The evening Republican., 1902-09-23
COAL FOR
The SCHOOLS.
VII, be Furnished by PhiIa,
and beadjo5 a. a lea.
SOlabIe Price,

Or. f. z. ShortIiige WAS not pres
ent at last nights Meeting Of the
Board OF ElucatIon and james d.
Garter presided The COMMITTEES on
teachers reported having transferred
Elsie e. Steele from 40. - ~ tie
primary department Of No. - at a
SALARY If StOo per wear anl E'n,, N.
Cooper from 80. T. to jtc t'rnnnlr
department of school No. ~ at slI.
ary of $40 per year.
These reports were also received:
Gentlemen: Your cumMlttct on
books would rccumnen LnlL ln1
Board purChase msnulng mAtcr,al
and paper covers mAunflctured hy
Holden X CO.. for covering the BOOKS
used by the scholars, said cover, to bc
sod to the scholars as near cot as
possible under the direction Uf the
superintendent and principals.
Your committee on books would
recommend that the superintendent
be authorized to purchase slcA sup
plies as are nee lei for the COnStryIc-
tive work in connection with drawing
now being taught as part Of the
rrgUl ar school course.
The reports were adopted.
The committee ON neat, fuel and
Ventilation rrpDrgi having cnp,oyn
Slauls,aus Stlyiu>ki As jIniLvr Of NJ.
10 school.
Dr. Frmhz presented letter from
the rJIladc.pua and keaiing Coat
and lrun Company IN reference to
Supplying the ,CNuO,S with rOlI. Tn,
letter was to the ',epr5G ", Bush an |
Sons COMPANY aud was as follows:
II am III receipt ot your telegram
in regard to authorizing yol to make
tender fer supplying the public
schools If Wilmington with coal, AMI
IN reply to SAM would aly we are
not IN position to make any tenders
or to agree to deliver any COAl u any
one at THIS time. We wOuII very
much like to llcip the school board IN
Wilmington, and would suggest tnlJ
thrir secretary write Or clll UpOl Us
in regard to their nee Is, the same as
WI, done by the PhIairlp'Hl school
Hpdr,jan We might lind way to as
aI7t Them Loa limited extent, possibly
enough to ii ir th"m over for short
time. If this could Dc done YOU no
doubt wDuL D3 able to arrange to
have the coal sent III yuur care and
deliver for them, oUt IL would have
to On cutIrc,y i matter batweeu the
Il l,f / a "
. VIII N0y" the secretary cal! upon me
| VIII DC glad to see what can be
. done. Yours truly, George Cough
lin, {. x :. :. 4,
Or. FlautZ sad he mad at OACG cln.
ed upon NJ. CVHghIin and he had
agreed to allow the hu'rd to have as
much coal as could be spared at s.. 10
per tom for prepare siAe, Of Nard coal
and t3.@O per ton for pea COZ deliver
ed on board the cars mere. The Cpdl
/ viii have to be paid for when dCljy-
cred. The committee has not been
! promised any particular quantity Of
/ cOal. bat expects to get enough to
! Tile over the present saurtdrr The
committee Was authorized to make
arrangements for coal without rcCeIv-
/ inE hds.
MIR. ErGjm reported that the mat
ter Of covering winduSs at no,
school had been attended to, bat HAT
at sos school the wIuduw,cpnpotin-
! cd IT Sere not on the ,IuG and moth.
| lOg CoU.d De done.
lrupcl officers were authorized TO
draw On city Council for tie monthly
| appropriations,
a resolution wa, adopted tender.
! ing congratulations to >. }. Horn, a
| member Of the board, vino IS to De
married on WpbmcstaN
The resignation, Of Miss Lydia W.
l)owney, school 80. .; Miss Clara
| Hyde No. 3; Miss Mabel BGcChrr,
NO 20; were received and referred to
| the teacher, committee.