El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
NOT MONEY ENOUGH
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a nOlr1SnlnS meal
Dr.. Wright moved that the com
munication be tabled. Mr.. Martir
seconded the motion and it WIS adopt
ed without discussion.
A communication from r. c. Lowell
in reference to the side walk in from
of the Central school house. which the
council had refused to build, offerd tc
do the work at a certain figure
MIR. Williams thought money for the
work might be squeezed out of the
building fund.
DIR. Gallagher said that personally
building sidewalks.
Mr.. williams said that he would
prefer for the board to build IT rather
than not to have it built at all.
Mr.. Morehead proposed to refer the
matter to the city attorney for his
opinion as 20 whether the city of the
board should pay for the walk and If
he decided that the board should do so
then bids would be received for the
work So ordered.
A number of citizens petitioned that
physical culture be taught in the pub
tic schools Testimonials accompanied
the petition and an application fer the
position of teacher from Miss Pearl
Durham at a salary of sS5 per month.
On motion the proposition was re-
jected without discussion.
Bills were allowed as follows:
Tanner-Pennebaker Hardware COM
pany, $21.S5; Stewart, Crawford, Stew
art and Storms. rent of building for
Mexican school for December, $40;
Fassett & Kelly. hardware supplies.
Sos; w. A. Irwin & Co. one box
chalk so cents; w. T. Hixson & Co.,
repairing clock. s1.50; Krakauer, Fork
& Moye. steel screen, S3.13; Ell Paso
Fuel Co, coal and wood. S374.35; bill
for same, s2S494; Southwestern Tel
ephone company. s1.5O; Emerson &
Berrien, repairs, desk supplies and la
bor two bills. s66.91
Dr.. Gallagher received call by phone
and was excused.
Plans for School Buildings.
Architect KneezelI next submitted to
the board his plans for the new high
school building. They were critically
examined
The plans as drawn up showed the
building to be an elaborate and i'm
posing structure of two stories and II
rooms to cost $4,000.
In regard to the block of ground |
east of the hospital which had been |
purchased by the board, the trustees |
did not seem to think that they had |
made a bad bargain. Secretary Pew |
said that City Assessor Smith had Of |
fered to take his lots back, give the |
board back his money and s25 ad-
iitional. No one present was inclined |
to accept his offer.
Architect Kneezell said the proposed |
building was quite large one and w.
r. Martin remarked that $4,000 |
was quite a large amount of money
too.
Mr.. Norehead said the cost depend
ed a good deal on the amount of work
10 be done outside as we'll as inside.
The question of ventilating and
heating was discussed in detail.
Prof. Putnam said he liked the plans,
,ut suggested a few non-importapt
:hanges. among them one in reference
o the wardrobes. He liked the idea
If piling the hats and coats instead of
them up, but the architect
asserted that hanging them up in the
I'd let,
han piling tnem up.
The superintendent also urged plenty
II doors and recommended that a small
ostrHm be provided for school exer-
Uses. He suggested that the board de-
errnine which way the building was to :
ace and place the boys on the side {
arthest away from Hotel Dieu. as they |
we're the noisy pupils. He was told
hat the BUILDING would face south anu
was decided to put the boys on TIE |
DOM would be built and reserved for 1
manual training although there was I
70 immediate demand for it for that s
urpose. 1t was decided to put book
ase in each class room. f
The size of this building said the
rchitect. lis just about double the c
ize of the Alamo school and is prac- I
caIag three stories high. You can see a
therefore, where the additional cost g
ONES in Ii
Yes" said Mr.. Martin, but $45 900 Il
powerful lot of money r
The question of building material t
ext came up for discussion. The ar C