The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-08
FORGOT WATER RENT
A SUPPLEMENTARY
BUDGET
IT IS OVER SIX THOUSAND
Schools VIII Open Sept 9-MadisOn
School Union Asks BOARD for.
Extensive Improve
ments.

In making its estimates of expenses to
be paid from the school appropriation OF
1862. the board of education omitted to
include the item of water rents, and there
fore it has been found necessary TO sub
init to the mayor and city council a sup
Elementary budget in the total sum of
$6,SI6.35 to meet that contingency.
At its regular meeting, held last even
ing, the school board received from John
Caulfeld, secretary of the board of water
commissioners, a reminder of the IN
debtedness of the school department for
water supply from May l. 1858. to July l,
1850, and an inquiry as to whether that
had been included in the budget prepared
some weeks ago The communication in
cludes a statement of water rentals, as
follows:
May, 1888, to Dec 81 ...............$1. 1913 81
Jan. l, 1899, to Dec. 81, 1899 ........ 5,233. so
Jan. l, 1900, to June 30, 1909 ........ 1.S48.64
Total =. .......................... Sc, 816. 30
In this connection Mr.. Caulfeld recalls
to the attention of the school inspectors
a joint meeting of that body with The
water commissioners, March g. 1901. when
II was agreed, he says, that the school
board should request the conference com
migttee that the water rents for the fe-
riod comprised in the statement gwen
1902
The clerk was instructed to prepare
supplementary budget setting forth the
statement of the water board, to be sub
united to the mayor and council
A resolution by Inspector Egan, fixing
Sept 9 as the date for the opening of
the schools, was adopted. This is the
first Monday following the state fair end
1t has been customary to so time the
opening of the schools.
Inspector Bassford, as chairman of the
committee on new buildings presented
report stating that the lots purchased
FOR the new building in the Eighth ward,
which are located on Mackubin, Carroll
and Rondo streets, are totally unfit for
the purpose for which they were intend
ed The school house as designed, he
says, will take up all of the lots on the
frontage except twelve feet on each side,
and the windows in the class rooms will
face into the back yards of the adjoining
lets. The proposed school building, if
placed on this property, will, he thinks,
cost from $4,000 to $780, 900.
In compliance with a communication
from Charles e. Flitner, principal of
the Grant school, urging that connections
be made from that building to the sewer
on Magnolia street it was decided to adj
vertise for bids for plumbing work in the
Grant school; and also the Rice school
A communication in substance as fol-
lows, was received from Health Com
missioner Ohage:
Gentlemen-I deem the placing of or
namental toilet rooms on some of the
main thOroughfares through the city of
urgent necessity, and therefore would beg
of you the permission to erect some OF
them in corners of school lots subject to
your discretion and approval.
j. Ohage; M. D.,
Commissioner Of Health.
The communication was placed on file
without discussion.
A. Trudeau was appointed janitor and
engineer of the Edison school from Sept.
1, at a salary of $50 per month.
ASK FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
c. A Burnett, vice president of the
Madison school union, appeared before
the board TO present a long petition on
behalf of that body for Improvements
which it had been agreed might be made
in the conditions now existing at the
Madison building This petition was sign
ed by J. Watson Smith, president; c. A
Burnett vice president; ]. c. Bryant,
secretary; John B. Brimhall, M D.; Louis
Nelson, M D.; Katherine E. Hancke,
George w. McCree and others. Among
the recommendations were JnaJ the en-
tire inside wall surface of the school be
calcimined and portions of the outside
walls whitewashed to reflect light to the
interior; that trees on the west side of
the building, which it is said now OBJ
struct the light, be trimmed or removed;
that more room be provided, and that the
remainder of the block bounded by Cen
trail and Park avenues, and Wabasha
street, be purchased
Charles w. Douglass appeared on behalf
of the Trades and Labor assembly, to
urge the board to induce its employees
as far as possible, to join the unions Of
their various trades. He stated that
there were at present a large number OF
non-union mechanics employed by the
board. Supt. Gerlach said in reply to
question from President Zimmerman that
as far as he knew about so per cent of
the men he employed were members of
the unions.