Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-01-30

The minutes of the last regular and
special meetings being read, and correction
in the latter made, were approved.
On motion of Mr.. Henderson $100 was
ordered transferred from Incidental account
to that of Fire.
The following bills were ordered paid -
Constitution Co. printing, etc. S IL &C
Isabella Holsten, Jan. salary. % q
e. Redheld, salary and incidentas so OC
H; w. Sharp, poor account .--.-.... OC
street account. q
a. w. Cattell, drivers salary. 40 90
Police salary, $50 each ch.................. 100 OC
j. McIsaacks, electrical work .....--...--. %
l.. brown N Co., z1nc ..-....-,-..,.-.-.--- 50 W
j. McIsaacks, care of fire line, for year.. IA 0C
VIM A Fisher, coal, fire house. -......... IS %
Constitution Co., printing. 90
I'll. T. Worthington, valves etc..-.-..-.... 10 OO
5. e. Wilmer, Jan salary. 100 co
Constitution Co. printing. ................. 81
j. q. Ford, Jan salary ....----.,......:: 90 W
Phila. Saving Fund Society, int on $4,000
OF water bonds. ...-..--.-------.----. .IU4u w
Aug. Fenzel petitioned to have 4-inch
main extended to his property, 80 feet on
North Broad street. The extension, on
motion of Mr.. Davis, was ordered.
Mr.. Davis, of the Sewer committee, pre-
sented following bills, which were ordered
paid
osOOO - "a oV
Mr.. Henderson said the price was high,
81 was the regular price. The committee
made satisfactory explanation and the bill
was paid.
D: F. Hendrickson, sundries. s.-.....-..... 20
w. III. Sithens oil. Observation-Disclosures. %
i. Brown & Co., sundries. s..............-,. Oh
Constitution 90, printing --...-.......---- AZ GO
Sewer labor bills. GIL 80
Mr. Kugler reported seven cars run
regularly on the trolley line and said the
company agreed to pay $3.50 per year. The
matter was continued with the committee.
Mr. Henderson moved sewer note be
negotiated with the First National Bank for
$77O.34, payable July Is. Carried.
S. J. G. & Electric Co., at sl.25 per NJ. 9s
Stove CRATE and stove, library. .......-.... 10
Mr.. Sithens brought up the matter of
new flooring in the library. Mr.. Henderson
thought it was needed, but work should
not be done until the vacation time in sum-
mer, when steam heat should be installed.
The matter was continued in the hands of
the committee DR.. Reading said the City
Hall could be heated from the Fire House
plant.
In reply to a question as to when city
work on the sewer system would stop, Mr..
Sithens replied when certain manhole on
Maple street was reached.
The bond of Henry Sharp, as Overseer of
Poor, in the sum of 5000, was approved.
School Expansion.
An unerring index of our city's growth
is found in the fact that our present school
facilities are insufficient to meet the
demand. Two years ago room was secured
outside the school buildings, and since that
time forty three children have been added
to the rolls AS the Board of Education
could not foresee this condition, no provi-
sion was made for them in the estimate Of
school expenditures for the year. There is
no gain in closing our eyes to the fact, that
in the not distant future Woodbury. will
have to construct additional school build
ings, or enlarge the present ones. All along
the line, the rooms are full, the teachers
having from 40 to so and more pupils, and
still the tide increases until the eight grade,
already with an attendance of forty-three
has twenty-four seeking admittance, with
only six seats to accommodate them.
The Board Of Education has had this
condition under consideration during two
protracted special sessions and the conclu-
sion has been reached that if legal authority
exists, they will ask the people for an
amount of money sufficient to buy books
and employ an additional eighth grade
teacher for five months. They have a suffi-
cient number of seats and the room in
Green's Block, adjoining the one now occu-
pied, can be secured at about the cost of
heat.
In case legal restrictions prevent the
Board from carrying out this program, we
are sure the people at large and those di-
rectly interested, will take good intentions
for the deed, and await the time when our
congested school facilities may be cured in
a legal way.
[Since the above was placed in type it
has been ascertained that no feasible legal
method exists by which extraordinary de-
mands of this character can be met