lade a second strenuous effort to sell
he Board a safe. Action on the mat
er was deferred indefinitely.
A bill of Penrose & Simpson to the
um Of $2.17 was allowed and adjourn
naot was m 9de I