Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-20
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS
Dealers Demand Monthly Pay
ments From the School
Board.
NORMAL TRAINING EQUIPMENT
G. r. Briggs Declines and Paul Yates
Appointed Mathematics
Teacher.

The board of education last even
| ing held an adjourned meeting to
open bids for the years fuel supply
and for the consideration of other
matters that must be attended to be-
fore the opening of the fall term of
school.
The bids for supplying the schools
with coal were opened. There were
five of them and the contract was
awarded to the Rock Island Fuel
company for screened lump Coal Val
ley Mining company's coal. the price
being $2.49 a ton. The bids were all
alike in that payment was demanded
each month for the coal furnished
during the preceding month. In the
past the board has paid for the coal
in August following each school year.
The figures made are interesting in
that they forecast the probable
prices of, fuel during the winter as
seen from the standpoint of the local
dealer.
Manual Training Tools.
There were seven bids for furnish
ing the tools for the manual train
ing department of the high school.
and the contract was given to Frank
III for the sum of $2O2.95. For the
gas and electric fixtures in the high
school the contract was given to w.
\. Robb q Co., the consideration be-
ing $415. y car load of chairs has
been received for the recitation
rooms in the high school and are be-
ing installed by Clemapn d Salzmann,
who have the contract for furnishing
them. The desks are also being put
in place.
The grading of the block about the
high school and Lincoln buildings
took a large part of the attention OF
the board. 1t IS the intention to
build a driveway through the block
from Twcnty-first to Twenty-second
streets, the material i'll the north of
the Lincoln building to be of cinders
and south of the high school of brick.
both to have a good foundation. The
grounds are to be graded and sodded
and made to correspond in appear
ance with that of the residence sec
ton adjacent. Arrangements are
now being made for laying the road
way and Supt. Ill. b. Hayden was in
structed to receive bids for the re-
building of the sidewalk west and
IlDTiH VI inc HlSi SSllppis lhS Sd'iS
to be made in conformity with the
walks elsewhere about the block.
Mr. Briggs Declines.
| The teachers committee reported
that c. p. Briggs, who had been elect
ed to the position of instructor in
mathematics in the high school, had
declined the place. and asked for and
received the confirmation in the APP
lpointment of Paul Yates in his place.
Mr.. Yates has been notified of the
choice by telegraph and has accept
| ed the offer at $50 month.
The recommendation of the com
mittee on textbooks for the adoption
of the Prang half-ycar drawing books
in place of the full-ycar books used in
the past carried. The price of the two
books will be the same as the price
of the one. The Krohn physiology
was adopted. The system embraces
n two-book course in place of the
Ithree-book course used in the past.
Under the terms that have been ar
ranged the amount spent for the new
books will be less than that which
would have been expended in the
purchase of the ncce ssarr new books
of the old series if there was no
change.
The action of the supply commit
tee in awarding the contract for the
stationery to Il. Champion & Co., for
S22O.75, and for the ink and crayon to
a Chicago supply house, was APP
proved.