The Saint Paul globe., 1903-08-06
PARENTS PROTEST
AGAINST CLOSING
Of yGAt SCHOOL
School Board Hears Their Claim
to Rightof Educational Faeii-
tiles for Their Children :
Board Approves of Fire Es--
capes for Central High.

Residents of the Logan school dis
trict are exerting all possible influence
to induce the board of school inspect
yorS to reconsider it's determination TO
leave that building closed for the COM
ing year; but thus far their efforts
have met with but little encourage
ment.
The Logan school is located beyond
Como, and last year had but one class
room in operation, with an average at
tendance of but twelve pupils This
year the board came to the conclusion
that the attendance of the school did
not justify the expense of its opera
tien and decided to allow it to remain
closed for the coming year. In the ap-
pointment of teachers no provision was
made for the Logan. and the teacher
who was there last year was otherwise
assigned.
AT the meeting of yesterday Emil
Gamer and Harry Stebbins appeared
on behalf Of the residents of the Logan
district to urge the board to open the
school. They argued that although the
attendance at the Logan for last year
had been but twelve pupils, there had
been an enrolment of nineteen, and
they were convinced that the attend
ance this yearfsWould be larger.
They told the board that very few
Of the former pupils of the Logan
would be able to. travel the distance
to the state fair grounds to attend the
Tilden, which is the nearest school,
and that the closing of the Logan
would practically deprive that district
of school facilities.
Sentiment Moved Them.
They appeared to base their request
chiefly on grounds of sentiment, for
there was no. attempt to justify the
maintenance of the school as buSi-
ness proposition They said that the
pupils of the. school all liked Miss
Zaida Judd, their former teacher, and
she appeared to understand their re-
quirements and possibilities better
than any other teacher would. At least
the parents had become convinced that
under Miss Judd than under another
teacher. -
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on schools, to- confer with the
superintendent, and in the meantime
Messrs.s,Stebbins and Gamer were ad-
vised. 1IoC secure accurate information
as to how many pupils would attend
the school this coming year If it We're
opened.J. YtE $3.50
In response to earnest and repeated
admonitions on the part of its super
iritendent OF buildings, the board de-
cided to proceed at once to put two
additional fire escapes on the Central
high school building. The secretary
was instructed to have A. F. Gauger,
the architect, prepare plans and speci-
fications at once for the fire escapes.
which it is intended shall be iron STAIR
cases, five feet in width, and shall be
located on the north and south sides
of the building in such positions as to
no
sembly room.
Speaking before the board yesterday
ON the subject of these fire escapes
George Gerlach, superintendent Of
buildings, said:
Panic Would Be Fatal.
t"Fhis need is most urgent and should
be attended to at once regardless of
any other work Just think Of getting
], 200 people out of that assembly room
by means Of staircases which meet in
a platform 9x13 feet. Z would not re-
quire fire; the slightest panic would
kill a large number Of people at that
little landing and on the stairs y
It is estimated that the fire escapes
will cost less than 81, 1,000.
By the adoption of long typewrit-
ten committee, report the janitors and
engineers Were appointed for the COM
iES SCnOOI y6ctT anu tlCtI Scii0llSS WCiS
fixed The aggregate amount of the
janitors' and engineers, pay roll will
not differ materially from that of last
year, although, there have been some
few individual. changes by reason Of
different conditions existing in some of
the schools. fS9 l'
A. F. Gauges was allowed s77S.17 for
services as architect of the c. K. Davis
school, and estimates for construction
work now in progress were allowed, as
follows: Davis Heating and Plumbing
company, for oWbrk on the Irving
school, $2,713: 4Iankee & Eha, for
work on the Tfendricks school, $1,000;
E.. j. DAILY, for. work on the Davis
school, $2,125;. E. J. DAILY, for work on
the Irving school, $2,723
Charles Bovaifd, supervising arch1-
tect, reported the progress of the vari-
Gus building work now under way.
The Roberts Goss company was al
lowed $500 ON the old claim for heat
ing apparatus in the Mckinley school,
which has been in controversy for some
months. The board still retains 1900
of the original contract price by rea-
son of the fact that the work has not
been accepted as satisfactory, and the
board is now having additional steam
coils put into the building by its own
employees. The cost OF this work. which
Is estimated at 1000, will be withheld
in the final settlement.
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