Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Fire Extinguishers Will Be Placed In { All School Buildings.

Clerk J. J. Fitzgerald and Inspector Edward McGrath were present at the meeting of the board of education last evening. The mayor presided.
 After the minutes of the last meet ing were read. Dr Hayes, of the con- mittee on schools and hygiene. report ed the following communications from the Standard Electric Time company in connection with that much dis cussed topic of the day. the clock at the Washington street school: Board of Education, Waterbury, "GentIemen:-NNe will furnish you as follows for the Washington street tower clock:
 ''One D. c. motor, fitted to tower movement.
 One set storage cells of ample ca pacity for operating tower clock.
 One charging set. consisting of one alternate motor. direct connected to one D. (. generator of ample capacity for charging storage cells.
 All necessary machine work, elec 1ric wiring. etc. set up complete, and left in guaranteed working order for the net sum of Sl2G.JO.
 ''Dr T. J. kilmartin. city:
 Dear Sir:-We are handing you herewith. on separate sheet. revised proposition for putting the Washing
 
 ming order. Our proposition is strict ly in accordance with conversation with you on the 9th inst. We trust this proposition will be entirely satiS factory to the board of education. and hoping to have the opportunity of Serv- ing you in the near future, we are,
 Yours very truly.
 The Standard Electric Time Company.
 c. l.. RIGGS, Treasurer. eve guarantee the apparatus coy cred by this proposition against de feet for q period of five years. and should any of the above apparatus prove defective within that time. we will make it good. or replace it free of charge. It is understood that the ianitor of the building will turn the charging switch on once each week. and leave it on the proper interval, following our instructions in the mat ter. After the charge has been made as proposed above. inc only care re Quired will be 1he regulating of the master clock. renewals to the two winding cells and cleaning and oiling the regulator once :i year. We con firm the writer's statement that the approximate cost of this would be in the neighborhood of SD per year.
 Respectfully submitted. The Standard Electric Time Company,
 c. l.. RIGGS. Treasurer. Mayor Kilduf remarked that some thing had been said ill regard to the unstablencSS of the tower. and there fore that the clock. even if it's :iD- paratus was all right would not run properly.
 Dr Goodonough stated that the Standard Electric Time company had informed him that as the apparatus and workings of the clock were sit uated on the ground floor. lie condi- tion of the tower made no difference. On motion the report was accepted and it was voted that the proposition of the Standard Electric Time com pany to place in new apparatus and 10 keep the clock i'll repair for five years. instead of two years, as before proposed, for q sum of $12G.JU, be Ic ceDIed-
 \ communication was received from :: committee of the Women'S club. the substance of which was a$ follows: It q holiday should b1 allowed the children on the afternoon uf March t. the Women'S club would have Il lee ture given in Polls theaJpr at o:::..O Ut popular prices by Seton Thompson the noted lecturer. lie would deliver an instructive talk oil Wild Animals" which would be accompanied with the stereopticon. The members of the board. though liking the proposition. considered that il would be indiScreet to establish q precedent of half holi- days. Accordingly it was voted to re- ceiye the communication and place it on file
 An invitation from the pupils of grade eight of the Driggs school rc- GueStlng the presence of the members aJ an entertainment to be given by them at St Johns parish house next Monday evening at $ o'clock. was ac- cepted and the thanks of the board to be returned 10 The donors.
 Superintendent Tinker said he had received Il letter from AIr Gulliver. which stated that NIr Gulliver, mem Der of the High school faculty. would be unable To report for duty until March l. It was therefore voted to extend his leave of absence until that time
 The following ton from the committee on schools and hygiene was received and accepted: That one kilfyre fire eNtinguisher be placed on each floor in each school building in the city. About thirty-eight will be required.
 Action on the installation of d new heating plant in the Bank street school and on sanitaries in the Clay and Hendricken schools was deferred until March l.
 The state appropriation for schools Ol tIllS GUY 1Or the year lJDl Is S26,624. Papers in regard to this mat ter had to be signed by the school visitors the mayor and the clerk last evening. The papers Were then to be returned to the state comptroller, who Will forward the amount shortly after 7he arrival of the papers.
 The semi-monthly payrolls were ap- proved as follows:
 eaHitoIS SilO.Ub Af1intpnanra 10f m oiucet 123.32
 Iotdl 3-6..i2 The salary account was as follows: ledcHeFS o.Ss9.U2 Teachers, evening schools ... 10000 uotal ............ ....... $G,O19.O2
 MARK TWAIN'S FRIEND. The Man Who Was One of That NOyeliSt'S InSDirationS Is Dead