The age-herald., 1902-02-11
THOMAS SCHOOL FLOODEDFOR WEEK AND RECESS TAKEN School Board Talk of Putting Up a New Build
 ing PHILLIPS ALLOWED LEAVE He Will Attend Convention of schoo Superlntendents, With His Ex- Penses Paid-Board Or
 ders Bills Paid.
PHILLIPS ALLOWED LEAVE

l meeting of the board of education was held yesterday in the office of Mayor Drennen. The business of the board was chiefly of a routine nature, the principal result of the meeting being steps taken to rebuild the Thomas school for negroes and the granting to Dr. Phillips of a leave of absence to attend the convention of school superintendents in Chicago this month.
 l There were present at the meeting President A. O. Lane, Vice President W. M. Drennen, Dr. J. H. Phillips, M. J. Gregg and John L. Parker. The current bills for the past month were audited and ordered paid. The larg- est items were bill of the Moncrief Carter Company for s75O being the cost of repairing the furnaces in the three old schools. and the bills of the Ivy Leaf Coal Company and the Palos Coal and Coke Company the former amounting to $165 for December coal and the latter to $114 for coal bought in January. The Thomas School. President Lane brought to the attention of the board the fact that the Thomas school for negroes was in bad condition. having recently been flooded with water to such an extent that the school had to recess for q week. It was suggested that a lot at the corner of Ninth avenue and Twenty-f fourth street, which had been bought for the purpose of erecting there OF school, be sold and the proceeds used towards the purchase of lot and school in that part of the town on higher ground for n negro school. It was also suggested that the insurance collected on this school when it recently burned be used towards erecting a new one. On mo- ton of MT. Gregg the whole matter was left to a committee consisting of Messrs. | Dr ennen, Lane and Gray.
 The certified check of $7110 deposited by | the contractor who built Martin and Lake View schools, as a guarantee of his | fulfilling his contract was ordered re- turned to him, the buildings having been completed.
 President Lane reported that the four rooms of the Martin school which had been furnished and which were now in use were crowded and that another room would have to be provided with furniture This matter was left to a committee consisting of Messrs. Lane, Parker and Gregg.
 On suggestion of Mayor Drennen that some settlement be made of the debts of the board the matter was referred to Messrs. Lane, Parker and Gregg.
 A Sewer Is Necessary.
 R. W. Walker appeared before the board and suggested the necessity of put ting in a sewer at the Cameron school on Fourteenth street and Avenue H. This matter was referred to the mayor.
 The matter of paying for the furniture recently bought for the schools was re- ferred to President Lane who was au- thorized to sign the necessary notes.
 The question of some necessary i'm provements in the Martin school to pre- vent water getting in was referred to tho chairman of the board with power to act. The matter of bracing a parapet wall above the roof of this school was also left to the chairman.
 Superintendent Phillips was given leave of absence to attend the meeting of school superintendents in Chicago on February 25 to 28 The board agreed to pay his expenses heretofore, provided they did not exceed $100.